A review by francoisvigneault
Ancestor by Malachi Ward, Matt Sheean

5.0

A beautiful, disturbing, and bizarre tale that rewards multiple re-readings. This one is really worth going in with as little foreknowledge as possible, as Ward and Sheean manage to pull the rug out from under the reader multiple times, not with plot twists so much as expansions or evolutions of thought. Each of the four chapters develops the plot into an often radically new form, what starts off as an exploration of a near-future evolution of the internet dubbed "The Service" soon transforms into something radically different. The result is nothing less than an overview of the vast potential of the sci-fi genre and the medium of comics. Fantastic stuff, literally.