On December 11, Oni Press is proud to be releasing the full-length graphic novel A Boy and a Girl, a collaboration between writer Jamie S. Rich and Natalie Nourigat. A romance set in a not-to-distant future, A Boy and a Girl is a story about what it means to be human, fall in love, and all the inherent complications that arise from both.

The graphic novel is a true collaboration between Nourigat and Rich where Rich asked Nourigat what types of things she’d like to dry. The story that emerged was one of Travis and Charley, two people in their early twenties trying to survive in a world where robot servants and flying cars are commonplace. The wealthy live in ever-taller skyscrapers, and the common citizens go about their days far below.

Travis was cast as a college student whose major in “digital ethics” is leaving him a degree with very little practical application, whereas Charley has signed up for a government program that will soon send her to parts unknown. They meet on what is essentially her last 24 hours in town, and they are determined to make the most of it.

There was a focus to make sure Charley was a confident, self-assured woman and that she not be the antidote to Travis’ confusion. The two share a common goal, when it all comes down to it. Which is probably why they fall in love with each other. And why they can have fun together. First and foremost, A Boy and a Girl is a fun comic book.