Symmetry, Vol. 2

Symmetry #5-8

by Matt Hawkins, Raffaele Ienco (Artist)

In a perfectly ordered Utopia, Julia is the anomaly that signals change. The child of star-crossed lovers, raised in secret by a benevolent A.I., Julia--and the friends and foes she is about to encounter--present humanity with a golden opportunity for societal evolution... or an excuse to show its darkest nature.
Collects SYMMETRY #5-8.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels Comics, Science Fiction, Dystopia

128 pages, Paperback

First published December 21, 2016

Reviews

[Kyle Pennekamp · Rating 1 out of 5]

I enjoyed most of the first volume. Then I read the long section in the back... the musings of the writer. And I realized... uh oh... this guy's not that smart. Yet I picked up this second volume. And it was a mess.

[47Time · Rating 4 out of 5]

20 years later Julia, the half-White, half-Latin daughter of Michael and Marciela has been found by the council forces. The AI SOL is still protecting her and convinces the other councils to give her access to their archives. Each council's archives is separate, so Julia suspects there are differences between them that she can use. She also find a weapons cache from before the world was under SOL's influence. She can't see the big picture yet, but SOL has everything under control and Julia is the most important piece of its plan for humanity.

The White council sends human assassins for her that obviously aren't weighed down by the androids' directive to never harm humans. Julia survives with her android Ram's help, but the Whites betray them on the last leg of their journey when Julia visits the White archives. Fortunately, Julia foresaw this and once again survives. She realises that her true mission has always been to activate the weapons caches around the world. SOL uses the weapons to overthrow the councils.

Everything SOL has done is for the betterment of humanity, but also to improve his AI. It does not allow Julia to return to society, but agrees to reveal everything to her. Through all the birth, destruction and rebirth, SOL has identified the ideal way to maintain symmetry.

[Devon Munn · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a fairly decent series. The art by Raffaele Kengo was solid but one problem I do have with this is slightly spoilery so I'll leave it under a spoiler tag

So this society is divided by White, Latin, Asian and African. So no acknowledgement of Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island? Pacific Islanders? Yes you can assume Pacific Islanders are assimilated with Asians but what about Indigenous Turtle Islanders? What about them? So are they assimilated within the White society?and Latin isn't even a race, it's a ethnicity. Talk about Indigenous erasure. And I'm not saying Matt Hawkins deliberately did this I assume he did so more so out of little to no thought about them which is still pretty sad

[Paul Allard · Rating 4 out of 5]

Conclusion of this series about AI taking over the world – an improvement

In a dystopian future, artificial intelligence has taken on huge importance and dominates lives in every aspect. Some rebel against such regimented living after a solar flare cuts some of them off from the AI. This volume concludes this short series as Julia, offspring of two rebels, takes on her role to change the existing order with dramatic consequences for all concerned

Quite entertaining and easier to follow than the previous volume. Artwork is reasonably good and clear and the series ends here which I admire – it doesn't stretch on forever as other series do.

[Massimiliano Raposio · Rating 3 out of 5]

First Arc better than this one.

[Robert John · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gotta love dystopian Utopia. People always get their shit effed up.

[Jorge · Rating 1 out of 5]

Just bad

[Becky O'Rourke · Rating 2 out of 5]

Fine concept, just felt rushed and not fleshed out. It’s missing something.

[Johan · Rating 1 out of 5]

I wasn’t enthusiastic about the first volume, but it had a story and a flow, which were absent in the second volume.