Barrier Archives

Is this enough to save our two wayward heroes? Barrier #5 cover by Marcos Martin and Muntsa Vicente Barrier #5 goes similarly to how I expected for the most part, and that's a bit disappointing Despite the story's clever focus on language and the separations it can create, it takes some easy ways out with the sudden[...]

They land in an artificial biome, and things seem to be taking a turn for the better—until they make a few more horrific discoveries. Barrier #4 cover by Marcos Martin and Muntsa Vicente Barrier #4 gives us some background on Oscar, as you likely intuited from that summary We learn some of what he dealt with in[...]

Oscar is on top of a scrap heap of items from Earth. Barrier #3 cover by Marcos Martin and Muntsa Vicente This is by far the least eventful installment of Barrier thus far While there is plenty to admire about the comic's ability to convey its story with no text, the plot doesn't advance very much in[...]

This one left me very excited, and it is my choice for the week. Barrier #1 cover by Marcos Martin and Muntsa Vicente 2. Barrier #1  A brillaint book about the divisions in humanity, Barrier constructs a vividly realistic world with two interesting protagonists and a compelling conflict The finale is wild to boot, and Marcos Martin and Muntsa Vicente's artwork is outright fantastic. Exiles #3[...]

Before long large alien machines arrive and separate the two humans. Barrier #2 cover by Marcos Martin and Muntsa Vicente Barrier #2 immediately takes the unexpected ending to its first installment and literally shoots it to the moon The comic completely changes gears from its dissection of U.S/Mexico border life to straight-up aliens from another world. This issue[...]

She goes to the police, the border patrol, and, when that turns fruitless, "minutemen." Barrier #1 cover by Marcos Martin and Muntsa Vicente Oscar is a man from Honduras, and he is willing to steal, threaten, and abandon in order to make it to the United States for reasons entirely his own. Border #1 is a 50-page opening[...]

Vaughan has stealth announced a new digital comic series with Marcos Martin and Muntsa Vincente called The Barrier over on panelsyndicate.com The full 53-page book is available for download now Readers can choose what they want to pay for the comic. Sorry to bother, but would you like to read a brand-new comic I created with[...]