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Billionaire Island Returns For Another Satirical Swipe at Capitalism: Exclusive
Mark Russell and Steve Pugh are reuniting for Billionaire Island: Cult of Dogs, a sequel that promises comedy and a scathing critique of capitalism.
Screen Rant is thrilled to announce that the creative team of Mark Russell and Steve Pugh are teaming up once again to create Billionaire Island: Cult of Dogs for Ahoy Comics.
The original series, Billionaire Island, was published in 2020 and takes place in the not too distant future where climate change has devastated the world, the economy has spun out of control and the working class (as always) is struggling to survive. But things are all good for the richest of the rich, who take shelter from the crushing problems of the world on an artificial island in international waters. Ahoy Comics' satirical comic series was full of razor-sharp social commentary regarding wealth inequality, the rapidly worsening environment of Earth and the unaccountability of the elite class.
And it looks like writer Mark Russell and artist Steve Pugh are nowhere near done dressing down the state of the world. Screen Rant is excited to share the news that the creative team is returning for a sequel to their original Ahoy offering. Screen Rant has been given a plot description of the series, the cover to the first issue, as well as quotes from the creative team courtesy of Ahoy Comics. Set in the year 2046, two years after Billionaire Island collapsed, the story sees the global economy in ruins and the president of the United States resign in disgrace and flee the country. A cult has risen around Business Dog, the canine chairman of Billionaire Island. The first series' protagonist, Trent, is continuing to hunt down billionaires for the harm that they have caused the working class. "In this brave new world, some Americans have used the sudden absence of the billionaire class to begin building cities to withstand the growing climate devastation, while others invest their hopes for survival in a new cult, centered around a very familiar canine...But who's the man behind the dog?"
Series author Mark Russell says that Billionaire Island: Cult of Dogs "...tells the story of how a planet doubles down on its faith that money will save them and how a dog becomes the focal point of that ill-advised religion." Artist Steve Pugh succinctly sums up the sequel as being about "A man, some mercenaries, total societal collapse, the end of everything, and his dog."
The latest chapter for Billionaire Island is a fantastic opportunity for Ahoy Comics, as well as Steve Pugh and Mark Russell, to continue delivering poignant, yet comedic and timely messages about the state of the world. In a society that’s growing highly aware of its ills, content that isn't afraid to tell its readers the hardest truths is needed more than ever. Will this next offering from Ahoy leave readers laughing and contemplating the consequences of unchecked capitalism? Readers will have to find out for themselves when Mark Russell and Steve Pugh's Billionaire Island: Cult of Dogs releases this fall. |
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