Skreemer

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.

Skreemer
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Limited series
Genre	Post-apocalyptic
Publication date	May – October 1989
No. of issues	6
Creative team
Created by	Peter Milligan Brett Ewins Steve Dillon
Written by	Peter Milligan
Penciller(s)	Brett Ewins
Inker(s)	Steve Dillon
Letterer(s)	Tom Frame
Colorist(s)	Tom Ziuko
Editor(s)	Karen Berger
Collected editions
Skreemer	ISBN 1-56389-925-6

Synopsis

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

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

The series has been collected into a trade paperback:

• Skreemer (169 pages, 2002, Titan Books, ISBN 1-84023-485-7, DC Comics, ISBN 1-56389-925-6)^[1]

Awards

• 1989: Won "Favourite Single or Continued Story US" Eagle Award