Space Boy Wikia

## Welcome to the Space Boy Wikia

A wiki to guide you through the story of Space Boy written by Stephen McCranie. You can find the ongoing webcomic on the official Line Webtoon website or through the Line webtoon App. There are also pages on McCranie's DeviantArt page, however this is no longer being updated.

## What is Space Boy?

**Space Boy** is a science fiction comic made by American cartoonist, Stephen McCranie. It is the winner of the first Line webtoon contest in 2015, and has been updated weekly on webtoon's *Originals* platform since then. On July 3, 2018, the first part of Space Boy was compiled into a graphic novel and published by Dark Horse Comics.

***"A girl who belongs in a different time. A boy possessed by an emptiness as deep as space. A story about an alien artifact, a mysterious murder, and a love that crosses light years."***

Amy, who has spent the last 30 years of her life in a cryogenically frozen state, returns to Earth from a distant mining colony in deep space. Back on Earth, she has to navigate the unfamiliar environment of a new school. There, with the help of her peculiar talent of reading people through flavors, she makes new friends, including a strange, otherworldly boy. The story details her adventures alongside other characters and how she deals with nostalgia, love, grief and heartbreak.

## Latest activity

Read the latest chapter of space boy here.

## Trivia

*Characters' flavors (in order of appearance):*

* Oliver: Orange and cinnamon
* Amy: Unknown, possibly lilac or pomegranate
* Lacey (Amy’s mom): Mint
* Greg (Amy’s dad): Hot chocolate
* Jemmah: Pineapple and jalapeño
* Dylan: Nutty
* Dola: Cotton Candy
* Pammy & Eli: Rhubarb pie
* David: Peanuts and caramel
* Cassie: Red pepper
* Meisha: Ginger root and honey
* Maki: Strawberry mochi
* Zeph: Orange jello
* Dr. Kim: Chamomile tea with lemon
* The Wanderer: Copper and iodine
* Peter Langley: A cacophony of mismatched flavors (garlic, vanilla, horseradish, strawberry, vinegar), as if there were six or seven people mashed up inside him
* Qiana - Apple and plum (sometimes with a hint of copper and iodine)
* Silber - Basil leaf and balsamic vinegar, with NO copper and iodine!

## Timeline

* Before 3026: The Artifact is discovered.

* 3026-3029: The FCP is founded and construction begins on the Arno.

* April 3051: The Arno begins its projected 322-year journey towards the Artifact.

* 3347: Amy’s father is fired, and the family begins their 30-year journey to Earth.

* 18 October 3371: The “Arno Incident” occurs.

* 3377: The events of the current story take place.

## Glossary

* **The Arno:** A ship the size of a city, built for a 322-year journey through space to study the Artifact. Original home to Oliver and his family. Run by the First Contact Project. Suffered a cascade failure in the Aquarii Beta system in 3371 that led to the death of all its inhabitants aside from Oliver. The Arno took 22 years to build.
* **The Artifact:** Conical in shape and orbits a black hole. Discovered shortly after World War III by Dr. James Whitmore, an astronomy professor from the University of Alabraska, its origin and purpose are unknown. Since it is apparently not man-made, it is potential evidence that mankind is not alone in the world.
* **Augmented reality:** The process through which Net Gear glasses take what one sees and superimposes computer-generated images on top.
* **Baltissippi Bay:** A large body of water near Kokomo City.
* **Cryogenic Freezing:** The process through which people are put in a state of suspended animation. Primarily utilized for passengers of long-distance space voyages, allowing them to arrive at their destination years later not having aged a day. Invented sometime between the launching of the Arno and Amy’s youth (between 3051 and 3347).
* **Data cube:** A small, cube-shaped device on which digital information is stored, kind of like a USB.
* **The First Contact Project (FCP):** Founded soon after the discovery of the Artifact, the FCP is an international organization created in order to send a team of scientists to investigate the Artifact. They built the Arno and tracked its 322-year journey into deep space from their base in Santangeles. Joined by 26 countries, including Vietnamerica. Its slogan: "One World, One Mission."
* **Flavor:** A term used by Amy to describe the essences of others, which she senses in the form of taste. Each flavor is a symbolic representation of the person’s soul.
* **Kokomo City:** The city to which Amy’s family moves, and the setting for most of the events of season one and many of the events post-Arno arc.
* **Mage Mods:** A netgear plugin that uses augmented reality to change one's appearance.
* **Meridium:** A red crystal, found in deep space, which stores leftover bits of antimatter created during the Big Bang. Used primarily to power rockets.
* **Net Gear:** Devices and accessories used in the current time to connect to the Internet, as well as the company which sells such devices. Invented and founded by the late husband of Sophi Brix sometime in the decades before Amy’s arrival on Earth, the main devices seen in the story are Net Gear glasses, but other devices include rings, earrings, bracelets, false teeth, and in the near future, contacts.
* **The Nothing:** The emptiness that exists between all matter. Also used to refer to emptiness, or lack of anything. A term first used by The Wanderer when speaking to Oliver’s essence after the Arno incident, a term which Oliver then adopts. In his words, “the Nothing is ever-present and always silent. You can talk to The Nothing as much as you want, but it doesn’t talk back.”
* **Palomo Industries:** The company that owns and employs the residents of the deep-space mining colony where Amy grew up. They control the mining of meridium on said colony.
* Retinal scan: The security measure used by netgear glasses to keep the device from being used by anyone outside the owner. Essentially the password for one's netgear account.
* **Santangeles:** Home to the FCP Headquarters and the setting for many of the events post-Arno arc. Has a warm, temperate climate not unlike that of California.
* **South Pines Academy:** A private school in Kokomo City which Amy attends after moving to Earth. Mascot: Mr. Needles, the pine tree; school colors: red and gold.

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