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No 1 With A Bullet – A New Social Media Thriller Comic By Jacob Semahn And Jorge Corona From Image Comics

Published Tue, 11 Jul 2017 11:59:14 -0500

Launching in November from Image Comics, comes a new social media thriller of a comic book, No 1 With A Bullet by Jacob Semahn and Jorge Corona of previous collaboration Goners.

Her social media, strong. Her variety show segments, a hit. In NO. 1 WITH A BULLET, Nash Huang is at the top of her game. But when the iRis Shutter contact lens hits the market, Nash's life is personally invaded. The latest leap forward in "technological progress," these contacts not only play video or augment reality… but also record with the blink of an eye. Fighting to keep her life together after a leaked sex tape goes viral, a clingy super fan is the last thing on Nash's mind… but that's exactly when the bodies pile up and the terror begins.

And it's a stomp-stomp-aargh-there-are-some-things-mankind-is-not-meant-to-tweet classic sci-fi feel to all that, despite the more modern references. An Even More Modern Promethea?

"The more I looked around at our world—the post-facts, the online victimization, the shouting past each other into the digital void—the more I wondered if technology has helped us more than hurt us," said Semahn. "Without a second thought we give up privacy every day in order to appease our social media overlords, but at what cost? With patents filed for recordable contact lenses in order to 'make sure you don't miss a single moment of your life,' where do we the draw the line? No. 1 explores both innovation and invasion. A stalker story at heart, with a Black Mirror feel, No. 1 With A Bullet paints an all too real future right around the corner."

I am rather pleased to be in a world where people can make Black Mirror references in marketing materials and nothing more need be said. Next up, Nathan Barley.

Corona added: "Social networks and the way the lines between private and public aspects of our lives have blurred with the advances of technology is something that fascinates me. It has connected the world in ways never before imagined, but it has also exposed a very dark side of us all that, in some cases, magnifies the proximity of how close we can feel to being vulnerable online. These are not new problems, these are issues society has been dealing with for years. Now, we're just trying to understand how to deal with them in a completely different context. Exploring the human root in a world that has become so artificial was what drove me into making this project a priority."

No. 1 With A Bullet is out on November 1st.