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Space Boy #1-3
Stephen McCranie's Space Boy Omnibus Volume 1
Stephen McCraine’s Space Boy volumes 1-3 in one book!
To Amy, everyone has a flavor. When her dad loses his job on their remote deep space mining colony, Amy and her family are forced to start a new life back on Earth.
Emerging from a cryotube after a 30 year voyage, Amy awakes to find herself in a strange land of heavy gravity, weird people, and an endless blue sky. High school seems difficult at first, but Amy is soon able to settle into a comfortable group of friends that help make the transition easier. But one of Amy’s classmates is different from the others. He’s quieter than most the other kids, more reserved, and strangest of all, he doesn’t have a flavor.
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.
Collects Stephen McCraine’s Space Boy volumes 1-3.
To Amy, everyone has a flavor. When her dad loses his job on their remote deep space mining colony, Amy and her family are forced to start a new life back on Earth.
Emerging from a cryotube after a 30 year voyage, Amy awakes to find herself in a strange land of heavy gravity, weird people, and an endless blue sky. High school seems difficult at first, but Amy is soon able to settle into a comfortable group of friends that help make the transition easier. But one of Amy’s classmates is different from the others. He’s quieter than most the other kids, more reserved, and strangest of all, he doesn’t have a flavor.
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.
Collects Stephen McCraine’s Space Boy volumes 1-3.
720 pages, Paperback
Published September 21, 2021
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Stephen McCranie
45 books345 followersStephen 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.
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April 27, 2023
I've looked at this graphic series in my local book store a few times and thought it looked interesting. Yesterday, I had time to kill before a haircut appointment so, since the store had Stephen McCranie's Space Boy Omnibus Volume 1 (the first 3 books) by Stephen McCranie, I figured I might as well give it a try.
Succinctly, it was excellent. I really enjoyed the start of this series. There is so much in it and so many unanswered questions by the end of Book 3, that I know I'll have to get Vol 2 to continue the journey. It's called Space Boy, but for the majority of these 3 books, the story follows Amy. Amy and her parents live out in the fringes of space at a mining colony. Her father is a miner and Amy loves her life there with her parents, her best friends Jemma and Dyallan.
However, quite quickly, Amy gets bad news. There is an accident in the mine for which her father is blamed. He is fired and Amy and her parents now have to return to Earth. Because of the distance involved they are put in stasis for the flight, a journey of 30 years. The rest of Book 1 and the next two show Amy dealing with recovery from stasis, learning a new life in Kokomo City, starting a new school, making new friends, learning new technology.... net gear glasses...
So basically we see Amy trying to deal with this new life, trying to decide if she wants to communicate with her old friends at the mining colony (a difficulty for her as they are now 30 years older and she's still a teenager) and trying to find out who the strange silver haired boy is (Oliver... Space Boy?). This is all on the surface and in itself, it's a fascinating story on its own. But below the surface are tweaks of a mystery. Who is Oliver? Who is the scientist who was murdered? Who is the man in the wheel chair? Why is there nobody in the school records by the name of Oliver?
Great artwork, characters who you can like, a flowing, page-turner of a story and I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT! Loved it so far and I have a feeling I'll be getting Vol 2 very shortly. (4.5 stars)
Succinctly, it was excellent. I really enjoyed the start of this series. There is so much in it and so many unanswered questions by the end of Book 3, that I know I'll have to get Vol 2 to continue the journey. It's called Space Boy, but for the majority of these 3 books, the story follows Amy. Amy and her parents live out in the fringes of space at a mining colony. Her father is a miner and Amy loves her life there with her parents, her best friends Jemma and Dyallan.
However, quite quickly, Amy gets bad news. There is an accident in the mine for which her father is blamed. He is fired and Amy and her parents now have to return to Earth. Because of the distance involved they are put in stasis for the flight, a journey of 30 years. The rest of Book 1 and the next two show Amy dealing with recovery from stasis, learning a new life in Kokomo City, starting a new school, making new friends, learning new technology.... net gear glasses...
So basically we see Amy trying to deal with this new life, trying to decide if she wants to communicate with her old friends at the mining colony (a difficulty for her as they are now 30 years older and she's still a teenager) and trying to find out who the strange silver haired boy is (Oliver... Space Boy?). This is all on the surface and in itself, it's a fascinating story on its own. But below the surface are tweaks of a mystery. Who is Oliver? Who is the scientist who was murdered? Who is the man in the wheel chair? Why is there nobody in the school records by the name of Oliver?
