Template:Short description Template:Infobox comic book title Low is an American After the End science fiction comics series written by Rick Remender and drawn by Greg Tocchini. Low was published from July 2014 to December 2020 by Image Comics, for a total of 26 issues.
The series is set billions of years in the future of the Earth after the start of the Sun's expansion into a red giant has made the surface uninhabitable. It follows the lives of the two million survivors in the underwater city of Salus; its helmsmen, the Caine family; and its pirate enemies. The protagonists of the first issues are Stel Caine, who searches for life-supporting planets with robotic probes, her husband Johl, and their children. Remender summarized the story as being about "one woman's optimism in the face of inevitable and true doom".[1]
The first issues of the series received critical praise. In Paste magazine, Robert Tutton wrote of the "primal, silent awe" inspired by Tocchini's "surreal" and "dazzling" art.[2] In IGN, Tres Dean noted the creators' "complex and intriguing worldbuilding and precise, emotional character work", as well as Tocchini's "impeccable and breathtaking" art.[3]
Collected editions
| Title | Material collected | Publication date | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vol. 1: The Delirium of Hope | Low #1–6 | March 2015 | Template:ISBNT |
| Vol. 2: Before the Dawn Burns Us | Low #7–10 | November 2015 | Template:ISBNT |
| Vol. 3: Shore Of The Dying Light | Low #11–15 | October 2016 | Template:ISBNT |
| Vol. 4: Outer Aspects of Inner Attitudes | Low #16–19 | September 2017 | Template:ISBNT |
| Vol. 5: Light Brings Light | Low #20–26 | January 2021 | Template:ISBNT |
| Low: Book One | Low #1–15 | October 2017 | Template:ISBNT |
| Low: Book Two | Low #16–26 | August 2021 | Template:ISBNT |
| Low: Compendium | Low #1–26 | August 2023 | Template:ISBNT |