The news that Steve Pugh would be the artist for the upcoming DC Comics reboot of The Flintstones was very appealing to me. His original art, if you ever get to see it resembles geological strata, building up layers of ink and white paint to create his unique lines and shading effects.

But the comic itself could be even more intriguing. In that the storyline will see the prehistoric animals of Flintstones world, the ones that used as construction vehicles, transport and everyday household devices organising together to rebel against a humanity that has enslaved them.

The Flintstones do slavery and the fight for emancipation, folks…