For every piece of comedic sloganeering like “Join us in the fight for justice! Help us expose the diseased underbelly of the bureaucracy!!! And in turn we can return freedom to the people!!!” there’s a nice character touch such as the small silent robot that scavenges parts to upgrade itself. The humanist/socialist distillation of Economics 101 isn’t quite as simple, and exemplifies the oddest aspect of Sp4rx, which squirms away from definitive categorisation. The reality is 36 hours shifts for breadline money while the company owners increase their personal wealth. Cybernetic parts are cynically marketed as the means for the impoverished made redundant by the prevalence of work droids to compete in the work marketplace. The background to the society in which Sp4rx operates is revealed in a series of one page snippets portraying video advertising and debates. This is among some social commentary about the way companies do business. Wren McDonald’s friendly, simple, yet detailed, cartoon style might suggest a young adult graphic novel, but some scenes suggest otherwise, with the visual ephemera of BDSM commonplace. Sometimes that connection is well guarded, or remote. He’s takes on tasks for others, but applies a caution, rejecting profit if he considers his safety will be endangered, yet these tasks involve more than just accessing a terminal. Sp4rx is an extremely effective hacker and robotic engineer living in a future society where robots mingle with humans and cybernetic body parts are commonplace.
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