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Alex + Ada Vol. 1 Kindle & comiXology
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherImage
- Publication dateJuly 16, 2014
- File size208835 KB
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- ASIN : B015XAZ64G
- Publisher : Image (July 16, 2014)
- Publication date : July 16, 2014
- Language : English
- File size : 208835 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Not enabled
- Enhanced typesetting : Not Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Not Enabled
- Sticky notes : Not Enabled
- Print length : 130 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,289,166 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #256 in Mecha Manga
- #39,944 in Manga Comics & Graphic Novels
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About the authors
JONATHAN LUNA co-created and illustrated 20XX (Image Comics) with Lauren Keely, ETERNAL EMPIRE and ALEX + ADA (Image Comics) with Sarah Vaughn, and THE SWORD, GIRLS, and ULTRA (Image Comics) with his brother, Joshua Luna. He also illustrated SPIDER-WOMAN: ORIGIN (Marvel Comics), written by Brian Michael Bendis and Brian Reed, and wrote and illustrated STAR BRIGHT AND THE LOOKING GLASS (Image Comics).
Jonathan was born in California and spent most of his youth in Iceland and Italy as a military child. He returned to the United States in his late teens.
Writing and drawing comics since he was a child, he graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design with a BFA in Sequential Art.
He currently resides in Northern Virginia.
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I heard that Alex + Ada was great, but I did not expect to love it as much as I did! Alex was so sweet and I loved getting the story from his point of view. The venture to turn Ada sentient was very intriguing. I was immediately hooked on this graphic novel. The story flowed easily, Jonathan Luna’s artwork is absolutely beautiful, and I can’t wait for Volume 2 and 3. Especially after seeing Alex start to develop feelings for Ada… the hopeless romantic in me was dying for something to spark between them. The only issue I did have with this volume was Alex’s relationship with his grandma… it was both cute and a little weird.
Overall, this graphic novel is definitely stepping up to the plate here. I’m currently obsessing over it. It’s not action packed or super quick paced, but something about it all is so real and I really enjoyed it.
Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2016
I heard that Alex + Ada was great, but I did not expect to love it as much as I did! Alex was so sweet and I loved getting the story from his point of view. The venture to turn Ada sentient was very intriguing. I was immediately hooked on this graphic novel. The story flowed easily, Jonathan Luna’s artwork is absolutely beautiful, and I can’t wait for Volume 2 and 3. Especially after seeing Alex start to develop feelings for Ada… the hopeless romantic in me was dying for something to spark between them. The only issue I did have with this volume was Alex’s relationship with his grandma… it was both cute and a little weird.
Overall, this graphic novel is definitely stepping up to the plate here. I’m currently obsessing over it. It’s not action packed or super quick paced, but something about it all is so real and I really enjoyed it.
I'll start talking about the cover, which is what caught my attention and that's why I read the synopsis and buy it. The cover seems minimalist but accurate because at the end you realize that this cover is the whole plot of this first volume. Regarding the plot, at first I found it a bit slow, I do not know if what I adapted to this type of reading. But when it appears Ada everything changes and becomes more fluid history. In fact from the arrival of Ada kept me intrigued and when the end of thevolume, I needed to have the volume 2 in my hands.
This graphic novel puts us in a futuristic world where robots are the order of the day. However these robots with some modifications may have the ability to think for themselves. What causes fear in some and causing others to resort to illegal means to grant their robots control of his actions and thoughts. This aspect for some reason reminds me of all rights struggles that have been unleashed in history. Because there are always those who oppose, those in favor and there are always tragedies to achieve at that fight. And that exactly is unleashed in this graphic novel only thing here would be for the rights of robots.
A peculiarity that caught my tension, and I would not bother to be created in the future, is that just by thinking things can turn on/off, make calls, search the Internet, among other things. When I realized that detail had a "mind blowing", thinking about the possibilities of this.
As for the illustration, it is a great job, detailed and realistic. I love the drawings of people and robots are very real, very vivid. It seems almost that you were watching cartoons on TV.
I really like it
Can't believe there will only be 15 issues! Nooooooooo I want more!!
There's mall jokes - mostly eighth grade humor (do you find a sex-crazed grandmother hysterical, this book is for you) - but nothing laugh out loid funny.
The motivations of Alex are underwhelming, and he's not too interesting as a character. And Ada has no personality,yet.
The world the graphic novel is built in is the only interesting part. Post-fallout, after an AI became aware and attacked and killed humans. Now sentient thought is feared and illegal...
Brief synopsis: Alex’s grandma gave him a robot for his 27th birthday. This coming not long after a different model robot went full murder mode leaving lots of folks feeling uncomfortable and having tons of questions. Alex has to decide if Ada is more than just high end A.I. in a skin suit.
I enjoyed the art a lot even though it’s not necessarily my favorite. It fit the story perfectly. I can’t go too far into my feelings as I think that would be spoilers. Check this out if you liked the movies Terminator or Blade Runner 2020.
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A lire et à relire. Les dessins sont également vraiment très beaux.
L'intrigue est fort intéressante je recommande fortement ce titre.
Il disegno è un po' scarno, ma la storia è così coinvolgente che ci si abitua subito allo stile grafico.
I bought this comic a bit on a whim, expecting a soppy love story, but I got very positively surprised!
The book is full of charm, slight awkwardness and confronts social issues in a well presented manner.
Somehow it evoked similar feeling in me like the manga The Yokohama Shopping Trip (Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō), also a warm tale starring an android.
This one is set in near future, and presents issues which are possible to take shape in our 'western' society.
You can read this directly, you can take the plot as a metaphor - either way the story is very entertaining and well worth the read.
A great debut by Sarah Vaughn - recommended!