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.
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[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
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Mikel betrays the the human race and launces a coup wiping out the "core members" and declaring himself the new leader.
Spoilers end here.
[edit] Bibliography
- Go-Machine (by Al Ewing and Richard Elson, in 2000 AD #1496-1498, 2006)