| Descender | |
|---|---|
&sq=engine&lang=en&file=File:Descender_(comics).jpg) Cover to Descender #1 | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Image Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Limited Series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | Descender: March 4, 2015 – July 25, 2018 Ascender: April 24, 2019 – August 18, 2021 |
| No. of issues | 32 (Descender) 18 (Ascender) |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Jeff Lemire Dustin Nguyen |
| Written by | Jeff Lemire |
| Artist(s) | Dustin Nguyen |
| Letterer(s) | Steve Wands |
| Collected editions | |
| Descender Vol 1: Tin Stars | ISBN 9781632154262 |
| Descender Vol 2: Machine Moon | ISBN 9781632156761 |
| Descender Vol 3: Singularities | ISBN 9781632158789 |
| Descender Vol 4: Orbital Mechanics | ISBN 9781534301931 |
| Descender Vol 5: Rise of the Robots | ISBN 9781534303454 |
| Descender Vol 6: The Machine War | ISBN 9781534306905 |
| Ascender Vol. 1: The Haunted Galaxy | ISBN 9781534313484 |
| Ascender Vol. 2: The Dead Sea | ISBN 9781534315938 |
| Ascender Vol. 3: The Digital Mage | ISBN 9781534317260 |
| Ascender Vol. 4: Star Seed | ISBN 9781534319226 |
Descender is a science fiction space opera comic book series written by Jeff Lemire and illustrated by Dustin Nguyen. The series was published by Image Comics. The story follows a young android, TIM-21, trying to survive endless bounty hunters in a universe that has outlawed all robotics and artificial intelligence.
The first issue of the series was released on March 4, 2015, and received critical acclaim for Lemire's writing as well as for Nguyen's artwork, with the latter winning an Eisner Award for his artwork on the series. Descender ran for a total of 32 issues, with the final issue of the series released on July 25, 2018. A sequel series, titled Ascender, taking place ten years after the events of Descender was announced in 2018. The first issue was published on April 24, 2019, by Image Comics.
In January 2015, it was announced that Sony Pictures had acquired the film rights to the series with the intention of creating a feature film adaptation.[1] In June, 2020, Canada's Lark Productions, a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, announced that they had acquired the exclusive television rights to the series.[2]
- ^ "Sony Pictures Entertainment Acquires Rights To Sci-Fi Comic Book Series "Descender" | Sony Pictures Entertainment". www.sonypictures.com. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
- ^ "'Descender' and 'Ascender' Sci-Fi Comic Books Are Getting Turned into a TV Series". /Film. 2020-06-17. Retrieved 2021-04-05.