If you like Deathloop's setting, I'd really suggest you read the comic Casanova.

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I love the slightly psychedelic 60's espionage setting of Deathloop; reminds me of old 60's TV programs like The Prisoner and The Avengers. A big thing it reminds me of is the comics series Casanova, written by Matt Fraction and illustrated by Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon. There's 3 books released, Luxuria, Gula and Avarita, with a smaller sequel-esque one Acedia which looks to be the last in the series so far.

It's got plenty of concepts that match the game; at the start of the series, Casanova Quinn is elminating the heads of a vast espionage/terrorist group but then encounters a bit of time travel/alternate universe shenanigans. The there's betrayals, giant robots, life like androids, David Bowie-esque psychedelic weirdness and lots of other stuff. I love it and playing Deathloop has made me bite the bullets and get the hardback copies of the books to read again and enjoy.

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Thanks for the recommendation! I'm hooked on Deathloop right now, and I just started re-reading Matt Fraction's Hawkeye run after the trailer for the show was released, so this seems like perfect timing.

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I do like comics and I tried Casanova but maybe I'm just getting old but I found it to be very confusing. There are a lot of scenes that just skip from one thing to another and a lot of techno speak thrown around. As a huge William Gibson fan I feel like a hypocrite for saying that they should explain some things a bit more. I also found the minimalistic art to be a detriment - I completely missed the part where the sister is the same person from another dimension because the two characters didn't seem that similar?

I dunno I like the idea but after reading through like 3 "chapters" of this it really wasn't working for me.