Riccardo Burchielli
1) Earthdivers
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"The year is 2112, and it's the apocalypse exactly as expected: rivers receding, oceans rising, civilization crumbling. Humanity has given up hope, except for a group of Indigenous outcasts who have discovered a time travel portal in a cave in the desert and figured out where everything took a turn for the worst: America. Convinced that the only way to save the world is to rewrite its past, they send one of their own--a reluctant linguist named Tad--on...
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In the near future, America's worst nightmare has come true. With military adventurism overseas bogging down the Army and National Guard, the U.S. government mistakenly neglects the very real threat of anti-establishment militias scattered across the 50 states. Like a sleeping giant, Middle America rises up and violently pushes its way to the shining seas, coming to a standstill at the line in the sand--Manhattan or, as the world now knows it, the...
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A New York Times bestseller. As New York City starts the healing process, the political realities on the ground are impossible to ignore. Matty's seen to it that everyone's voice is being heard, but will the social order devolve into anarchy, or is there a new New York to be discovered somewhere underneath the rubble?
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One of Vertigo's longest-running series comes to its stunning conclusion.
After six years, Matty Roth's story and the Second American Civil War comes to an end. As the war enters its final weeks, Matty is given an unbelievable second chance, a golden opportunity to report once again from the DMZ-not as a network lackey but as an unbiased observer for the court of world opinion, to ensure both sides stay honest.
He is given total access, total freedom,...
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Collecting the first 12 issues of the series about the ultimate embedded war journalist trapped in a most unlikely war zone: the streets of New York City. In the near future, America's worst nightmare has come true. With military adventurism overseas bogging down the Army and National Guard, the U.S. government mistakenly neglects the very real threat of anti-establishment militias scattered across the 50 states. Like a sleeping giant, Middle America...
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In the near future, America's worst nightmare has come true. With military adventurism overseas bogging down the Army and National Guard, the U.S. government mistakenly neglects the very real threat of anti-establishment militias scattered across the 50 states. Like a sleeping giant, Middle America rises up and violently pushes its way to the shining seas, coming to a standstill at the line in the sand--Manhattan or, as the world now knows it, the...
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New York City... otherwise known as the no man's land in this second American civil war. Cut off from his support system and family, rookie journalist Matty Roth remains the lone voice for those left behind in the world's most dangerous war zone.
Instead embracing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to document the city under siege with a classic journalist's objectivity, Matty Roth has allowed himself to blur the lines to the point of no return, to...
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The world and characters of the DMZ - a futuristic, war-torn Manhattan - are expanded and enriched in this sixth volume of the acclaimed series as journalist Matty Roth. The United States has decided to resume reconciliation talks with the Free States, but a major new player in the Free States political world could destroy any hope of a unified state. Matty's relationships are strained to the breaking point when he decides to profile the revolutionary...
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Guest artist Riccardo Burchielli (DMZ) joins Earthdivers, for a side mission to the Ice Age in the first of a four-issue mini-arc exploring America's pre-Columbian past! When Martin and Tawny's children disappeared, the couple barreled into the desert to track them down at any cost. Instead, they ran afoul of another group of rovers who claimed to be saving the world by traveling through a cave portal to the year 1492 to prevent the creation of America-an...
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The world and characters of the DMZ - a futuristic, war-torn Manhattan - are expanded and enriched in this eighth volume of the acclaimed series. Journalist Matty Roth redefines his role in the DMZ following the tumultuous events of the past year No longer content to be merely a citizen journalist or a mouthpiece for Parco Delgado's struggling city government, he now rolls with his own private security force and self-defined mandate to heal the city....
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In the near future, with military adventurism overseas bogging down the Army and National Guard, the U.S. government mistakenly neglects the very real threat of anti-establishment militias scattered across the 50 states, and, like a sleeping giant, Middle America rises up and violently pushes its way to the shining seas, coming to a standstill at the line in the sand--Manhattan or, as the world now knows it, the DMZ.
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With all his allegiances wiped away by the mistakes he's made, embedded journalist Matty Roth watches as the Free States of America and the U.S. wage civil war on the island of Manhattan-also known as the DMZ. As Matty covers the battles on the ground, old allies and enemies resurface and Matty must prove that after all he's been through he is a changed man. Will the choices he makes reflect this?
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The story of Matty Roth, the ultimate embedded war journalist trapped in a most unlikely war zone: the streets of New York City, or as the world now knows it,the DMZ. In this seventh volume in the graphic novel series, the status quo of the series istossed out the window as Matty, back from his misadventure in Staten Island, finds Parco Delgado in office as provisional governor of the City of New York and details his first 100 days at breakneck speed...
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The fifth volume in the critically acclaimed series that looks at life during wartime- America's 21st Century Civil War. The world and characters of the DMZ-a wartorn Manhattan-are expanded and enriched in this volume as Matty Roth turns hisattention to 'the hidden war'-the thousands of ordinary people living under fire inside the DMZ. His subjects include a guerrilla artist in the underground arts scene, a former ally who's now worse off than a homeless...
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Guest artists Riccardo Burchielli (DMZ), Patricio Delpeche, and Emily Schnall join Stephen Graham Jones-New York Times best-selling author of The Only Good Indians and My Heart Is a Chainsaw-for a mission to the Ice Age exploring America's pre-Columbian past! When Martin and Tawny's children disappeared, the couple barreled into the desert to track them down at any cost. Instead, they ran afoul of another group of rovers who claimed to be saving the...
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The ninth volume in the critically acclaimed series that looks at life during wartime--America's 21st century Civil War. After the shattering events of DMZ VOL. 8: HEARTS AND MINDS, M.I.A. takes Matty to a remote and desolate section of the city.
Self-exile forces him to take a good, hard look at himself and his conduct since he entered the DMZ, and he doesn't like what he's seeing. His discovery presents him with an opportunity that he's tempted...
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Dial 4-3-7-6 to call on...Boy Chimney! Iron Snail! Human Virus! Shamanticore! Captain Lachrymose! Overweight, unemployed slacker Nelson Jent is not a hero. But with the twist of a dial, he can become one. A broken-down payphone down a forgotten alley holds the power to transform anyone with the right number into a host of different superheroes. And Nelson knows the number: 4-3-7-6. The number that spells HERO. Award-winning novelist China Miéville...
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GO BEHIND THE HIT GAME WITH BEST-SELLING NOVELIST KAREN TRAVISS! Before Batman steps into the madness that is Arkham City, a different madness has gripped Gotham. With the city's slums cleared out to make room for the mega-criminals of Arkham, ordinary crime is running rampant. And only one man is willing to do whatever it takes to rescue Gotham from itself. His name is the Bookbinder. And he's already responsible for one death. Now, Batman has to...