Home Sick Pilots: Three Chords and the End of the World

by Dan Watters, Caspar Wijngaard, Aditya Bidikar, Tom Muller

Genres: Graphic Novels, Horror
Pages: 144
Series: Home Sick Pilots #3
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Synopsis:

At long last, it’s the Home Sick Pilots—in a walking haunted house—versus the Nuclear Bastards—in a mech fueled by the sins of the nation. A battle of the bands to end all battles…and probably the world as we know it.

DAN WATTERS (Arkham City: The Order of the World, COFFIN BOUND) and CASPAR WIJNGAARD (Star Wars, Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt) return for the thrilling final volume of bloody action, busted guitar pedals, and ghosts.

Collects HOME SICK PILOTS #11-15

The third volume of Dan Watters’ Home Sick Pilots goes into action quickly, and the concept is pretty neat: a walking haunted house vs a mech powered by the tortured regrets of America. Ami pilots the house, desperately trying to hold out while Buzz and Rip try to find the final ghost that belongs to the house and bring it back to help give her enough power.

It works its way to an explosive finale, which isn’t everything it seems because it leaves Ami, Buzz, Rip and Meg still trapped in the house, sealed tight against any way out. But they have a plan…

The ending kinda surprised me — I guess I’d expected things to turn out a bit better, or maybe I’d just been hoping for that — but it seemed fitting in the end.

I continue to love Caspar Wijngaard’s work on the art and designs, and appreciated the bit included at the end showing some of the design process.

Rating: 4/5 (“really liked it”)