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An innovative look at six lives in a cyberpunk'd future New York. Life is crap but folks are getting on with living it in the best way they can. The imagery is great, evoking a shabby, sleazy future of crowds, parties, slums and technology, rendered with Paul Pope's characteristic slightly crazy style. A satisfying ending too.

Pope's drawing style took a bit of getting used to, at first it was sometimes hard to tell exactly what was going on in a scene. That said, it is certainly an intriguing style that is down right beautiful at times.

Despite the somewhat oppressive feeling you get from the setting, I found the story to be very uplifting and even amusing at times. I felt really connected to the characters.

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A very well done story of six people, forming and unforming as couples, in New York in the year 2038; the background is fairly incidental, and it reminded me a bit of Jason Lutes' Berlin, though with less politics.

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