I just purchased all 4 volumes of Douglas Rushkoff’s Testament comic series. It’s set in both the ancient past and the near future, annd is Douglas’ retelling of the the first book of the Old Testament of the Bible.
“A brief synopsis of the story to date is as follows. In the near future grad student Jake Stern and his conscientious objector friends fight against the new RFID-based universal draft by attempting to access the collective unconscious through an experimental combination of the hallucinogenic preparation ayahuasca and shared sensory deprivation tank experiences. The near future story is mirrored through the history-repeats-itself idea as biblical narrative based on Torah, various Jewish and Christian apocrypha and elements of other mythologies.” (via wikipedia)
I’ve only read the first issues of the first volume (Rushkoff makes it avaiable for free here) but even that is only a maddingly teasing glipse of how the story unfolds. Mythology + future tech + timeless narratives? Yes, please.
Can’t wait for them to get here.
This looks very interesting, from the first issue PDF. Some really nice page layouts too, especially the full page image with individual panels on top/integrated in (page 25)