Great artwork, characters who you can like, a flowing, page-turner of a story and I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT! Loved it so far and I have a feeling I'll be getting Vol 2 very shortly. (4.5 stars)
July 1, 2023
This stands out. It has a lot of creative thought and a truly inventive story; it’s not just retreading the same predictable story tropes like many others do. The mc is relatable, and I can’t get enough of mysterious sweet Olivers. (Thinking of Jodi Lynn Anderson’s Oliver in My Diary from the Edge of the World.)
This one made my smile and cry. Now to see if I can find the next piece of the story…
This one made my smile and cry. Now to see if I can find the next piece of the story…
June 20, 2025
I read this via WEBTOON :)
Amy is a young student who must travel with her family from the deep space colony she’s known all her life to a small town on Earth after her father loses his job. Adjusting to her new life in Kokomo is hard, especially as she’s been cryogenically frozen for the past thirty years, and everything Amy has ever known: her favourite band, her favourite cheesy romantic movies, and her friends have moved on without her. We follow Amy as she adjusts to Earth’s veryyy different gravity conditions, new technology systems that allow you to augment reality around you, horrendous P.E. classes, all the while attempting to make new friends.
This was such a cute webcomic!! The art style is gorgeous, the colour palette is immaculate, and the characters are chefs kiss.
I’m really excited to learn more about Oliver’s character. His way of thinking was very refreshing (especially when everyone else is so engaged in an augmented world of their own), and I loved how Amy helped open his eyes. I really really loved all of our Amy and Oliver interactions they were all so wholesome!
THE BABY CHICKS ARE SO CUTE. I too would join a club if I could play with baby chicks all day.
Thank you TA for convincing me to read this <3
Amy is a young student who must travel with her family from the deep space colony she’s known all her life to a small town on Earth after her father loses his job. Adjusting to her new life in Kokomo is hard, especially as she’s been cryogenically frozen for the past thirty years, and everything Amy has ever known: her favourite band, her favourite cheesy romantic movies, and her friends have moved on without her. We follow Amy as she adjusts to Earth’s veryyy different gravity conditions, new technology systems that allow you to augment reality around you, horrendous P.E. classes, all the while attempting to make new friends.
This was such a cute webcomic!! The art style is gorgeous, the colour palette is immaculate, and the characters are chefs kiss.
I’m really excited to learn more about Oliver’s character. His way of thinking was very refreshing (especially when everyone else is so engaged in an augmented world of their own), and I loved how Amy helped open his eyes. I really really loved all of our Amy and Oliver interactions they were all so wholesome!
THE BABY CHICKS ARE SO CUTE. I too would join a club if I could play with baby chicks all day.
Thank you TA for convincing me to read this <3
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 31, 2022
I really love the art style it’s very similar to the 1950s pop art though the story I just had a hard time getting into I’m probably not the right demographic for it but usually this type of story really gets my attention the this time I don’t know why I just didn’t really work out for me I think if you have young Readers who are into sci-fi in space this might work better for them.
July 31, 2025
The art’s cool, and the story’s good so far. Might read the next one idk
December 3, 2023
I was forced to read this, so imagine my surprise when it was actually enjoyable. I would definitely recommend it!
June 18, 2025
Book 1 - An interesting concept. Not sure I’m quite onboard for the long haul just yet, but I’m definitely intrigued enough to continue. It’s a look at relocation and making new friends as a teen, but the framework is sci-fi. Although it feels less and less sci-fi as the narrative progresses.
Book 2 - I enjoyed this one a little more than vol. 1, but I’m not really getting it. Although, to be fair, I’m not in the target audience.
Book 3 - 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.
Book 2 - I enjoyed this one a little more than vol. 1, but I’m not really getting it. Although, to be fair, I’m not in the target audience.
Book 3 - 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.
December 30, 2024
This story is so beautiful.
Not to be rude or overly critical of other webcomic readers (although it isn't beneath me to be so) I find that the most popular webcomics are often the most vapid and shallow stories with art styles made to be pretty and plot lines that don't delve into characters nearly far enough to feel satisfying.
Stephen McCranie beat all other comics into the ground for me with this one. There's something so personable and human about every single character. They've got flaws so real and tangible that every one of their side stories and plot lines are compelling and fun to read. You want the characters to succeed. Even the characters you start out hating develop into irreplaceable pieces of the story you miss when they aren't in frame.
The art style is just just the frosting on top of this story. Bright, energetic, expressive and clearly piped full of passion. Amy, the main character, is so unique and fun looking. Her upright pigtails and pointed feet paired with her yellow theme really make her perky personality shine.
