Alex + Ada #10 (Image)

via Image Comics

writer: Sarah Vaughn

artist: Jonathan Luna

I'd seen this series at the local comics shop, but hadn't thought much of it until I saw Alex + Ada listed as one of the year's best series by Mental Floss, which also provided me with the first look at what it's actually about.

And that is:

Alex is human, Ada is an android.  They form a relationship.

Obviously, it's a little more complicated than that.  Mental Floss focused on the early developments, but by this issue, things have become more complicated than "mere" existential matters.  Seems that androids being sentient, or otherwise self-aware, is uncommon in this premise, and so the general arc of the series is drifting toward civil rights matters.  

It's interesting.  Apparently Alex and Ada had a semi-breakup and now are patching things up, with a little help from Alex's ex (a human, to be clear) providing some much-needed perspective.  But Ada has been participating in some activities that have left her exposed to the wider world.  And so their happy reunion may be short-lived.

It's interesting that the main selling point of the series that Mental Floss liked so much may not even be the emphasis going forward.  I'll keep tabs.