FROM THE MIND OF LEGENDARY SCI-FI AUTHOR PHILIP K. DICK! Garson Poole had a pretty great life: good job, nice apartment, a sexy, flirtatious assistant. And then he wakes up in a hospital room…the doctors inform him that he’s been in a car accident…and they can’t treat him. Because he’s a robot. Specifically, Garson is an Electric Ant, a human-like robot created and programmed to serve a specific function. But what is Garson’s function? How will his friends and co-workers treat him, knowing that he’s a machine, and not a person? And how much of his world is real, and how much of it is part of his
programming? Written by Kabuki scribe David Mack and illustrated by Pascal Alixe (ETERNALS ANNUAL).
Date Available: 04/07/2010
BONUS REVIEW by SHANE WALLACE
Philip K. Dick's Electric Ant is certainly a Philip K. Dick story, robots,
advanced future, strange technology. The story starts with our hero in
the hospital with no previous memory of how he got there or how he might
have lost his hand. He soon learns from doctors that he isn't in fact
human, but a worker robotic drone, commonly referred to as an "electric
ant."
Now our hero has to come to terms with not being what he thought he was
and what hidden agenda that might be programmed into his sub-conscience.
This is a great read to any Dick of Warren Ellis fans! It is obvious the
inspiration to Frank Miller and Geoff Darrow's "The Hard Boiled" from 20
years ago! David Mack's script is solid and he subtly updates some of
Dick's ideas. Pascal Alixe art work is beautiful and fitting in this
dream like adventure.
