365 Days of Books of Interest: Day #42: New Romancer vol #1

You guys know I love my superhero comics but sometimes I need something different to read. And New Romancer totally fit the bill as being different.

As if online dating isn't weird enough, Lexy had to go and accidentally unleash Lord Byron. I can't wait to read this.

Book: New Romancer volume #1 (issues #1-6) by Peter Milligan with illustrations by Brett Parson

Publication: August 23, 2016

Description:

Fired from a cushy job in Silicon Valley, Lexy becomes a coder for New Romancer, an Internet-dating app that's seen better days. To create fake profiles, she plunders characteristics from history's most notorious lovers. Using little-known writings by Ada Lovelace, the world's first computer programmer, Lexy pushes the boundaries of coding and accidentally unleashes history's greatest lover: Lord Byron.

Online dating meets courtly love in this paranormal rom-com by Vertigo veteran writer Peter Milligan and rising art-star Brett Parson (Tank Girl).