Webcomic Rec: O Human Star

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zhongnanhai
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Webcomic Rec: O Human Star

Post by zhongnanhai »

Y'all were kind enough to suggest my comic in this forum, and here's one of my favorites!

http://ohumanstar.com/ O Human Star: Al Sterling, renowned robotics engineer, dies in 2005 and wakes up sixteen years later in a synthetic body. His work has transformed the world thanks to his partner, Brendan, who's raising a robotic child copied from Al's mind. Flashback sequences show Al and Brendan's relationship blossom and crumble, as they deal with stress, deadlines, internal issues, and conflicting ideals.

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There's so much great stuff about continuity of identity, second chances, regret, dealing with a hostile world, ambition, etc.- it's a very moving drama, rendered in crisp panels of blue and orange.

There's also a great running gag of Al being very frustrated that pure sucrose is the only viable robot food.
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Re: Webcomic Rec: O Human Star

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This is one of my favorite comics too, the relationships between the characters are great :) The world feels very real to me.

I first ran into it at Small Press Expo, where I immediately snatched up the first collection.
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