The Relay #2 continues establishing this series as one of the smartest comics today, diving deeper into the anthropological concerns of the debut. Heady and dense, the stakes here involve our perception of reality itself. Is there anything more consequential? This book makes readers work hard, to be sure, but the intellectual payoff is well-worth the effort. Read Full Review

So if you thought this was just going to be a treatise on the state of the world, or a super long setup, believe me: issue two delivers the hit. I don't wish to heighten or lessen your experience of the book, but if you were somehow not going to pick up issue two, then override that personal firewall and invest at least to this issue. This is good comics. Read Full Review

I struggled with Relay in its opening installment but things feel a lot more cohesive here in terms of story and Andy Clarke gets to really have some fun with the locations and managing all the dialogue with Donaldson. There's still a kind of anthology story feeling about this that I like as I can imagine it in a (very cheaply done) old Twilight Zone kind of way. I like the things that are being covered and how Thompson is presenting them and how the characters are all pretty different when it comes to the way they view the Relay itself. I'm definitely looking forward to more a lot more than I was at the start. Read Full Review

All told, Relay #2 shifts its gears from cyberpunk thriller to a kind of comic book think-piece on colonialism and ideological control. There is an eeriness to this issue that hangs beneath every word, evinced by the fact that lives depend on the outcome of the conversation. Though it may feel preachy at times to some, the dialogue's heady topic is going to be a treat for anyone who wonders what it is that makes and breaks a civilization. Read Full Review

Intriguing.