Go-Machine

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Go-Machine is a comic strip that appeared in 2000AD. It was created by writer Al Ewing and artist Richard Elson.

Contents 1 Characters 2 Plot 2.1 Part 1 2.2 Part 2 2.3 Part 3 2.4 Central Directorate 3 Bibliography 4 External links

[edit] Characters

• Mikel Keller & his unamed wife
• The Central Directorate

[edit] Plot

In the near future cybernetic implants are blurring the line between humans and robots. The story follows a participant in brutal cage fights between cyborgs who reaches the point where he crosses the line between man and machine and becomes part of the robotic underclass.

[edit] Part 1

[edit] Part 2

[edit] Part 3

[edit] Central Directorate

The Central Directorate is the ruling class in the unamed city. They despise cyborgs and use them to fight in the Go-Machine tournament. Members include:

• The Central Director
• Anton Smythe - Assisstant to the Central Director
• Ken & Brian - Go-Machine announcers

Mikel betrays the the human race and launces a coup wiping out the "core members" and declaring himself the new leader.

[edit] Bibliography

• Go-Machine (by Al Ewing and Richard Elson, in 2000 AD #1496-1498, 2006)

[edit] External links

• 2000 AD profile