In the constant barrage of things I like, I thought I’d clue you chaps into this.
Its an interesting behind the scenes look of this artist Tony Harris, who pencils the graphic novel Ex Machina. The series is scribed by my current favourie high concept comic writer, Brian K Vaughan. (he also writes the amazing Y: The Last Man as well..)
Anyway, Ex Machina is currently my favourite book in the genre of comics. Its very little of the cliche superheroics and much more a political thriller. Think West Wing meets Iron Man. This guy has an accident and gains the super ability to talk to machines. He tries to fight the good fight, but realizes he is unnecessarily risking his life to simply maintain the status quo. So he runs for mayor of NYC. And due to a great plot twist, wins. This is the first collected book. I think there are 2 others so far.
The plot reveals both everyday political governing, conspiracies and mystery of his origins. Plus the visuals are incredibly realistic but still w\in the genre of art deco comic book. Harris’ new technique of ink washing provides shadowy grey tones on his penciling. It looks pretty great.
I know you guys arent huge comic bookers, and really, I am not much either in the geeky obsessive Comic Book Guy sense, but every once in awhile a few books catch my eye… Sin City, Y: the Last Man, or Watchmen. Check it out.
–Mike