num_pages: 256
description: First serialized on the popular app and website WebToon Always Human ran from 2015-2017 and amassed over 76000 unique subscribers during its run. Now reformatted for a print edition in sponsorship with GLAAD Always Human is a beautifully drawn graphic novel about a developing relationship between two young women in a near-future soft sci-fi setting. Always Human is drawn in a manga-influenced style and with an incredible color palette that leaps off the page!In the near-future people use technology to give the illusion of all kinds of body modificationsbut some people have Egans Syndrome a highly sensitive immune system that rejects these mods and are unable to use them. Those who are affected maintain a natural appearance reliant on cosmetics and hair dye at most to help them play with their looks. Sunati is attracted to Austen the first time she sees her and is drawn to what she assumes is Austens bravery and confidence to live life unmodded. When Sunati learns the truth shes still attracted to Austen and asks her on a date. Gradually their relationship unfolds as they deal with friends family and the emotional conflicts that come with every romance. Together they will learn and grow in a story that reminds us no matter how technology evolves we will remain . . . always human. Rendered in beautiful detail and an extraordinary color palette Always Human is a sweet love story told in a gentle sci-fi setting by a queer woman cartoonist Ari North.
language: English
title: Always Human
publisher: Little Bee Books