Open Earth

This was a nice opening for a series that I hope to see more of. It's quite refreshing seeing the first born space humans getting rid of some of the gender roles, being able to be who you truly feel. The conflicts are more interpersonal and are handled without violence.

Great comic that’s fun, diverse, and really sexy. And underneath that it touches on some serious questions about humanity and its survival. If only our motto on Earth was Honesty Keeps Us Alive! This was a super nice read. I’d love to spend more time with these characters so I hope there will be more!

Thanks to Oni Press and Netgalley for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.Open Earth is a fun, sexy, sweet and fast-paced space drama, with wonderful queer and diverse representation that exists in a kinder, positive society. The exploration of this new generation changing their society, the found family and community, the open and honest sex-positive relationships within this graphic novel were welcoming, refreshing and a joy to read. Open Earth is very much a character-driven story that I devoured, but I would have enjoyed learning more about this setting and new society through some more-developed worldbuilding. The art is fun and beautifully soft in the romantic moments that suited the story perfectly. Open Earth explores some serious, thought-provoking questions regarding human society, and I look forward to exploring more of this story with these engaging and endearing characters.

Book ReviewTitle: Open Earth Volume 1Author: by Sarah Mirk, Eva Cabrera (Artist) & Claudia Aguirre (Artist)Genre: Graphic NovelRating: *****Review: So, all I can gather about the graphic novel is that it is about polyamorous relationships in space, so score one for this novel. So we are introduced to Rigo who has lived her whole live in space after the collapse of Earth.So, we are introduced to a whole host of characters commonly known as the non-Earth born generation which include Rigo who are all 20 or younger. Everyone over 20 is part of the Earth born generation and willingly left everything behind including Rigo’s parents. Through them she learns that they might never go back to Earth until all the Earth borns have died as they don’t really want to face everything they abandoned back on Earth.However, Rigo and the other non-Earth born children don’t understand the concept of monosomy and all the characters we are introduced to including Rigo, Carver, Hex, Franklin and Atwood are all in a polyamorous relationship. The main reason they have for this is that it limits the genetic pool although all take some form of birth control to limit the population. While we don’t get to see Rigo with another woman in this volume we do see her with 3 males at different times and she doesn’t have a brief fantasy about a girl making it clear that she is bisexual.Overall, I really liked how the polyamorous relationship is portrayed and how open and honest they all are with one another and work out their issues together. While it does appear that Rigo is closer to Carver than anyone else both are concerned that moving in together will isolate them from the others and take special measures to make sure this doesn’t happen. I also like how nudity among them isn’t something that bothers them and many of openly naked at the same time without any shame which is a direct contrast to Rigo’s parents who turns out the lights when she returns home while they are having some fun and are concerned that she might have seen them, when in all honesty she wouldn’t have cared at all. I really enjoyed Open Earth and I will definitely be reading more soon.

A really interesting look at a future human society of a type that isn't often seen in sci fi. I found this very refreshing and thought-provoking, though I'm not entirely sure I agree with the points it raises.