"In its initial sense, a robot was not our modern definition of a metallic, mechanised substitute for a human being, but an artificially-created factory labourer who never needed to eat, sleep or be paid, the perfect workforce to maximise profits. Over a century later, the original play remains sharply relevant and Kateřina Čupová‘s graphic novelisation of it brilliantly captures the urgency of its themes to our present day."
Paul Gravett's is THE mover and shaker on the European comics scene. It is truly an honor to top his list!