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Lemire has also written the time-travelling sci-fi comic Trillium, about two explorers who fall in love despite living in different time periods.

Descender is inspired by Naoki Urasawa’s manga Pluto and Jack Kirby’s 2001 comics, which feature the robot character Machine Man.

Nguyen paints because of a repetitive stress injury he sustained to his wrist a few years ago, which means he can’t ink or pencil heavily.

In March, the first issue of Lemire’s new comic Royal City was published by Image. It follows a fading writer who returns to his hometown.