French master of comics Moebius seems to have channeled quite a bit in his series “The World of Edena”. There are many parallels given our current trajectory as a culture especially since the beginning of covid back in 2020 - albeit the story takes place 4000 years in the future. It’s an entertaining look at the hyperbolic absurdity - in that sorta of allusive way - that we find ourselves and which the sci-fi genre readily provides - a parable for our current situation.
I can’t recommend this graphic novel enough, and when I read it back in January as a way to disconnect from the whole US election fiasco I had no idea how layered it was with the many themes discussed on the forum - technological separation from nature, medical tyranny, rediscovering the power of male/female just to name a few (I'm glossing over a lot here I know).
I don’t want to give away too many spoilers, but here are few panels below that make quite the statement looked at in the context of today’s techno-medical oligarchy being forced on us. Can we escape the technocratic enslavement of the sovereign human beings?
If you're into graphic novels that are more than just super heroes in tights or need a break from the madness out there take a look at this one.
I can’t recommend this graphic novel enough, and when I read it back in January as a way to disconnect from the whole US election fiasco I had no idea how layered it was with the many themes discussed on the forum - technological separation from nature, medical tyranny, rediscovering the power of male/female just to name a few (I'm glossing over a lot here I know).
I don’t want to give away too many spoilers, but here are few panels below that make quite the statement looked at in the context of today’s techno-medical oligarchy being forced on us. Can we escape the technocratic enslavement of the sovereign human beings?
If you're into graphic novels that are more than just super heroes in tights or need a break from the madness out there take a look at this one.