''Low'' is an American
After the End science fiction
Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...
comics series written by
Rick Remender and drawn by Greg Tocchini. ''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
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to Planetary habitability, harbor life. This is enabled by Earth being an ocean world, the only one in the Solar System sustaining liquid surface water. Almost all ...
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
See also
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List of underwater science fiction works
References
External links
''Low'': Image ComicsHumanity's Final Hour in ''Low''''Low'' published in Italy by Edizioni Star Comics
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Image Comics titles
2014 comics debuts
Comics by Rick Remender