The Smart Division

Edition excerpt from The Smart Division (2027): For fans of X-Files and True Detective comes an all-new sci-fi crime comics thriller, about two detectives pitted against an AI crime app that helps a killer commit the perfect murders. A new artificial intelligence program appears to have assisted someone in committing the perfect murder. To hunt down the elusive killer, an unlikely pair of FBI investigators, chaotic Gen-Z savant Stevie Larque and veteran agent Will Bailey, must start the FBI’s first AI crimes division. As the bodies pile up, Larque and Bailey go on a suspenseful, high-energy chase through a seedy underworld of cybersecurity conspiracy theorists, clandestine app developers, and billion-dollar AI startups. All the while, the murderer and their artificial accomplice remain two steps ahead of the law. Can the detectives maintain their own tense partnership long enough to solve the case? Hit creator Zack Kaplan (Kill All Immortals, Masterminds, Port of Earth) and Eisner-winning artist John Pearson (In Bloom, The Infernals, The Department of Truth) reunite for the first time since their fan-favorite sci-fi horror series, Mindset, to bring you this heart-pounding crime thriller that asks how we fight for our future against apps that let us do anything. Collects issues #1–#5 of The Smart Division.