You could describe it as "Sherlock Holmes meets steampunk"...

[superboyprime]

...but it's really more than that.



Aetheric Mechanics was a graphic novella written by Warren Ellis and drawn by Gianluca Pagliarani. It's an alternate history/science fiction/detective story.







As he explains, there's a killer on the loose who witnesses say flickers in and out of sight.















In the course of the case, they bump into an acquaintance:



Eventually, the culprit is found...














tags-- creator: warren ellis, publisher: avatar press, creator: gianluca pagliarani

Comments

[shanejayell]

That's... actually kind of cool. ^_^ I must see if I can find this book.

[blake_reitz]

Arg, Ellis! Why must you write one-shots of things that are actually pilots for MUCH COOLER THINGS!?

[mcity]

I like the idea of a plot twist that's "This is all a work of fiction! None of you actually exist!" Real mind screw.

[cmdr_zoom]

and then the great Raker goes and gets himself blown up by a blockbuster or stepped on by a Ruritanian automaton, and the Machines proceed to do first to Britain, then all the world, what the Martians couldn't manage (being utterly immune to all biological weapons).

The whole planet and timeline fuxxed, thanks to one man's ego and/or inarticulate crush. Thanks so much. *golf clap*

[kiev4am]

Aw, I loved this book. The artwork was beautiful and the story was just the right mix of pop culture homage and WTF. You can't go wrong with Sherlock Holmes steampunk. Thanks for posting!

[jlroberson]

I read this two weeks ago, along with Fraction's 5 FISTS OF SCIENCE(which I also like). I liked it. It doesn't have that undeveloped-and-ends-when-space-runs-out feel a lot of his other Avatar "singles" do. It's tight, it's clever, and it's particularly funny if you just had the misfortune to see Guy Ritchie's SHERLOCK HOLMES, or DOWNEY & LAW, STEAMPUNK DETECTIVES, as I like to call it.

[arbre_rieur]

I know next to nothing about quantum mechanics. Could someone explain to me how Einstein's revelation would create a "peak in quantum information," whatever that is?

Also, can't say I see the anime influence in the world.