ex machina

On this date in 2004, Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris's Ex Machina #1 debuted, beginning a fifty-issue run that is widely considered one of the best comics of the 2000s. More specifically than that, though, it's the most real-world relevant superhero comic... ever?

In common with a fairly significant chunk of the comics community, Brian K. Vaughan was in New York on September 11th, 2001, and witnessed the events of that day first-hand. Sublimating his experiences into his art, Vaughan penned Ex Machina, a modern masterpiece that used an alternate version of 9/11 to explore America's relationships with its heroes. But just as the long-term effects of September 11th are still palpable, Vaughan has continued to explore the anxieties of post-9/11 American throughout his work.

Brian K. Vaughan has come back to comics with a vengeance. With the conclusion of Y: The Last Man in 2008 and Ex Machina in 2010 -- and his departure from Lost after its fifth season in 2009, the highly successful creator dropped out of seemingly the entire public eye for a year...

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AS THE FOLLOWING REVIEW DISCUSSES THE 50TH ISSUE OF A 50-ISSUE SERIES THAT HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR SIX YEARS, IT SHOULD GO WITHOUT SAYING THAT ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE SPOILERS FOLLOW. THE FOLLOWING REVIEW IS 90% SPOILER, SO UNLESS YOU'RE THE KIND OF PERSON WHO WATCHED THE LAST EPISODES OF "BATTLESTAR GALACTICA" AND "LOST" FIRST, YOU MAY WANT TO READ ALL OF "EX MACHINA" BEFORE

Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris's award-winning super powered political epic "Ex Machina" comes to an end this week after a run of 50 issues and a handful of specials. In celebration, comics retailer James Sime of Isotope in San Francisco released an online version of a special edition "Ex Machine" DVD that shows off all of the process trivia, background information, and roug

ComicsAlliance's Chris Murphy reviews the biggest and best comic books coming out this week. THE ROLLING STONES AND IRMA THOMAS ARE ALL LIARS -- Captain America Reborn #3 Issue #3 of Captain America Reborn releases this week, and to be honest, I remain not as excited by this one as I'd like to be...