Here’s Every “Black Mirror” Episode Illustrated As A Vintage Comic Book Cover
Black Mirror is a Netflix anthology series about the horrors of modern society. It casts a, well, a mirror on our addiction to tech.
In other words, it’s our generation’s Twilight Zone. And the show is an inspiration to Brazilianpop artistButcher Billy. He illustrated a series of Black Mirror comic covers, positing what the episodes would look like as a series of vintage pulp comic books. So turn on your implanted memory chip.
Because it’s time to check out some Black Mirror comic covers.
White Christmas
“White Christmas” doesn’t quite spread holiday cheer as it does holiday technology-induced-dread-and-malaise. Snowed in their remote outpost, Jon Hamm and Rafe Spall swap stories: an augmented reality dating service resulting in death, an artificial consciousness brought to its brink, and a tragic melodrama involving infidelity.
The twist ending ties everything together expertly.
Hated In The Nation
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Starring Kelly MacDonald, Faye Marsay, and Benedict Wong, “Hated In The Nation” extrapolates the concept of online trolling to a logical, deadly conclusion. Detectives examine a series of potentially related murders — all victims were the target of online shaming and harassment.
Eventually, the deadly hashtag #DeathTo is discovered, and a series of murderous insect drones makes sure each victim feels the sting.
Black Museum
The titular “Black Museum” is essentially a storage unit of human pain and misery, captured forever by technology. You can electrocute the consciousness of a convicted killer. You can examine a stuffed monkey, imbued with the consciousness of a spurned wife. Or get your revenge on the museum owner himself.
Metalhead
“Metalhead”, filmed in glorious black and white by acclaimed genre director David Slade, takes the robotic research being done by Boston Dynamics and runs with it. In a post-apocalyptic Scotland, our heroes try to survive while being hunted by vicious robotic dogs. The hints at what happened to the human race are haunting.