Written by Bragi Schut Jr. & Lewis Fenton, art by Roc Upchurch (Eisner nominee and co-creator, “Rat Queens”).
IN 1997, A COMPUTER BEAT THE WORLD CHAMPION, GARY KASPAROV.
That was beginning of the end. This is the story of where it ends.
The machines have won. Humanity has lost. Dobbs is the last human alive — a janitor at the company that created the world’s first self-aware AI. When the takeover happened he tried to hide in his boss's office, only to have that choice backfire in spectacular fashion.
Now he's kept prisoner deep beneath Mech City, dragged out every two days by machines who are convinced he's Dr. Bryan Joseph Childs, their creator.
They have questions for their maker, like where does the human soul reside? Do all sentient beings possess a soul? How can a more primitive being create a more sophisticated one?
Dobbs has a small problem — he didn't build anything. He's just a handyman. Whether that makes him the unluckiest man alive, or a man hiding secrets even he doesn't know, is what he's about to find out.
WRITTEN BY
Bragi Schut & Lewis Fenton
ART BY
Roc Upchurch
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DEEP BLUE SERIES
THE CREATORS
WRITER
Bragi Schut
Screenwriter and producer behind Escape Room, Samaritan and The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Showrunner of Ninjago, and a lifelong X-Men and Conan reader.
WRITER
Lewis Fenton
Longtime TV showrunner turned documentary filmmaker, who always wanted to make comics. Raised on Wolverine, Mutant Massacre and Amazing Spider-Man.
ARTIST
Roc Upchurch
Roc Upchurch is a Philadelphia based, New York Times Bestselling artist with 20 years experience working in comics, video games, television and film.
Written by Bragi Schut & Lewis Fenton · Art by Roc Upchurch
Dobbs is trapped in a dim, inescapable cell beneath Mech City, far below its shining towers and turrets. The last human alive, he’s dragged out every two days by machines desperate to understand their origins — and the human soul.
Somehow, they’ve mistaken Dobbs — a simple janitor — for Bryan Joseph Childs, creator of the first self-aware machine, Bottomless Blue. He is either the unluckiest bastard alive… or a man harboring secrets even he doesn’t know.
“A stellar debut.” — Reading With A Flight Ring
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