Ian Vol. 1: An Electric Monkey
By (Author) Fabien Vehlmann
Illustrated by Ralph Meyer
Cinebook Ltd
Cinebook Ltd
16th August 2018
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
741.5944
Paperback
48
Width 184mm, Height 257mm
Intelligent Artificial Neuromechanoid... Ian. It's the name of the newest recruit in Team 21 of the SRS - the 'Special Rescue Section'. Ian is an android, impossible to tell from a human being with the naked eye, and his creators claim that he's controlled by a true artificial intelligence - capable of learning, adapting, and even of experiencing emotions. Not every member of the team is happy about their new partner, but their higher-ups aren't giving them a choice and the mission comes first...
Fabien Vehlmann got into comics by flooding Spirou Magazine with proposed scripts until he was accepted. Since then he's proven his mettle with such hits as Green Manor and a Spirou one-off, before becoming in 2009 the new official team for Dupuis' flagship series with Yoann. His biggest hit is award-winning series Alone, illustrated by Bruno Gazzotti. Ralph Meyer has been passionate about comics since very early in his life, and was influenced as much by the European scene as by the American one. He created the critically acclaimed Berceuse Assassine with Tome, and Clear Blue Tomorrows with Vehlmann and Gazzotti.