Mike Deodato Jr and a copious amount of robots were just icing on the cake. Mark Russell is always good for a cynical, depressing, thought provoking good time so I grabbed this as soon as I could. But what will the robots do when they're replaced by newer models and they're suddenly declared obsolete? When the earth fell into ruins and the humans put robots in charge, everything seemed fine. Bravo to all involved with making this incredible book happen, and thank you AWA for actually picking the series up when no other publisher would. The story itself is gripping though, with honestly one of, if not the single best dialogue exchanges in any comic I’ve ever read taking place in issue 4. I also would say issue 4 is stronger than the last one, but that’s like saying the final issue falls flat because it is only a 5/5 rather than a 6/5, like it’s still incredible, it just had a really tough act to follow. My only two complaints about the entire book are that the robots can be kinda hard to tell apart sometimes, which is such a nitpick in the grand scheme of things. I read the issues as they came out, but I liked this even more on a reread of the whole trade. I would seriously recommend this to any and everyone.

Mark Russell puts out a scathing satire touching on issues like toxic masculinity, AI supremacy, and consumer culture and just knocks it out of the damn park. The second best book AWA has ever put out (check out Crimson Cage!!). An uneasy reliance on robots has been in place since humans are no longer allowed to work and must now completely rely on a working robot assigned to their family to provide for them. It’s 2056 and robots have completely replaced human beings in the workplace. “What does it say about the world when even those who terrify you have to live in fear?”

Not All Robots by Mark Russell