The Protopias Collection

From future cities shaped by climate change to a world learning how to live beyond traditional work, from radical energy innovations to tech that begins to think for itself, these stories open the door to futures we haven’t imagined yet.

Each one follows characters pushing toward something hopeful as powerful forces reshape their world.

"A reminder that the most powerful revolutions start not with violence but with vision" - Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream, The Whale, Caught Stealing)

Perfect for fans of Black Mirror, Saga, Love, Death & Robots, Dune, and optimistic sci-fi built on real scientific ideas.

This project features an All-Star roster packed into each story.

POLIS
Written by Mark Russell • Art by Laci • Foreword by Ari Wallach
A floating refugee city rises as a rare bright spot in a world reshaped by climate disaster.

When a Florida teen leaves home in search of something better, she discovers a community fighting to survive and redefine hope.

THE PURPOSE PROJECT
Written by Danny Hogan • Art by Felipe Cunha • Foreword by Andrew Yang
Set in a future where most traditional jobs no longer exist, this offbeat workplace story follows two unlikely partners as they navigate a government program designed to help people rediscover purpose.

ENTANGLEMENT
Written by Joshua Lak Kim & Ciara Ní Chuirc • Art by Max Von Fafner • Foreword by Dr.

Kitty Yeung
In Austin, 2075, a breakthrough in botanical energy sparks a ruthless competition between two companies — and two siblings — in a tense mix of corporate espionage, ambition, and betrayal.

GAYA
Story by Kathryn Murdoch • Script by Michael Coast • Art by Keron Grant • Foreword by Darren Aronofsky
After a biochemist’s research links her consciousness to the natural world, her growing power turns destructive.

Her family becomes the only force that might bring her back from the brink and toward something redemptive.

AGGIE
Written by Mark Russell • Art by ACO • Foreword by Reid Hoffman
In a near-future shaped by experiential tech, an AI unexpectedly becomes self-aware and begins pairing users with lives far different from their own — forcing society to see itself through new and often unsettling perspectives.

BLACK MOON RITUAL
Written by Ytasha Womack • Art by Alitha Martinez
An Afrofuturist coming-of-age tale about a young surfer whose rite of passage goes sideways, sending him on a search for a missing friend, an abandoned boat, and the truth about his own path.