Descender, Vol. 4 Orbital Mechanics by Jeff Lemire

​And another great chapter in the Descender adventure. Fun with robots is seldom THIS much fun. This creative. This original. This engaging. There’s so much intricate plotting, so much intergalactic intrigue and yet, it is so very emotionally engaging that it completely draws you in.
Traditionally, space operas don’t work for me, but SAGA series and these books are complete game—changers, presenting a possibility that maybe space operas (for me, anyway) are meant to be enjoyed specifically in comic book format.
Lemire, great writer that he is, expertly balances grand concepts like the fate of the world with smaller plotlines like a poignant love story between two orphans. And then, of course there is Tim-21, the AI who can shoulder this entire production with his nothing-artificial-about-it emotional wingspan.
All in all, this is storytelling at its best and featuring some of the most devastatingly stunning art out there. Recommended.
This binge is over. Now the wait for our library to get the final two volumes begins.