Androids, Vol. 4: Kielko's Tears

Androïdes #4

by Jean-Charles Gaudin, Jesús Hervás (Cover Art), Olivier Héban (Cover Art)

Los Angeles – 2037
"My name is Kielko, I am the domestic android of the Morgan Family. I have been at their service for more than a year..."
"The words 'emotion' and 'feeling' have value only for you, human beings. For me, they are only words and algorithms that determine my actions and reactions. For some time, I have been feeling some nano-technological disturbances, which appear in none of my initialization parameters. I know that Grady is expressing deviant behavior... My duty is to remain silent. I have to accompany him to disreputable places. But in his wake, there is this red liquid that you call blood. An element which fascinates and obsesses me..."

Genres: Bande Dessinée, Science Fiction, Comics, Comic Book

56 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 17, 2017

About the author

Jean-Charles Gaudin, né en 1963 à Challans en Vendée, est un scénariste de bande dessinée français.

Reviews

[Julio]

Quatrième et, jusqu’à maintenant, dernier de la série de BDs construite autour d’androïdes suivant les lois de la robotique d'Asimov. Sauf qu’ici, dans ce numéro, le robot et personnage central de l´histoire ne les respecte pas ! Mais bien que l’histoire viole les principes même qui devraient guider son déroulement, cela ne l’empêche pas d’être une bonne histoire, bien construite, avec un final original et inattendu. Avec un robot trop humain qui « aime » son maître un peu trop…

[Mirnes Alispahić]

A question of AI's evolution is something that always feared humans. Over the years, that fear has been explored in numerous forms. Kielko's Tears is no different. It's a story told from a perspective of an android Kielko, who while watching the family he takes care off and movies, develops something of a feelings as well as desire to feel alive. To feel human. Hence the title as at least people can cry when they feel. However, that's something that leads him to break the rules. Slowburner, a mix of SF and horror. Something that would be a great episode of Black Mirror.

[Artur Coelho]

Até que ponto poderá ir um robot para proteger os seus amos? Neste caso, muito longe. A história mostra-nos um robot cuja programação, influenciada por cultura cinematográfica, parece estar a permitir-lhe adquirir sentimentos. Somos parcialmente levados a pensar que são de luxúria perante a esposa do seu dono, mas na verdade, são de extrema proteção ao dono. Ao ponto de levar o robot a assassinar para proteger os segredos de um homem que gosta demasiado de trair a esposa.

[Rafaela Oliveira]

Quel tome triste, mais c'est quand même un des meilleurs de la série jusqu'à présent...

[Jane Vellichor]

Now this This is how you do a twist! I actually had to go back and re-read sections to find what I'd missed.

[Scott]

Do androids have feelings...or is it all an algorithm. Beautifully put together story and artwork.