Crowdsourcing Justice In RoboCop: Citizens Arrest From Boom! Studios
by Hannah Means Shannon
Boom! Studios are bringing back RoboCop this Spring! In Robocop: Citizens Arrest, writer Brian Wood (DMZ, Briggs Land) and artist Jorge Coelho (Venom) are going to bring us a world “where justice is crowdsourced”, in a series set 30 years after the events of the original RoboCop film.
Boom! Studios says:
In the decades since the RoboCop program first began, corporations have taken over public services and the government—and law enforcement is the biggest private contract of all. Traditional police forces no longer exist as all citizens are encouraged—and rewarded—to spy on their neighbors.
There is only one authority on the streets: ROBOCOP.
Brian Wood explains:
RoboCop remains a favorite film of mine, and was an early influence on the type of stories I sought out to read and watch, and eventually to create on my own. It’s an honor to write this series, to write Alex Murphy, and to show everyone how much the core themes of RoboCop – police brutality, union busting, media manipulation, privatization of law enforcement and the marginalization of poor people – are, incredibly, just as relevant now as they were in the 80’s.
Jorge Coelho talks about working on the series:
Some movies transcend cinema. As classics they hold that enigmatic mix of timing and ideas that, somehow, make them endure the test of time – for me, RoboCop is one of them. I can still see myself as that big eyed kid devouring everything about the concept decades before I knew what dystopia is, it made me a fan of science fiction and social commentary. Strong, unapologetic characters living in a world close enough to ours, fantastic enough to capture our imagination and keep its spell alive. Citizens Arrest will add new characters and a vision in comic form that will treat readers and lifetime fans with the love and respect this cinema classic deserves
RoboCop: Citizens Arrest #1 features a main cover by Nimit Malavia (Fables), along with variants by David Rubin (Black Hammer) and Jim Towe (Youngblood).
The first issue of the series will arrive in April 2018.