Factory

by Yacine Elghorri

Overview

A Mad Max inspired, nightmarish vision of life on a dystopian planet.

A band of mutants slog through the harsh deserts of a dystopian planet in search of the Factory - the last semblance of civilization left among the wasteland.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781785865985
Publisher:	Titan
Publication date:	08/28/2018
Pages:	104
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Yacine Elghorri is an animator, illustrator, storyboard artist, conceptual designer and comic book artist. He has worked in Los Angeles on films and animated shows such as Futurama, Titan AE, Evolution, The Fantastic Four and Thru the Moebius Strip.

Editorial Reviews

07/30/2018
French animator and cartoonist Elgo, pen name of Yacine Elghorri (Bestial, Gunman), renders imaginative and grotesque character designs in this first volume of his cybernetic body horror–themed sci-fi comic. The gruesome death of a “precog” (a premonitory infant floating in a mechanical womb) heralds the fearful arrival of a “man pig” and threatens the rule of despot Baron Gucco over a nightmare future-scape drained of all natural resources. Through the desert, thick with carnivorous fauna, treks a group of pilgrims: among them, a man-pig at the center of a strange metamorphosis. A corrupt inspector arrives to judge the Baron’s nauseating human-fueled power factory and desert warrior Quaid riles the downtrodden humans toward revolution—all careening toward a violent climax. Elgo’s worldbuilding is sumptuously disgusting if not especially groundbreaking; story elements are borrowed from Dune, Mad Max, and Planet of the Apes. But the story is thrilling, including a startling final-act twist (though the conclusion follows too abruptly; hopefully further series installments will delve deeper). Genre readers who enjoy the gross-out factor and detailed cartooning will find this a creepy adventure flush with corpulent aliens and grotesque landscapes. (Aug.)

Publishers Weekly

"Imaginative and grotesque ...the story is thrilling, including a startling final-act twist  ... Genre readers who enjoy the gross-out factor and detailed cartooning will find this a creepy adventure flush with corpulent aliens and grotesque landscapes" - Publishers Weekly

"The artistry and ideas behind Factory cannot be denied, and the best part is, it won’t let you deny it. At least not without a fight. 9 out of 10" - Newsarama

"dark, dirty, and challenging" - Tulsa Book Review

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