The Man who Never was

God Complex, Vol. 1: Dogma by Paul Jenkins My rating: 4 of 5 stars Rating 4 out of 5 | Grade: B+; The Gods of Olympus, rule over all mortals It was a couple of years back, when I picked up the series God Complex, written by Paul Jenkins. But for one reason or the other, I never continued the series, even though the first chapter was very much to my taste. Even without having any background about the premise of the story, what caught my eye was the cover art. In a rare instance, the cover art did what it was meant to, and drew in unsuspecting readers, promising them an engaging tale. I can’t point out what exactly about the cover caught my eye; objectively speaking it’s quite straightforward. It’s a solo pose of Hermes, one of the main ‘Rulers’ characters in the series, posing stoically. Other than the athletic frame, and dapper style waistcoat and pants, all other features, especially those where the all too important human features ought to be, are ...

Zombies vs. Robots vs. Amazons by Chris Ryall My rating: 3 of 5 stars Rating 3 out of 5 | Grade: B; Sardonic yet morbidly funny robots vs. dull Aliens. Plus, Amazons! I loved the premise of the Zombies Vs. Robots comic by Chris Ryall, with its dark comedy, and sardonic robots with sass equivalent to Marvin, the manic, paranoid, depressed robot from Dougles Adams' brilliantly hilarious The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy . So naturally, I wanted to explore more of this world, and how it came to such a depressing, yet hilarious stalemate between the undead & unfeeling. This collection features a series of standalone stories, some of which detail how (view spoiler) [ humanity, in its arrogance & hubris brought about the zombie plague, while experimenting with a time machine. Hardly the most original concept for the end of times (hide spoiler) ] The other part of the narrative focuses on a hidden population of Amazons, in paradise island, doing a good job at surviv...

Zombies Vs. Robots by Chris Ryall My rating: 4 of 5 stars Rating 4 out of 5 |B+; Life? Don't talk to me about life. Premise: Humans discovered a technology which made time displacement possible. But, in an inverse case to the Terminator, organic matter gets annihilated during the trip. So, they created robots of various classes, to travel as proxies and collect necessary scientific information. Something went wrong, it was postulated that one of the robots might’ve accidentally brought back a virus, either from the past or future. But this resulted in the spread of a zombie virus in the human world. A portion of the human population succumbed to the virus. Another portion got turned into the undead, and preyed on those who remained uninfected. Perhaps in a bid to augment their fast dwindling fighting force, the humans commissioned various military class robots, to serve as a bulwark against the spread of the Zombies. This proved to be a stop ...