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37th out of 101 books
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7 voters
Transhuman
Jonathan Hickman and JM Ringuet present a mockumentary about the future, where genetically engineered humans are created by rival companies in an attempt to corner the market under the guise of bettering the world. Transhuman is an irreverent view of the origin of a new technology, the starting of rival companies, the piles of cash made from taking them public, and the mar...more
Paperback, 120 pages
Published
February 10th 2009
by Image Comics
(first published August 29th 2008)
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Jonathan Hickman came to my attention three years ago, when he was writing independent comics and publishing them through Image. his debut The Nightly News was fantastic, blending a strong visual/graphic arts sense with a fractured storyline. Transhuman is his follow-up and it's not quite as good. Although entertaining, it's short (four issues, or chapters, as compared to six), and it feels a little thin. It's still entertaining and the art is okay, but it's neither as good as The Nightly News n...more
This book starts off with a catchy hook: documentary style storytelling, talking to the audience as if they already knew all the salient details of the story about to unfold. It's damned addictive, because Hickman tantalises the reader with hints and tidbits of massive changes to human history that he's deliberately withholding from us.
This book also surprised me with something I'm not used to from Hickman: emotional undercurrents and "dirty" art. Hickman has an ear for smarm and other passive-a...more
This book also surprised me with something I'm not used to from Hickman: emotional undercurrents and "dirty" art. Hickman has an ear for smarm and other passive-a...more
I loved this.
It is part of a series yet each volume has an independent story, so you don't miss out anything background-wise on some characters if you only read one of them, like I did.
I love this.
You pick it. Open it and start checking out the pages and the first thing that crosses your mind is: "webdesign". This comic looks like a website! Indeed, not only the design of the covers of the chapters calls out for the web user in me, but along the story there's little details that keep evoking the...more
It is part of a series yet each volume has an independent story, so you don't miss out anything background-wise on some characters if you only read one of them, like I did.
I love this.
You pick it. Open it and start checking out the pages and the first thing that crosses your mind is: "webdesign". This comic looks like a website! Indeed, not only the design of the covers of the chapters calls out for the web user in me, but along the story there's little details that keep evoking the...more
I liked the premise of the story but I can't say the book grabbed me. This story is imagining a future, a time when it's easy for people to purchase enhancements that let them live longer, healthier lives, or to purchase cybernetic limbs. The two different approaches to improving humanity had led to corporate warfare, and that's what the story focuses on, the leaders of the various companies responsible for the new technology.
It's set up as a documentary, told years after the events in question...more
It's set up as a documentary, told years after the events in question...more
Nice work by Hickman, with the pseudo-documentary style and the social commentary with just-satirical-enough bite. JM Ringuet's art balanced the televisual approach and the fantastical content well - in all it's a pretty compelling read. Ostensibly a story about evolution, I was most intrigued by what Hickman had to say about business and innovation. A great example of what comics can be.
Genetically engineered super intelligent and super horny chimps brutally anger raping genitically engineered superheros? Sign me up! Extra kudos for the blatant shout out to Grant Morrison in the form of a panel showing the dog and cat from We3. Only 4 stars because it's not so much an in depth, fully formed story as it is just a series of twisted jokes riffing on an interesting sci-fi concept. He's done much better work (see The Nightly News), but this is still top notch insanity from one of th...more
Really clever sci-fi story. It's a semi-thriller about a pair of tech companies racing each other to change the world with enhanced humans. The story is told in the form of a documentary after the race is over. The conceit works well and nicely hides a clever twist at the end. Some funny bits and some great science fiction make this one of my favorite works by Hickman.
This was entertaining but a little too wink and nod for me. Hickman tries to mix some humor with an interesting subject, but instead ends up with less of both. He does some X-men analogues and but it doesn't show his usual cleverness and verve. Without any clear heroes or villains, it just seems somewhat flat. It could have and should have been better.
a solid idea that just wasn't executed to the fullest potential. Mostly I'm disappointed that Hickman didn't do the art for this himself. His infographic-heavy style seems like it would have been a perfect fit for a faux documentary.
This was an odd book, but the last chapter brought it all together and made it great. It was kind slow since it was setup as if you were watching a documentary with a narrator who is doing interviews throughout to tell the story.
Nice commentary on big science/big medicine. I think it's pretty ironic that Hickman is apparently against corporations of any type, and yet writes Fantastic Four.
This is one of the best books I have ever read! Everyone needs to read this book. Go get a copy! Right now! Before the apes take over.
Mehhhh but even more so, didn't care for the art, the story, or the resolution. So pretty much hated it all.
A decent read. Not as good as Nightly News, but I still appreciate the overall point of the book.
I think I figured out the ending really early on. The story was rather weak. The art was amazing.
Very challenging. Words fail. Cosmic implications. Not for the faint.
A strange, well-done story. Not really sure what to make of it - it's a satire of sorts, not always successful but not a failure either, but quick and interesting enough to be worth my time. Closer to a 3.5, I suppose, but I can't really figure out what I liked or disliked about it, if that makes any sense.
A confronting, stark portrayal of humanity's self-destructive quest for perfection, evoking a mashup of Gattaca, Planet of the Apes and the real-life machinations of companies like Apple and Microsoft. Bloody good stuff.
Meh.
a bit of a trifle compared to a lot of hickman's other work but enjoyable, well-written, especially for a series more about the politics of venture capitalism and the tech industry rather than the 'what-if' science fiction implied by its title.
Very Amusing.
May 18, 2013
Amy Bindel
marked it as to-read
May 05, 2013
Markus
marked it as to-read
May 04, 2013
John Barras
marked it as to-read
May 04, 2013
Jason
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