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Writer David Andry recommends Coda

All throughout April, we’re crowdsourcing a coronavirus comics reading list. Each weekday for a month, we’ll post a new recommendation from someone in the comics industry to help folks get through the quarantine. It’ll be a crowdsourced list of recommended reading from writers, artists, letterers, editors, comics journalists, publicists, and more…all paired with a local shop that’s currently selling the books via mail order.

Today’s selection comes from writer David Andry…enjoy!

I've beaten this drum until it's broken, but I'll keep recommending Coda by Si Spurrier and Matias Beraga until everyone reads it. Visually, it's one of the most gorgeous comics ever produced (yes, ever). But within the pages you find a story filled with heart. To me it's about living with someone with mental illness, about supporting someone without trying to 'fix' them. Hell, I'm going to reread it myself! -David Andry

David Andry is the writer of Resonant from Vault Comics. You can find more of his comics work through Ghost Thunder, and you can follow him on Twitter here.

Coda
Writer:
Simon Spurrier
Artist: Matias Bergara
Colorists: Matias Bergara and Michael Doig
Letterer:
Colin Bell
Publisher:
BOOM! Studios
Simon Spurrier ( Sandman Universe, Godshaper ) and Matias Bergara ( Cannibal, Supergirl ) present a broken fantasy world that 's perfect for fans of Mad Max and The Lord of the Rings. In the aftermath of an apocalypse which wiped out nearly all magic from a once-wondrous fantasy world, a former bard named Hum (a man of few words, so nicknamed because his standard reply is "hm") seeks a way to save the soul of his wife with nothing but a foul-tempered mutant unicorn and his wits to protect him...but is unwillingly drawn into a brutal power struggle which will decide forever who rules the weird wasteland. Collects issues #1-4.

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