A science fiction graphic novel about a family struggling to adapt to a rapidly changing near-future world. Available now at Amazon and your local shop.
"I fell in love with Let Go because their take on a family reconciling technology in the future clung to my subconscious for months after reading. That doesn't happen often."
Sina Grace
Iceman
Self-Obsessed
"Let Go is a fascinating comic whose stylish visuals and troubling ideas combine to create a mesmerizing vision of the future. It's a memorable trip, and one I'd recommend to anybody who's ever turned off 'Smart Compose' -- and felt a little shiver when they did so."
Michelle White
Multiversity Comics
"The team behind the excellent podcast, Review the Future, have taken the enormously important subject of technological unemployment and built a highly engaging graphic novel around it. Science fiction is rarely strong on both characters and the impact of technology, but this book manages that. Definitely worth reading if you are at all interested in the economic singularity."
Calum Chace
Pandora's Brain
Surviving AI
"A compelling rollercoaster of a graphic novel, filled with fascinating insights into the future of work, social media, artificial intelligence, virtual reality and lifespan extension, all wrapped up in a fast-paced narrative about a family trying to make sense of the future. What starts as a seemingly simple story about a man losing his job, ends up as a captivating meditation on the social consequences of accelerating change. Anyone with an interest in the future should read this."
John Danaher
Robot Sex
The Threat of Algocracy
Technology just keeps getting better and better, but the faster it moves, the harder it is to keep up. Released in 2018, precient graphic novel LET GO feels more relevant today than ever. Written by Ted Kupper and Jon Perry, and illustrated by Cecilia Latella, it is a story set in a near-future that is neither utopian nor dystopian. Instead LET GO depicts a fully realized landscape of emerging technologies, and the struggle to adapt to them.
Writers Kupper and Perry, former co-hosts of the Review of the Future podcast, examine the evolving world by following a family struggling to cope with all the change. Dan Terrell has lost his own technology job to a computer, while the rest of his family gets so much out of their devices they find it impossible to put them down. "Most sci fi comes down hard on the side that technology is a kind of hubris, that there is no free lunch and the monster will always run amok." said co-writer Kupper. "LET GO isn't like that. It's a Rorschach test for your feelings about technology. It attempts to answer the question: what happens if the technology all works exactly as intended?"
Jon Perry, who is best known for his game design work like TIME BARONS and UFO 50, feels that the pace of technological advancement is unavoidable and can lead to a variety of issues. "LET GO addresses head-on the anxiety that so many people increasingly feel -- whether it's concerns about unemployment, privacy, or addiction."
TED KUPPER is a Los Angeles-based writer, filmmaker, and mutidisciplinary artist. The screenwriter of CORNER OFFICE (Lionsgate) and PERFECT (Shudder), his creative versatility extends beyond graphic novels, film, and television, to podcasting, music, and visual art. More recently, Kupper has focused on exploring the intersection of storytelling with cutting-edge technologies, like generative AI and Virtual Production using Unreal Engine. A graduate of the University of Southern California and an alumnus of the Almanack Screenwriters retreat, Kupper is excited to help define what storytelling is in the coming technological age.
JON PERRY is a writer and game designer. He grew up in Los Angeles. Jon co-created the indie gaming classic ETERNAL DAUGHTER shortly after high school and graduated from the University of Southern California in 2004. His card game TIME BARONS was published by Wizkids in October of 2017, and he is one of the developers of UFO 50, a collection of 50 retro video games.
CECILIA LATELLA was born and lives in Italy. She has been working as a professional artist since 2011, producing comics in a variety of genres and collaborating with several indie publishers. She drew The Endling for Mark Waid s digital platform Thrillbent.com. She also works as storyboard artist and art director for animated feature films and advertisement. In 2010 she was selected by Craig Thompson for a graphic novels masterclass at ACA in Florida. In March 2014 she was featured in CBR s Month of Women in Comics. She also writes her own comics.