Si Spurrier & Mike Dowling's Minotaur As A Planetary For The A.I. Age

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Si Spurrier and Mike Dowling are launching Minotaur through Ignition Press, a new comic billed as a contemporary take on the kind of sprawling, idea-dense superhero narratives that Warren Ellis pioneered with Planetary. The project positions itself as a work for the AI age, suggesting the creative team is grappling with themes of artificial intelligence and technological disruption. Spurrier, known for cerebral science fiction work, and Dowling's visual storytelling combine to explore what superhero comics might look like when filtered through current anxieties about autonomous systems and digital consciousness. The comparison to Planetary, a series defined by its examination of hidden history and technological mystery, hints at ambitions to deconstruct modern tech mythology.