Kevin D. Carignan 
Top Cow/Image has announced a new series from Zack Kaplan, Guilherme Balbi, Marco Lesko and Troy Peteri titled metal company. It’s a crazy idea that Top Cow calls Blade Runner meets Rocky. It launches its first issue on May 5, 2022.
“While our own technology, our politics and our world are changing faster than ever, unfortunately our society seems to be reacting with aggression and hostility,” Kaplan said in a statement to AIPT. “We resort to tribalism and allow our differences to be aired publicly for entertainment. I’ve always been inspired by great robot stories that remind us of our own experience, and I thought that by exploring this Rocky-style battle drama in a futuristic robot-ruled world, this shock-charged robot of human culture, and the “human” fighters who are dragged into these public battles, we might just learn something about our own humanity and our social conflicts today.
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In METAL SOCIETY, the creators take readers to an inverted future, where evolved robots have resurrected humans for manual labor. But, a tribalist culture clash erupts, causing a fearless human fighter and a frustrated, displaced robot to face off in a public fight with epic stakes.
Kaplan added: “I’m excited to be doing another tough sci-fi series with Top Cow, and if you’re not familiar with impressive new artist Guilherme Balbi and incredibly talented colorist Marco Lesko, well, be prepared. you, because they are impressive. duo that energizes and brings every page of this comic to life,” added Zack Kaplan.
For more on this series, read the official press release below.
LOS ANGELES, California – February 15, 2022 – In a future robot world, missing humans have been brought back to life – but will they earn their place in society or will they have to fight for it.
The next Top Cow/Image sci-fi miniseries — METAL SOCIETY — by Zack Kaplan (PORT OF EARTH, ECLIPSE), Guilherme Balbi, Marco Lesko and Troy Peteri — explores just that with a side of MMA-style sports fighting.
In METAL SOCIETY, the creators take readers to an inverted future, where evolved robots have resurrected humans for manual labor. But, a tribalist culture clash erupts, causing a fearless human fighter and a frustrated, displaced robot to face off in a public fight with epic stakes.
Creator Zack Kaplan says, “While our own technology, politics and world are changing faster than ever, unfortunately our society seems to be reacting with aggression and hostility. We resort to tribalism and allow our differences to be aired publicly for entertainment. I’ve always been inspired by great robot stories that remind us of our own experience, and I thought that by exploring this Rocky-style combat drama in a futuristic world ruled by robots, this clash between robotic and human culture and the “human” fighters who are drawn into these public battles, we may well learn something about our own humanity and our social conflicts today.
Together with new artist Guilherme Balbi, they have created a rich world in which readers can suspend disbelief and immerse themselves in the story. Balbi commented, “Creating a new world is always a big challenge, and even expanding because anything with ‘robots’ is even harder, but that’s exactly what makes this world so special. There are lots of details, threads and lots and lots of gears. I try to take a lot of inspiration from movies and references, and mix in things that I love. Understanding Zack’s vision for this project was very important to take another step in my growth as an artist, but in this work I took flight.
“I’m excited to be doing another tough sci-fi series with Top Cow, and if you’re not familiar with impressive newcomer Guilherme Balbi and incredibly talented colorist Marco Lesko, well, brace yourself, because they are an impressive duo that comes to energize and bring to life every page of this comic,” added Zack Kaplan.
“Zack Kaplan is one of my favorite writers to work with,” said Top Cow President Matt Hawkins (COLOSSUS, REFLECTION), “And it is, in my humble opinion, his best work to date. METAL SOCIETY, artificial intelligence, robots… what more could you ask for?
See if the human or the robot will reign supreme in METAL SOCIETY comic book shops on Wednesday May 5, 2022.
METAL SOCIETY will also be available for purchase on many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, Comixologyand Google Play.
SOLICITATION:
METAL COMPANY #1
WRITER: ZACK KAPLAN
ARTIST / COVER A: GUILHERME BALBI & MARCO LESKO
MAY 5 / 32 PAGES / FC / T+ / $3.99
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