Pax Romana: Where Have You Been All My Life?

or “A Love Letter to Jonathan Hickman”

I like graphic novels. I like that they are a complete story and don’t suck me in to an endless commitment to purchase more and more and more and more comic books. Believe me: I already have enough “serials” on my monthly pull-list at the comic shop, and for some strange reason, the list keeps getting longer every time I go in there. Graphic novels are either self-contained or don’t span much more than a few sequels, so the canon is easily consumed, like traditional novels or movies. Graphics also tend to be more on the “serious” side in terms of tone, which I relish. So when I’m browsing the shop aimlessly, I will inevitably end up at the shelves of graphics, and it is thus how, a month or two back, I accidentally discovered Pax Romana by Jonathan Hickman.