Giga: The Complete Series by Alex Paknadel is about an engineer who is trying to survive in a world that is dominated by gigantic mechas, commonly known as “Gigas”. Evan Calhoun is a disgraced engineer who is trying to scavenge parts to get enough points to buy food. While out searching for parts, he comes across a murdered Giga in the middle of the forest.
Gigas are huge mechas that allow humans to inhabit them. There isn’t much known about them other than they are slumbering after fighting a world shattering war that ended many many years ago. They are just lying in wait for their next mission. The people who inhabit the machines treat them as shelters but also as Gods.
Since Evan has found the dead Giga, he finds himself in this web. People from his past re-entered his life but he isn’t sure who to trust. He knows the only way he can go back to his quiet life is if he figures out who is behind the murder. If he isn’t able to find a viable suspect, he fears the authorities will blame him for the murder since he found the body. Will Evan be able to solve the murder before society starts to crumble around him?
I thought the book was an okay read. It was hard to follow along with the story at times. It would jump back into the past or the author would hint it at something that wasn’t very clear to me. It took a long time for me to get into the story and then the ending felt rushed and incomplete. I felt like we were left to assume what the ending meant instead of being told. If you like graphic novels with giant robots, then you might enjoy this sci-fi graphic novel more than I did.
**Disclosure - I received a free copy of the book in exchange for an honest opinion**
About The Book:
Authors: Alex
Paknadel & John Lê (Illustrator)
Pub. Date: June 27, 2023
Publisher: Vault Comics
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Pages: 144
Find it: Goodreads, https://books2read.com/GIGA-The-Complete-Series
Ever since their world-shattering war
ended, the slumbering mecha called 'Giga' have been both gods and habitats for
the surviving humans. Then disgraced engineer Evan Calhoun discovers a murdered
Giga, and the very fabric of society starts unraveling around him.
A GIANT MECH MURDER MYSTERY.
Nobody knows why the skyscraper-sized mechs known as ‘Giga’ fought their
bitter, centuries’ long war. All they know is that when the fighting finally
stopped, the dormant Giga became humanity’s new habitat and new gods in one.
When disgraced engineer Evan Calhoun finds an apparently murdered Giga, his
society and the fascistic tech-centered religious order that controls it are
rapidly thrown into chaos..
From writer Alex Paknadel (Friendo, Turncoat, Incursion) and rising star
John Le comes another Vault & White Noise partnership about what happens
after the mechs stop fighting.
Collects the complete five-issue series.
For fans of Neon Genesis Evangelion, Ultra Mega,
and the Department of Truth
"A well-thought-out sci-fi series...." -- AV Club
"A world where people take shelter in the rotting husks of giant mechs -
smart, fun, beautiful stuff." -- Scott Snyder (Batman, American
Vampire, Justice League, Wytches)
"I read GIGA the other day and fell desperately in love with the world
they build, and was desperate to spend more time in it and explore. You do NOT
want to miss it." -- James Tynion IV (Something is Killing the
Children, House of Slaughter, Department of Truth)
About Alex Paknadel:
Alex Paknadel is a writer and academic from London, England. His first comics work, the dark sci-fi thriller ARCADIA from Boom! Studios, met with critical acclaim and led to additional projects with a range of publishers including VAULT COMICS (GIGA), Marvel Entertainment, Valiant Entertainment, Lion Forge, and Titan Comics. He is also a founding member of White Noise Studio alongside fellow writers Dan Watters, Ram V, and Ryan O'Sullivan.
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Giveaway Details:
2 winners
will receive finished copies of GIGA (The Complete Series), US Only.
Ends July 18th, midnight EST.
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