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/… (mehr)

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.… (mehr)

The artwork in "Space Boy" is really pleasing to see; it's got a kind of Jetsons vibe to it without being cheesy. Everything about the art just flows so well, and all the elements (colors, facial expressions, settings, palettes) feel cohesive with the storyline and each other. The general idea of the story is intriguing: a young girl and her family are frozen and sent 30 years away from the space mining colony they have lived on their whole lives, and now are readjusting to life on Earth.
However, after the initial setup, I feel like the story kind of becomes one big set up/prologue for the actual part "main" part of the series. Reading just Vol. 1 here is fairly unsatisfying because it answers no questions. It definitely feels like only 1/4 of a book, which can work in some cases, but "Space Boy" is 250 pages and I came out of it feeling like I didn't read much. I'll probably check out the next part of the series, but I'm really hoping it gets a lot more into the meat of the story!… (mehr)