Skreemer

Infobox comic book title
title = Skreemer


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schedule = Monthly
limited = y
PostApoc = y
publisher = DC Comics
date = May - October 1989
issues = 6
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writers = Peter Milligan
artists =
pencillers = Brett Ewins
inkers = Steve Dillon
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creators = Peter Milligan
Brett Ewins
Steve Dillon
TPB = Skreemer
ISBN = 1563899256
subcat = DC Comics
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"Skreemer" is a six-issue limited series, written by Peter Milligan with art by Brett Ewins and Steve Dillon. The first issue appeared in May 1989.

Plot

The story is set thirty-eight years after the fall. The central character is Veto Skreemer, an imposing giant in an age when giants are near obsolete. His story is narrated by Peter Finnegan as he looks back on both Veto’s life and how it intersects with the lives of the Finnegan family, contrasting the formers’ rise to power with the latter’s struggle to survive.

Inspiration

Peter Milligan, in the foreword to the book, explains that "Skreemer" has two distinct inspirations—gangster films, specifically "Once Upon a Time in America" and "The Long Good Friday", and James Joyce’s "Finnegans Wake".

Collected edition

*"Skreemer" (by Peter Milligan. with art by Brett Ewins and Steve Dillon, 6-issue mini-series, 1989, trade paperback, 169 pages, 2002, ISBN 1563899256) [ [http://www.dccomics.com/graphic_novels/?gn=1660 Trade details at DC] ]

Awards

*1989: Won "Favourite Single or Continued Story US" Eagle Award

Notes

References

*gcdb series|id=3822|title="Skreemer"
*comicbookdb|type=title|id=2082|title="Skreemer"
* [http://www.comics-db.com/DC_Comics/S/Skreemer/index.html "Skreemer"] at the Big Comic Book DataBase