{"product_id":"automatic-kafka-joe-casey-9781534332621","title":"Automatic Kafka","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe beloved, surrealist sci-fi--Automatic Kafka--by bestselling writer Joe Casey (\u003ci\u003eBlood Squad Seven, Butcher Baker the Righteous Maker\u003c\/i\u003e) and critically-acclaimed artist Ashley Wood (\u003ci\u003ePopbot, Les Mort 13, World War Robot\u003c\/i\u003e) will be brought back to print for the first time in 20 years. This trade paperback will collect the complete story, feature new material, and find its new publishing home at Image Comics. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAutomatic Kafka\u003c\/i\u003e follows the titular washed-up android superhero--once a celebrated member of the now defunct super-team The $tranger$--spiraling through a hyper-violent, media-soaked America. Seeking relevance, Kafka finds himself a pawn in shadowy government schemes, cult celebrity culture, and weaponized nostalgia. His desperate quest for humanity drags him straight into the wormhole of mankind's darkest vices... and confronts him with a jaw-dropping existential truth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eAutomatic Kafka\u003c\/i\u003e is a gritty, post-modern take on superheroes, but presented as a surreal, razor-sharp takedown of fame, power, and the machinery that manufactures both. \u003ci\u003eThe Boys\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDoom Patrol\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eMr. Robot\u003c\/i\u003e in this must-read cult-classic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joe Casey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1534332626\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781534332621\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Image Comics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/22\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs","brand":"Joe Casey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447351881983,"sku":"9781534332621","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6edd01fd-5139-4786-9ea6-5c73bdd4c7f3.jpg?v=1777230527","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/automatic-kafka-joe-casey-9781534332621","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}