Livestock

A satire set in a not-very-distant future (think tomorrow, or possibly the day after) … In this tale, the gruesome relationship between celebrity and politics has moved way beyond The One Show sofa… Knowing and savage, Livestock is that rare thing: a comic book that has only grown more essential in the gap between its inception and its publication. -- Rachel Cooke * Observer *
Hannah Berry’s graphic novels have a brilliantly threatening kind of British humour to them: you read them, you smirk, then you look over your shoulder... Livestock…tells the kind of story that will be familiar ground for viewers of Black Mirror and The Thick of It, mixing scathingly realistic political situations and dialogue with a satirical premise that balloons towards the absurd… The real meat of Livestock is in the bleak viciousness of its satire… This is comic fantasy with a knife up its sleeve. -- Tim Martin * Daily Telegraph *
A sharp socio-political satire, germane for the current political climate. -- Nicola Streeten * Times Literary Supplement *
Engaging and timely, a rich brew of celebrity, menace, media-spin and human cloning. -- Posy Simmonds
Uneducated, pliant, easy to control - that's how our rulers want us. But in Hannah Berry's dark tale of celebrity and corporate greed, the people have other ideas. A parable for the Trump era. -- Paul Mason