A graphic novel about a world that no longer needs people — and about the people who refuse to accept that.
The turn has already begun. Within five to ten years a great many professions will disappear or change beyond recognition. The time to think about it is now, not once it has happened.
Artificial intelligence did not defeat humanity and did not seize power. It simply stopped needing us. The economy runs almost without people, society is provided for and calm — and has to answer, all over again, what a human being is actually for.
The project is made by DMA Team Project. Work began in mid-September 2026.
The change of era is already under way. Over the next five to ten years AI will replace a great many jobs, and the professions that remain will change beyond recognition. The time to think about how they will transform is today — while there is still time to prepare rather than catch up.
Through the story and its characters we talk about the future and about the present. It is a conversation, not a forecast: we do not know how this ends, and we do not pretend to.
I had been thinking about this for a long time, but for years it stayed just thinking. It was my partner who pushed me to actually make a graphic novel out of it — and who inspired me to treat it seriously, even if it remains a labour of love.
Through the story and its characters I pass on my own thoughts about the future and the present.
Everything matters here: the world, the visuals, the dialogue. But the core of the project is social interaction. It is through it that a character’s central pain, their call to adventure and their private tragedies come to light.
That is why a rule of this world is better shown in a single conversation by the coffee machine than in a page of explanation. The characters do not know they live inside a satire: to them, the absurd rules are rational and normal.
There may be many issues, or the story may turn out to end quickly. We are not stretching it for the sake of length, and we do not promise schedules we cannot keep.
This site shows the world around the story: its economy, social categories, companies, places and people. Characters’ roles in the plot, events after 2046 and a few nodes of the world are marked as sealed.
These are not decorative placeholders: nothing is hidden underneath them in the markup, and there is no way to open them early. Each block opens together with the issue where it happens.
This material is not published yet
It opens together with the issue where it happens.
All the art on this site comes from the design book: character references, brand sheets, architectural references and object studies. These are the working documents the issues are drawn from.
Where a visual decision is not approved yet, the card says so outright. A proposal is never passed off as canon.
DMA Team Project
