Skreemer

Post-apocalyptic

Publication dateMay – October 1989No. of issues6Creative teamCreated byPeter Milligan
Brett Ewins
Steve DillonWritten byPeter MilliganPenciller(s)Brett EwinsInker(s)Steve DillonLetterer(s)Tom FrameColorist(s)Tom ZiukoEditor(s)Karen BergerCollected editionsSkreemer

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

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.