Philip K. Dick's Electric Ant #1

Philip K. Dick's Electric Ant #1

by David W. Mack (Scriptwriter), Philip K. Dick, Pascal Alixe (Illustrator)

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

Genres: Science Fiction, Comics, Graphic Novels, Fiction

Graphic Novel

First published April 7, 2010

About the author

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David W. Mack is a comic book artist and writer, best known for his creation Kabuki and his work on the Marvel Comics titles Daredevil and Alias

The author of the Star Trek Novels is David Mack

Reviews

[Andy Hickman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Electric Ant (2010) #1
“I solved the riddle of sleep.”
“I don’t feel any pain. Why don’t I feel any pain?”

Published: April 07, 2010
Penciller: David Mack
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?
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[Lauren · Rating 3 out of 5]

Does 'reality' exist or is it something I perceive, something tailored to the thoughts in my head? Is your reality different from mine?

I don't know.

But the hospital staff really need to work on their bedside manner.

[Felicia Flaum · Rating 4 out of 5]

Being a big fan of Blade Runner and even bigger fan of PKD's works I thought I would treat myself to these comics and I was not disappointed. A very heady topic just like "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep." Loved it and the whole series!