Aftershock Comics Ongoing Series

LONELY RECEIVER (2020)

A horrific breakup story in five parts. You have mated with it and found salvation. You watch as a life plays out that seems like it belongs to someone else. But you're sure it belongs to you. Now you / see what you used to be / itself You love and change when moving wildly toward darkness. Enter the Leviathan / as it too / enters you Now see / you spend a life finding / yourself.

"A horrific breakup story in five parts. Catrin is truly alone and descending into madness. Lost with her thoughts, she finds herself reel-ing, falling deeper in love with her phone. But it refuses to love her back. So she gives herself to it and becomes one with the machine landscape. Reeling backward / and I'm changing // // Not myself / I evolve / spinning into the green above / Descending deep / I'm alone / spiraling into others / / Until I meet // the one I love."

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5
Issues
32
Pages/Issue
Ongoing
Frequency
TBD
Rating

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Lonely Receiver #5

Issue #5

$3.99

Lonely Receiver #5

Release: January 13, 2021
Lonely Receiver #4

Issue #4

$3.99

Lonely Receiver #4

Release: December 09, 2020
Lonely Receiver #3

Issue #3

$3.99

Lonely Receiver #3

Release: November 04, 2020
Lonely Receiver #2 Cover A Hickman

Issue #2

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Lonely Receiver #2 Cover A Hickman

Release: June 03, 2020
Lonely Receiver #1 Cover A Hickman

Issue #1

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Lonely Receiver #1 Cover A Hickman

Release: May 06, 2020

Reading Order

  1. Lonely Receiver #1 Cover A Hickman

    "Catrin Vander, a lonely video producer, buys an Artificial Intelligence partner that's meant to bond for life. After ten years together, her holographic wife suddenly discon-nects without a warning. The breakup drives Catrin to the point of near insanity. She's alone for the first time in years and reeling from a loss she can't comprehend. Set in the new future, drenched in pastels and sunshine, LONELY RECEIVER is a horror/breakup story in five parts. Written by Zac Thompson (UNDONE BY BLOOD, THE REPLACER, HER INFERNAL DESCENT, No One's Rose, X-Men) and illustrated in color by Jen Hickman (MOTH & WHISPER, Test). Who are you/ //in another's eye It's not what you think// /don't you cry."

  2. Lonely Receiver #2 Cover A Hickman

    "As she reels from a breakup with her phone, Catrin's life spins out of control. Every-thing about her existence was connected to her partner. Now she has no money, no ID, and no way to engage with the world. She's drifting alone in a sea of connection, except for the pair of disembodied eyes watching her... A week / of hours / // wasted in // wait here The eyes // in my wall // / Hate // they appear. Set in the near future, drenched in pastels and sunshine, LONELY RECEIVER is a horror/breakup story in five parts. Written by Zac Thompson (UNDONE BY BLOOD, THE REPLACER, HER INFERNAL DESCENT, No One's Rose, X-Men) and illustrated in color by Jen Hickman (MOTH & WHISPER, Test). "

  3. Lonely Receiver #3

    "Finally putting the shards of her life back together, Catrin finds a new reason to live. A new set of eyes occupy her attention, and obsession grows, love blooms. It's not a rebound if you found the one you were truly made to love. A month // of long days/ // Finding the one you lost In her / you chase away / tell truth // pay a cost."

  4. Lonely Receiver #4

    "A horrific breakup story in five parts. Catrin is truly alone and descending into madness. Lost with her thoughts, she finds herself reel-ing, falling deeper in love with her phone. But it refuses to love her back. So she gives herself to it and becomes one with the machine landscape. Reeling backward / and I'm changing // // Not myself / I evolve / spinning into the green above / Descending deep / I'm alone / spiraling into others / / Until I meet // the one I love."

  5. Lonely Receiver #5

    A horrific breakup story in five parts. You have mated with it and found salvation. You watch as a life plays out that seems like it belongs to someone else. But you're sure it belongs to you. Now you / see what you used to be / itself You love and change when moving wildly toward darkness. Enter the Leviathan / as it too / enters you Now see / you spend a life finding / yourself.