Fight for Tomorrow

Fight for Tomorrow By Brian Wood

Brian Wood, the critically acclaimed writer of DMZ, teams with artist Denys Cowan for this action-packed tale of a young Buddhist monk turned kung fu street brawler.

Kidnapped as a small boy, Cedric Zhang was bought and raised to fight in competitions for the benefit of his owner and the other local clan bosses. He quickly formed a tight and lasting bond with Christy, one of the clan's young nurses. They helped each other survive in a grim and violent environment, until they escaped as young adults and relocated to New York City. Then, in the middle of the night, Christy runs away, disappearing with no warning or explanation. Cedric immerses himself in the violent and corrupt NYC underworld in an effort to locate his missing friend and finds himself back in the same horrible world he spent his life trying to escape.

The story focuses around a character named Cedric Zhang, a buddhist who was raised as a fighter for underground fights where people regularly show up and bet on the fighters involved. He leads a pretty tough life, getting beat up almost every other day. But he finds strength in her girlfriend named Christy who was also in the same regime as Cedric.

Turns out Christy goes missing and Cedric has to find her, and along the way try to find himself. It's a heartfelt story of the everyman essentially and it's a very good one at that.

The writing's very creative, and it doesn't really feel like a normal run-of-the-mill story. Brian's characters feel very human and they often jump out of the page and start to live in your mind, that's due to the realistic dialogue and also the motivations of the characters. I think he's taken a very flawed character like Cedric and made us sympathise with his struggles and dilemmas, which is great

NAME	Fight for Tomorrow
AUTHOR	Brian Wood (Author),Denys Cowan (Illustrator), Kent Williams (Illustrator)
PUBLISHERS	Vertigo
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