"Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean everyone ISN'T out to get me!" OK, that's an old joke but it does pose a serious question. If the world seems to be going crazy around you, if you think everyone is out to get you, how do you know if it's all true? You don't think you're crazy, but a crazy person wouldn't think that, would they? It's enough to give you a serious brain-ache.
That conundrum is just a small part of the troubles faced by accountant Jon Geoffries in Platinum Studio's Unique. Jon is troubled by strange dreams, paranoia, and bouts of sleep-walking. His shrink has put him on a wide variety of meds, but all to no avail. There is, though, an experimental new treatment that could solve all of Jon's problems. Or make them much, much, worse.
Not only does Jon discover that everyone really is out to get him, he learns that he is being hunted down by people from multiple universes. You know you're in trouble when parallel worlds are out to get you! Jon Geoffries problem is that he is a Unique. That means that in all of the parallel universes, there is no parallel Jon. That unique status also means that Jon is one of the very few people who can, under the right circumstances, travel back and forth between the parallel worlds. Unluckily for Jon, there are nefarious, powerful, people who would like to put his abilities to use for their own personal gain. Or maybe none of this is true, and Jon really is just crazy...
Unique is written by Dean Motter, with art by Dennis Calero. Motter's story is full of twists, turns, conspiracies and the unexpected. Dialogue is used sparingly but effectively. The characters are all very real, and Jon seems like a regular guy who finds himself drawn into this bizarre situation. Readers are definitely kept on their toes, wanting to see what happens next. Calero's art is perfect for this story. It is dark and just a bit surreal, which gives Jon's mind-trip a very dream-like quality.
You're probably not crazy, but can you be sure? Are you really even reading this, or do you just think you are? Does your parallel self have some weird facial hair variant, like Mirror Universe Spock? Find out the answers to all this and more by reading Unique! You aren't imagining that it is Four Color Fantasies' guaranteed Book of the Week. (Plus, there are two issues already in stock. Try 'em both!)
That conundrum is just a small part of the troubles faced by accountant Jon Geoffries in Platinum Studio's Unique. Jon is troubled by strange dreams, paranoia, and bouts of sleep-walking. His shrink has put him on a wide variety of meds, but all to no avail. There is, though, an experimental new treatment that could solve all of Jon's problems. Or make them much, much, worse.
Not only does Jon discover that everyone really is out to get him, he learns that he is being hunted down by people from multiple universes. You know you're in trouble when parallel worlds are out to get you! Jon Geoffries problem is that he is a Unique. That means that in all of the parallel universes, there is no parallel Jon. That unique status also means that Jon is one of the very few people who can, under the right circumstances, travel back and forth between the parallel worlds. Unluckily for Jon, there are nefarious, powerful, people who would like to put his abilities to use for their own personal gain. Or maybe none of this is true, and Jon really is just crazy...
Unique is written by Dean Motter, with art by Dennis Calero. Motter's story is full of twists, turns, conspiracies and the unexpected. Dialogue is used sparingly but effectively. The characters are all very real, and Jon seems like a regular guy who finds himself drawn into this bizarre situation. Readers are definitely kept on their toes, wanting to see what happens next. Calero's art is perfect for this story. It is dark and just a bit surreal, which gives Jon's mind-trip a very dream-like quality.
You're probably not crazy, but can you be sure? Are you really even reading this, or do you just think you are? Does your parallel self have some weird facial hair variant, like Mirror Universe Spock? Find out the answers to all this and more by reading Unique! You aren't imagining that it is Four Color Fantasies' guaranteed Book of the Week. (Plus, there are two issues already in stock. Try 'em both!)
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