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Comic Review: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? #12

July 13, 2010 at 5:00 pm
Sean Scott Maguire
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Issue: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? #12
Release Date: June 30, 2010
Writer: Philip K. Dick
Artist: Tony Parker
Colors: Blond
Cover A: Bill Sienkiewicz
Cover B: Moritat
Letterer: Richard Starkings of Comicraft
Backmatter: Jonathan Lethem
Publisher: BOOM! Studios

Deckard is turning out to be an interesting combination “naïve kid making his way through a gritty world” and “talented killer outdoing his competitors and enemies.” This installment really brings that point home.

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Now that Resch has sprung our hero Deckard from the fake, Android-run police station, we still have the drama of tracking down Luba Luft before she realizes that Deckard is still after her. We also have the drama of Resch helping to “retire” an Android when it is not entirely clear that he isn’t one himself.

Deckard and Resch go to the opera house where Luft was performing, but she has already left to visit a museum. This is a strange choice, of course, since Luft is an Android and therefore doesn’t have the required empathic sensibilities that drive humans to enjoy art. Perhaps that is why Luft has come here. To puzzle through the reasons that humans empathize with others.

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At any rate, Resch and Deckard track down Luft. Once she realizes she’s got no escape, she goes quietly, and Resch “retires” her in the elevator. He’s apathetic enough to not care about killing her in cold blood, although it unnerves Deckard a bit. I say a bit, because Deckard still has the sense to remind Resch that he’s the one who will be getting the money for this Android’s retirement. There’s the naïve kid/talented killer dichotomy for you. He’s shocked that Resch killed the Android, but he was going to do it himself anyway. And he’s determined to get the money, regardless of who did the actual killing.

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This issue could probably have been rolled into the last issue. In fact, the thematic structure and the rhythm of this part of the story would have made this issue and the last two fit together nicely, but with all the extra wording that a direct adaptation requires, that probably would not have been feasible. That had to split it up somehow. It makes me look forward to the trade paperback complete story that hopefully will be published in the end.

This issue’s “backmatter” is a continuation of the story from the previous two issues. Like those, it’s pretty good.

Rating: 3 / 5 Stars

BOOM! Studios, comics-, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Reviews

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About the Author
Sean Scott Maguire describes himself as a modern day Leonardo da Vinci. He concedes that he doesn't have da Vinci's talent, or genius, and never tried that cool backwards handwriting that you can only read by holding it up to a mirror (and doesn't speak Italian anyway). But besides that, Sean is just like Leonardo da Vinci. Except also he is totally obsessed with genre fiction, especially science fiction, fantasy, and superhero, which da Vinci probably never even heard of.

Also, in his spare time, Sean writes and records music on his computer, is trying to figure out how Linux works, attends conventions, and blogs like a madman, and the historical record indicates that da Vinci didn't do any of those things very much. But besides that, Sean insists that he's just like da Vinci. In addition, while da Vinci spent much of his spare time cutting up cadavers in order to study human anatomy, Sean spends most of his spare time keeping up with his DVR, which records everything from the Clone Wars and Sponge Bob Square Pants to I Love Money 2.

Sean admits that unlike da Vinci he knows nothing about inventing flying machines and medieval military armaments, but on the other hand, he is pretty good at karaoke.

Sean developed a reading habit that had him soaking up all the science fiction and fantasy novels he could get his hands on, not to mention a comic book addiction (mostly Marvel) that really never caused any of the troubles you would excpect an addiction to cause. Sean now lives in Southern Florida.
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