Space Boy Volume 3

Space Boy #3

by Stephen McCranie

A sci-fi drama of a high school aged girl who belongs in a different time, a boy possessed by emptiness as deep as space, an alien artifact, mysterious murder, and a love that crosses light years

To Amy, everyone has a flavor. Her Agriculture Club mate Tamra is like banana, while another Club mate, Shafer, is like milk chocolate; two flavors that Amy thinks are in sync.

Coming closer to fully adapting to her new life on Earth, Amy settles in to a solid group of friends at her school. Also, after a meeting with the mysterious Oliver, she decides to reach out to an old friend, which makes the transition all that much easier.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Comics, Fiction, Graphic Novels Comics, Middle Grade

240 pages, Paperback

First published March 12, 2019

About the author

Stephen McCranie has been drawing comics since before he could read or write. He graduated from the University of New Mexico with a degree in Fine Arts and currently lives and works out of a small apartment in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Reviews

[Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this series so much!! And when Amy and Jemmah found their friendship again, I had so many fluffy feelings!!



Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾

[Chad · Rating 4 out of 5]

I will preface this by saying this is for younger children, probably middle school aged. There's a lot of fluff and manufactured high school drama. That being said, the author does explore some interesting aspects of space travel. Amy grew up on a mining colony. When her father lost his job, her family moves back to Earth. The twist is that Amy spends 30 years in cryosleep. All her friends in the colony are now grown and have children of their own. On Earth she feels out of place and time, because everything she likes and knows is now 30 years old. I liked how the author goes through how Amy processes her feelings. She's very sad and reluctant to contact her best friend because 30 years have now passed. There's also some lessons on being a good friend from some of the other students at Amy's new school.

I have no idea why it's called Space Boy when it's about a girl. This is a collected volume of the webcomic. I'd definitely share this with my 9-year old niece.

Received a review copy from Dark Horse and Edelweiss. All thoughts are my own and and without influence from the aforementioned.

[Francina Simone]

I have mixed feelings about this one. The art is great as usual, but there is a dark undertone that feels bigger than “teen drama” but is stretched so thin I feel like it’s not quite going anywhere? I enjoy the contemporary aspect and sorta wish it was just that.

I’ll still read book 4 to see how it ends but I think I’m falling out of love after this one.

[Robin Stevens · Rating 4 out of 5]

A sweet, strange comic series about a girl out of time and a boy unlike anyone else ... (10+)

*Please note: this review is meant as a recommendation only. Please do not use it in any marketing material, online or in print, without asking permission from me first. Thank you!*

[Bryce Rocks My Socks]

my 100th book!

[Rod Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another pleasant if meandering volume of this romance/mystery/sci-fi mishmash. The mysterious Space Boy remains mysterious, though a little more annoying this time with another criminal act. The concept remains a little loopy with our heroine who "smells" people's personalities somehow able to apply this ability over a Skype call from deep space. Fun teen soap opera, though.

[Melina Souza · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tô achando muito legal e interessante o rumo que a história está levando. Ainda bem que já tenho os outros dois volumes lançados aqui comigo.

[Ellen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think my favorite part is Amy's interaction with Freddy. Ha ha.

2020 re read: the phone call with Jemmah did get me a bit teary

[Tammy · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite one so far! I even cried!

[Sam Raven · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing… this book is just so good— I cried

[Lauren · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this series!

The part with Amy and Jemmah made me cry!

Full RTC

[H.R. · Rating 5 out of 5]

I will forever need more Space Boy

[Brenda Lower · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite of the series. Can't wait for number 4!

[Ken Yuen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pretty good. A lot of things that were set up earlier are paying off. Still don't know what's going on with Oliver. No spoilers, since I don't know, but I'm totally thinking he's a robot.

[Jen (The Jenerator) · Rating 3 out of 5]

This soooooooooooooooo feels like cheating!

[mad mags · Rating 3 out of 5]

Continuing with the animal ag. storyline introduced in Volume 2, this installment of Space Boy is a real rollercoaster of animal welfare ethics. Sitting down to eat a chicken salad sammie in front of the baby chicks she just spent the better part of an hour snugging, Amy immediately recognizes the moral dilemma barrelling down on her: and she steps up by deciding to go vegetarian. A few days later, she's at a diner and mistakenly takes a bite of Oliver's sandwich, which contains bacon. "Well, as long as we don't raise piglets, I'm good." Gross, no thanks. Don't get my hopes up by introducing a vegetarian character only to have her cave a few panels later.

And seriously, this is thirty+ years in the future but we still don't have lab-grown meat? How pedestrian, dude.

[Dakota Morgan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoy all the characters in Space Boy, I really do, and McCranie's artwork and lettering continues to charm. But the pacing is just so slow. Here we are in the third volume and we barely know anything about the titular character. Amy, the actual main character, makes a moderately bold move that doesn't really open up new story opportunities. The most exciting thing in this third volume is whether Zeph will ask Amy to the dance. It often feels like Space Boy could be set today rather than in the distant future, and that's kind of a disappointment considering the title.

[Amanda Shepard (Between-the-Shelves) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another cute installment in this graphic novel series, giving us a little more mystery behind Oliver. The art is wonderful, possibly my favorite thing about this series. We're slowly learning more about the characters too, drawing us even more into this new world.

[BubblesTheKat77 · Rating 5 out of 5]

This series is just as awesome as I remember. Space Boy 3 was even more amazing\great\fantastic then I was hoping. Amy is just the girl I wanna follow around whatever she's doing or wherever she's going (so, yeah, I wanna be her Ronald Weasley), and I have been given a way. THANK YOU Stephen McCranie so much for one of my all-time favorite graphic novels!!

[Matthew Gasperoni · Rating 4 out of 5]

The fun story continues with some expected and some unexpected plot advances. Enjoying the read.

(I’m removing the read date to not count toward my reading goals, but for the record, I read this in 2024.)

[Rick · Rating 2 out of 5]

Yes, this cute and all. Almost too cute to describe. And for me, too cute to tolerate. It’s so sweet, I think I’ve got diabetes now. It’s a lovely charming story, but I’m clearly not in the target demographic.

[Belle · Rating 3 out of 5]

I still really enjoyed this and being back with all of these characters, of course. But compared to the first two, this one was just sort of "eh."

[Izza · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars | I'm curious as to where this is going.

[Abbey · Rating 4 out of 5]

This just keeps getting better.

[Amanda (MetalPhantasmReads) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another fun volume! I loved it when Amy threw a pie at a jocks face 🤣 plus I like that Oliver is coming out of his shell more. I'm so happy I found out about this series

[Riley · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5⭐️
it’s cute ☺️

[Sahara · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume managed to make me cry, and laugh out loud. How is this series so good!!

[Minnie · Rating 4 out of 5]

•Amy joins a club and finally talks to a certain someone

•This volume has pulled my heart strings, but it ends on a cute note (´▽`ʃ♡ƪ)

[Lonnie]

Next!!!!!!

[:¨·.·¨: `·. izzy ★°*ﾟ · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is just becoming a high school drama that I’m not interested in