A review by rosseroo
Invisible Republic, Vol. 1 by Jordan Boyd, Corinna Bechko, Dylan Todd, Gabriel Hardman

3.0

Set on a distant terraformed moon, this feels like it's aiming for a kind of 70s thriller, Three Days of the Condor, vibe. The story jumps back and forth across forty years, as we first meet runaway indentured farmer Arthur McBride, and then leap forward to the downfall of the revolutionary regime he created. In this later period, freelance reporter Croger Bobb stumbles across (in the most ridiculous way), the journal of McBride's cousin, who has been redacted from history. In flashbacks we follow McBride and the cousin in their early days on the run, while the reporter tries to understand the true story of the origin of the revolution. Each period has it's own distinctive look and feel, but while the artwork is gritty and immersive, the story isn't. I struggled to find much of narrative interest to care about, and the pace is hardly propelling. Now that I've read the first third of the story, I'll probably read the next two volumes to see how it all plays out, but I can't say I really recommend this to anyone.