Spider Jerusalem just doesn´t care about the conventions
Of avoiding religion, politics, and media Controlled by corporations. Instead, he goes to battSpider Jerusalem just doesn´t care about the conventions
Of avoiding religion, politics, and media Controlled by corporations. Instead, he goes to battle and provoke them in his infamous „I hate it here column.“ This has to result in
Freaking talking police dogs, stolen heads (thinks about that before getting too much into cryogenics) And an army of corporate killers and mercenaries trying to silence the grassroot journalist forever. This mix up creates a
Frightening realistic and hilariously dark humoured picture of a possible future Becoming more and more present in each moment. Because besides the fact that once cyberpunk technology is no futuristic fantasy anymore, the great sociological, economic, and political systems all around the world make perfect breeding grounds for all imagined dystopian perversions. And even maybe a bit more to top it, because nightmarish reality tops fiction each time.
A shattered gonzo journalist fighting the system In a 23rd century ecosystem so full of ideas, cults, and crazy ingenuitiesDark cyberpunk at its best
A shattered gonzo journalist fighting the system In a 23rd century ecosystem so full of ideas, cults, and crazy ingenuities that just the worldbuilding itself would be mindblowing enough. But the really big deal here is the
Combination of dark satire and dystopian wasteland Similar to Alan Moore and other dark geniuses. The reader doesn´t know if she/he should enjoy and focus more on the alien DNA, different subcultures, Nanotech, drug addicted machines, and all the other weird stuff, or on how one man can try to be an army against corrupt and bigoted institutions that seem invincible. Because specific genre sci fi is so rare in the graphic novel genre, this is something
Refreshingly different in the mostly fantasy and horror dominated graphic novel world Just like Saga, it unites elements of the mentioned genres with the full sci fi trope and plot potential to pimp it with innuendos and connotations. What else could a sci fi readers´ heart wish for than to see the grand themes of the cyberpunk genre united in an epic graphic novel series?