american comic book series created duo began work series january publishing issues november june series collected trade centers relationship lonely man intelligent android series received positive reviews critics compared popular science fiction stories artwork criticized simplistic publication history development previously created comics brother exhausted straight years work inspired talk decided break working years away comics painted looking glass fairy tale picture book friend published working picture book realized missed telling story panel panel decided return comics brother decided work separate projects pitched idea young man falls love female android dinner began writing drawing romance comics youth jumped opportunity concept january discussed project months creating outline story original outline issues left room improvisation points removed story progressed looked past present rights movements inspiration progress people respond movement android rights wrote draft issue worked rewrite began drawing april comic drew completely digitally needed focus art wrote draft remaining issues discuss draft rewrite publication issue released november published comic work best selling issue month estimated sales book previously course publication series length increased issues issues issue released approximately weeks apart final issue available june issue best selling issue month estimated orders series collected trade containing issues plot alex young man depressed fiancée breaks tired seeing unhappy alex grandmother sends android capable intelligent human interaction robot initially incapable self awareness android program blocks potential free thought consciousness alex decides remove program grant mental freedom partner truly interact removing program illegal carries harsh consequences alex pretend self aware jealous love interest alex reports fbi alex attempt flee country intercepted fbi gets shot police alex arrested convicted sentenced years prison found time prison rights granted robots alex release returned appears non alex discovers locked consciousness protect freedom united reception according review aggregator comic book round critics gave issue average series publication appeared best lists created comic news websites reviewing bleeding cool favorable comparisons film film noted entertaining realism feels like world technologies exist soon praised series realism writing metaphor artificially intelligent beings living secret lives unsafe insecure potentially stronger humans potent reviewer weekly comic book review said created wonderful themed science fiction story writing said work facial expressions major highlight illustrations simplistic artwork frequent point criticism reviewers appropriate setting addition plain illustrations criticized story pace
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