Apocalypse Nerd

Apocalypse Nerd
Cover of the first issue
Publication information
Publisher	Dark Horse Comics
Schedule	Irregular
Format	Limited series
Genre	Post-apocalyptic
Publication date	January 2005 – October 2007
No. of issues	6
Creative team
Created by	Peter Bagge
Written by	Peter Bagge
Artist(s)	Peter Bagge
Letterer(s)	Peter Bagge
Editor(s)	David Land Katie Moody
Collected editions
Apocalypse Nerd	ISBN   1-59307-902-8

Apocalypse Nerd is a six-issue comic book limited series created by Peter Bagge and published by Dark Horse Comics.

Publication history

• The first issue was published on February 16, 2005. ^[1]

Plot

The story revolves around two men, Perry and Gordo, attempting to survive in the wilds of the Pacific Northwest after Seattle is destroyed in a North Korean nuclear attack. Perry is a somewhat introverted computer programmer whilst his longtime friend Gordo works in various "self-employed" fields and is also a drug dealer. The story is a masculine character study as the two evolve and adapt to the changes in the post-apocalyptic world. Gordo becomes more amoralistic while Perry learns survival skills. Both have unique personality traits which help them adapt.

The end of every main chapter is followed by a story of the American Founding Fathers. These are somewhat humorous and based on actual events.

Collected editions

A trade paperback collection released in March 2008 ( ISBN   1593079028).

Television adaptation

Fantagraphics, who publish much of Bagge's work, reported in early 2010 that Apocalypse Nerd was adapted as a six-part series for television by Nois Productions (Alex Carvalho/Tupaq Felber) and the pilot was being pitched to BBC. ^[2] It was renamed first as Fallout (Nois released a 25-minute short film version under that title on February 1, 2013 ^[3] ) and then Wasted. ^[4] The full film has yet to be released.

Notes

1. "Apocalypse Nerd #1 :: Profile :: Dark Horse Comics". www.darkhorse.com. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
2. Baehr, Mike (March 10, 2010). "Fallout: Peter Bagge's Apocalypse Nerd comes to TV (hopefully)". Flog blog. Fantagraphics . Retrieved March 11, 2010.
3. "Tupaq Felber". IMDb .
4. "Peter Bagge's 'Apocalypse Nerd' Could Get 'Wasted' on the BBC - ComicsAlliance | Comic book culture, news, humor, commentary, and reviews". Archived from the original on 2012-05-26. Retrieved 2012-09-20.

References

• Apocalypse Nerd at the Grand Comics Database
• Apocalypse Nerd at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)

External links

• Dark Horse Press Release
• Author discusses making Apocalypse Nerd Archived 2011-05-26 at the Wayback Machine