Skreemer

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Skreemer
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
ScheduleMonthly
FormatLimited series
Genre
Publication dateMay â€“ October 1989
No. of issues6
Creative team
Created byPeter Milligan
Brett Ewins
Steve Dillon
Written byPeter Milligan
Penciller(s)Brett Ewins
Inker(s)Steve Dillon
Letterer(s)Tom Frame
Colorist(s)Tom Ziuko
Editor(s)Karen Berger
Collected editions
SkreemerISBN 1-56389-925-6

Skreemer is a six-issue comic book limited series, written by Peter Milligan with art by Brett Ewins and Steve Dillon. The first issue was published by American company DC Comics in May 1989.

Synopsis[edit]

The story is set in New York, thirty-eight years after the fall of civilisation. 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[edit]

Brett Ewins, in the foreword to the book, explains that Skreemer has two distinct inspirations. The first is gangster films, specifically Once Upon a Time in America and The Long Good Friday, and the second is James Joyce's Finnegans Wake.

Collected editions[edit]

The series has been collected into a trade paperback:

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