When Jeff Lemire ("Sweet Tooth") set out to create his new science fiction epic "Descender," he assumed that the story of the lonely robot boy TIM-21, pursued by bounty hunters across the galaxy, would take him to the farthest reaches of space. Instead, he ended up in Hollywood. As soon as he and artist Dustin Nguyen publicly outlined their project last summer, film studios began flocking to them. It's a moving story about the emotional duality of artificial intelligence, brought to life in atmospheric watercolor by Dustin Nguyen, whose influences range from Miyazaki and Otomo to Stanley Kubrick ("2001"). Already, it's one of the standout sci-fi comics of the year!.