{"product_id":"let-go","title":"Let Go","description":"Written by Ted Kupper and Jon Perry, Illustrated by Cecilia Latella\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDan Terrell loses his job to a computer in a near-future world where unemployment is skyrocketing. Ever-present surveillance throws his daughter Olivia into a spiraling addiction to attention. As new technologies relentlessly arrive, the whole family struggles to adapt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLet Go is a fascinating comic whose stylish visuals and troubling ideas combine to create a mesmerizing vision of the future. It's a memorable trip, and one I'd recommend to anybody who's ever turned off \"Smart Compose\" - and felt a little shiver when they did so.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Michelle White (Multiversity Comics)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI fell in love with Let Go because their take on a family reconciling technology in the future clung to my subconscious for months after reading. That doesn't happen often.\u003cbr\u003e--Sina Grace (author of Iceman, Self-Obsessed)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe team behind the excellent podcast, Review the Future, have taken the enormously important subject of technological unemployment and built a highly engaging graphic novel around it. Science fiction is rarely strong on both characters and the impact of technology, but this book manages that. Definitely worth reading if you are at all interested in the economic singularity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Calum Chace (author of Pandora's Brain, and Surviving AI)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA compelling rollercoaster of a graphic novel, filled with fascinating insights into the future of work, social media, artificial intelligence, virtual reality and lifespan extension, all wrapped up in a fast-paced narrative about a family trying to make sense of the future. What starts as a seemingly simple story about a man losing his job, ends up as a captivating meditation on the social consequences of accelerating change. Anyone with an interest in the future should read this.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--John Danaher (author of Robot Sex: Social and Ethical Implications)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRead more\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTED KUPPER is a writer who resides in Los Angeles and was raised in Connecticut. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 2004. His first screenplay made the semi-finals of the Nicholl Fellowship in 2004. He attended the Nantucket\u003cbr\u003eScreenwriters Colony in 2006. He has written for major Hollywood studios and for the USA television show Mr. Robot. Ted is co-host of the Review the Future podcast.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJON PERRY is a writer and game designer. He grew up in Los Angeles. Jon co-created the indie gaming classic ETERNAL DAUGHTER shortly after high school and graduated from the University of Southern California in 2004. His card game TIME BARONS was published by Wizkids in October of 2017.\u003cbr\u003eJon is co-host of the Review the Future podcast and is currently working on UFO 50, a collection of 50 retro video games.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCECILIA LATELLA was born and lives in Italy. She has been working as a professional artist since 2011, producing comics in a variety of genres and collaborating with several indie publishers. She drew The Endling for Mark Waid s digital platform Thrillbent.com. She also works as storyboard artist and art director for animated feature films and advertisement. In 2010 she was selected by Craig Thompson for a graphic novels masterclass at ACA in Florida. In March 2014 she was featured in CBR s Month of Women in Comics. She also writes her own comics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eManufacture:Slave Labor Books","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52181097644263,"sku":"5038080","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0795\/1659\/8503\/files\/df1bd654-7af6-5c91-bf67-5dfae1bde430.jpg?v=1781014334","url":"https:\/\/artboutiki.com\/products\/let-go","provider":"Art Boutiki","version":"1.0","type":"link"}