Cory Doctorow - Futuristic Tales of Here and Now

From: Comic Mix
Written By: Glenn Hauman

Anyone who knows Cory would dispute the first bit, but consider: he gives away all of his writing to readers for free. If you want to read his website at boingboing, by all means; if you want to download his novels, go to Cory's website and do so, he encourages it and wants you to spread the word. And he expects that he will make money doing this, that his stuff is so good that people will send him money in one way or another. So he either is very arrogant about the quality of his work-- or he knows something about the workings of the world that you don't. Which makes him, if not very smart, then certainly a born science fiction writer. And since he does make money doing this, he's certainly not dumb.

IDW has begun to adapt his shorter fiction pieces into comic book form, starting with 2004's "Anda's Game". You can read the story (for free, of course) here, so the question is: does it work in comics? It certainly does. Esteve Polls's art reminds me of the work of various Filipino horror comics artists of the 70's, and Dara Naraghi does a solid condensation and adaptation of Cory's story. Give this book a shot-- the stories are done in one issue, and it's worth the time.