Ren Mittal's last memory in the year 1996 is getting on a bus to visit his mystery pen pal Georgia. When he wakes up in 2122, he thinks he might be hallucinating...he's not!
Tech conglomerate Chronotech sponsors a time-travel program to help students in 2122 learn what history was really like...from real-life subjects who've been transported into the future...and Ren is one of them.
In 2122, Ren's life in the 1990s is practically ancient history--and Ren's not sure how to feel about that. On top of it all, he learns that his memory will be wiped of all things 2122 before he's sent back to the '90s. Adding to Ren's complicated feels, he's forming a crush on his student guide, Mars.
And when he crosses paths with the absolute last person he expected to see in the future, he has a bigger problem on his hands: What if Chronotech isn't the benevolent organization they claim to be, and he and his fellow subjects are in great danger?
I don't read a lot of graphic novels. I have great admiration for the art form; I just don't seem to come across them that often. So I can't compare this to others in the genre; I can only judge it on its own merits. And it has many merits.
(Sidenote: the format I read it in was not ideal and I may have missed pages here and there, so please take that under advisement.)
This is a really interesting idea, with a couple of bits I didn't like (we don't see anything cool in the future! They're in school, in a dorm room, or sneaking arond a lab/warehouse, but there's no funky tech apart from some robots that could be built now. Where's the holograms? The flying cars? They're still using phones! That's not a microchip injected into our temples by 2122? I feel like there's a real missed opportunity there.
The artwork is lovely, slightly manga influenced, bright crisp colours. I'm a little face blind, but I could mostly tell people apart from each other without any trouble. It was easy to follow what was going on and to read everyone's body language and facial expresssions.
I really enjoyed this; it's exciting, funny and touching in all the right places, and while it finishes out nicely there are a couple of minor threads left dangling for a possible sequel. A great read all in all. Definitely give it a go.
Project Nought publishes on the 16th of March, 2023 in the UK, and on the 7th of June, 2023 in the US, using the same cover. I received a free copy and am giving an honest review.
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