RED LIGHT #2 (OF 4)
AWA STUDIOS
STORY: Sarah H. Cho
ART: Priscilla Petraites
COLORS: Miroslav Mrva
LETTERS: Sal Cipriano
COVER: Jeff Dekal
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Alison Sampson; Chris Ferguson
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (December 2023)
Rated: “Mature”
Red Light is a four-issue miniseries from writer Sarah H. Cho and artist Priscilla Petraites. Published by AWA Studios, the series follows a futuristic A.I. sex worker who makes a bid for freedom. Colorist Miroslav Mrva and letterer Sal Cipriano complete the series' creative team.
Red Light opens in a futuristic Red-Light District. Lacy is an A.I. sex worker who uses her unusual perceptiveness and intelligence to know what her clients want better than they know themselves. Lacy lives in a high-tech brothel under the watchful eye of her mysterious owner, Mister, who calls her “Mary” after his late wife. Also, there is no escape for Mister's A.I. sex workers, but Lacy seeks to change that when she meets a human friend named Natalie.
Red Light #2 returns to the futuristic brothel prison/home of Lacy. Since meeting Natalie, Lacy has been plotting her escape from her jail and from her jailer, Mister. She imagines a future of freedom out in the City of Automation with Natalie.
Lacy is one of the most sophisticated A.I. ever created, and if she is going to escape, she will need her all A.I. feminine wiles. Luckily, Lacy has a client and an associate with the right set of skills to help break her out, and one may have the arsenal to stop anyone who gets in her way.
THE LOWDOWN: AWA Studios' marketing began providing me with PDF review copies of their comic book publications back in April. Red Light #2 is one of the latest.
Writer Sarah H. Cho offers a narrative with exposition and dialogue that paints the portrait of a dystopian future from a deeply personal and intimate perspective. The storytelling is quiet and patient, but manages to create the tension required for a tale of an escape from slavery.
Artist Priscilla Petraites balances the sense of fear and oppression with a sense of grit and determination. She convinces us that the odds are against Lacy, but that Lacy could suddenly turn the odds in her favor.
Miroslav Mrva's evocative colors create a futuristic world that is neon underground and liquid sky. Sal Cipriano's letters bring a sense of suspense and mystery to this series. Red Light is another winning AWA Studios' series, and I hope it doesn't get lost in a pile of science fiction titles that is mostly not as genuinely science fiction as Red Light is.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of futuristic science fiction comic books will want to read Red Light.
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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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