Injection
2016
- dystopias
- gifted persons
- comic books, strips
- fiction
- comics & graphic novels, science fiction
The story
"Consulting detective Vivek Headland, originally of the group that caused the release of a haunted artificial intelligence into the world, lives and works in New York, dealing with all the strangeness that very strange city can throw at him. But a case involving a stolen ghost and human deli meat causes him to call for help, as the details of the investigation reveal a new battleground between humanity and The Injection."--Amazon.
What it’s like
Clean, hard-edged linework and flat, saturated colour blocks give this graphic novel the feel of a crisp slab of contemporary sci-fi noir, with cold neon, grimy Manhattan street corners and gleaming tech interiors rendered in deliberate contrast. Panels are tightly packed and often angled, so the reading rhythm is brisk and punchy, with quiet beats of unease where the uncanny creeps into ordinary rooms. The vibe is wry, jittery and faintly cynical, a mix of gallows humour and creeping dread, best suited to a late-night read or a long train ride when you want something that moves fast and keeps a grin on its face. The lead is a sardonic, self-aware investigator who is more haunted by his own past than by the cases he takes, and the story is about a fractured team slowly reassembling around shared guilt. Intensity is moderate: there is some bloody, body-horror violence and gruesome imagery, with the grotesque lingering on the page rather than in lengthy gore sequences, and the unsettling themes of hostile technology and identity loss weigh more than the action. Recommended for readers who enjoy weird urban fantasy, cynical detective stories and speculative tech dread, not for anyone wanting something gentle.
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