Post-Apocalypto

by Tenacious D

Overview

There was the film; there was the album; there was the tour; and now, the final piece of Tenacious D's masterful Post-Apocalypto universe: the graphic novel, complete with accompanied audio. 

In the fall of 2018, the Greatest Band in the World - Tenacious D (comprised of Jack Black and Kyle Gass)  - added arguably its most crucial work to an already scintillating catalogue of rock greatness: Tenacious D in Post-Apocalypto the movie (available on YouTube) and Post-Apocalypto the album. And now - with great excitement - Tenacious D will add the final piece to the Post-Apocalypto universe: the graphic novel, which Jack Black drew and Kyle Gass wrote, complete with accompanied audio. Post-Apocalypto finds Tenacious D thrust into a world of complete and utter destruction following the drop of an atomic bomb. Surviving the attack in classic cinematic fashion (a good old imperishable 1950s refrigerator), the duo quickly learn that new forms of evil have spawned from the blast. One thing becomes apparent - for humanity to prevail, Tenacious D must save the world. With unimaginable twists and turns, an insane visit to the White House, a time machine, a space adventure, and the help of some tried-and-true daddy issues, Post-Apocalypto is as hilarious as it is political, and as brilliant and multi-faceted as its incredible creators.  

Product Details

Release Date:	08/30/2024
Label:	Sony Uk
UPC:	0198028035613
Rank:	34219

Tracks

1. POST-APOCALYPTO THEME
2. desolation
3. HOPE
4. cave women
5. MAKING LOVE
6. scientists
7. TAKE US INTO SPACE
8. i've got to go
9. FUCK YO-YO MA
10. reunion/not so fast
11. DADDY DING DONG
12. chainsaw bazooka machine gun
13. ROBOT
14. marCH
15. turd whistle
16. COLORS
17. who's your daddy?
18. JB JR RAP
19. WOMAN TIME
20. SAVE THE WORLD
21. POST-APOCALYPTO THEME (REPRISE)

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Tenacious D   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Will Borza   Assistant Mastering Engineer
Bo Bodnar   Assistant Engineer
John Spiker   Producer,Composer,Mixing,Engineer
Jack Black   Composer
Howie Weinberg   Mastering
Kyle Gass   Composer
Matt Wolach   Assistant Engineer

Editorial Reviews

07/06/2020

This raunchy sugar-high of a graphic novel captures the fun side of life after an atom bomb attack: things will be weird, but they will also rock. Starring (and authored by) snark-rock duo Tenacious D (actors Black and Gass), and tied to an album and animated series, the venture opens with the two jumping a tank of sharks on a motorcycle (“rent is due, man!”) when the bomb drops. After riding out the blast in an old refrigerator, the dudes voyage across the wasteland with their two-headed dog, Hope. Their odyssey unfolds like half-remembered B movies, featuring everything from a Clan of the Cave Bear seductresses to a Terminator-esque killer android, before getting to their mission: retrieving the Crystal of Gilgamesh from the White House (guarded by Nazis and the Klan) to reverse Earth’s polarity and save the day. The flat colors and slapdash drawing (by Black), studded with non-sequitur graphic sex intervals, give the book the feel of a zine knocked together in a junior high classroom during detention. The frequent music intervals (mostly mock rock opera bombast; plus Donald Trump Jr. gets his own sad villain ballad) limits its appeal to that of an accompaniment fold out to the Post-Apocalypto album. Either way, it’s a self-consciously juvenile lark, best read while playing Tenacious D at 11. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly

"Whilst silly, crude and rude, there is something magical about Post Apocalypto."

XS Noize

08/01/2020

This exuberantly obscene and infectiously silly graphic novel debut from Black and Gass finds the platinum-selling comedy rock duo—who previously starred in an eponymous HBO series and film, Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny—wandering a postapocalyptic world after narrowly surviving an atomic blast. After being seduced and then betrayed by a clan of ferocious cave women, attacked by massive monsters, and finding their friendship tested when Jack is invited to visit a space station (where he runs afoul of Elon Musk and Johnny Depp), the pair meet a robot from 80 years in the future who tasks them with traveling to Washington, DC, to battle Donald Trump Jr. and his army of Nazis and Klansmen for control of a magical crystal. Black's illustration appears crude at a glance but quickly proves effectively expressive and perfectly matched to the surreal, anything-goes tone of the script. This volume adapts an animated film and new album from the group, both of which have already garnered acclaim from comedy fans. VERDICT A funny and surprisingly heartfelt ode to friendship delivered with the manic energy of artists excited to transgress. [See author Q&A on p. 58.]

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