joshgauthier's review
3.0
*Galley received from Image*
There's a lot of potential here between the socially-relevant themes and the concept of average people unexpectedly being given super-powers. And in some regards, the story manages to achieve what it wants to. It certainly has its interesting moments and points of effective storytelling.
Unfortunately, it also wears its politics on its sleeve, so to speak, in a way that is so obvious as to detract from the story being told. There are also places where the writing just doesn't work as well as it could have. I'd probably pick up a second volume to see where things go, but Volume 1 has its successes and its faults in equal measure.
There's a lot of potential here between the socially-relevant themes and the concept of average people unexpectedly being given super-powers. And in some regards, the story manages to achieve what it wants to. It certainly has its interesting moments and points of effective storytelling.
Unfortunately, it also wears its politics on its sleeve, so to speak, in a way that is so obvious as to detract from the story being told. There are also places where the writing just doesn't work as well as it could have. I'd probably pick up a second volume to see where things go, but Volume 1 has its successes and its faults in equal measure.
drdena's review
5.0
I read this as individual issues.
Looked forward to this title every month. A lot of really vivid "Holy S@&T! Did they really do that!?" moments in this story.
Looked forward to this title every month. A lot of really vivid "Holy S@&T! Did they really do that!?" moments in this story.
maarongraham's review
2.0
Very much like the movie Chronicle, except it tried to update it for the 2017 Occupy/Black Lives Matter generation. But it did not do a good job. The characters motivations were muddy at best, and it ended up being about a whiny entitled white fuckboy.
grilledcheesesamurai's review
3.0
You know that found footage movie that came out 5 years or so ago called, Chronicle? That's what this comic reminded me of.
In Generation Gone, we have three teenaged kids who are hacking DARPA and other government agencies to practice and hone their skills so that when they start skimming banks they won't get caught.
Little do they know...they are being watched.
A scientist has come up with a string of code that when the human eye reads it, it unlocks 'superhuman powers.'
So basically we have 5 issues of a comic about what happens when fucked up kids become X-Men. Only, this isn't a Marvel comic, so the things are a lot more shocking.
Fun book. While it's not overly deep it makes up for that by going bonkers, balls to the wall, with everything else. By the end of the final issue, I felt invested and interested enough in the story that I am pretty hyped to see what happens when this comic starts back up again in early 2018. There are a lot of different directions this story could take and I honestly have no idea whats going to happen.
I'd give this a three and a half star rating if I could...
In Generation Gone, we have three teenaged kids who are hacking DARPA and other government agencies to practice and hone their skills so that when they start skimming banks they won't get caught.
Little do they know...they are being watched.
A scientist has come up with a string of code that when the human eye reads it, it unlocks 'superhuman powers.'
So basically we have 5 issues of a comic about what happens when fucked up kids become X-Men. Only, this isn't a Marvel comic, so the things are a lot more shocking.
Fun book. While it's not overly deep it makes up for that by going bonkers, balls to the wall, with everything else. By the end of the final issue, I felt invested and interested enough in the story that I am pretty hyped to see what happens when this comic starts back up again in early 2018. There are a lot of different directions this story could take and I honestly have no idea whats going to happen.
I'd give this a three and a half star rating if I could...
abhi_thelegend's review
2.0
The premise was great! It had a really good idea but it just wasn’t written properly and wasn’t organized very well, there could have been a lot more ideas added and built upon so it had its times but it wasn’t amazing, the art was pretty cool tho!
marisacarpico's review
4.0
Wasn't sure about this until the end, but this is a helluva concept. Will probably continue, but might be awhile.
bbpettry's review
3.0
“Be anything you want to be, as long as it isn’t harming others. Because you can very likely achieve it.”
Elena realizes she can fly and goes straight to the sun to bask and test her limits. Her boyfriend Nick has discovered himself to be indestructible and in no time is expressing the self-multiplying rage that is present in every panel he’s in. Baldwin, ever the dutiful third wheel, can’t quite see his powers right away like the others do. Three young hackers wanting to test their strength, they were looking to pillage some big bank when they stumbled into the trap of a man called Mr. Akio. He chooses the millennial hackers to be recipients of an “evolutionary” gift. What that gift entails is unclear to the hackers and maybe even Akio himself. The only sure thing is that Elena, Baldwin, and Nick are no longer limited to the skills and strengths of average humans. This series is painfully timely, and reading it hurt so good.
For Fans of: MR. ROBOT, John Dies at the End by David Wong, Neuromancer by William Gibson, Akira the Katsuhiro Otomo Movie &
Manga
Art: Ajauro is as bold as this concept, and terrifying when it counts.
Sell it: To those hungry for hacker flavored sci-fi and revolution.
Elena realizes she can fly and goes straight to the sun to bask and test her limits. Her boyfriend Nick has discovered himself to be indestructible and in no time is expressing the self-multiplying rage that is present in every panel he’s in. Baldwin, ever the dutiful third wheel, can’t quite see his powers right away like the others do. Three young hackers wanting to test their strength, they were looking to pillage some big bank when they stumbled into the trap of a man called Mr. Akio. He chooses the millennial hackers to be recipients of an “evolutionary” gift. What that gift entails is unclear to the hackers and maybe even Akio himself. The only sure thing is that Elena, Baldwin, and Nick are no longer limited to the skills and strengths of average humans. This series is painfully timely, and reading it hurt so good.
For Fans of: MR. ROBOT, John Dies at the End by David Wong, Neuromancer by William Gibson, Akira the Katsuhiro Otomo Movie &
Manga
Art: Ajauro is as bold as this concept, and terrifying when it counts.
Sell it: To those hungry for hacker flavored sci-fi and revolution.
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