Under The Influence
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Exploit
Comic - Crime
A timely, biting satire with a pop-punk edge, Exploit has a lot to say about the state of the American tech oligarchy and the rise of global fascism.
Don’t bury the lede. Bury your enemies.
Kirby Kuo might be late to her true purpose in life–but no one would call the 30-something journalism intern out of time. When she uncovers a shocking secret about tech billionaire Cole Saxon, Kirby does what she has always wanted to do and publishes it. But the violence and vengeance that follows is like nothing she could have anticipated–pitting Kirby, her agoraphobic roommate, and the writing staff of the defunct magazine RIOT! to bring justice to a world where the rich get what they want without consequence.
Exploit is a timely, biting satire of the state of the American tech oligarchy with a pop-punk edge.
Internet Crusader
Graphic Novel - Satire
Ever have one of those days where you’re talking to a smokin’ hot chick online and she turns out to be a robot working for an evil cult… and that hot chick sends a computer virus masked as dirty pictures… and that computer virus allows Satan to come through everyone’s computers and hypnotise them… but the family computer has parental locks on it so you don’t get the virus… and then God messages you to say you’re the only person on earth who can save human existence?
Pop Kill
Comic - Action
Imagine a world where the two dominant and competing Cola companies, each worth billions, are owned by former conjoined twins who are now separated and have grown to hate each other so much they hire assassins, saboteurs, and espionage personnel to meddle with each other on a daily basis. This is the story about brotherly love run afoul, and the people they enlist to do their dirty work.
The Opponent's Cutty Beat Section
Comic - Satire
In the post-apocalyptic hellscape of Beat Town, the tyrannical deejay known only as THE OPPONENT rules with an iron cock!
Thumbs Down
WebComic - Satire
I dusted off this old comic made with an early version of Poser. It's a fun story with a common villain.
Myopia
Comic - Adventure
A homeless man is mysteriously abducted. A journal is left on the edge of a subway platform, filled with stories about a world that doesn't exist. Not far from here a scientist is murdered in cold blood. The only clues are his burned down lab. A magnetically propelled motorcycle, and a man walking around New York City with the last living falcon on the planet.
Imagine a world where your every thought, your every move, is filtered through The Central Lens Network. Now imagine being a twelve-year old boy and discovering a special pair of lenses that allow you to access this network undetected. This is exactly what happens to Matthew Glen the day his father is murdered then two years later mysteriously appears back in his life.
Hollywood Trash
Comic - Comedy
Ah, Hollywood! Famous for celebs, sun... and murder cults! The Privy Council is the most exclusive club in town, headed by the entertainment industry's top mogul, a ruthless exec who enlists his famous underlings to kill the people who stole from him, two local garbage men. James and Billy must survive one epic day of sword fights, forest fires, and giant mechs! At least there's hazard pay.
Death Ratio'd
Comic - Horror
In this futuristic dark comedy by Eisner and ‘Ringo Award-winning writer Mark Russell, life and death are ruled by social media. One too many dislikes...and you’re dead. When Arnold awakes from a coma twenty years into the future, he discovers that government is a thing of the past and society is now entirely ruled by social media. Literally. Enough “likes” and “upvotes” can unlock fame and fortune but — watch your step! — enough “thumbs down” clicks and the nifty metal collar around your neck explodes – and you’re dead. Now, confused and running on his last Like, Arnold must navigate a hazardous obstacle course in which social media cliques provide the only safe refuge, aware that the slightest online misstep can be fatal.
The Dystopians
Comic - Satire
Baker and Geny are two stoner roommates trying to make their way (and make rent) in a 1984-style hellscape.
One climbs the corporate ladder as the social media manager for the Ministry of Information while the other dives deep into the shadowy history behind The Keystone, America’s latest unhinged government figurehead.
When their goals align, things go from worse to … worser?