Lure [Hardcover]

The world's elite use the ocean planet of Lure as a luxury vacation hub for a decade. But when climate change threatens Earth's long-term habitability, many of those who can afford it move to Lure for good. When the opportunity to work there for a year is offered to visual artist Jo Sparta, as part of a group of artists collaborating on a large-scale installation of public art, it seems like the chance of a lifetime. But then, Jo stumbles across a nefarious plot by her corporate benefactors and feels compelled to go public.?In this SF graphic novel, a group of idealistic young artists from Earth are commissioned to collaborate on a corporate art project for a planet that has been colonized for luxury living. This finely drawn tale offers a critical but still hopeful look at a not-too-distant future. A touching and brilliant look at how capitalist forces co-opt artistic creativity. A rollicking sci-fi graphic novel. With stunning color contrasts, imaginative ideas for this speculative world, and soft lines that evoke Tillie Walden,? Everything is doomed, but Milburn provides beauty and optimism and splendor and humanity and mystery along the way. This is a comic that engages with life. As lush, rich, and expansive as the planet upon which it takes place, Milburns illustrations are absorbing enough to lose yourself in for hours. A quiet document of ecological anxiety and post-graduate ennui. This is 200 percent a story I want to read. And to look at! Lane's drawing and coloring are so fantastic!