I.D.

by Emma Rios

Emma Rios (Artist) and Emma Ríos (Artist)

A dystopian tale that analyzes the conflict between
perception and identity through the struggle of three people who consider a
'body transplant' as a solution to their lives.

• ISBN10: 1632157829
• ISBN13: 9781632157829
• Publish Date: 28 June 2016 (first published 22 June 2016)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Image Comics
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 80
• Language: English

Reviews

[Sarah Says]

I received a copy of this book via NetGalley in an exchange for an honest review.

The story begins with a Coffee shop meeting between the three main characters:
A 17-year-old boy feeling trapped inside the female body he was born with.
A 51-year-old woman, a writer who is bored and depressed.
A no-age-given man, a psychiatrist pretending to be an ex-convict wanting a new life, but is really there studding identity disorders.

This is a story with serious potential. It could have been a really engaging and interesting read, if only it’d had a bit more time spent on developing the characters.

There is a whole section of the book devoted to explaining the brain transplant procedure, which would probably be really fascinating to someone who was into medical procedures, but I felt bogged down in an information overload that drew away from most engaging part of the story - the characters.

The book is illustrated in various shades of red and I found this rather hard on the eye, but I was reading this as an e-comic and expect the paperback would be far better.