Tribes: The Dog Years #[nn]

Set against a post-apocalyptic cityscape that still bears the unmistakable silhouette of Seattle's Space Needle, this 2010 IDW release assembles a vivid cast of survivors — a blade-wielding warrior with wild blonde hair, a heavily armed dark-haired fighter, a scarred tribal woman, a heavily armored dwarf-like figure, and a feral child crouched among skulls — all rendered with gritty, kinetic energy. Looming ghostlike in the background is a massive bearded face, helicopters cut through a dusky red sky, and a colossal skull watches from the left, reinforcing the world's dangerous, fractured atmosphere. Tribes: The Dog Years delivers its post-collapse vision with real ambition, and at $24.99 this feels like a substantial package for fans of raw, world-building survival fiction.