The backgrounds are so well designed and beautiful that I genuinely can't tell if the author draws over a quickie made computer generated model like other comic artists. I think it's just raw talent, but then again that might be the rose tinted glasses I might be wearing for the artist. (I made the backgrounds of the comic my phone wallpapers, seriously they're that pretty)
If you're reading my review and are on the fence about getting this comic: Get it. Support the artist. Even if you don't end up loving it as much as I do, you're enabling him to continue the story through much needed monetary support. (And as a fan and REALLY want more people to support him. So please? Pretty please? Buy it???)
Not to be rude or overly critical of other webcomic readers (although it isn't beneath me to be so) I find that the most popular webcomics are often the most vapid and shallow stories with art styles made to be pretty and plot lines that don't delve into characters nearly far enough to feel satisfying.
Stephen McCranie beat all other comics into the ground for me with this one. There's something so personable and human about every single character. They've got flaws so real and tangible that every one of their side stories and plot lines are compelling and fun to read. You want the characters to succeed. Even the characters you start out hating develop into irreplaceable pieces of the story you miss when they aren't in frame.
The art style is just just the frosting on top of this story. Bright, energetic, expressive and clearly piped full of passion. Amy, the main character, is so unique and fun looking. Her upright pigtails and pointed feet paired with her yellow theme really make her perky personality shine.
The backgrounds are so well designed and beautiful that I genuinely can't tell if the author draws over a quickie made computer generated model like other comic artists. I think it's just raw talent, but then again that might be the rose tinted glasses I might be wearing for the artist. (I made the backgrounds of the comic my phone wallpapers, seriously they're that pretty)
If you're reading my review and are on the fence about getting this comic: Get it. Support the artist. Even if you don't end up loving it as much as I do, you're enabling him to continue the story through much needed monetary support. (And as a fan and REALLY want more people to support him. So please? Pretty please? Buy it???)
June 12, 2024
Hello. :D I've really enjoyed this series, I haven't finished it yet but I really admire it and I'm close to being done with it, but every time I finish a book I keep craving to buy and read the next one in the series because the story is super interesting! This is definitely one of my favorites and it's highly recommended! (in my opinion ofc). If you ever buy it, be prepared to buy the other ones too, because then once you start, you will NOT want to stop! The book has topics that different people would want to read it for; romance, suspense, mystery, fiction, (A VERY CREATIVE STORYLINE!!), etc. But overall this book is LITERLLY AMAZING!!
Do not leave before you find out the big twist in the series or you'll REGRET IT! ITS SUPER GOOD YOU CAN TRUST A STRANGER! 😁 (not really... Don't trust strangers! But not in this case. Pls trust this stranger 🥺. Sry off-toppic a bit there... 😅) You might read the first few and enjoy it, but trust me, once you get farther into the story, it gets REALLY interesting! You'll love it garentied. If not you can talk to my life manager and tell me I was wrong or smth. You can complain but it won't do anything. Just means you got bad taste 😔 (jk jk it's your opinion and I'm not judging!! 💖)But even so, after you read it I can't refund your memory or anything, but you won't want me to anyway bc this is a very wonderful book!
The art in this is super nice and has its own unique features, (like basically everyone's, but that's not the point.) And I think people will really adore the art! (Not to mention the story itself, too!) ITS SUPER GOOD TRUST ME! PLEASE! OR YOU'LL NEVER DISCOVER REAL JOY!❤️ (jk again, ofc. I just really love this book sm!! 😋 and I think other people will enjoy the series too!)
Do not leave before you find out the big twist in the series or you'll REGRET IT! ITS SUPER GOOD YOU CAN TRUST A STRANGER! 😁 (not really... Don't trust strangers! But not in this case. Pls trust this stranger 🥺. Sry off-toppic a bit there... 😅) You might read the first few and enjoy it, but trust me, once you get farther into the story, it gets REALLY interesting! You'll love it garentied. If not you can talk to my life manager and tell me I was wrong or smth. You can complain but it won't do anything. Just means you got bad taste 😔 (jk jk it's your opinion and I'm not judging!! 💖)But even so, after you read it I can't refund your memory or anything, but you won't want me to anyway bc this is a very wonderful book!
The art in this is super nice and has its own unique features, (like basically everyone's, but that's not the point.) And I think people will really adore the art! (Not to mention the story itself, too!) ITS SUPER GOOD TRUST ME! PLEASE! OR YOU'LL NEVER DISCOVER REAL JOY!❤️ (jk again, ofc. I just really love this book sm!! 😋 and I think other people will enjoy the series too!)
