Survival Geeks

Survival Geeks #1

by Gordon Rennie, Emma Beeby, Neil Googe (Illustrator)

Survival Geeks, a media-savvy sci-fi adventure! A parody of contemporary geek culture, for fans of Fanboys and Scott Pilgrim.

When Sam wakes up in the house of a group of sci-fi fans, she becomes their reluctant new housemate... after the house turns out to be a piece of misfiring trans-dimensional technology!

The house takes them to places where no two-up two-down terraced house has gone before, from steampunk worlds to  Lovecraftian elder gods. Armed only with their wits (and Star Wars trivia) the group of misfits must survive in whatever horrifying dimension or alternate reality they find themselves hurled into!

An affectionate parody of the most popular geek cultures, this quirky comedy adventure features steampunks, dark lords and cuddly Lovecraftian horrors.

 

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Science Fiction

112 pages, Paperback

First published September 12, 2017

About the author

Freelance writer for over 20 years – When he’s not being ungainfully employed as a BAFTA-nominated video games scriptwriter, he keeps himself busy writing comics, novels, screenplays and Doctor Who audio plays. Comics work includes Predator, Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper, Missionary Man, Necronauts, Caballistics Inc and Absalom, and Dept. of Monsterology for Renegade.

Reviews

[Alex Sarll]

2000AD has always had a strand of black comedy running through most of its strips, but the ones which aim for outright funny tend to be more hit and miss. This example, in which a household of nerd stereotypes find themselves bouncing from dimension to dimension, is occasionally amusing, but really the best one can say of it is that as geek flatshare comedies go, it's slightly less punchable than The Big Bang Theory. But, y'know, so's Richard Spencer.

[Albert Myburgh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pleasing, crisp, modern cartoon style of illustrations.
Both the dialogue and illustrations are saturated with witty and fun geek culture references.
The characters are interesting and quirky with a dollop of geek sex-appeal.
Story is playful and well executed, lots of self-aware moments and smart fourth-wall bashing, adventurous and fast-paced.
I really enjoyed it.

[Aneez · Rating 4 out of 5]

An overwhelming onslaught of SFF references that occasionally overshadow the plot. Also just because you point something out as a cliché, it doesn't make it any less of a cliché.
The art is good and colourful, though a times it was a little tricky to distinguish the characters.
I still enjoyed it.

[Eva · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not bad, the drawings are nice, it is occasionally funny... But I am not a fan of name dropping (in this case, I don't need that many references to Star Trek or Star Wars etc) And I didn't find the characters really likeable or memorable.

[Odhran · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like fun romps. This was that.

[Timo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tried to be funny and exciting and here and there it was. Or maybe it was just the geek in me spotting popular culture references.