Open Earth is a fun, sexy, sweet and fast-paced space drama, with wonderful queer and diverse representation that exists in a kinder, positive society. The exploration of this new generation changing their society, the found family and community, the open and honest sex-positive relationships within this graphic novel were welcoming, refreshing and a joy to read. Open Earth is very much a character-driven story that I devoured, but I would have enjoyed learning more about this setting and new society through some more-developed worldbuilding. The art is fun and beautifully soft in the romantic moments that suited the story perfectly. Open Earth explores some serious, thought-provoking questions regarding human society, and I look forward to exploring more of this story with these engaging and endearing characters.

I was not terribly impressed by the art but the story of queer polyamory in space with graphic sex scenes was pretty entertaining.

Thank you to the publisher for extending an advance reader copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

After leaving a crumbling Earth for space, a new generation is starting their own social norms on space station California. This sex positive, polygamous plot is just about this young generation trying to figure out how they all can express their love. This comic is very much slice-of-life set in space. I would have liked it better if there was a little bit more information on what happened on Earth to round out the sex heavy plot. Liked the artwork and characters, just wanting a bit more world building. Would be fun to see other stations in this world, see what their new generation social norms are like.

This is such a beautiful and delightful comic. I love the art and the relationship and I so want to buy a physical copy

Book Review
Title: Open Earth Volume 1
Author: by Sarah Mirk, Eva Cabrera (Artist) & Claudia Aguirre (Artist)
Genre: Graphic Novel
Rating: *****
Review: So, all I can gather about the graphic novel is that it is about polyamorous relationships in space, so score one for this novel. So we are introduced to Rigo who has lived her whole live in space after the collapse of Earth.
So, we are introduced to a whole host of characters commonly known as the non-Earth born generation which include Rigo who are all 20 or younger. Everyone over 20 is part of the Earth born generation and willingly left everything behind including Rigo’s parents. Through them she learns that they might never go back to Earth until all the Earth borns have died as they don’t really want to face everything they abandoned back on Earth.
However, Rigo and the other non-Earth born children don’t understand the concept of monosomy and all the characters we are introduced to including Rigo, Carver, Hex, Franklin and Atwood are all in a polyamorous relationship. The main reason they have for this is that it limits the genetic pool although all take some form of birth control to limit the population. While we don’t get to see Rigo with another woman in this volume we do see her with 3 males at different times and she doesn’t have a brief fantasy about a girl making it clear that she is bisexual.
Overall, I really liked how the polyamorous relationship is portrayed and how open and honest they all are with one another and work out their issues together. While it does appear that Rigo is closer to Carver than anyone else both are concerned that moving in together will isolate them from the others and take special measures to make sure this doesn’t happen. I also like how nudity among them isn’t something that bothers them and many of openly naked at the same time without any shame which is a direct contrast to Rigo’s parents who turns out the lights when she returns home while they are having some fun and are concerned that she might have seen them, when in all honesty she wouldn’t have cared at all. I really enjoyed Open Earth and I will definitely be reading more soon.

This was such a cute romantic scifi. This type of colorful art style is my totally my thing. I loved how the authors portrayed the open polyamoury community and the importance of honest communication. The steamy scenes definitely make this an 18+ comic. We also get some diverse ethnic and fat representation. I love scifi so having it set on a soace station was defineitly a huge plus for me. We get to see the difference between the first generation residents to come from Earth and the residents who were born on the station. I dont know Spanish so I felt like I was missing out when they used Spanish words. In their dialogue, but overall I really enjoyed this comic and I hope we get a second volume soon.

I did add my review to Amazon, but Im waiting for them to approve it before I can add link here. Thank you.

Note: I had trouble getting this galley onto my kindle and wound up reading a copy I checked out of my library.

I'm not sure how to characterize this book or who I'd recommend it to. Sometimes adult graphic fiction is rather specific in the types of audiences it appeals to. I did like that this book is different than a lot of the other graphic fiction that's available now. Clear storyline, nice appealing art, novel topic...I'm sure there's an audience out there for it, and I'll recommend it to adult customers looking for a graphic novel with a bit of a different twist.

“Space–the vast, lonely, soundless void. Except when you live with your goddamn parents.”

