I finally finished my journal spread for Always Human by Ari North! Today is the final day of the book tour, and I am so happy to end the tour with some nice artsy pages.

Rendered in beautiful detail and an extraordinary color palette, Always Human is a sweet love story told in a gentle sci-fi setting by a queer woman cartoonist, Ari North. Together, they will learn and grow in a story that reminds us no matter how technology evolves, we will remain. Gradually, their relationship unfolds as they deal with friends, family, and the emotional conflicts that come with every romance. When Sunati learns the truth, she’s still attracted to Austen and asks her on a date. Sunati is attracted toAusten the first time she sees her and is drawn to what she assumes is Austen’s bravery and confidence to live life unmodded. Those who are affected maintain a “natural” appearance, reliant on cosmetics and hair dye at most to help them play with their looks. In the near-future, people use technology to give the illusion of all kinds of body modifications-but some people have “Egan’s Syndrome,” a highly sensitive immune system that rejects these “mods” and are unable to use them. Always Human is drawn in a manga-influenced style and with an incredible color palette that leaps off the page! Now reformatted for a print edition in sponsorship with GLAAD, Always Human is a beautifully drawn graphic novel about a developing relationship between two young women in a near-future, soft sci-fi setting.

First serialized on the popular app and website WebToon, Always Human ran from 2015-2017 and amassed over 76,000 unique subscribers during its run.