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Ada
is an X5, the very latest in Tanaka android technology. Alex is her
reluctant owner. Ada may look and sound just like a person, but she’s
still a robot in a society that is growing increasingly suspicious of
her kind. In ALEX + ADA, a new graphic novel series by Jonathan Luna
(GIRLS, THE SWORD, ULTRA) and Sarah Vaughn (Sparkshooter) from
Image Comics, Alex and Ada try to find out if artificial intelligence
can make the leap to human awareness — and whether the world is ready
for it.
“I’ve wanted to tell a futuristic story for a long time,” said co-writer and artist Luna in an interview at Comic Vine.
“I’ve been fascinated with androids and how we’d interact with them.
And since I have leanings toward drama and romance, all of it just
meshed together into ALEX + ADA.”
“The
book isn’t necessarily a stance on sentience and whether or not it’s
possible,” co-writer Vaughn commented on ALEX + ADA’s science fiction
elements, “but more a social and emotional exploration of what happens
if it does.”
Appropriate
to this exploration is Luna’s clean, distinctive art, which conveys the
rich inner lives of characters with subtle facial expressions and
gestures, as well creates a world that is technologically advanced yet
still recognizably a possible future version of our world.
“Dialogue, speed, silence and stillness; it’s all very deliberate,” said Vaughn of their storytelling style in an interview at Multiversity Comics.
“Sometimes dialogue and exposition are necessary, especially when quiet
people are living within a dramatic world, but hopefully we keep the
balance by also showing how dramatic quiet life can be.”
With
a momentous decision that could shake the very foundation of the
society he lives in, Alex’s quiet life is about to get very dramatic
indeed — and he’s going to bring Ada along with him.
A
unique story that will appeal equally to fans of science fiction,
drama, and romance, ALEX + ADA VOLUME 1 will be in comic book stores on
July 16 and in bookstores on July 29.
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