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DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP #13 (OF 24)

The truth about the bounty hunter Phil Resch revealed! Is he an android? Only Rick Deckard can find the answer in this jaw-dropping issue of Philip K. Dick’s sci-fi masterpiece that inspired the film Blade Runner! Don’t miss the series that was named one of the Village Voice’s ‘Best Comics and Graphic Novels of 2009’!

Writer: Philip K. Dick
Artist: Tony Parker
Cover: Brett Weldele and Scott Keating

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  1. Avatar photo cahubble09 says:
    August 2, 2010 at 5:41 pm

    This book has really hit its stride … PKD’s original novel was soooo much better than the movie!

  2. Grandturk says:
    August 3, 2010 at 10:58 am

    Better?  No.  Different?  Yes.  Both are tops in Sci-Fi, however, Blade Runner clearly had a lot more impact on Sci-Fi and culture and entertainment than the book ever did.

  3. Avatar photo cahubble09 says:
    August 3, 2010 at 8:47 pm

    OK … let me rephrase that … I have always been a huge fan of the movie. I think I was a sophomore in high school when it came out and I can still watch it with awe today. That said, PKD’s plot is so much more sophisticated and complex than the movie treatment… and that’s why I described it as I did. Yes, they’re two different media–but right now, I am enjoying PKD’s original far more than I did the movie. As far the graphic novelization goes, I have enjoyed how understated and sublime the artwork has been–and because that has been the case thus far, the incorporation of Munch’s "Scream" in #12 was fantastic. It captured the entire zeitgeist of the novel, in my opinion. Apples and oranges … I get it … but there simply wouldn’t have BEEN a movie without the original novel.

  4. Grandturk says:
    August 4, 2010 at 1:40 pm

    Agreed.  But I’m betting Ridley Scott would have used his dystopian, broken down view of the future on some other project.  Production design-wise, BR was the next logical step after Alien.

  5. Avatar photo cahubble09 says:
    August 5, 2010 at 4:56 pm

    @Grandturk: Hmm … "Alien" wasn’t exactly set in a utopia … it was a dark, gritty, *realistic* world. "Blade Runner" does seem a logical extension from that sort of universe. This leaves us looking forward to "The Forever War":

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridley_Scott#Planned_projects

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forever_War#Film 

  6. Grandturk says:
    August 5, 2010 at 5:06 pm

    I’m generally onboard for any of the Scott brothers films… But Ridley has a great eye for Sci Fi. I would have loved to see his take on something like A.I. or that Tom cruise speilberg one I can never remember the name off … Great movie except for the slapstick action scenes

  7. Avatar photo cahubble09 says:
    August 6, 2010 at 4:29 pm

    Minority Report

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