The new comic from Black Mask Studios, Calexit: The Battle of Universal City, is a new comic book series which examines what would happen if California went rogue. Written by Matteo Pizzolo, and with art by C. Granada, we’ve already seen Rogue State from the creators. Now, we take a look at the battle in the streets of Los Angeles. The graphic novel will release in time for Comic Con International this July.
Here’s the synopsis:
In CALEXIT: THE BATTLE OF UNIVERSAL CITY, it’s total war on the streets of Los Angeles as rebel leader Zora rallies her Mulholland Resistance to seize freedom or die trying. The battle rages all the way to the iconic Hollywood theme park in Universal City where Zora’s Resistance fighters make a last stand against Homeland Security’s Occupying Forces. Warzone courier Jamil has been hired to spirit Zora away from the firefight to a Resistance stronghold, but Zora won’t be dragged to safety without a fight.
CALEXIT: THE BATTLE OF UNIVERSAL CITY is the latest mini-series in the CALEXIT comic book universe created by Pizzolo and illustrator Amancay Nahuelpan, which launched in 2017 as one of the most widely acclaimed comic book series of the decade and spawned spinoffs CALEXIT: ALL SYSTEMS SAN DIEGO and CALEXIT: OUR LAST NIGHT IN AMERICA, both illustrated by Granda. In 2019, CALEXIT character Emmie-X was the poster image for one of INDIVISIBLE CALIFORNIA’s Voter Outreach Campaigns that helped flip several House seats in the midterm elections. Blurring the line between fiction and political commentary, every issue of CALEXIT features non-fiction backmatter devoted to real-world applications of the topical ideas in the storyworld.
