The origins of the units Blade Runner in the city of Los Angeles in the year 2009
In 1982, taking as inspiration the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968) of Philip K. Dick, Ridley Scott released the film Blade Runnerwhich soon became one of the most representative cult films in the world of science fiction, which, to date, has not been affected by the passage of time, as evidenced by the fact that, in 2017, the sequel will be released Blade Runner 2049. However, this franchise is not only fed by movies, as it has spread to other media, such as comics.
Precisely, in this article, we analyze Blade Runner Origins: Productsthe first issue of a three-volume saga that works as a prequel to the original film, the full cover of which can be seen below.
At the beginning of the 21st century, the Tyrell Corporation developed a new type of robot called Nexusa being virtually identical to man and known as replicating.
Superior in strength and agility, the replicants They were used as slave labor in the outside world, in high-risk combat situations, or in the colonization of other planets.
Los replicants who escaped and returned to Earth were hunted down by brigades of space police, the units Blade Runnerwith orders to shoot to kill any intruding replicants.
This is the story of the first of those Blade Runners.
This introduction gives way to the story, in which we are explained that the detective Cal Moreaux he is assigned the case of the supposed suicide of the doctor Lydia Kinea bioengineer who worked for the Tyrell Corporation. Although at first glance it seems somewhat routine, as the investigation progresses, new data comes to light that increasingly complicate the matter.
It is curious that, if the original film took place in the year 2019, the events in this volume take place ten years earlier, but in both scenarios we find ourselves with a futuristic society that, at present, does not we have managed to get there, despite the fact that in 1982 they saw it as plausible, as also happens with the Back to the Future trilogy (1985 – 1990).
One of the main drawbacks of this volume is that, since it is not a self-contained volume, we can only assess it as the incomplete part of a story that, until it reaches its end, we cannot be sure if we will be satisfied with the result. .
However, any science fiction fan who likes the franchise of Blade Runner You should read this volume to learn about the beginnings of these special units that will not be lost in time like raindrops.
Blade Runner Origins: Products It is completed with a gallery of covers, a sample of the character design, another of the compositions of some interior pages, a third that shows the process by which the scriptwriters explain to the cartoonist what they have to illustrate and the final result, publicity about of the following volume and the biography of the authors.
Blade Runner Origins: Products is correctly posted by Editorial Standard, in hardcover format and in color. Its measurements are 17 x 26, it has 128 pages and is priced at 19 euros.
Kate Perkins He has written screenplays for powerful women such as Supergirl (2014-2015) and Superwoman (2017-2018). Thanks to her work with Batwoman, she was nominated for the 2019 GLAAD Awards. Her last notable work was carried out in the television series Paper Girls (2022), based on the comic book series of the same name (2015 – 2019) by Brian K. Vaughan.
Mellow BrownBorn in Cleveland, Ohio, his studies at Cleveland State University became a software engineer, giving him the skills to help urban communities with open source software. His scripts for the television series American Gods (2017 – 2021), based on the novel of the same name (2001) by Neil Gaiman, stand out.
Mike Johnson He has worked repeatedly with Superman and Batman between 2009 and 2018, as well as with Star Trek between 2018 and 2021. The comics Fringe (2009) and Transformers Prime: The Orion Pax Saga (2013) are also his work.
Fernando Dagnino, born in Madrid in 1973, after finishing his studies in English Literature and Linguistics, he decided to follow the vocation of drawing comics that he had had since he was five years old. He designed an attraction for Disney World, illustrated children’s books, magazines and video games, and worked in advertising. He was entirely in charge of the graphic novel Kasandra and the rebellion of children (2006). He worked for various titles such as Superman (2009), Teen Titans (2009), Supergirl (2009 – 2010), Wonder Woman (2010), Justice League (2010 – 2011), Captain Midnight (2014 – 2015), Suicide Squad (2016) or Tarzan on the planet of the apes (2016 – 2017).
He also illustrated the French series L’Agent and created Smart Girl (both in 2019). His latest noteworthy works are Killers and a new creation of his, called Winter Queen (both in 2020) and this prequel to Blade Runner.
the brazilian Marco Lesko He has been coloring comics professionally since 2014. Rat Queens (current since 2013), The Shadow (2015), Doctor Who (2015 -2017), Assasin’s Creed Uprising (2017 – 2018) and Robotech (2017 – 2019) are some of the titles that have passed through his hands. He has studied the use of color in media such as film, concept art, anime, video games, and Disney animated classics.
the signer Jim Campbell, a resident of Notttinghamshire (United Kingdom), was nominated for the Eisner Awards and has worked for titles such as Roy the Rovers (1976 – 1993), Robotech (2017) or Firefly (current since 2018). He lives with his wife and a large collection of black clothes.
When the lifeless body of one of the bioengineers of the Tyrell Corporation is discovered in his lab, Los Angeles police detective Cal Moreaux enters to scene. Obsessed in discovering the truth, Moreaux He will not hesitate to risk his life and that of his family to reveal the deadly conspiracy that is hidden behind the facts. What is this new replicant model you were working on?
Set ten years before the events of the acclaimed comic book series Blade Runner 2019 and from the original film of Ridley Scottthis prequel, within canon, reveals the birth of the special department of Blade Runners.
