''Low'' is an American
post-apocalyptic
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science fiction
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comics series written by
Rick Remender
Rick Remender (born February 6, 1973) is an American animator, comic book writer and television producer who resides in Los Angeles, California. As a comic book creator, he is best known
for his work on '' Uncanny X-Force'', ''Venom'', ''Captain ...
and drawn by
Greg Tocchini Greg is a masculine given name, and often a shortened form of the given name Gregory (given name), Gregory. Greg (more commonly spelled "Gregg (surname), Gregg") is also a surname.
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. ''Low'' was published from July 2014 to December 2020 by
Image Comics
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, for a total of 26 issues.
The series is set billions of years in the future of the
Earth
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after the start of
the sun's expansion into a red giant has made the surface uninhabitable. It follows the lives of the two million survivors in the underwater city of Salus; its helmsmen, the Caine family; and its pirate enemies. The protagonists of the first issues are Stel Caine, who searches for life-supporting planets with robotic probes, her husband Johl, and their children. Remender summarized the story as being about "one woman's optimism in the face of inevitable and true doom".
The first issues of the series received critical praise. In
''Paste'' magazine, Robert Tutton wrote of the "primal, silent awe" inspired by Tocchini's "surreal" and "dazzling" art. In
IGN
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, Tres Dean noted the creators' "complex and intriguing worldbuilding and precise, emotional character work", as well as Tocchini's "impeccable and breathtaking" art.
Collected editions
References
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External links
Low: Image ComicsHumanity's Final Hour in LowLow published in Italy by Edizioni Star Comics
Image Comics titles
2014 comics debuts
Comics by Rick Remender