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Soma by Fernando Llor

Soma

Fernando Llor, Carles Dalmau

Oni Press · Paperback · February 25, 2025

Maya is a comic book artist in the middle of a creative crisis.

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Who it’s for
A graphic YA blend that reads cleanly for class or for anyone browsing by genre.
Genres
Alien Contact Comics, Science Fiction Comics, Fantasy Comics
Published
Oni Press, February 25, 2025

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About this book

Maya is a comic book artist in the middle of a creative crisis. She’s constantly stressed about deadlines and feels like she’s not doing the type of work she loves. In between trying to fight her writer’s block and doling out advice to her best friend on how to finally land a date, Maya receives an unexpected visitor: Soma, an extraterrestrial alien who crashlands in Maya’s living room.

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Soma delivers a message to Maya, warning her that an alien invasion from his own kind is fast approaching, and he needs her help to stop it! From writer Fernando Llor (Ojos Grises, Subnormal: Una Historia de Acoso Escolar) and writer/illustrator Carles Dalmau (Lucid Lucy, Cult of the Lamb) comes Soma, a science-fiction adventure about creativity and companionship during times of peril.

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A graphic YA blend that reads cleanly for class or for anyone browsing by genre.

Come here for

  • manga-style graphic storytelling
  • YA sci-fi/dystopian mix

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  • coming-of-age beats
  • collector-friendly shelf appeal

Where it sits

Alien Contact Comics80%
Science Fiction Comics67%
Fantasy Comics32%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Science Fiction Comics
  • Alien Contact Comics
  • Magical Realism Comics
Authors
Fernando Llor, Carles Dalmau
Publisher
Oni Press
Published
February 25, 2025
Format
Paperback
Reading lane
Science Fiction Comics