Romantic love has always been an especially complicated undertaking. The addition of social media only makes the growing pains and breakups all the messier and more public than ever before -- a topic even riper for drama and comedy. Love in the social media age is very much the focus on the upcoming Image Comics miniseries Getting It Together by Sina Grace, Omar Spahi and Jenny D. Fine; channeling the freewheeling energy of romantic comedies of classic ensemble stories like Friends and Living Single without pulling its deeper emotional punches.

Grace has past experience delivering acclaimed slice-of-life comics following the trials and tribulations of being a single young adult. Getting It Together feels like a narrative return to form for the fan-favorite comic creator.

Set in the Bay Area of California, the four-issue miniseries follows a group of friends impacted when Sam and Lauren, a couple central to the group, go through a particularly messy break-up, leaving Lauren's brother and Sam's best friend Jack caught in the middle. As the implications of conscious uncoupling ripple out across the various intragroup dynamics, the whole scenario is exposed and exacerbated by social media. All the while, Jack engages in his own fledgling romance that could have a wider impact on his friends than he initially believed, adding to the larger story about a group of 20-something, young professionals balancing life and love while navigating the neighborhood's indie rock scene.

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After creating autobiographical comic memoirs in Self-Obsessed and Nothing Lasts Forever, Grace is a seasoned pro at finding the understated humor and genuine shared catharsis in these universally relatable emotional rollercoasters that we all face in life. Joining Grace this time around is Spahi, who has previously worked as a writer in licensed comics and television. The two writers craft instantly recognizable archetypes while deftly balancing the drama and comedy that walk hand-in-hand in these awkward situations. There are laughs, heartbreak and, of course, plenty of romance in equal measure, blending together seamlessly here.

While Grace does a bit of the art as with his previous work, Fine does a lot of the visual heavy-lifting with Grace's past collaborative partner Mx. Struble; all while staying within Grace's past artistic sensibilities. There is a youthful energy to the proceedings as the art team renders its extensive cast engaging in everything from blind dates to indie rock shows, with the lethargy of heartache and exuberance of embracing that joie de vivre on full display right from the start. The social media aspects of the story are weaved in organically -- what could have come off as a timely gimmick is instead a natural storytelling device as Sam and Lauren's break-up reverberates among their friends.

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There is a genuine emotional verisimilitude that gives Getting It Together its core, propelled by its appealing, relatable cast of characters. Grace slides back into crafting a slice-of-life comedy as only he could, leading his collaborators on an exploration of love that feels part coming-of-age in the face of a quarter-life crisis, and part inclusively robust romance, while never letting the comedy or drama overshadow the other. The creative team evens the tone while upping the complications as their story unfolds. These are characters readers will immediately recognize in their own friends and experiences.

Overall, Getting It Together fills a lovesick void that has been largely absent from the comic book medium for too long.

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