Mosley

A while back, Marvin Mosley decided to give his time and life knowledge to enlightening AI about what it means to be human on behalf of his government for an entire year.  What was supposed to be an experience that would benefit himself and all of humanity has left the man divorced from his wife, having a difficult relationship with his daughter, and working a dead-end job for his robot overlords.  Meanwhile, humanity is getting along just fine being plugged into the metastream while Mosely’s daughter Ruby works to manage their minds inside of it all in the name of world peace.  To say that this is a situation that has left the title character with a lot of regrets would be an understatement.  Which is why he’s the right man to go and tear it all down when he’s finally given the chance to.

I’m still hoping that completing “Farmhand” is on creator Rob Guillory’s bucket list, because that latest volume really did take things to the next level.  It also offered further proof that he’s a creator worth following whether he’s writing or illustrating it.  He’s doing just the former here with, Sam Lofti handling the art.  Which is quite solid in its depiction of a future gone wrong.  Lofti’s work starts off suggesting we’re getting a realistic look at the future before careening off into over-the-top superhero anime excess.  Which is a good thing in my opinion.

Too bad Guillory’s script isn’t quite on the same level.  He gets credit for coming up with all this crazy stuff for Lofti to draw, but the main story basically boils down to Mosley having to stop Not Skynet from taking over the world.  This is while he’s also repairing his own strained and fractured relationships.  We’ve seen this kind of story done before and better as well.  In the pages of “Farmhand,” for one.  While “Mosley” is just an alright comic, you’d be better served checking out and supporting Guillory’s more interesting creator-owned work.