Asphodel #1 Review

Writer: Alex Kane / Artist: Gale Galligan /Nekiya Studios Asphodel is a sci-fi tale set in space where life and death still hang in the balance, the effects of war still ravaging the world — no, the galaxy — twice over, and the universe holds a greater story on a much grander scale that is introduced here in the first issue. Space and solitude greet readers of this comic and such questions come to mind as: “What does it means to be alive? To be human?” “How would you get home after a lifetime of war and conflict? Does home still exist?” Our dream team here is one Vic Delany, a veteran of much war and strife found in his spaceship drifting away who is more or less as human as he can be. He’s found by Sedna, not quite human but most certainly alive, intelligent, and tasked with a great responsibility, who goes through great pains to retrieve him, revive him, and give him a new lease on life.

With all its technologic advances and the bits of jargon here and there, here is weaved a tale that strikes me as so relevant: a man, soldier possibly, very traumatized and just wanting to go home, if, of course, his home still exists.  A character that’s a creation that’s not quite human but human enough where it counts. Human enough to be counted on and to travel with so far. Life after death. The murky and too vague line of what an afterlife can be defined as and what life forms, including humans, will do to adapt and survive — casting off parts of themselves, living without the vit…