Uncanny Valley #2
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeUncanny Valley #2 advances one of the more formally inventive creator-owned pitches to emerge from BOOM! Studios in the mid-2020s: a coming-of-age story in which cartoon physics literally intrude on grounded reality, extending a lineage of live-action/animation hybrids in visual storytelling that stretches from Who Framed Roger Rabbit to comics like Planetary. The issue deepens the central mystery of Oliver's origins and introduces the concept of sinister interdimensional forces, laying narrative groundwork that sustained the series through a ten-issue run and an Eisner Award nomination for the overall series. As a second issue it performs the crucial structural work of expanding the series' mythology — the cartoon world, its rules, and its antagonists — without abandoning the intimate family-drama register established in the debut, a balance critics specifically noted.
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Writer Tony Fleecs had been developing the concept behind Uncanny Valley for years before it reached print; artist Dave Wachter confirmed in pre-launch interviews that Fleecs had pitched him the core idea well in advance of the formal announcement. The series was officially revealed in January 2024 and launched from BOOM! Studios' main imprint on April 10, 2024, with issue #2 following on May 15, 2024, lettered by Pat Brosseau. Series editor Jon Moisan framed the book publicly as 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit by way of Something Epic,' situating it within BOOM!'s slate of character-driven, genre-hybrid originals. The series was originally conceived as a six-issue arc but was expanded to ten issues after strong reader response, with a second arc beginning in December 2024.
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- Uncanny Valley #2 was written by Tony Fleecs (Stray Dogs, Feral, Local Man) and illustrated by Dave Wachter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Guns of Shadow Valley), with lettering by Pat Brosseau.
- The issue went on sale May 15, 2024 — the series launched April 10, 2024 with issue #1.
- Issue #2 expands on Oliver's interdimensional origins, linking his cartoon-physics powers to his mother's roots in Burbank, California, and introduces the concept of sinister forces watching from beyond a dimensional portal.
- Cover artists for issue #2 include Dave Wachter, Tony Fleecs, Jorge Corona (Middlewest) with colorist Sarah Stern, and Flaviano (Grim), giving the issue a robust variant-cover lineup.
- The series title is a deliberate conceptual pun: Fleecs has explained that Oliver is the literal physical embodiment of the 'uncanny valley' — he appears human but something is visibly, unsettlingly off about him.
- Fleecs cited Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and Warren Ellis/John Cassaday's Planetary as the two primary creative touchstones for the series.
- The overall Uncanny Valley series (issues #1–10) received an Eisner Award nomination; a complete collection of all ten issues was solicited by BOOM! Studios for release in November 2026.
- The series was originally planned as a six-issue story but was extended past issue #6 due to continued reader interest, with a second story arc beginning with issue #7 in December 2024.
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