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What is Cyberpunk?

Cyberpunk is a science-fiction sub-genre dealing with the integration of society and technology in dystopian settings. Often referred to as “low-life and high tech,” Cyberpunk stories deal with outsiders (punks) who fight against the oppressors in society (usually mega corporations that control everything) via technological means (cyber). If the punks aren’t actively fighting against a megacorp, they’re still dealing with living in a world completely dependent on high technology.

Cyberpunk characteristics include:

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I stumbled upon a list of the (supposedly) best cyberpunk comics. The list started out with the expected well-known manga like Ghost in the Shell and Akira, but then they listed Shatter and Hard-Boiled. And I'd never heard of either of them. So I'm curious if anyone here has read and would recommend either of these comics.

I guess Shatter was the first commercially available comic fully illustrated on a computer (rather than drawing by hand and scanning into a computer). So it was created on one of the first Apple computers, back when there were maybe 3 fonts to choose from. All that doesn't really matter to me though, I only care if it has a good story and is cyberpunk.

Hard-Boiled, on the other hand, has Frank Miller's name attached to it. So I just assume it's a good, well-written story. My only question is how cyberpunk it is. I guess I could read it on Hoopla and find out for myself, but I'd like to hear other people's opinion on it before I dive in.

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[–] altima_neo 4 points 8 months ago

Never read them, but they both look interesting. I'll check em out too!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Hard Boiled is one of the few comic books I still own. It's cyberpunk, but non-traditional. Go in without assumptions and just take it in.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I have read the entire Shatter series. It was the first comic made using a Mac, and it came out in the mid-1980s.

It had some interesting things that we take for granted today, like the gig economy.

Good stories, the art is good at first but they had a change in artist who was good, but not as good as the first artist (in my opinion).

Shatter first appeared in the Jon Sable comic before it got its own dedicated comic (issues 25 - 30).

Wikipedia article about Shatter.