In this adaptation, award-winning artist Dan Parsons teams up with Jennifer Grossman of The Atlas Society to introduce the story to a new generation with a provocative, graphic presentation that captures the imagination and invites readers on a journey of self-discovery. The stark horror of a civilization destroyed by envy remains as relevant and arresting today as it did eight decades ago. In this adaptation we introduce one of the lesser known heroines of Ayn Rands works to a new generation of readers and fans of graphic novels, and artistically dramatize both the horrors of collectivism and the timeless themes of individualism, heroism, and romantic love. This provocative book is an anthem sung in praise of man's ego. Now he has been marked for death for committing the ultimate sin: in a world where the great 'we' reign supreme, he has rediscovered the lost and holy word 'I'. In a purely egalitarian world, he dares to stand forth from the herd - to think and choose for himself, to discover electricity, and to love the woman of his choice. But the spark of individual thought and freedom still burns in Equality 7-2521, a passion which he has been taught to call sinful. The product of a time when authoritarian regimes seemed destined to prevail, written by a refugee from the Russian revolution, Anthem might have been a valuable reminder of what happens when ideology trumps humanitarian concerns, but sadly, Rand was not up to the task Santino and Staton do what they can with this dismal tribute to egotism, but the result is still a hard slog.'Equality 7-2521 lives in the Dark Ages of the future, where all decisions are made by committee, all people live in collectives, all traces of individualism have been wiped out. Adapted from Rand's 1938 novella, Staton's art is oddly crude for such a veteran artist, but oddly well suited for Rand's clumsy, hectoring story. Forced by the lesser men around him to flee, Equality and his lover, Liberty 5-3000, find refuge in a conveniently preserved chalet, free to rediscover eternal truths suppressed by their totalitarian forefathers. His curiosity about the mysteries of the past is anathema to those selected to rule Equality's rejection of his assigned menial role is if anything an even greater affront to his master. In a future where misguided egalitarianism has reduced a once-vibrant civilization to a handful of doctrinaire serfs living in the rubble of what once was, Equality 7-2521 rejects the mindless collectivism of his people to embrace individuality.

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