MINISERIES PREMIERE
Clara, a fashion stylist disillusioned with love, turns to a futuristic dating service that offers lifelike android partners. But when her dream lover glitches into a possessive stalker, she finds herself trapped in a game of desire, control, and survival.9 1/2 Weeks meets The Terminator in ARTIFICIAL, the new erotic thriller by acclaimed creator MARIA LLOVET (CRAVE, VIOLENT FLOWERS, ALL THE THINGS WE DIDN'T DO LAST NIGHT).
Maria Llovet is back doing what she does best, examining romance and dating in a late stage capitalist world. Not just how much dating relies now on apps. But how these apps take advantage of one's wants and needs. Read Full Review
In Artificial #1, Clara can have everything she's ever wanted. But she must decide who the perfect person for her is. Does she want someone who makes decisions based on how others program him? Or does Clara want someone willing to compromise and work through the difficulties in their relationship to meet her needs? Read Full Review
It shoudl be noted that this IS still a very early moment in the series. Theres plenty of room for coplexity that may begin to reveal itself over the course of the remaining three issues of the series, but its going to be difficult to truly bring it out without completely outpacing the slow and gradual build-up of the first issue. Things are going to have to start moving much more quickly if the series is going tobe any more than it has appeared to be in the first issue. Clara DOES seem like a relatable character. Thats a very good foundation. Read Full Review
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