comixology: A comiXologist recommends:O Human Star Vol. 1by: Eric ArroyoIt is an absolute treat
comixology: A comiXologist recommends:O Human Star Vol. 1by: Eric ArroyoIt is an absolute treat that O Human Star is arriving on comiXology today. Blue Delliquanti’s (bluedelliquanti) science-fiction marvel achieves the perfect balance of high concept scifi, complicated and genuine personal relationships, and a captivating mystery to drive it all forward.Alastair Sterling was a revolutionary roboticist who died on the verge of an AI breakthrough, unable to witness how his work would transform the world. That is, until he wakes up sixteen years later in a synthetic body of unknown origin. In a future of his own making, Al looks for answers from Brendan, his former partner, ex-boyfriend, and current head of Sterling, Inc., only to find something more surprising: Brendan’s daughter Sulla, another synthetic copy of Al that has pursued her own identity as a teenage girl.This new family between Al, Brendan, and Sulla forms the heart of O Human Star. While a future full of artificial intelligences is enough to swallow, Al and Brendan must adjust to a world where Al’s still alive, and if they ever want to solve the question of Al’s resurrection, they’ll have to sort out their pasts and present together.Delliquanti carefully builds the world of O Human Star around Al and Brendan’s relationship, weaving in and out of flashbacks that depict the romance and AI advancements blooming out of the roboticists’ relationship. From day one, their relationship is shown as a test of boundaries, with the younger and ambitious Brendan pulling Alastair’s brilliance out of a reclusive shell. Both in the past and the present, Al, Brendan, and Sulla navigate the challenges of moving between worlds: from a private lab to a robotics expo, to accepting one’s own sexuality and entering a gay relationship, between human and synthetic society, and at the heart of it all, between death and life and the past and the future. It’s never easy for them, but Delliquanti brings genuine life out of their struggles and highlights their humanity.If you’re looking for a portrait of the future with an LGBTQ sensibility, I invite you to meet the family of the future in O Human Star Vol. 1. [Check out O Human Star Vol. 1 on comiXology]Eric Alexander Arroyo is a Brooklyn-based cartoonist and a Digital Editor at comiXology. He’s probably drawing giant robots and listening to ABBA. -- source link
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