A horrific breakup story in five parts.
Catrin is truly alone and descending into madness. Lost with her thoughts, she finds herself reel-ing, falling deeper in love with her phone. But it refuses to love her back. So she gives herself to it and becomes one with the machine landscape.
Reeling backward / and I'm changing //
// Not myself / I evolve / spinning into the green above
/ Descending deep / I'm alone / spiraling into others /
/ Until I meet // the one I love.
Sensual, surreal, haunting, this issue is a highlight of a series that was a highlight of my year. Horror comics are becoming more popular and good and 'Lonely Receiver' belongs right at the top. Read Full Review
The hopefulness of Lonely Receiver #3 has given way to desperation and a lack of self-preservation on Catrin's part in the fourth issue. Read Full Review
Lonely Receiver has been a hell of a ride so far and even when we get an issue where I have no idea of what's really trying to be said here it's still engaging as hell. Thompson's script takes us into Catrin's head in a big way but it's something that I can't process myself and I felt like a stranger in a strange world. It's definitely easy to immerse yourself into and try and suss out the meaning and I'm hopeful the next issue will provide more details or that on a full-series read that it's all going to make a lot more sense. Read Full Review
There's one more chapter in Lonely Receiver and I'm going to see this series through to the end. I may not be picking up everything the creative team is putting down, but you can't deny the unsettling feeling it creates. It's a harsh and frightening examination of our addiction to technology taken to the extremes. It's also super weird and I need some more time to process it all. Read Full Review
Well that was icky.