“Drive smart, be ruthless, win, and you will not be forgotten.”
-The Autocrat
Buckle up and get ready for the ride of your life. Speed Republic #1, by Ryan K Lindsay and Emanuele Parascandolo, has officially arrived at your favorite local comic shop!
Under the rule of the Autocrat, cruelty is their goal. Food is scarce. The water is polluted. Healthcare is a luxury. And the only way out is to win the government-sponsored death rally across Europe, The Grand Race! The only rule? Survive. Follow Sebastian Valencia as he races across the corporate wastelands of Europe in Speed Republic! Can Sebastian truly come out on top and make things right? Or will he crash and burn?
The release of Speed Republic #1 kicks off a brand-new, limited series here at Mad Cave; We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our Mad Cave Exclusive Variants with a limited issue #1 of Speed Republic. Say hello to the stunning and moody Mad Cave Exclusive Variant Cover by Rossi Gifford–exclusively available on the Mad Cave Studios website.
Variant Cover: Rossi Gifford
Speed Republic 1/100 variant by Rossi Gifford is the first of an upcoming collection of Mad Cave Exclusives. Each Mad Cave Exclusive will only be available through the Mad Cave website, with a limited number of prints available.
Click here to be one of the 100 to collect this special Rossi Gifford variant!
Author: Ryan K Lindsay – Artist: Emanuele Parascandolo – Colorist: Michele Monte – Letterer: Joamette Gil
Creator Spotlight
“Speed Republic is one of my favourite things I’ve ever written because it’s a story that touches on a whole bunch of narrative elements I love. It’s about a future society breakdown, a completely detached megacorporation monolith, family, a sense of purpose, and of course epic pulse-pounding car race shenanigans. I felt as much influence from haunted John Carpenter futures as I did esoteric emotional vignettes from the Coen Brothers. This is a story about one man trying to help his family, and maybe himself, in a world that won’t, and doesn’t truly value the concept of doing such things. Creating this landscape, in which to tell this story with Emanuele Parascandolo, has been a dark delight and I hope readers lose themselves in the swirl of this comic.”
– Ryan K Lindsay (He/Him) – Writer
Instagram: @ryanklindsay | Twitter: @ryanklindsay
Ryan was recently interviewed on an episode of the Part-Time Fanboy Podcast, which you can listen to here!
“Working on Speed Republic has been one of the best experiences I’ve ever had so far. The collaboration between Ryan, Chris, Michele, and I was nothing short of a perfect synergy to me and it made me grow as an artist and as a worker in general. Probably, the thing I’ve loved the most has been reading and picturing the characters that Ryan had created: they felt so real that they immediately took shape in the panels, and trying to make them as expressive as possible has been a total blast for me!”
– Emanuele Parascandolo (He/Him) – Artist
Instagram: @ilfratellodiparascandolo | Twitter: @paraskino
You can catch up with Emanuele and find out what’s to come in Speed Republic here, in this exclusive interview with Previews World!
Reviews
Speed Republic #1 is officially in stores February 02, 2022 – mark your calendars.
Speed Republic #1 is now available! You can find it here on madcavestudios.com, ComiXology, Drive-Thru Comics, or at your favorite local comic shop!
To the winner goes the glory.
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