Clockwork Watch: A Penny Dreadful Review
It is
difficult to review an immersive multimedia experience. That is the challenge I
face in this review. I have purchased two graphic novels and a comic that are
but a piece of the world of the Clockwork Watch. I can only convey fragments of
the fascinating world at which these works hint.
I shall
begin with The Arrival. Queen
Victoria has invited an engineer by the name of Chan Ranbir to come live in
England to work on a project. This project is clockwork automatons. The Arrival is told through the eyes of
Mr. Ranbir’s young son. It is the beginning of a strange new world.
The
automatons, or Clockworks, multiply. They are servants in every home, workers
in every factory. Advanced models think and feel. Some love them. Some hate
them. Janav Ranbir, the estranged son of the man who invented this new race of
clockwork people, hates them. He joins an agency called the Clockwork Watch,
devoted to policing the activities of these Clockworks.
Each
graphic novel contains articles, and flyers, editorials and mini-stories about
various denizens of this strange world. These are derived from the blog posts
and live role-playing events on the website. YOU, the reader, the consumer, become
the creator. This shared experience is kind of incredible. Five gears out of
five, all around.
The graphic
novels are brilliant. I love the art of Jennie Gyllblad wherever I see it, and
here she’s just brilliant. The story was dreamt up and begun by Yomi Ayeni, and
now it is so much more. Visit www.clockworkwatch.com
to see where it is now.
Your Correspondent From the Aethernet,
Penny J. Merriweather.
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