The following originally ran in the Weekly Planet 6/13/18.
Imagine if you will a dystopian future where your personal information is no longer secure online and everything about you is being sold off to the highest bidder. Sounds farfetched, I know. Nothing at all like the times we currently live in. Such is the world of Analog, the fledgling Image series currently unfolding from Gerry Duggan and David O’Sullivan.
Duggan, the scribe behind about ten years of Deadpool, the most recent (and absolutely delightful) Guardians of the Galaxy series, and Marvel’s current multiversal Infinity Wars event, drops the galaxy-spanning threats for the more recognizable foes of people with access to far too much money and technology. Those who wish to keep certain information private are forced to get a little creative. Tough-as-nails deliverymen called Couriers are paid handsomely to deliver briefcases of secrets great distances (and defend their charges by any means necessary).
Issue #1 lovingly rendered for us what it might look like to get the absolute tar beat out of you in St. Louis. As a hometown boy and Missouri native, I truly appreciated the attention to detail given to the sights, sounds, and dangerous assassins of the city I lived in for six years. But even more than that, I was sucked in by the world and our lead character, Jack.
The series moves along with verve. Duggan has such a wonderful skill to keep the reader guessing and hide information from us in plain sight. O’Sullivan draws such expressive characters, helping Jack stand out from other square-jawed tough guys.
The second issue introduced to us the twist that will propel the series going forward and I am positively enthralled by what might be revealed to us in this week’s Issue #3. If you’ve already been reading Analog, then you know exactly what I’m talking about. If you haven’t been, I recommend you grab it right now so you can have bragging rights for this series when most folks catch it in trade a few months down the road.
Isn’t it a fun bit of happenstance that you’re likely reading this right now on an analog Weekly Planet placed in your shopping bag? We at Forbidden Planet care deeply about your security.
Please don’t try and beat me up in St. Louis.
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