Tron: The Ghost in the Machine

by Landry Q. Walker, Eric Jones, Michael Shoykhet (Artist)

SC, TPB, in cello, New, Written by Landry Walker and Eric Jones. Art by Louis De Martinis and Michael Shoykhet. Published in June of 2009. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 144 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Science Fiction

186 pages, Paperback

First published April 26, 2006

About the author

Landry Q. Walker is a New York Times bestselling author of comics and books. His work includes Star Wars stories, Batman and Supergirl comics, and the Project Terra series of novels. He also co-created a Saturday morning cartoon called Scary Larry. He likes castles and robots and also pop-tarts. Most days he sits in his office and pushes buttons on a keyboard until stories somehow happen.

Reviews

[Edward Cheer · Rating 4 out of 5]

An unexpected gem in the universe of Tron. When I read this years ago, I was expecting something far worse, but ended up very pleasantly surprised. This comic studies the confused and complex mind of Jet Bradley, Alan Bradley after the events of TRON 2.0 (which I actually never played), but despite all this, the book does really well to explain itself without confusing those who haven't played the game, though I can understand how it could be confusing to people who hadn't seen the original film. However, this book took me 3 times to read until I understood everything that was going on, and I loved it. Even now, all these years later, I still love this book to death and it holds a special place on my bookshelf, and in my heart.

[Christopher Murphy · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not just a horrible Tron book, a horrible book

There are only three possible scenarios to explain this visual and semantic train wreck:

1.) The author never bothered to watch the original movie or play the video-game upon which his own story is based.

2.) Somehow the author failed to glean any insight into what actually made the movie or video-game enjoyable to fans or made a conscious decision not to include any of those elements in his own work.

3.) The author had already written his story and clumsily renamed characters and events to match the Tron universe in order to sell it.

Ridiculously disappointing.

[Alexander Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

The art concept could have been much better, but the story was very enlightening to what Tron could become more like in future renditions of the story.