I Feel Machine
Stories by Shaun Tan, Tillie Walden, Box Brown, Krent Able, Erik Svetoft and Julian Hanshaw
Published on 20. September 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-1-910593-55-4 (ISBN)
Description
Since the turn of the century, technology has transformed the way we communicate and consume, how we work and fall in love and navigate the world. We are increasingly reliant on it-but few of us know anything about the science that is driving this technological change.
Kurt Vonnegut famously said that to leave technology out of fiction is to misrepresent life. Here, six acclaimed graphic novelists present reports from the digital frontier. Exploring everything from artificial intelligence to virtual reality, I Feel Machine is by turns cautionary and celebratory, touching and terrifying. It challenges and confronts the digital world using the most technologically efficient machine ever invented: the book.
Kurt Vonnegut famously said that to leave technology out of fiction is to misrepresent life. Here, six acclaimed graphic novelists present reports from the digital frontier. Exploring everything from artificial intelligence to virtual reality, I Feel Machine is by turns cautionary and celebratory, touching and terrifying. It challenges and confronts the digital world using the most technologically efficient machine ever invented: the book.
Reviews / Votes
"In some ways aiming to be the Black Mirror of graphic anthologies, I Feel Machine features six cartoonists each exploring the intersection between humanity and technology" -- ComicsBeat "Satirical and frequently unsettling, this is as cautionary as it is entertaining." -- BooklistMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 174 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
469 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-910593-55-4 (9781910593554)
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Persons
Julian Hanshaw won the Observer/Jonathan Cape/Comica short story award in 2008 for "Sand Dunes and Sonic Booms." He is the author of the graphic novels I'm Never Coming Back and the Prix Europa-winning The Art of Pho. His most recent book, Tim Ginger, was shortlisted for the British Comic Award and the LA Times Book Award. Julian also contributed to the multi-award-winning Hoax: Psychosis Blues. He lives on the south coast of the UK with his wife, Sarah, and spends too much time thinking about cricket.
Krent Able is a London-based comics artist and illustrator. He first started making comics in 2009 for The Stool Pigeon music magazine, and his Big Book Of Mischief was published in 2012 by Knockabout Comics, home of Robert Crumb and Alan Moore. In 2013 he exhibited in The Vice Illustration Show; in 2014 his work was included in the "Comics Unmasked" exhibition at The British Library; and in 2015 he illustrated the book Jolly Lad by John Doran. Krent's comics and illustrations have also appeared in The Guardian, the NME, and on VICE.com and Buzzfeed, and he has designed record sleeves, T-shirts, and posters for the rock bands Future Of The Left and Kite Base. In 2016, he co-wrote and starred in Ink, Cocks & Rock 'N' Roll, a short film about Able by award-winning film director Matt Harlock.
Krent Able is a London-based comics artist and illustrator. He first started making comics in 2009 for The Stool Pigeon music magazine, and his Big Book Of Mischief was published in 2012 by Knockabout Comics, home of Robert Crumb and Alan Moore. In 2013 he exhibited in The Vice Illustration Show; in 2014 his work was included in the "Comics Unmasked" exhibition at The British Library; and in 2015 he illustrated the book Jolly Lad by John Doran. Krent's comics and illustrations have also appeared in The Guardian, the NME, and on VICE.com and Buzzfeed, and he has designed record sleeves, T-shirts, and posters for the rock bands Future Of The Left and Kite Base. In 2016, he co-wrote and starred in Ink, Cocks & Rock 'N' Roll, a short film about Able by award-winning film director Matt Harlock.