Back in the Descender world by popular demand, this Star Wars tribute space opera/magic mash-up story takes place 10 years after the Harvester/UGC galactic war. And this time our protagonists, Mila (the daughter of Andy and Effie) and Andy are stuck on the lonely anti-technological planet Sampson and are trying to stay out of the clutches of the evil disciples of the all-powerful technophobe vampire witch know as Mother. But when a certain robot pal shows up, Andy and Mila must go on the run.

This story is just as good as Descender, if not better. And of course, Dustin Nguyen's art is just astounding. It's been a long time since the art within a comic really excited me and this series just blows my mind. ( )

I think I like this even more than Descender, more magic and monsters, but still some sci-fi stuff and a bunch of links to the past. Can't wait to see where it goes. ( )

I finished Descender last year and absolutely loved it. Ascender was one of my most anticipated releases, but I was a coward and kept on putting this off because I was sure it could not live up to it's predecessor. While this isn't quite the same thing, it still snuck up on me and I finished reading it with tears on my face. (The impact would not have been the same if I was unfamiliar with Descender.) Can't wait for Volume 2. ( )

Hmmm, jury's still out on this one. I'll definitely give the second volume a go, but for me, a decade seems like a small leap of time for a full and virtually complete changeover from a tech-based civilization to one that relies on magic and the growing of ships.

I guess what I'm saying is, I would have liked to have seen a bit more evidence of this in the Descender series than the quickly tossed off pages right toward the end to help set this up.

Regardless, as I said, I'll absolutely give this at least a little more time to breathe. ( )

https://shawjonathan.com/2021/01/24/jeff-lemires-ascender-vols-one-and-two/ ( )