Utopiates

Addiction In the near future, science is able to distill human personalities into a drug-form. Called utopiates --a merging of the words utopia and opiate-- these drugs allow users to swap personalities with the “mental imprints” of other people. This is the common thread that links the stories in the Utopiates series. Over the course of four issues, we follow the interconnected lives of individuals who inject the “souls” of other people. Each is a user of utopiates for their own reasons, but all learn the cost of soul swapping is extremely high. At its core, this series is an unflinching portrayal of human behavior at its most extreme. Issues 1-3 Now Available. Order your copy of this dark look into the future from Josh Finney and Kat Rocha. Utopiates Gallery: One What others have said about Utopiates: "It was sweet! I can't wait to see where it goes next." -Ross Campbell - Creator of Wet Moon and The Abandoned. "It’s great a when a new talent can emerge and breathe new life into a genre. Cyber-punk is probably my favorite flavor of science fiction, for these are stories not about aliens or space travel, or the what-ifs beyond time and space, but are stories just one step ahead of our current technology (and in some cases our science has caught up with our fiction). Utopiates is part Strange Days, part A Scanner Darkly, with a touch of The Matrix’s sensibilities thrown in for good measure. In Utopiates we are faced with the possibility of engineered pharmaceuticals, and the lengths to which people will go to acquire the feelings and experiences that life did not offer us. Issue #1 is an excellent introduction into the Dystopian world that Finney and Rocha have created for us, but hang on for issues #2 & #3, because that’s when the ride starts to really get good! Noirish, gritty and tragic, Utopiates is like rediscovering something you never knew. " Robert Randle - Diamond Distribution "Admittedly inspired by the works of Gibson, Dick, and Welsh, Utopiates mixes the swirling abyss of addiction with the cyberpunk leanings of drug-obsessed futurist writers. The first-person narration is classic cybernoir, and the “digital black and white” art lends this dark story a unique flair. Creators Josh Finney and Kat Rocha are to be commended for diving into familiar waters and coming up with something new. It’s well worth your time to check out; find out more at www.glitchwerk.com." Troy - Newsarama.com "...I like this comic book because it reinterpreted the theme of drugs using current science fiction and technological breakthroughs. In essence, this drug finally does what all aspires to. It makes you into a different person and allows you to live the life you want." Hervé St.Louis - The Comic Book Bin

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