Descender

{{Infobox comic book title |italic title= |image=Descender (comics).jpg |caption=Cover to Descender #1 |publisher=Image Comics |schedule=Monthly |format=Limited Series |date=Descender:March 4, 2015 – July 25, 2018Ascender:April 24, 2019 – August 18, 2021 |issues=32 (Descender)18 (Ascender) |SciFi = y |writers=Jeff Lemire |artists=Dustin Nguyen |letterers=Steve Wands |creators=Jeff LemireDustin Nguyen |TPB1=Descender Vol 1: Tin Stars |ISBN1=9781632154262 |TPB2=Descender Vol 2: Machine Moon |ISBN2=9781632156761 |TPB3=Descender Vol 3: Singularities |ISBN3=9781632158789 |TPB4=Descender Vol 4: Orbital Mechanics |ISBN4=9781534301931 |TPB5=Descender Vol 5: Rise of the Robots |ISBN5=9781534303454 |TPB6=Descender Vol 6: The Machine War |ISBN6=9781534306905 |TPB7=Ascender Vol. 1: The Haunted Galaxy |ISBN7=9781534313484 |TPB8=Ascender Vol. 2: The Dead Sea |ISBN8=9781534315938 |TPB9=Ascender Vol. 3: The Digital Mage |ISBN9=9781534317260 |TPB10=Ascender Vol. 4: Star Seed |ISBN10=9781534319226 }}Descender is a science fiction space opera comic book series written by Jeff Lemire and illustrated by Dustin Nguyen. The series was published by Image Comics. The story follows a young android, TIM-21, trying to survive endless bounty hunters in a universe that has outlawed all robotics and artificial intelligence. The first issue of the series was released on March 4, 2015, and received critical acclaim for Lemire's writing as well as for Nguyen's artwork, with the latter winning an Eisner Award for his artwork on the series. Descender ran for a total of 32 issues, with the final issue of the series released on July 25, 2018. A sequel series, titled Ascender, taking place ten years after the events of Descender was announced in 2018. The first issue was published on April 24, 2019, by Image Comics. In January 2015, it was announced that Sony Pictures had acquired the film rights to the series with the intention of creating a feature film adaptation. In June, 2020, Canada's Lark Productions, a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, announced that they had acquired the exclusive television rights to the series. Plot Summary Ten years in the past, planet-sized robots appeared out of nowhere. They began to wreak havoc throughout the galaxy, demolishing entire worlds before suddenly disappearing as quickly as they arrived.