The Children of Light
$49.09
- Hardcover
112 pages
- Release Date
8 September 2026
Summary
An advanced alien race attempts to escape oblivion with the help of a world-sized spaceship, an omniscient supercomputer, and a mysterious group of godlike creatures in this eye-poppingly illustrated sci-fi adventure.
In the far reaches of the Andromeda Galaxy, a supernova obliterates the homeworld of the Zors, an advanced alien race. But the Zors knew this particular apocalypse was coming. To escape destruction, they built a world-sized spaceship run by an omniscient supercomputer. T…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781681379845 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1681379848 |
| Author: | Jean Pleyers, Luke Burns |
| Publisher: | New York Review Books |
| Imprint: | New York Review Comics |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 8 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 222mm x 279mm |
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Critics Review
”[The Children of Light] is an epic story of life and death in a universe that’s so dense in detail yet so removed from our own, I’m almost inclined to believe Pleyers’ insistence on interstellar intervention! The dazzlingly colourful, meticulous illustrations lend the work the gloriously pulpy vibe of classic postwar sci-fi comics.” —Lucy Scholes, Financial Times
“Pleyers crafts a universe at once grand and intimate, blending space-opera spectacle with philosophical explorations of destiny, technology, and collective survival … the scope of Pleyers’s imagination and his densely detailed linework combine to create a uniquely immersive tour through a richly realized cosmos.” —Library Journal, starred review
“Children of Light is the definition of a space oddity … What elevates the work … [are] the sheer energy of Pleyers’s art and his glorious unselfconsciousness as a storyteller.” —Séamas O’Reilly, Irish Times
“A blazingly colourful work of madcap, intergalactic sci-fi, it has a retro charm – glass elevators, monorails, little green men – but also speaks to some of the preoccupations of our time … [Pleyers’s] drawings quiver with energy which, with the great bursts of colour, makes the whole enterprise feel slightly radioactive.” —Killian Fox, The Observer (UK)
“A galaxy-spanning odyssey of ancient astronauts and cosmic pilgrimages … What elevates [The Children of Light] above these genre trappings however is its timely allegory of disclosure: who gets to know what, and to what ends? … Pleyers’s work remains fascinating because it is at once a compelling science-fiction fantasy and a contactee testimony, birthed by Cold War paranoias and inexplicable encounters.” —Jamie Sutcliffe, Art Review
Jean Pleyers
Jean Pleyers is a Belgian cartoonist known for his historical fiction comics series. He resides in Switzerland with his wife and colorist, Corrine.
Luke Burns is a writer based in New York City. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, and New York Magazine. He teaches sketch and humor writing, co-authors a weekly newsletter titled “A Newsletter of Humorous Writing,” and translated Pierre La Police’s Masters of the Nefarious for New York Review Comics.
Tom Oldham is a cofounder of Breakdown Press, a London-based comics publisher.
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