July 7, 2024
I found a lot of the details in the first volume really fascinating, both in the physical differences of traveling to a new planet and the societal/cultural differences of functional time travel. The relationship with Amy's friends from home was really compelling. Amy was a fun main character, and I enjoyed seeing the story unfold through her perspective.
I was a bit surprised how little Oliver was shown in the first three volumes. I wish we had a few more concrete details that informed his view of the world and "the Nothing"; his angst felt a bit heavy-handed to me.
I was a bit surprised how little Oliver was shown in the first three volumes. I wish we had a few more concrete details that informed his view of the world and "the Nothing"; his angst felt a bit heavy-handed to me.
January 2, 2026
An enjoyable read with cute art. The pacing feels a little too quick but I wouldn't judge it too harshly because of that.
During my reading it made me reflect on growing up and about unexpected changes in life. It encourages the reader to accept that though you might be separated from the people you care about that if they are important to you you should meet them where they are now. That one shouldn't be scared of the fact they've changed, that people change.
It also lightly touches on, artificial augmentations and whether it is real in the same sense as what we can touch. Asking is there 'realness' and value in the digital.
Finally, in the Nothing, it made me think and consider the experience of loss, depression, and disassociation. The feeling of giving up and going through the motions and how it can feel to have someone reach out to you.
During my reading it made me reflect on growing up and about unexpected changes in life. It encourages the reader to accept that though you might be separated from the people you care about that if they are important to you you should meet them where they are now. That one shouldn't be scared of the fact they've changed, that people change.
It also lightly touches on, artificial augmentations and whether it is real in the same sense as what we can touch. Asking is there 'realness' and value in the digital.
Finally, in the Nothing, it made me think and consider the experience of loss, depression, and disassociation. The feeling of giving up and going through the motions and how it can feel to have someone reach out to you.
June 26, 2022
Cooler than I thought it would be from the first volume! Good high school student characters, interesting history of this future human society, really nice art.
I actually read these all separately (up to 8 so far), but they each only took me 20-30 minutes to read, so I'm just counting the first 6 volumes as 2 books.
I actually read these all separately (up to 8 so far), but they each only took me 20-30 minutes to read, so I'm just counting the first 6 volumes as 2 books.
August 5, 2023
3.5 stars. I love how many different topics, events, and relationships are explored by Amy. Other characters walk the line of stereotypical gender roles (Cassie especially, followed by the Bandits football player), and those same characters’ convos tend to be gender-based. Not bad, but lacking in dimension.
October 30, 2022
Started as a nice mix of sci-fi and cute coming of age story. The latter two thirds of this volume ended up being quite a typical high school love/coming of age story which ain't really my bag unfortunately. Very cosy and beautiful artwork though.
January 1, 2024
It was nice and smooth. I liked how easy the story was and how well it managed itself. Often it became philosophical with dialogues, but it never felt forced. I like the characters. Although the artwork felt casual, the colours balanced it. Overall a good book to read.
July 15, 2024
I used to read this on Webtoon back in the day and it still hits me in the feels. The art is wonderful, the writing is both moving and fun, and the characters are so well defined. I’m so glad I have revisited this world and look forward to reading more!
March 29, 2025
I enjoyed seeing Amy deal with loss. It’s a tough transition to wake up in another place and time. But she is still the same caring girl, in spite of her trials, giving her best to friends and strangers alike.
July 2, 2022
3.5 stars.
August 19, 2022
This is really good! Slice of life sci-fi with a larger mystery of wtf happened to this poor Oliver kid. Can't wait to read the next ones.
December 14, 2022
4.5 stars! The art is adorable and I love the characters, but the plot is a bit hard to understand so far. Maybe that’ll get easier in later books!
January 23, 2023
Highly enjoyable characters! I plan to keep reading more volumes.
March 22, 2023
Space Boy is definitely low stakes, but it's incredibly charming and breezy.
July 2, 2023
Five stars because it made me cry. That virtual reunion.
August 8, 2023
Oh. My. Gosh!
Great storyline and great characters!!
Great storyline and great characters!!
November 20, 2023
The development and pacing is amazing! You fall in love with the characters more each page.
January 14, 2024
I’m glad I bought several of the omnibus volumes! Can’t wait to get to the next set!
January 16, 2024
Dunno exactly when I read this the first time but I reread this again this year and now I own the omnibus because space boy is really good
January 28, 2024
Cool premise and cute artwork!
December 25, 2024
I need to know more about space boy! I’m so curious. Solid coming of age story with a sci-fi twist.
April 22, 2025
I really liked this book. I'm looking forward to future volumes.
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