XINO transformation cycle / by Matt Lesniewski & Rico Renzi - The chip / written by Christopher Condon ; illustrated by Nick Cagnetti - Rabbit trap / written by Jordan Thomas ; illustrated by Shaky Kane - B & B / written & illustrated by Alissa Sallah - Visceral / written by Justin Jordan ; illustrated by Molly Mendoza - Free hugs / written by David Lapham & Maria Lapham ; illustrated by David Lapham - Easy beazy / written & illustrated by David Hahn - Testimonial / written by Hagai Palevsky ; illustrated by Carson Thorn - Buster / written by Andrew Carl ; illustrated by Sophie Franz - Finale / written by Alex Segura ; illustrated by Zander Cannon - She took the air / written & illustrated by Phil Hester - Sticky tape / written & illustrated by Dan McDaid - Chateaubriand / written by Michael W. Conrad ; illustrated by Shawn Kuruneru - The people / written by Francois Vigneault ; illustrated by Artyom Trakhanov - HUE / written by Melissa Flores ; illustrated by Daniel Irizarri.
Summary:
Because the future is getting weirder everyday, we give you XINO--an intra-ocular lozenge of subversive, surrealist science fiction to cure your awful awareness of it all. Try not to worry--the insertion process will be guided by the megawatt brilliance of comics' brightest talents as they slowly tune your hopes, dreams, desires, paranoia, alienation, anxiety, and adrenaline to produce the desired results. Join Melissa Flores (The Dead Lucky, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) and Daniel Irizarri (Judge Dredd) as they surgically activate the hidden dimensions of the human senses; cult phenoms Christopher Condon (That Texas Blood) and Nick Cagnetti (Pink Lemonade) debut the world's first intravenous video game system; underground radicals Jordan Thomas (Weird Work) and Shaky Kane (Bulletproof Coffin) surveil the suburbs for signs of covert infiltration; plus much, more from a startling cast of megawatt talents, including Phil Hester (Gotham City: Year One), David Lapham (Stray Bullets) and Maria Lapham force our collective psyche into unrecognizable new dimensions; award-winning and bestselling author Alex Segura (Secret Identity) and Zander Cannon (Kaijumax) embark on an intergalactic journey of revenge; François Vigneault (Titan) and Artyom Trakhanov (First Knife) deliver bleeding-edge technology to Paleolithic man; Dan McDaid (DEGA) takes weaponized incompetence to the next level; Connor Willumsen (Bradley Of Him) digs deep into our capacity for self-delusion--which doesn't seem to be getting any better. All that and much much more in this dazzling deconstruction of our past, present, and future!
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