Given that they run in similar circles and broke into mainstream superhero comics around the same time, it's a little surprising that Scott Snyder and Jeff Lemire haven't directly collaborated on a comic book before. The closest they've come was the Rotworld crossover between Snyder's Swamp Thing and Lemire's Animal Man. And if there's any one takeaway from the first volume of A.D.: After Death, it's that these two should pair up more often.
A.D. has a pretty simple elevator pitch. It stars a man named Jonah Cooke who confronts his mortality (or lack thereof) in a near-future world where mankind has discovered the cure for death. But as Snyder and Lemire tend to be very character-driven storytellers, the concept and setting are secondary to Jonah himself. This first volume bounces between Jonah's childhood and perpetual adult existence, devoting much more attention to what makes this character tick rather than delving into the nature of his world or the particulars of humanity's death cure. It's often frustrating to read high-concept sci-fi comics that seem more interested in world-building than establishing a compelling cast of characters or narrative. That's not a issue here.
from IGN Reviews http://ift.tt/2fHAITQ
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