This series is amazing. Brian Vaughan has a great ear for dialogue and creates such realistic characters. Ten years later this is just as enjoyable to read as when the issues originally appeared. Tony Harris doesn't get nearly enough credit either for being the top notch artist he is. His character designs and costumes are some of the best in the business.

Brian K Vaughan is a really good writer. His characters have depth and personality, and he tackles real life issues without making them seam forced. If you're not into politics, this would be a skip, but if you don't mid some, go for it!

me: is hundred, you know... like tyler the creatorbkv: ?me: gay and homophobic

this was...fine. i liked it, but not enough to continue with the rest of the series. the story was good, but the storytelling was choppy and hard to follow at times. also if i can be so bold as to say...the female characters in this are kinda wack. all of them were mostly unbearable, and even the way they were drawn in comparison to the male characters angered me a bit. women should be more than objects/plot devices!! don’t be shy, give them some purpose. ok those are all my thoughts.

3.5 starsA friend recommended this to me after I had lukewarm feelings toward Vaughan's Y, saying that it was (in his opinion) a better story. And I have to agree with him on that. I did like Mitchell far more than I did Yorrik, and I thought the actual plot was more my personal type of thing. Now, for those of you diehard Y: The Last Man fans out there, I'm not trying to shit on your favorite graphic novel. All I'm saying is that I prefer this one.Even so, I'm not 100% sold on Ex Machina due to...

I knew nothing about Ex Machina going into this other than it was written by Brian K Vaughan and that he has never once disappointed me yet, so I bought this blind and am so glad that I did. I'm fully intrigued, have completely bought into the story and this world, and I wish I wasn't at work right now so that I could get to Volume 2 immediately. Vaughan is a masterful story-teller in his pacing, humour, foreshadowing, and pitch-perfect dialogue. And of course, the best review you can give to th...

Bullet Review:At the end of the day, my thoughts are jumbled. This is better than "Y: The Last Man", but nowhere near as good as Runaways or Pride of Baghdad and, duh, Saga. (Seriously, NOTHING is as good as Saga.) Mitchell was annoying but nothing like what's-his-name from aforementioned Y; the story is intriguing but lacks the punch of "Pride". And there is action but not as gripping as Runaways.So for that: 3 stars. Not bad, but not the best.

Fantastic. I have been missing Brian K. Vaughan mature storytelling comics. So glad I still have this series and Y : The Last Man to look forward to.

Ex Machina is remarkable. I say that straight away because, on the surface, there's a lot of potential goofiness here if you judge it from the premise alone. A superhero with the ability to command machines decides to give up his superhero career so that he can run for Mayor of New York City? It's a bit peculiar, conjuring up images of Superman hobnobbing with Rudy Giuliani over a couple of beers, or Magneto kissing babies while running for office.But it reaches that "remarkable" moment by playi...

Years ago, I’d read Ex Machina up until the seventh volume (Ex Machina, Vol. 7: Ex Cathedra) and then, because of shipping delays and some impatience on my part, and despite the fact that I really liked this series,I’d sold off the books. In late December of 2012, due to the fact that I really wanted to read this series again (and also because my LCS was having a 40% off sale), I got all 5 Deluxe Editions and re-read the whole thing in something like six days. The story structure of Ex Machina i...

Brian Vaughn is one of the best comic writers around...the combination of politics, social commentary & the super hero makes this a must read. 9-11 and gay marriage are just some of the topics tackled in this edition.

Deluxe Editions of Ex Machina cover around two paperback volumes of Brian Vaughan's post-9/11 series. It is about the story of Mitchell Hundred, NY's mayor and a man who mysteriously got the power to talk to machines, who for a time became The Big Apple's superhero. Volume number one is a good introduction to the protagonist yet it barely reveals what the series will about in its next installments.Ex Machina, as far as the first book is concerned is definitely not Vaughan's best work. While I lo...

I'm just going to review the entire series here under volume 1. This book is absolutely amazing....until it's not. Here's how it goes:Vol. 1-Amazing!Vol. 2-Amazing!Vol. 3-Amazing!Vol. 4-How is Vaughan going to wrap up all these plot threads with only one volume left to go?!Vol. 5-He's not. Remember how you felt at the end of the last season of Lost? Well, get ready to feel that way all over again. As great as this book is in the beginning, I couldn't help but feel betrayed at the end. A lot of t...

I thought this was great. It's a very original story that's mostly a political thriller with some superhero action thrown in. Even though the plot is still forming, it looks like the premise is a man is given the power to "talk to machines" by a chance encounter with alien hardware. (This hasn't actually been determined yet in the story, but that's what it looks like.) He uses his celebrity to make it all way to Mayor of NYC. There's a twist regarding the 9/11 attacks that I think he also may ha...

A very fast read. I probably should have purposely slowed down to take in the art more carefully - it's gorgeous - but another time. I like the idea of the politics-heavy story more than the execution, but only because it won't wear as well as the rest. The sci-fi and soap opera plots are compelling enough that I can put up with the slightly heavy-handed political content. Feeling a big seasick from all the flipping back and forth in time, but the frequent references to the date makes things mor...

Ex Machina is the story of NY’s mayor, Mitchell Hundred (yes, that’s his real name); a man with the power to talk to machines. Mitch mysteriously gains his powers after a mysterious explosion and because New York’s first superhero during the events of 9/11. Not long before that he was a masked vigilante deemed “The Great Machine” and had put up his cape to run for mayor, but 9/11 forced him out of retirement and, as a result, put him in office. Now, book one does a good job of introducing your k...

While I can't say I've always enjoyed Brian K. Vaughan's work, I admire its diversity, in both genre and theme. What rarely changes, though, is his dedication to inclusivity and tackling the political topics of the day.So it only makes sense that he'd one day write a comic about real-world politics, but still find an interesting spin by wedding it to the superhero genre, making for a heady political procedural that never seems to stop moving. Being nearly ten years old, it's fascinating how some...

I'm making it official. Brian K. Vaughan is the greatest comic writer ever! I can't believe I never read Ex Machina. Actually, I'm kind of glad I didn't. I think when first read Brian's work (Runaways/Y the Last Man) I wouldn't have understood much about what is happening. This is a political drama, mystery, superhero story all combined into one little neat, interesting, different than anything I've read before, package. Mitchell Hundred is the main character here, a guy who gains the power to c...

This is only the second title I’ve read from Brian K. Vaughan and I already know he’s one of my favourite writers of all time.I wasn’t quite sure what to expect with this series but I knew it was going to be BKV’s take on a political superhero story. So, having read saga, I was very interested to see what this was all about.I can say I wasn’t disappointed at all, and after the dreary last couple of days I’ve spent reading some Snyder stuff, this was a welcome change of pace.There’s writers out t...

I was absolutely blown away by this book. What a refreshing explosion of magnificent writing (Brian K Vaughn) and stunning artwork (Tony Harris). If you want a non-superhero in tights, adult-oriented comic series, Ex Machina is definitely for you.Think of Batman retiring but then becoming mayor of Gotham. However, it's less about the superhero days and more political thriller. Can't wait to read volume 2!