The word is run by numbercrunchers. So is the afterlife. A dying mathematician wants more time on Earth to spend with his one true love. He makes a deal with The Divine Calculator. Cue hijinks and a bloody great big British Bastard of a man chasing him through infinite reincarnations with only repeated death on his mind.Numbercruncher has the kind of multilayered complexity that could cause a mind not attuned to time travel narratives to explode, round and round it goes, laying clues and hints a...

The most enjoyable comic I've read in years. Si Spurrier calculates a rigid tale which becomes comics' own 'It's a Wonderful Life', for within the integers, artist P J Holden free-forms like a jazz master, experimental and fresh, un-self-conscious yet like some fractal master. His layouts are just as innovative. Holden's art is punctuated by colourist Jordie Bellaire, who dabs in the odd colour to give a Euopean cafe culture look.Go and read. Seriously, the most enjoyable comic I've read in year...

This was great fun, a book featuring a dweeby little guy who outsmarts God (?) by gaming the rules of the universe and screwing the system. The only thing I’ve encountered that’s anything like this is the superb Director’s Cut of The Butterfly Effect, with a dollop of Groundhog Day and a heaping helping of the TV series “The Good Place.”I was just thinking the other day about those movies and books where seemingly innocuous scenes and throwaway lines end up being freighted with meaning and inten...

Numbercruncher is a good example of the old adage: "Never judge a book by its cover." That ugly, barely legible logo, fierce yellow coloring, and grim-looking, murderous giant do not scream "Read me!" Fortunately, Numbercruncher is much, much better than its cover.It's also a bit of a headscratcher, but mostly in a good way. Zane, the hulking man on the cover, made a bad deal when he died and now works for the Divine Calculator in the afterlife. A young mathematician dies, giving Zane a way out

Good stuff.

Deeply weird story of a guy dodging his afterlife commitments AT ANY COST. The price of justice is high when there is so much collateral damage to seeing true love prevail. Highly recommended.

This was a very enjoyable book. The story was great and the art was great. The separation of color to denote the life and afterlife worked well, and I enjoyed the office chaos and imagery of the afterlife.The story kind of reminds me of a Doctor Who plot. But the characters are more human with relatable motivations. The story has two protagonists in a way. Zane and Richard (the mathematician) are both relatable, likable protagonists. The mathematician did come off as a little selfish and full of...

This is yin and yang. A big, burly, armed and lump-headed fixer for the Afterlife, who wants out, as opposed to a small, weakling, mathematician with a huge brain that is supposed to replace our fixer in the Afterlife, but has worked out a way to thwart him. It's weapons and bureaucracy against love and willpower; it's the testament of the immovable force against the unedifying object. It's just one major 'this is what life is like' reveal or twist away from being brilliant, but with this plot i...

This is one of the best comics I’ve ever read. The narration manages to be so engaging, thrilling and somehow also extremely funny. I love the art style and overall layout too, it adds to a really complex, gripping story, and the stylistic choices made when it comes to colouring are nothing short of magnificent.

Een beetje de "It's a Wonderful Life" voor de 21ste eeuw met een fijne scifi-twist. Het plot zit heel sterk in elkaar en komt op het einde netjes samen, maar toch denk ik niet dat dit een strip is dat ik snel zou herlezen. Dat is het probleem met al dat goed spul, "goed genoeg" is niet meer goed genoeg.

A man makes a deal so he can be reincarnated and be reunited with his true love. This book contained some good ideas / graphics / characters - much better than the average graphic novel.

4.5. Lovely story

This is one of the weirdest takes on the afterlife I've ever seen - A world of numbers and accountants and bureaucracy. Spiteful accountants who are willing to make deals. Only this time, a mathematician takes advantage. The way things play out is intriguing and well-conceived. Everything falls into place, even through myriad layers of complexity. The art definitely feels like it comes out of 2000AD's style school. It's a unique world and story and not something that would really work in any oth...

I really enjoyed this graphic novel, picked up in the Forbidden Planet sale; although I've forgotten on which trip!Numbercruncher is a time twisting romantic thriller crime-noir metaphysical sci-fi black comedy; and that doesn't even pigeon hole it correctly.When a mathematician discovers the algorithm to the nature of reality in his dying thoughts he gets to make a deal with the divine calculator to be reincarnated within his true love's lifetime. The mathematician, Thyme, tries to cheat the de...

I do love a story where love overcomes the laws of the universe; A Matter of Life and Death is my favourite film. But who ever thinks of the people upholding those laws, which are surely there for some sound reason? Enter Si Spurrier. This is that same tale retold from the point of view of the enforcers, and with love bolstered by some tricksy (and clearly made-up) maths. Mean, cynical, very funny - and still all about love in the end.

This is one of those books where when you're done, you just need to sit and think about it for a little while. The plot was that amazing. Right when you thought you knew the direction you were going, it would do a complete 180!

The story was OK. It was hard to get past the cockney accent of the main character. The art was nothing special.

The high concept here is that God is essentially an ill-tempered accountant, who is in charge of maintaining the cycle of reincarnation. People who sell their souls have to work for him as enforcers until someone else attempts to sell their own soul. Our narrator is a brutish enforcer charged with the most recalcitrant client of all time. It's a man who has enough in-born mathematics knowledge that the boss is especially interested in recruiting him, but all he wants is to spend more time with t...

Neatly plotted and good fun. Both author and artist have a background at 2000AD and it shows.