"It's not wish fulfillment: it's warning -- and a scarily imminent and salient warning at that. But that's not all: it's superb." —Cory Doctorow, BOING BOING
"A brilliant piece of political fiction." -The Mary Sue
What if a fascist, autocratic President took over the United States?
And what if that President lost California, the sixth largest economy on Earth, by nearly 2-to-1...a margin of almost 3 1/2 million votes?
What if the day after that President took power, the largest mass demonstration in history occurred, and the state with the largest turnout was California. And then, the following week, two of the largest international airports in the world, California's LAX and SFO, were blockaded by protesters?
What if California refused to be ruled?
From the creators of YOUNG TERRORISTS, Matteo Pizzolo (GODKILLER) and Amancay Nahuelpan (CLANDESTINO), comes this tale of resisting oppression, punching Nazis, protecting each other, kicking ass, and demanding liberty for all.
written by Matteo Pizzolo
illustrated by Amancay Nahuelpan
colored by Tyler Boss
lettered by Jim Campbell
"CALEXIT may sound a bit on the nose. After all, it's a tale about the establishment of a breakaway Californian republic in the wake of a presidency not too dissimilar from our current one. But trust me, it works. There are no easy gags about Californians, no silly jabs at Trumpism, and no over-the-top satire of our current state of decline. Instead, the creators have opted to tell a terrifyingly straightforward suspense story about the intrigues and crackdowns that ensue when governments decay and societies rot. The scariest thing about CALEXIT is how lived-in it feels - after all, every dystopia is just an accurate description of how things are for other people somewhere in the world, and this story just reminds us that we're always a hair's breadth away from the very bad things that we assume only happen in failed states." -Vulture
"CALEXIT is the new face of resistance in comics, elbowing past incumbents and upstarts alike by prioritizing precision, clarity, and empathy over sound and fury."
-Comicosity (10 out of 10 review)
"Far from a grim portrait of a country under siege... a hopeful and optimistic message about people and their relationship to political power." -The New York Times
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