Channel zero brian wood5/15/2023 ![]() ![]() Whereas Channel Zero is cerebral, meditating on the power of tropes and manipulation of digital information, The Couriers is a mimetic adrenaline rush of high-octane action, harkening back to Old West shootouts and 1970s-style car chases. The Couriers, however, is a decidedly different kind of ethos. This is especially true of Mœbius's "The Long Tomorrow" (1975), a short story that had semiotic influence on the film Blade Runner (1982) and by extension the populist perception of dystopia and the cyberpunk genre as a whole.Ĭhannel Zero is presciently au courant, a highly political anticipation of the Patriot Act and predominance of the media in the 21st century. Wood's surface influences of "punk rock" and cyberpunk are demonstrated in his aesthetic choices, utilizing the zine methodologies of early "underground" comic books and punk magazines and taking clear visual inspiration from the works of French comics artist Mœbius. ![]() Graphic novelist Brian Wood's Channel Zero (2000) and The Couriers (2003) fuse baroque sequential art with misanthropic prose. ![]()
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