Let me repeat that, 372 pages of STORY.Â That number does not include the real world interludes and filler.Â The art itself is great and the color effects are stunning, but the real standouts are the characters. That is about the best introduction that I can think of for FREAKANGELS, the popular webcomic from Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield.Įvery Friday, with exceptions for short breaks,Â a new episode is publiced in the FreakAngel saga.Â As I am writing this, there 62 Episodes, consisting of 6 pages for each episode, which comes out to (mumble, mumble, hate math, mumble, carry the twoâ€¦) 372 pages of story. One day, they decided to change the world, and in the process, nearly destroyed it.Â This is what happened next. Ellis’ ongoing story of a flooded London is beautifully illustrated in jaw-dropping detail by Paul Duffield, and every page is as much a work of art as it is a compelling and multi-layered story.Once upon a time, 12 children where born at the same time to different families.Â They all had pale skin, lavender eyes, and mental powers above and beyond those of the normal man.Â As they grew up, they learned that they could do all sorts of interesting things with their powers, and they began to see the world differently. While Alice keeps watch over Whitechapel from the watchtower, the twelve Freakangels - that’s right, *twelve* - down below are forced to re-examine their lives… and their deaths. In fact, much of what *they* thought was true simply hadn’t been sufficiently examined. In FREAKANGELS: VOLUME FIVE, everything you thought you knew about the ‘Angels is wrong. They’ve made a new friend, and together they’ve successfully defended their home from outside attackers, a ghost from the past, and threats from within.

Today, eleven strange 23-year-olds are living in and defending Whitechapel, maybe the last real settlement in flooded London. Twenty-three years ago, twelve strange children were born in England at exactly the same moment. Volume Five of award-winning author Warren Ellis’ ongoing web comic, FREAKANGELS, is here! This installment collects the entire fourth arc of the post-apocalyptic saga into 144 gorgeous, full-color pages.

FreakAngels, Volume 1 by Warren Ellis