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Reviewed on November 1, 2009
Gr 10-Up "The Surrogates" (Top Shelf, 2006) was an intriguing metaphor for our cultures increasing reliance on computers for communication: mechanical automatons called surrogates, which humans use for all physical interaction. Despite the promising premise, that graphic novel rarely rose much above the level of its boilerplate police-procedural dialogue. And with the release of this prequel, coinciding with a film of the first book, readers might expect a cheap movie tie-in. Instead, the creators have vastly improved on their original vision, producing a complex, thought-provo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More