Cyberpunk 2077: Blackout

Contributions by Frank Cvetkovic
In a city that operates on technology, a power outage brings catastrophe, but in darkness comes opportunity.

It hurts. Night City hurts. The suffering runs deep and the deeper one falls, the longer the self-prescribed dreams play. Fortune, hope, love—all made possible by DMS technology. A braindance repairman’s daily encounters with his clients reveal the deterioration of the human mind and the desperation driving those to surrender to illusion. But not everyone desires a happy ending. Riddled with doubt, self-hatred, and guilt, he soon discovers the answer to pain . . . comes in a blackout.

Created in close collaboration with CD Projekt Red, embrace humanity and dare to break the cycle of a corrupt city that offers an escape for the price of your dependence. In Night City, you get what you pay for and . . . you get what you give.

Collects Cyberpunk 2077: Blackout #1–#4.
Bartosz Sztybor was born in the summer of 1984 in Warsaw, Poland. He is a writer of both comic books and movie scripts, a scriptwriter of TV shows and documentaries, and an author of children's books. He has written dozens of comic books and graphic novels in Poland, including the series for teens Niezła draka, Drapak! with art by Tomasz Kaczkowski; the award-winning autobiographical graphic novel Come Back to Me Again, with art by Wojciech Stefaniec, and a few works without words illustrated by Piotr Nowacki (Tainted, It's Not About That and Options). His short comics and strips have been published in almost every comic book magazine and most major newspapers in Poland. He has won many awards for his comics and his movies at various festivals all around the world (including best writer awards in Brazil, Spain and Poland). His movies have been shown, and his books published, in many other countries. He debuted in the United States in 2010 with a few short comics published in the comics publication Zombie Terror, and in 2016, he published his first story in France, Unlucky, with art by Ivan Shavrin (published in Doggybags vol. 10).

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In a city that operates on technology, a power outage brings catastrophe, but in darkness comes opportunity.

It hurts. Night City hurts. The suffering runs deep and the deeper one falls, the longer the self-prescribed dreams play. Fortune, hope, love—all made possible by DMS technology. A braindance repairman’s daily encounters with his clients reveal the deterioration of the human mind and the desperation driving those to surrender to illusion. But not everyone desires a happy ending. Riddled with doubt, self-hatred, and guilt, he soon discovers the answer to pain . . . comes in a blackout.

Created in close collaboration with CD Projekt Red, embrace humanity and dare to break the cycle of a corrupt city that offers an escape for the price of your dependence. In Night City, you get what you pay for and . . . you get what you give.

Collects Cyberpunk 2077: Blackout #1–#4.

Author

Bartosz Sztybor was born in the summer of 1984 in Warsaw, Poland. He is a writer of both comic books and movie scripts, a scriptwriter of TV shows and documentaries, and an author of children's books. He has written dozens of comic books and graphic novels in Poland, including the series for teens Niezła draka, Drapak! with art by Tomasz Kaczkowski; the award-winning autobiographical graphic novel Come Back to Me Again, with art by Wojciech Stefaniec, and a few works without words illustrated by Piotr Nowacki (Tainted, It's Not About That and Options). His short comics and strips have been published in almost every comic book magazine and most major newspapers in Poland. He has won many awards for his comics and his movies at various festivals all around the world (including best writer awards in Brazil, Spain and Poland). His movies have been shown, and his books published, in many other countries. He debuted in the United States in 2010 with a few short comics published in the comics publication Zombie Terror, and in 2016, he published his first story in France, Unlucky, with art by Ivan Shavrin (published in Doggybags vol. 10).

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