Hacktivist #1

Hacktivist #1

by Alyssa Milano (Creator), Collin Kelly (Writer), Jackson Lanzing (Writer)

Hacktivist is the story of two friends who operate one of the largest social media firms by day, but by night, use their hacking skills to help important social causes all over the world. That is, until the U.S. government finds out.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Comic Book

32 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 22, 2014

About the author

Actress and activist Alyssa Milano has spent almost her entire life in the public eye. A famous child actor, she has continued to work throughout her adulthood in both television and film, most notably starring in the wildly popular television series Who's the Boss? and Charmed.

Alyssa is also a lifelong activist and is passionate about fighting for human rights around the world. In 2003, UNICEF invited Alyssa to become a National Ambassador in recognition of her charitable work on behalf of children. Ever since then, Alyssa has been a champion of children's rights, working closely with UNICEF to raise money and awareness and provide aid to the children who need it most all over the world.

Alyssa also speaks to kids in schools around the country about the importance of voting and teaches them how to fill out a ballot because she believes it's never too early to be civic-minded. Most recently, Alyssa is known for popularizing the #MeToo hashtag on Twitter, sparking the massive viral movement. She was named one of the 2017 Persons of the Year in Time magazine alongside other prestigious activists. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two kids.

(source: Amazon)

Reviews

[Gina · Rating 2 out of 5]

Young, rich, white tech guys who are bored by their success so get to wreak havoc in Tunisia. It's not that the havoc is even bad - it's probably good - but the paths feel pretty well-trod.

[Mark Everglade · Rating 4 out of 5]

This review covers the whole series. This is a wonderful graphic novel about creating a peer to peer internet free of corporations for social activism, and the governments role in manipulating foreign powers. Excellent artwork and creative layouts compliment memorable characters
. Full review here :

https://www.markeverglade.com/hactivi...

[Martti · Rating 4 out of 5]

Found it in my Humble Bundle backlog. It was pretty good and I vaguely remember it as the Alyssa Milano graphic novel project, but it turns out she is credited as the "creator". So I wonder if she just lent her stardom to this project? It always confuses me how many people need to work on graphic novels. Usually one person writes and the other draws. This one has a whole "project team" with titles like "letters", "design", "illustrator", "colors" etc. A whole person for "colors"? Really? To the uninitiated it sounds just ridiculous, but I guess that just shows my ignorance of the world of graphic novels.

But in short it's a great story no matter how many people worked on it. Very up-to-date with privacy issues of the days.

[Edward Petersen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was really good, and quasi-accurate with its cyber security references. I'd definitely read more...

[Francesca Giardiello · Rating 3 out of 5]

Primo capitoletto, cerca di essere di impatto ma ammetto di non capire ancora che piega la storia sia prendendo, se si parla di hacker o attivisti, di quanto la cosa possa essere seria o meno.

[Rebecca · Rating 5 out of 5]

My first graphic novel, I really enjoyed it and will seek out the rest of the series.

[Lasciel · Rating 4 out of 5]

A decent start to a series, first characters nicely introduced and good graphics.
I hope the next continues this pattern.

[Questingforaquest · Rating 3 out of 5]

So we've got a not-Snowden who's besties with a not-Zuckerburg and they're trying to do some good by enabling revolutions in other parts of the world. Ugh, I had thought there would be more going on in this, but it's only issue 1, so hopefully it gets better. I only rated it as high as I have for the art. Let's hope this gets more original.

[Tane Hadiyantono · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very smart story about technology morality and the eve of Arab Spring.

[Sharon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice art and clever dialogue. Unfortunately, the premise feels a little too much like Silicon Valley fanfiction to me. (The region, I mean, not the TV show.)

[Brian Callahan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This comic ties in with my fascination of social media.