Well, I’ve got a “good news, bad news” type of situation in regards to this comic. The bad news (which is what I always ask for first) is that this comic doesn’t appear to be available on the Avery Hill Publishing page. The good news is that this comic is the third part of a three part series, and that entire story IS available on their website, with the link provided on the comic title. So that way you don’t have to be like me, reading only the third of three parts, and can instead read the whole thing. So what did I get out of this book, reading only the end of it? First I should mention what it is, in Claire’s own words: “A sequence of events occurring over an unimaginable period of time in the vastness of space.” It’s what appears to be images of the same location, with each page being a silent image, but as if each image was a picture that was taken millions of years after the previous image. Honestly, if I’d had to guess I wouldn’t have thought that it would work as well as it does, but it absolutely does work. Based on some of the preview images for the collected edition I’m guessing it does touch on human history here and there in previous volumes, but by the third volume humans are long gone and we’re seeing a dead planet. Or is it just life that we don’t recognize? That’s where you come in, reader! There are all kinds of gorgeous images in here, and I loved how completely alien she made several of them look. Which is kind of the point, granted, but not everybody can pull that kind of thing off. Check out the completed edition why don’t you? Don’t be a dummy like me and only get part of the story.
