It's Only Teenage Wasteland

Author Curt Pires
Illustrated by Jacoby Salcedo, Mark Dale
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On sale Aug 29, 2023 | 128 Pages | 9781506733531

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In the first days of the apocalypse, a group of high school boys may be the last alive in the city.

When his parents go out of town for the weekend, Mexican-American high schooler Javi decides to throw a party—one that'll launch him and his buds into popularity! Or at least get them noticed by some girls. But no high school party goes off without a hitch. Javi can only watch as his friend takes a beating from the school bully, but then—BAM! The apocalypse has the worst timing. With few survivors—and even fewer sane ones—Javi and his friends will have to learn to survive together, and mend the fallout from the last party before the end of the world.

Written by Curt Pires (Youth, Wyrd) with art by Jacoby Salcedo (Home, Angel Boy).

Collects It's Only Teenage Wasteland #1–#4.
Curt Pires is a writer, producer, and creative that splits his time between Calgary, Canada and Hollywood. His series OLYMPIA (co-created by his father Tony Pires) is published by Image Comics. His other creator-owned series include WYRD (Dark Horse Comics), POP (Dark Horse Comics), The Tomorrows (Dark Horse Comics), and The Fiction (Boom! Studios). Pires is the founder of TECC CONTENT, a disruptive transmedia production studio that has worked with clients such as Amazon, Picturestart, and Fox/Disney as well as many others. Lost Falls marks Pires and Comixology’s third collaboration with much more to come.

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In the first days of the apocalypse, a group of high school boys may be the last alive in the city.

When his parents go out of town for the weekend, Mexican-American high schooler Javi decides to throw a party—one that'll launch him and his buds into popularity! Or at least get them noticed by some girls. But no high school party goes off without a hitch. Javi can only watch as his friend takes a beating from the school bully, but then—BAM! The apocalypse has the worst timing. With few survivors—and even fewer sane ones—Javi and his friends will have to learn to survive together, and mend the fallout from the last party before the end of the world.

Written by Curt Pires (Youth, Wyrd) with art by Jacoby Salcedo (Home, Angel Boy).

Collects It's Only Teenage Wasteland #1–#4.

Author

Curt Pires is a writer, producer, and creative that splits his time between Calgary, Canada and Hollywood. His series OLYMPIA (co-created by his father Tony Pires) is published by Image Comics. His other creator-owned series include WYRD (Dark Horse Comics), POP (Dark Horse Comics), The Tomorrows (Dark Horse Comics), and The Fiction (Boom! Studios). Pires is the founder of TECC CONTENT, a disruptive transmedia production studio that has worked with clients such as Amazon, Picturestart, and Fox/Disney as well as many others. Lost Falls marks Pires and Comixology’s third collaboration with much more to come.

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