NYC Mech Volume 1: Lets Electrify

NYC Mech #1

by Ivan Brandon, Miles Gunter, Andy MacDonald (Artist)

Eight million robots walk the streets, but this isn't science fiction. This is New York City, top to bottom, from a basement in the last Brooklyn ghetto to the clouds above a penthouse suite on Park Avenue. Welcome to NYC MECH, a sci-fi NYC populated by lovelorn robots that IGN calls "The coolest book on the planet."

From acclaimed graphic novelists Ivan Brandon (THE CROSS BRONX), Miles Gunter (ZOMBEE) and Andy MacDonald (RED WARRIOR).

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

152 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2005

Reviews

[SA · Rating 1 out of 5]

Great art. Shitty story. The author missed the key point of writing about gun-toting robots: there is no reason for their motivations to be identical to those of humans. I don't even think there were any human characters in this story, which is bizarre because there's something like 8 million robots and 311 million beings in the US--proportionally, even in New York, there would be more humans than robots.

And there's no reason to give a crap because these robots aren't even distinctly robots except for their shiny heads. Why even bother? It's a tepid story if you read them as humans, and the fact of them being robots means apparently nothing to the author. Waste of a concept.

[Jake Jeffries · Rating 2 out of 5]

Strip the robotic artwork from it and it is just a meh slice of life story. It was written to work for humans, including the use of drugs such as Xanax that still work the same for robots I guess? Robots still need to eat food and drink. One robot is trying to order pepperoni pizza. I also wonder how breathing works? Another robot gets mad and wraps a phone cord around his neck which cuts off the breathing for the robot? The artwork is awesome, I will give it that.

[Kate]

Could not get through it... not for me. Gritty, urban, didn't capture my interests