BRILLIANT TRASH Volume 1 by Tim Seeley, writer and Priscilla Petraites, artist (Aftershock Comics, July 2018) Kindle Edition, 120 pages. ASIN # B07C7NFNX6. Reprints Brilliant Trash #1-6.
Summary on the Goodreads website . . . . .
In the near future, a super-powered teenage girl wipes the heavily disputed Old City of Jerusalem off the map. Now, in the politically charged world of the “Lady Last Word Incident", a click-bait headline writing “journalist” holds the key to a med-tech conspiracy that could allow people to buy superpowers for the cost of days off their lifespan.
From Tim Seeley (Revival, Grayson) and breakout art sensation Priscilla Petraites, comes the series that HAD to be told at AfterShock Comics!
“Writer Tim Seeley and artist Priscilla Petraites put team up to deliver one of the most dazzling stories on the comics shelf.“ – Stephen Gustafson of 411 Mania
My 3-Star Review on the Goodreads website . . . . .
I’m rating this 3.5 Stars but the Goodreads website only allows for whole numbers. It's better than average but not enough to give a 4 Star (exceeds expectations) rating.
It takes a few issues for the complexity of the story to be understood, and when it does finally begin to make more sense - - things change in radical ways.
Seeley creates interesting and sympathetic characters and then burdens them with world-altering decisions and moral choices. Petraites' art style is very fluid and easy to follow, and shows good use of the panel format in some imaginative action scenes.
As science expands the horizons of what is possible in the near future, what is the role of the corporations who funded the experiments and eventual development of new world-changing technology? The scientist who invented the breakthrough wants to share it with the world, while the corporate head wants to imprison the developer and parcel the improvements out to the highest bidders. News is leaked to two reporters, one part of a news agency and the other a freelance "click-bait" website expert.
I don't want to spoil the story, so I'll keep the breakthrough in mystery for readers to discover. Of course the tech is not foolproof. There is a price to pay for utilizing it and time is short. Brilliant Trash deals with the increasing role of social media in spreading truth, what gets shared and what gets coveted, what should be shared and what is best kept secured, and what might happen if a beneficial but ultimately hazardous enhancement was shared with everyone.
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