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Ex Machina Vol 1 The First Hundred Days Brian K Vaughan Tony Harris Books

The graphic novel arrived in premium condition from the vendor Longhalloweenbooks. The paperback came in a thick secure plastic wrapper, nicely sealed. The outer wrapping was of sturdy cardboard, strong and carefully done.

I was already familiar with the graphic novel . I had checked it out of our local city library, and wanted my own copy. Even though the graphic novel was copyrighted in 2005, the paperback is brand-spanking new, looking like it just came hot off the press. Great job to Arlene and Longhalloweenbooks.


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Ex Machina Vol 1 The First Hundred Days Brian K Vaughan Tony Harris Books Reviews

I bought this as a gift for my future husband because we both enjoy Brian K Vaughan's other work. He didn't care for it. The style is dated and according to him this story has been told better in other books.
I just finished vol.9 and I still haven't got a clue as to what this story is about. What started out as an interesting trip into how a hero decides to forsake his power and become an ordinary man trying to better the common good through political office has devolved into an alien/preternatural attempt at world takeover and the destruction of the human race. The original plot line had humor and personal drama, this not so much and I'm wondering if I should bother continuing on with it.
So, if you start reading this because you like Brian K. Vaughn be warned. Each volume reads "nice" but there just doesn't seem to be any depth, or direction, to it.
While everything Brian Vaughan writes is genius, Ex Machina is something really special the first actual "reinvention" of the superheroic fictional archetype since Moore and Gibbons's Watchmen set the industry abuzz with notions like, well, revinventing the superheroic archetype! If you're at all interested in the nature of heroism and moden politics, Ex Machina is for you.
While this comic will be a delight to read for anyone interested in superhero yarns grounded in naturalism and a contemporary setting, it will be a particularly rich read for anyone who lives in NYC, has visited the City, or really likes things that have to do with modern New York City. And for those familiar with the City's politics . . . . Ex Machina is nothing less than a hidden gem.

I will leave the detailed reviews of the storyline, concept, and artwork to others, though I will note that I found Ex Machina to be *an order of magnitude* above average in all three areas.

Instead let me offer a more rarified observation potential readers may find interesting, possibly even helpful.

The protagonist of Ex Machina, Mitch Hundred, the Mayor of NYC, as a character is a superhero version of a politician who is a mix of 2 real NYC politicians important at the time of the comic's creation 1) the former Speaker of the NYC Council, Gifford Miller, who was favored to win the Democratic nomination (but didn't) in 2005 and 2) Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Mayor Hundred seems quite a bit like, and *looks* A LOT like Gifford Miller. I have a difficult time imagining that this was accidental.

Like Miller, Mayor Hundred is remarkably young for a NYC pol, handsome but in a somewhat boyish way, and politically progressive--at least on social issues. (Without giving away too much of the book's plot, let me simply point out that Giff Miller was a huge champion of the City's gay citizens, and this is not to suggest that the superhero-Mayor Hundred is gay; you will have to read the tale yourself for the answer to that ultimately, cosmically and mind-numbingly irrelevant question.)

However, Miller is married with kids, and it's no spoiler to reveal that our super-hero Mayor is single, and the City's most eligible bachelor. Well...so is real-life Mayor Michael Bloomberg (a political outsider like superhero-Mayor Hundred), whose administration's relative non-partisanship, corporation-style, and slightly-left-of-center stances (with a dash of "because it's good for you" paternalism, a la the smoking ban) are basically the same sort of characteristics of the administration of superhero-Mayor Hundred.

Of course, the originality of Hundred far outweighs his similarities to Miller or to "Bloomy." His relationship with a Russian immigrant, his totally middle-class mindset, and other aspects of Hundred have no correlation in the lives of Miller or Bloomberg. And ultimately, what is interesting about the politics seen in Ex Machina is not its similarities with real-life, but its differences . . . . how it basically offers an alternative history to City politics in the wake of 9/11 (the "day-of" events of which do not, thankfully, take up much of the narrative). Since 9/11, so much has been mishandled by so many politicians, that in Ex Machina there is for any reader--conservative or liberal--an interesting "what if" commentary (and good story) not afraid to imagine a far more satisfying post-9/11 country; but, with the story also being placed right off the bat (in the title itself!) into the context of the ancient Greek tradition of "God from a machine," it simultaneously demands that the reader realize that the post-9/11 world of Ex Machina is un-realistic, even purposely somewhat unsatisfying, and if a better post-9/11 NYC or America is going to emerge, it is going to be up to *us*--not some superhero (or divine) solution--and dependant upon our *vision,* not our fears.

I think the creators of Ex Machina created something unusually interesting. I recommend Ex Machina. And if you happen to work for NYC government or are involved in the city's political scene, it really is a MUST-READ for its sheer entertainment value. In fact, I'm a bit surprised that Ex Machina is not a cult classic among the City's political types already.
The series In 1999, Mitchell Hundred, civil engineer, is called out by Lt Bradbury of the New York harbor patrol to investigate a strange green glowing device. The device explodes, giving Mitch super-powers the ability to talk to machines, to tell them what to do, to get information from them, and to design them. Strapping on a jet pack designed by him and built by "Kremlin" (Russian immigrant and family friend), he has a short-lived career protecting New York City as The Great Machine. After successfully saving one of the Twin Towers during 9/11 (or failing to save the other one, as he looks at it), he chooses to retire from the super-hero business and run for mayor of New York. The series follows his political career, with flashbacks to his heroic past.

This volume Collects Issues 1-5
This volume sets up the basic premises of the series and introduces most of the main and supporting characters.
Bradbury, who used to help Mitch during his Great Machine career, is now his head of security.
Kremlin, another part of the Great Machine's team, thinks Mitch should quit being mayor and go back to being the Great Machine. He feels VERY strongly about this.
Dave Wylie - the black deputy mayor of New York - gives Mitch someone to debate isssues with.
Suzanne Padilla - a journalist.
Journal Moore - an intern.
Commissioner Angotti - head of the NYPD. She's grateful Mitch saved the Tower, but insists that he never becomes the Great Machine again.

Amidst the flashbacks, the two main plot lines of the current day are 1) how Mitch deals with a piece of offensive (and tax-supported) art hanging in a local museum, and 2) someone is killing snow plow drivers.

It's only fair to warn you that this series as a whole doesn't have a happy ending, but don't let that stop you from reading one of the best written and drawn series...ever!

The series contains the odd panel of nudity and gore (not so much in this particular volume), violence, and -worst of all- politics, so "suggested for mature readers" fits.
The graphic novel arrived in premium condition from the vendor Longhalloweenbooks. The paperback came in a thick secure plastic wrapper, nicely sealed. The outer wrapping was of sturdy cardboard, strong and carefully done.

I was already familiar with the graphic novel . I had checked it out of our local city library, and wanted my own copy. Even though the graphic novel was copyrighted in 2005, the paperback is brand-spanking new, looking like it just came hot off the press. Great job to Arlene and Longhalloweenbooks.