Elective cyborging has become an underground subculture in the mode of piercing, branding or tattooing today. The technology used to effect this is called, simply, MEK. Metal fetishism. These aren't your clean-lined cyborgs of videogames and the Six Million Dollar Man. These are weird, spiky, buzzing, sexy, scary, transgressive people. Like any youth culture in its early iteration, it's kind of unsettling... It began in LA. And deep in the Mek area of LA, RJ COIN, one of the original Mek developers, is shot to death... Written by Warren Ellis, pencilled by Steve Rolston, inked by Al Gordon and coloured by David Baron. Published by DC/Wildstorm under the Homage imprint. MEK gets a collected edition this March! MEK was original published as a three-issue comic series during the Winter of 2002/2003. The full story is now being collected along with RELOAD, another 3-issue mini-series by Warren Ellis. At 144 full-colour pages, it'll cost you $14.95 US when it hits stores on March 10th. Here's the blurb from Wildstorm's website: "Two fantastic miniseries from master storyteller Warren Ellis collected in one great flip-book Softcover! RELOAD, with art by Paul Gulacy & Jimmy Palmiotti (CATWOMAN), is an espionage thriller that tells the story of Secret Service Agent Chris Royal and his mad scramble to find the woman who assassinated the U.S. President. MEK, featuring art by Steve Rolston (Pounded) & Al Gordon (TOM STRONG) is a tale of revenge set in a not-too-distant feature, where robotic enhancement has become the latest trend. This book will be printed in the flipbook format, with each story featuring a separate cover!" Scans of both covers have been provided here so you know what you're looking for: And here are the covers from the original series: MEK #1 cover MEK #2 cover MEK #3 cover MEK is TM and copyright (c) 2003 Warren Ellis & Steve Rolston. All rights reserved.

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