Creators: Robert Venditti and Brett Weldele
Pages: 180
Format: US Perfect bound, Full Colour
"A classic sci-fi tale, in a similar vane to William Gibson or Harlan Ellison." -- Hilary Goldstein, IGN
"Venditti has woven a fascinating story … one that I'm eager to follow." -- Shawn Hoke, Comic World News
The year is 2054, and life has been reduced to a data feed. The fusing of virtual reality and cybernetics has ushered in the era of the surrogate, a new technology that lets users interact with the world without ever leaving their homes. It’s a perfect world, and it’s up to Detectives Harvey Greer and Pete Ford of the Metro Police Department to keep it that way. But to do so they’ll need to stop a techno-terrorist bent on returning society to a time when people lived their lives instead of merely experiencing them.
In the tradition of William Gibson and Philip K. Dick, The Surrogates is more than just an action story with sci-fi trappings. Applying familiar tropes in unfamiliar ways, The Surrogates is about progress and whether there exists a tipping point at which technological advancement will stop enhancing and start hindering our lives. It is also a commentary on identity, the Western obsession with physical appearance, and the growing trend to use science as a means of providing consumers with beauty on demand.
Now a major motion picture starring Bruce Willis!
Recommend to mature readers
