Name: Atomic Garden
ISBN: 9781632156631

Rick Remender

"Collecting Tokyo Ghost #1-5"--Page 4 of cover.

Atomic Garden

Fraser Simons

Remender can be hit and miss with his stories but with Tokyo Ghost and Low, he's really hitting his stride now. Tokyo Ghost is a brilliantly realized and fleshed out setting with classic cyberpunk underpinnings. Utilizing and making relevant again, classic themes already explored by tapping into technologies of today and projecting them into the future. There's a lot of societal behavior today being brought into the setting and then turned up, this doesn't mean it's "tired", it means its appealing to a wide range of people reading the book who haven't already been immersed in these themes being explored. If you have, it's more realized, fleshed out and gorgeous than ever. The artwork is fantastic, the character arcs are even more great. You empathize with both of them at different times, there's over the top violence being desensitized, all with the backdrop of some good characterization. I've read the next two issues after this and I continue to be impressed and want to read more. Recommend it!