I really liked this! It’s the first book I’ve read with a poly relationship. It was really interesting to see parents try to encourage the norm but also not push it on their child. The art style was simplistic and colorful. I’d like to read more and am looking forward to the next volume!

This is a pretty comic about a future where things are so different yet there is hope for a free society. Really love the art in this. Different body types, sexualities, very cool.

First of all, I want to thank Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with an e-arc of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I was immediately hooked by the cover, a comic set in space, I needed to read that! The space elements are definitely there but the comic focusses on the sexual relationships of Rigo and her friends. I really liked the diversity of the characters in this comic and the inclusion of Spanish words (however, if you don't speak Spanish it probably would have been better if they added a translation at the bottom of the page).

To me, the characters felt very superficial and could have used a lot more development and growth. I do know these things are not always easy in this format but I often didn't quite understand certain relationships or the space setting. I often felt that things were not that well explained which made me confused and made it harder to focus on the story which is why I ultimately gave it two stars.

Interesting cast of characters - I really love the inclusion and diversity. I'm interested to see where this story is going and will definitely look for the next volume. The artwork is gorgeous. 3 out of 5 wine glasses.

This one definitely caught my attention quickly, but the ideas explored (polyamory, life on a space station, disparity in societal norms) mostly felt surface level in this first issue. The idea of the committed yet curious relationship is a great segway for future issues in the series to further dive into this version of life after earth.

Open Earth is an absolute adorable graphic erotic novel. It's a short read and if you like stories in space that are LGBTQAI-friendly, this is the one you need to pick up.

Thank you NetGalley for providing me with a free copy and thank you Chelsea @chelseadollingreads for the recommendation on your channel.

It’s been a long time since I have found a comic I thoroughly enjoyed. In a genre stagnant with overused tropes, Open Earth is an interesting adult oriented comic that has potential. It’s open minded in it’s thinking even it the plot could have been more fleshed out. The characters themselves are well thought out and it’s a pleasure to get to know them. Overall, I wish there were more but I enjoyed what there was and hope to read more from the creators.

It has been a while since I read this graphic novel and it's been to long to remember everything about it to write a review. Based on what I remember, Open Earth tells the story about the young generation living in space after the collapse of Earth. It is shown that the younger people have a different view on life than the older generations that has previously lived on the planet.

It is interesting and I remember liking the story through to the end. I also remember wishing that there was more to the story. I am not sure if it was because I just wanted to read more or that it felt short. If it was short, I believe that it was sudden and there would be a lot of missed potential. 

If you can look pass the graphic scenes, this graphic novel is a good story that everyone can enjoy (obviously mature audiences only).

I received this book from NetGalley in exchange of an honest review.

First I think that this will be quite usual book where one theme is polyamory, but this was a little more. I never saw that there were so much parts which makes me think what is this. But Rigo and her partners were cute and it was ok book, I think. The art was quite beautiful and the cover was nice. Maybe this wasn't what to expect, but this was nice but short book. So it doesn't takes many hours to read this.

The story follows Rigo, a young woman living on a small space station orbiting Earth. This station is inhabited by scientists who fled Earth after its collapse.

I appreciated the body positivity and the representation in this book. The graphics were also very well done.
What I could not get past though was the lack of plot and the messages that this book had to offer. I was expecting a sci-fi story, but the plot was only focused on the different relationships between the crew mates.

I LOVED this graphic novel. Not only is the protagonist a curvy latina, but the spaceship itself that Rig and her friends occupy is the New California with Spanglish the official language and “do good” the new world motto. Shapes and sizes are irrelevent, everyone is loving everyone, and everything good about a sharing humanity is represented. It’s just a feel good comic with some erotica peppered in for good effect.

What I liked about this comic: the characters were fun and diverse and I found myself wanting to know more about their individual back stories. The colors and art work we're also pleasing to the eye and interesting. I also loved the concept and the originality of the story.

What I didn't like about this comic: the writing was not great and very repetitive. I lost track of how many times the word ack was used.

Overall I found the idea of this story better than the execution.

I thought that this one was okay. I like that it gave polyamory representation. The rest of the story seemed less unique to me and a little like other books that I have read recently.