Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 9 minutes ago
Hello and welcome to Comic Book Herald's Hickmania, a series running through 2022 where we'll be reading and analyzing the creator-owned works of writer Jonathan Hickman, from his debut The Nightly News through to his most recent output. We'll be reading one creator-owned work a month through 2022, and each month I'll release a new analysis with a new guest discussing the comic!
Today we're talking PAX ROMANA, and I'm joined by Chris Eddleman and Robert Secundus of ComicsXF. We'll analyze the work in depth, so expect spoilers! Topics today include:
Today we're talking Pax Romana and I'm joined by Chris Eddleman and Robert Secundus of ComicsXF. We'll analyze the work in depth, so expect spoilers! Topics today include:
+ How does the time traveling religious crusade and society building in Pax Romana hold up almost 15 years later?
+ How does Hickman incorporate science fiction and alternate history elements into the comic?
+ Do we wish Pax Romana had run for more than four issues so the world could have been explored in more detail?
+ How does the shaping of societies compare to Hickman's work on X-Men in House of X / Powers of X.
+ How effective is the use of text conversations to convey larger ideas in the comic?
You can listen to this as a podcast here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/best-comics-ever/id1366035075
"Pax Romana' takes place in a future when Islam has overrun Western Europe and monotheism is on the wane in the East and the West," Jonathan Hickman told CBR News. "There's a breakthrough. They discover time travel in a scientific lab that's secretly funded by the Vatican. The pope sends a private army back in time to conquer the world and maintain the dominance of Catholicism."
Pax Romana is:
Everything: Jonathan Hickman
Publisher: Image
Interview/Reference:
-- cbr.com/hickman-saves-the-future-destroys-the-past-in-pax-romana
-- https://www.academia.edu/14656528/Jonathan_Hickmans_Pax_Romana_and_the_End_of_Antiquity
Schedule:
January 2022 - The Nightly News
February 2022 - Pax Romana
March 2022 - Transhuman
April 2022 - A Red Mass For Mars
May 2022 - The Red Wing
June 2022 - The Manhattan Projects
July 2022 - Secret
August 2022 - God is Dead
August/Sept 2022 - East of West
October 2022 - The Dying and the Dead
November 2022 - The Black Monday Murders
December 2022 - Decorum
December 2022 - 3W3M
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About Comic Book Herald:
My name's Dave, and Comic Book Herald is a labor of love designed to help new, lapsed, and curious comic book readers explore and enjoy the wonderful world of comics. I've been developing reading orders, chronology guides, and detailed comics recommendations since late 2011. Comics can be confusing and intimidating; I try to help.
Hello and welcome to Comic Book Herald's Hickmania, a series running through 2022 where we'll be reading and analyzing the creator-owned works of writer Jonathan Hickman, from his debut The Nightly News through to his most recent output. We'll be reading one creator-owned work a month through 2022, and each month I'll release a new analysis with a new guest discussing the comic!
Today we're talking PAX ROMANA, and I'm joined by Chris Eddleman and Robert Secundus of ComicsXF. We'll analyze the work in depth, so expect spoilers! Topics today include:
Today we're talking Pax Romana and I'm joined by Chris Eddleman and Robert Secundus of ComicsXF. We'll analyze the work in depth, so expect spoilers! Topics today include:
+ How does the time traveling religious crusade and society building in Pax Romana hold up almost 15 years later?
+ How does Hickman incorporate science fiction and alternate history elements into the comic?
+ Do we wish Pax Romana had run for more than four issues so the world could have been explored in more detail?
+ How does the shaping of societies compare to Hickman's work on X-Men in House of X / Powers of X.
+ How effective is the use of text conversations to convey larger ideas in the comic?
You can listen to this as a podcast here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/best-comics-ever/id1366035075
"Pax Romana' takes place in a future when Islam has overrun Western Europe and monotheism is on the wane in the East and the West," Jonathan Hickman told CBR News. "There's a breakthrough. They discover time travel in a scientific lab that's secretly funded by the Vatican. The pope sends a private army back in time to conquer the world and maintain the dominance of Catholicism."
Pax Romana is:
Everything: Jonathan Hickman
Publisher: Image
Interview/Reference:
-- cbr.com/hickman-saves-the-future-destroys-the-past-in-pax-romana
-- https://www.academia.edu/14656528/Jonathan_Hickmans_Pax_Romana_and_the_End_of_Antiquity
Schedule:
January 2022 - The Nightly News
February 2022 - Pax Romana
March 2022 - Transhuman
April 2022 - A Red Mass For Mars
May 2022 - The Red Wing
June 2022 - The Manhattan Projects
July 2022 - Secret
August 2022 - God is Dead
August/Sept 2022 - East of West
October 2022 - The Dying and the Dead
November 2022 - The Black Monday Murders
December 2022 - Decorum
December 2022 - 3W3M
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Please like & subscribe to Comic Book Herald to get all the new video guides, and help the channel reach more comic book fans!
You can subscribe to the Best Comics Ever podcast here:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/best-comics-ever/id1366035075
Find more from Comic Book Herald at:
-- comicbookherald.com
-- patreon.com/comicbookherald
-- twitter.com/ComicBookHerald
-- facebook.com/ComicBookHerald
-- instagram.com/ComicBookHerald
-- storenvy.com/stores/1279874-comic-book-herald
Video music by:
bensound.com
Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
About Comic Book Herald:
My name's Dave, and Comic Book Herald is a labor of love designed to help new, lapsed, and curious comic book readers explore and enjoy the wonderful world of comics. I've been developing reading orders, chronology guides, and detailed comics recommendations since late 2011. Comics can be confusing and intimidating; I try to help.
