D4VEocracy

D4VE #3

by Ryan Ferrier, Valentín Ramón (Illustrator)

After conquering 34RTH as the greatest robot war hero, then saving it from invading aliens, D4VE's next campaign gets political!

In the wake of a robo-political assassination, D4VE begins a presidential campaign. A hip new app startup has other plans for the robot society, however, and creates the perfect political rival. The third arc of the acclaimed  D4VE  series continues in  D4VEOCRACY .

Genres: Comics, Science Fiction, Graphic Novels

96 pages, Paperback

Published August 15, 2017

Reviews

[Alex Sarll]

It was always the core joke of D4VE that, after wiping us out, the robots continued with all our dumbest ideas. So having them hornswoggled by ghastly tech-bros and a parasitic elite into electing a terrible new leader is a perfectly legitimate next development. But, like so many attempts at satirising modern politics, it flounders, caught between the unsurpassable stupidity of the moment, and how bloody depressing it is.

[Glen Farrelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love the premise and world-building of this graphic novel. The plot is essentially life on "34RTH" - Earth after the singularity and robots have wiped out humans. The forms of robots (such as Roombas and Jukeboxes as well as the more conventional humanoid one) is really fun as is their take on life. I would have preferred if the robots didn't act pretty much exactly the same way humans did, so that it could have been a bit more true to its world and have opened up more avenues for satire, humour, and drama.

This is the third graphic novel with D4VE, but this was the first I've read. I should have read them in order as even though the plot is self-contained I found there was too much back-story I missed to truly appreciate the set-up and to be able to differentiate the main characters.

I did really like the characters and world and hope to find the first D4VE to read.

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

I feel kind of conflicted about these comics. I really liked D4ve and the themes we were building up throughout the series. I really liked the character progression of D4ve and his family. 5cotty was definitely a stand-out for me, I wasn't expecting robomotions in this series let alone roboromance, and I thought all of it was great. Even S4lly goes through great growth. I even liked the writing, how everyone talking in internet slang, it was kind of fun. It did however hurt my brain to read this, and that slang makes reading this quite a bit more difficult than it could be. Generally I'm not sure how often I'd recommend this, but if you want to read a political point made around 2016 with robots and action, this was pretty alright. I hope any of that makes sense!

[TJ Shelby · Rating 3 out of 5]

I hope the series continues because D4VE has become a guilty pleasure.