Calexit (comic)
{{short description|2017 comic by Matteo Pizzolo and Amancay Nahuelpan}}
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|TPB = Calexit vol. 1
|ISBN = 978-1628751819
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Calexit is a 2017 speculative fiction comic book written by Matteo Pizzolo, illustrated by Amancay Nahuelpan, and published by Black Mask Studios.{{Cite web|url=https://www.snopes.com/news/2017/07/14/calexit-comic-secession/|title='Calexit' Comic Depicts State Under Siege Following Secession|last=Garcia|first=Arturo|date=14 July 2017|website=Snopes|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=16 December 2018}}
Publication
Black Mask put out three issues of Calexit from July 2017 to May 2018, followed by a trade paperback collection published in June 2018.
Plot
Following an order from the United States federal government to deport all immigrants, California declares itself a sanctuary state, triggering a military intervention by the federal government plunging the state into chaos. The series follows Jamil, a smuggler, and Zora, a resistance leader, who escape together from a detention facility in Occupied Los Angeles.
Reception
Calexit sold out its first print run of 25,000 copies.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/18/books/comic-books-that-put-the-pow-in-political-power.html|title=Comic Books That Put the Pow in Political Power|last=Gustines|first=George Gene|date=18 July 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=16 December 2018}} It received positive reviews from io9,{{Cite web|url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/calexit-is-a-bloody-dystopian-vision-of-trumps-america-1798336205|title=Calexit Is a Bloody, Dystopian Vision of Trump's America and the People Bold Enough To Resist It|last=Pulliam-Moore|first=Charles|date=23 July 2017|website=io9|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=16 December 2018}} Boing Boing{{Cite web|url=https://boingboing.net/2018/12/16/california-sovereign-republic.html|title=Calexit: a fractured California, where militias and the DHS battle the resistance in Trump's future America|last=Doctorow|first=Cory|date=16 December 2018|website=Boing Boing|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=16 December 2018}} and Newsarama.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsarama.com/35293-best-shots-review-calexit-1.html|title=Best Shots Review: CALEXIT #1 'Is The Most Political Book On Stands Now'|last=Lydon|first=Pierce|date=12 July 2017|website=Newsarama|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=16 December 2018}}