And if the trade paperback sells well enough, Mark Russell has hinted on Twitter that a new volume might be possible in Fall 2016. There is a drop in art quality for issue 4, but it doesn't hold back the work overall. The style is unique and fits well with Russell's storytelling, and overall it gives the book more of an independent comic feel than is typical from DC Comics. The art in the book is also brilliant in spots - especially the issues under the helm of Ben Caldwell (pencils) and Jeremy Lawson (colors). Carl the End-of-Life Bear - robot that offers marijuana to the dying.Wayne Algorithm - billionaire designed algorithm that generates all combinations of words so he can copyright novels, screenplays, etc., before anyone else can write them.Social Media War - took place in the 2020s with Twitter emerging victorious (but at the expense of tens of millions of lives).Corporate CEOs who are literally branded with their corporate logos.Sickstarter - a crowdsourced fundraising website to try to pay for medical procedures.Church of Wormology - religion that believes God favors viruses and bacteria because they are the most robust and plentiful organisms on Earth.Talking Head TV - televised debates with integrated like/dislike buttons to determine the winner.Along the way Russell treats us to an amazing set of biting satirical stabs. Through her pure heart and naivete, and with the help of Anonymous hackers, we see the corruption of the power systems for what they are. Russell does a masterful job of balancing national and even international politics with the profoundly human character of Beth Ross, a teenager who through a series of coincidences becomes president of the United States (it actually makes a lot of sense in the context of the story!).

Prez, Vol. 1 by Mark Russell