Stephen McCranie

A long form graphic novel originally debuted as a Webtoon, Space Boy tells a slow moving, gentle, and contemplative story about a young girl and boy navigating grief and a new life. Its spiritual content is not necessarily explicit, but is inherent in its worldview, prompting the reader to "ask the right questions" about life in a manner that leads them on to truth. The author gave a great interview about how his Christian faith interacts with and is present with his art here: rel="nofollow" target="_top">https://speculativefaith.lorehaven.com/storytelling-faith-free-will/… (más)

Space Boy Volume 1 is a gorgeous and engaging debut to a promising story. The art-style is colorful, dynamic, emotive, and pretty obviously inspired by Japanese manga, in a good way! I'm in love with our protagonist's character design and with the beautiful augmented reality scenes. My biggest complaint here, aside from some half-hearted grumbling about forced exposition, is that it's just too short. I read it one brief sitting and immediately wanted more. The good news it the reader is given a lot to chew on in this first volume, so there's definitely a lot to look forward to throughout the rest of the series.
Oh, I am disappointed that Amy's synesthesia isn't shown to us. Seems like the graphic novel medium would be perfect for some creative visualizations of different people's "flavors" - but nothing like that really happened, we just get told what their flavor is via inner monologue.… (más)