Descender #1

A small robot child stands with its back to us, gazing up at an enormous full moon against a vast, star-flecked darkness — a quietly powerful image that sets the tone for this French-language edition of Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen's acclaimed science-fiction series. Subtitled Étoiles de Métal ("Metal Stars"), this Urban Comics collection invites readers into a universe where humanity and machine existence are bound in uneasy tension. Nguyen's delicate, almost watercolor-like cover work gives the lone figure a sense of wonder and vulnerability that makes you want to follow them wherever the cosmos leads.