Corey, Sam, and Lee Garner are locked up in prison, while in the real world Valentin experiments with extracting an Arcadian and uploading them to the brain of a live mouse with horrifying results.
There is a labored Gamergate reference that took me out of the world of Arcadia for the first time but, ignoring that, the writing continues to be intriguing and on point social commentary wrapped up in a narrative that really makes you stop and think. Beyond Binetti's new power, there's a greater danger in Arcadia; people " their source codes " are permanently dying, being wiped out from the mainframe, something that shouldn't be possible. One the fault of The Meat, but the other death seems to have come from inside Arcadia. Each character has a different pressing issue or question that motivates their actions and that's what makes each issue of Arcadia so interesting. I can't stress enough that everyone should be reading Arcadia and delving into these issues of cyber-ethics and human consciousness with me. Read Full Review
I have no complaints about this comic. I also think that the story is more real than any other futuristic story out there. And Paknadel focuses on it all without getting lost. He shows us the emotional side of a family while dealing with the social changes in the United States. I look forward to every single issue and you should too, because damn this is getting real. Read Full Review
Not only is the Paknadel/Pfieffer collaboration well constructed on a technical level, it possess various themes and subtext which have relevance given this world's volatile social and political climate. Read Full Review
Arcadia continues to impress and beguile with its fourth issue, further cementing its reputation as one of the best SF comics currently available. Read Full Review
Really good, but it seems like one of those books that reads better as a trade.
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