On a Sunbeam

Tillie Walden’s On a Sunbeam is a luminous, full-color graphic novel from First Second that follows a crew of misfits repairing ancient structures across a vast, dreamlike galaxy. Published in 2018 as a single, self-contained volume, it interweaves two timelines: a present-day story of a young woman joining a deep-space restoration team, and a past romance set at a boarding school amid the stars. Walden, the sole creator, crafts a quietly epic tale of found family, memory, and love that stands as a landmark of modern YA science fiction comics.