BOOM! Studios has announced “Origin,” a new original graphic novel from writer Clay McLeod Chapman (“Typhoid Fever”) and artist Jakub Rebelka (“Judas”), set to debut in October 2020. Based on a story by Arash Amel (A Private War), Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Upgrade), Lee Toland Krieger (The Age of Adaline), and Joseph Oxford (Me + Her), the book explores a future where mankind has gone extinct and been replaced by artificial intelligence:
One thousand years after humans have become extinct and replaced by artificial intelligence, a single man is brought back to life – David Adams, who created the technology that destroyed his people. Even with the help of the same android who revived him, Adams may not be enough to reignite the spark of humanity – and stop the AI overlords who plan to eliminate mankind permanently. Now Adams embarks on the greatest journey of his life, as he seeks to find redemption for his biggest mistake and discover if humanity can – or should – have any kind of future.
According to Chapman, “The story we have set out to tell, exploring parenthood after the apocalypse and what it means to be human in the absence of humankind, is something I believe readers of sci-fi and beyond will love.”
“Humans are gone, megafauna have been resurrected, and only robots remember the old days. All that remains of the old world is covered with wild plant life while the towers of Manhattan are the silent witnesses of this new dawn,” added Rebelka. “It’s everything I always wanted to draw, and I’m very excited to show readers the brave new world of ‘Origins.’”
Newsarama has a first look at four pages from the comic, available here.
