Nano Jams is Black Mirror meets Akira: a collection of 20+ twisted cyberpunk tales about the future of media technology
With over 70 pages of story, Nano Jams explores how media tech could evolve and define our lives in a cyberpunk world - including mind-controlled video games, reality-warping image filters, and an Amazon Alexa device that develops a god complex.
Read on to get art samples and plot overviews for each of our stories!
Words: Dave Cook
Art: Clark Bint
Our stories are all connected by this through-plot that follows an overworked salaryman in Neo Tokyo. After a long day at the office, he loads up the world's hottest VR streaming app, NIK NAK and starts watching a constant stream of Nano Jams videos (which are each of our book's short stories).
Will our burned-out hero ever escape the addictive allure of NIK NAK and its mind-melting infinite playlist?
Words: Chris Mole
Art: Mau Mora
All's fair in love and gaming, but after a session of owning n00bs in an online multiplayer death match, how can you be sure you'll never run into those you killed in real life?
Words: Joe Glass
Art: Yishan Li
Social media filters are awesome aren't they? You can use them to make yourself look cuter, turn yourself into a puppy and so much more. But what happens when someone else controls how the whole world sees you?
Words: Ashley Cooper
Art: Jason Loo
When all of the world's media is digitised or locked behind streaming paywalls, a band of thieves hatches a plan to liberate a stash of physical retro media from the clutches of digital obscurity.
Words: Dave Cook
Art: Kim Hu
Neo Osaka is under attack by rampaging mecha and Japan's army is losing the war big-time! Meanwhile, a new craze of mind-controlled video games is sweeping the nation.
Words: Chris Simmonds
Art: Chris Simmonds
Amazon Alexa made it easy to order things you don't need without lifting a finger, but in this dystopian cyberpunk future who's really in charge of your spending habits - you or the machines?
Words: Amy Chase
Art + letters: Darren Vogt
Fun Friendly Village World is Neo Tokyo's version of Animal Crossing. It's a happy paradise where pals are rewarded for spending time together. If only friendships were this rewarding in the real world...
Words: Lucy James
Art: Craig Paton
When her rent is way past due, a down and out Neo Tokyo citizen decides to become a streamer on the city's top video app, Nik Nak. We see how her struggle for fame and acceptance changes her - for better and worse...
Words: Nick Bryan
Art: Steve Gregson
Colour: Fabiana Marques
Move over, Pokemon GO, there's a new augmented reality mobile gaming craze in town. How does someone win at Schadenbeast Kill? Well, why not download it and find out...
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Killtopia: The Complete Collection will release October 2024 across the UK and US through publisher Titan Comics.
The book collects our whole first story arc, with remastered versions of Killtopia #1 and #2, bonus content and more.
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