Maraud -

: Slash Maraud is a post-apocalyptic "punk rock" comic featuring mutant dinosaurs and roving gangs.

Kaelen sat by the hearth, his hand resting on the hilt of a rusted shortsword. He was only nineteen, but his eyes held the weary weight of someone who had spent every autumn guarding the granaries. When the harvest was high, the "Shadow-Walkers"—a desperate band of outcasts from the northern wastes—would begin their descent. They didn't come to conquer; they came to maraud. maraud

The idea of "marauding" appears across various genres and histories: : Slash Maraud is a post-apocalyptic "punk rock"

: The term has been used to describe the "swashbuckling scallywags" of the Age of Sail, such as pirates and privateers who raided coastal towns. I'd Buy That For A Dollar: SLASH MARAUD #1 (November 1987) I'd Buy That For A Dollar: SLASH MARAUD

The first sign was always the silence. The crickets would stop their rhythmic chirping, and even the wind seemed to hold its breath. Then came the soft thud-thud of leather boots on thatched roofs.

With a sharp whistle from the ridge, the invaders retreated as quickly as they had arrived. They left behind broken gates and empty larders, but they took only what they needed to survive another month in the wastes.