Dust to Dust or Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: Dust to Dust is an 8 issue comic book limited series published by BOOM! Studios in 2010. The series is a prequel to the story of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? The series was written by Chris Roberson and drawn by Robert Adler.

Publication history

The series was marketed with a sneak peek of an eight-page digital preview which was released on iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.

Plot

The story took place in the days immediately after World War Terminus.

Reception

The series holds an average rating of 7.7 by eight professional critics on the review aggregation website Comic Book Roundup. James Orbesen of PopMatters gave the series a positive review, stating: "Dust to Dust is a fine prequel that doesn’t really rock the foundations of its source material. But I imagine this project was never intended to perform that function. What this comic does achieve is broadening one of science fiction’s most beloved tales through philosophical discourse, not moody atmospherics or pulse pounding action. A nice piece of the canon that doesn’t upset or offend." Chad Nevett who reviewed most of the issues for Comic Book Resources expressed that while he doubted the series validity upon its original announcement he greatly enjoyed the series when he actually read it.

Prints

Issues

No.TitleCover dateComic Book Roundup ratingEstimated sales (first month)Notes
#1—N/aMay 20107.3 by three professional critics.5,449, ranked 241st in North America
#2—N/aJune 20109.0 by two professional critics.—N/a
#3—N/aJuly 2010—N/a4,048, ranked 284th in North AmericaAlternative cover by Benjamin Carre.
#4—N/aAugust 2010—N/a3,918, ranked 265th in North America
#5—N/aSeptember 2010—N/a—N/a
#6—N/aOctober 20108.0 by one professional critic.3,781, ranked 290th in North America
#7—N/aNovember 2010—N/a—N/a
#8—N/aDecember 20106.5 by two professional critic.3,470, ranked 234th in North America

Collected editions

Title [Tagline]FormatMaterial collectedPagesPublication dateISBNEstimated sales (North America) [Trades]
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: Dust to Dust vol. 01Trade paperback (TPB)Dust To Dust #1-4112November 20101608860272 978-1608860272647, ranked 176th the first month
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: Dust to Dust vol. 02TPBDust To Dust #5-896March 20111608866181 978-1608866182621, ranked 164th the first month

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