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i appreciate nge's near future setting w/ far future technologies: AI and advanced biotech, evolutionary accelerationism mixed w/ the aesthetics of techno-industrialism+gritty 1990s modernity-- clunky computer tech, trains, paper instead of digital interfaces, etc.
He painted The Railway in 1873. It too met with confusion. On the Beach (1873) & Boating (1874). Railways were still new & the height of modernity. The painting has been interpreted in many ways. Manet painted many boring shipping scenes (I’ve left them out).
THE DARK ONE offers a clash between high fantasy and modernity executed with stylish moxie. Both deadly serious and incredibly fun. The whole team clearly had a blast creating it, and so too will you reading it.
You can pre-order it today.
@DaddyWarpig Fairies left the woods for modernity. (art by Shannon Maer)
Your daily PUNCH colour cover. Flying into the future with Mr Punch. Not sure where Toby is. Love the #pink and #orange sky. By Russell Brockbank 1961. #flying #aircraft #modernity #flight #jets #planes #design #designers #technology