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Hacktivist
Hacktivist, Volume Two
We are what you made us.
Nate Graft and Edward Hiccox were the young, brilliant co-founders of the social networking company YourLife while secretly running .sve_urs3lf, a hacker collective enabling revolutions around the globe. It’s been six months since Ed was killed by a drone on national television while fighting for freedom. It's been six months since Nate lost his company, his best friend, and his mission. Now in charge of the government organization VIGIL, the front line of America’s ongoing cyber operations, Nate has started to pick up the pieces of his life when the government comes under attack from a new breed of hacker...working under the name .sve_urs3lf. Using Nate and Ed’s former handle, they want to know the truth of what happened six months ago by any means necessary. This time, war is the home front and Nate will have to look to his past if he’s going to save the future.
From the creative mind of Alyssa Milano, written by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing, and illustrated by Marcus To, Hacktivist, Volume Two is an action-packed cyber thriller that questions the difference between good and evil in the age of technology.
Collecting: Hacktivist, Volume 2 1-6
Nate Graft and Edward Hiccox were the young, brilliant co-founders of the social networking company YourLife while secretly running .sve_urs3lf, a hacker collective enabling revolutions around the globe. It’s been six months since Ed was killed by a drone on national television while fighting for freedom. It's been six months since Nate lost his company, his best friend, and his mission. Now in charge of the government organization VIGIL, the front line of America’s ongoing cyber operations, Nate has started to pick up the pieces of his life when the government comes under attack from a new breed of hacker...working under the name .sve_urs3lf. Using Nate and Ed’s former handle, they want to know the truth of what happened six months ago by any means necessary. This time, war is the home front and Nate will have to look to his past if he’s going to save the future.
From the creative mind of Alyssa Milano, written by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing, and illustrated by Marcus To, Hacktivist, Volume Two is an action-packed cyber thriller that questions the difference between good and evil in the age of technology.
Collecting: Hacktivist, Volume 2 1-6
176 pages, Hardcover
First published May 17, 2016
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May 22, 2021
A pointless follow-up to a worthless original. Nothing new to say, and broadening the scope of the 'story' only makes it's flaws more glaring and annoying.
September 20, 2020
(Read as Single Issues)
I'm not really convinced this follow-up was necessary. It does some interesting things in interrogating the motives that drove Nate and Ed, and the unexpected ramifications of their actions, as a whole clade of hackers take up Ed as a martyr, and some of them are guided into a new dangerous group called the Tower, which uses encrypted hardware and directly kills people. Ed and Nate spend the whole collection chasing their tails trying to find an in-road and justify their behavior in the first volume (the whole Tunisia subplot gets minimal attention and no resolution), pulling in a couple of secondary characters from the first volume as well. The book spends so much time on plot that the characters suffer, especially considering how much the cast is expanded (with the Tower hackers). The art is still good, with heavy use of color for setting locations, and there's some exciting sequences, but the climax mostly plays out off-screen. It's not bad, but it doesn't do enough to really justify coming back to this world, especially considering the way it leaves several pieces from the first volume untouched in favor of focusing too much on others.
I'm not really convinced this follow-up was necessary. It does some interesting things in interrogating the motives that drove Nate and Ed, and the unexpected ramifications of their actions, as a whole clade of hackers take up Ed as a martyr, and some of them are guided into a new dangerous group called the Tower, which uses encrypted hardware and directly kills people. Ed and Nate spend the whole collection chasing their tails trying to find an in-road and justify their behavior in the first volume (the whole Tunisia subplot gets minimal attention and no resolution), pulling in a couple of secondary characters from the first volume as well. The book spends so much time on plot that the characters suffer, especially considering how much the cast is expanded (with the Tower hackers). The art is still good, with heavy use of color for setting locations, and there's some exciting sequences, but the climax mostly plays out off-screen. It's not bad, but it doesn't do enough to really justify coming back to this world, especially considering the way it leaves several pieces from the first volume untouched in favor of focusing too much on others.
December 30, 2021
This was a better comic than the first one. I really like the punk rock hacker in this one, although she was the villain of this story. Is it weird that I was cheering for her above the CEO millionaires heroes?
November 8, 2025
I loved the first one. It seemed filled with a fire of hope. This one felt like it was walking back on inspiring people to make change - and, instead, suggests the worst about humanity. Color me a little more hopeful.
May 26, 2018
As amazing as the first volume with the stakes set even higher.
January 25, 2021
Really good comic, grandscale and massive story
September 24, 2016
Hacktivist me encantó en su primer volumen. Me sigue gustando en el segundo.
Todos los hackeos presentes en este comic son posibles salvo un pequeño detalle. El tiempo que toman en su realización. Esto es el factor que los vuelve hackers-extraordinaire.
Sin embargo, este comic no se centra en los hackeos en si, sino en el impacto social que tienen. Esto es lo que hace que esta historia se vuelva humana. Lo que hace que esta historia se trate de gente teniendo un impacto social tanto positivo como negativo, lo cual nos lleva a debates sobre responsabilidad. Y este comic no tiene asco en tratar temas sensibles. El hecho de que se hayan centrado en esto hace que les perdone todo los superpoderes tecnológicos disfrazados de habilidad que muestran los hackers.
Todos los hackeos presentes en este comic son posibles salvo un pequeño detalle. El tiempo que toman en su realización. Esto es el factor que los vuelve hackers-extraordinaire.
Sin embargo, este comic no se centra en los hackeos en si, sino en el impacto social que tienen. Esto es lo que hace que esta historia se vuelva humana. Lo que hace que esta historia se trate de gente teniendo un impacto social tanto positivo como negativo, lo cual nos lleva a debates sobre responsabilidad. Y este comic no tiene asco en tratar temas sensibles. El hecho de que se hayan centrado en esto hace que les perdone todo los superpoderes tecnológicos disfrazados de habilidad que muestran los hackers.
December 7, 2016
despite the book starting off a little slower than expected, I think I almost enjoyed this more than the first.
with the world thinking Ed has died in Tunisia, another group has taken up his cause and his image to bring order to the world. but is order what they really want?
I was really surprised at how well paced the story was, despite trying to solve the same crisis with the same technology. The character of The SeaQueen was the star of this show though. was she a lesser? a follower? Or a master manipulator?
with the world thinking Ed has died in Tunisia, another group has taken up his cause and his image to bring order to the world. but is order what they really want?
I was really surprised at how well paced the story was, despite trying to solve the same crisis with the same technology. The character of The SeaQueen was the star of this show though. was she a lesser? a follower? Or a master manipulator?
October 18, 2016
meh...
May 12, 2019
Mr. Robot vibes.
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