technicat reviewed Ascender by Jeff Lemire (Ascender, #1)
more fun with robots in space, with magic and vampires thrown in (something for everyone)
5 stars
I really liked Descender (and really anything by Jeff Lemire), so I read the first few issues of Ascender a while back and, thanks to my local public library, finished the whole series in the span of just yesterday. Alas, my memory of the prequel series is now hazy so I'll have to reread Descender again, but nevertheless this series is entertaining and satisfying in its own right (although I was surprised that I was done in four volumes and it did feel like it wrapped up fast, though of course there's room for more...). The art by Dustin Nguyen works perfectly and although letterers don't get enough publicity there's some great bot fonts going on by Steve Ward.