like Love And Rockets)...and go, 'Damn it, why didn't I read these things back then?' Because they weren't ready for it, right? They weren't ready to be entertained in that sphere of their life". In retrospect, book distributor and art historian Bud Plant hailed the series as "an exotic, erotic, obtuse and wildly humorous space opera". The recent 2009 IDW remastering of Starstruck has garnered critical acclaim that has bolstered its reputation as a timeless and essential work in the modern comics pantheon. Pop culture critic David Allan Jones wrote of the republished series that it would be a challenge to new readers who would "have to work a little to follow along, but believe me, it's worth it, especially if you enjoy experiencing the unique. A+". Comics reviewer Greg McElhatton wrote "...it's definitely one where a slow burn is going to pay off. Starstruck isn't quite like anything else out there, but I think that's part of the attraction". Joe McCullough of Comics Comics wrote: "In fact, I like literally everything about this cleverly revised, nipped & tucked edition, apportioning and expanding upon Lee's modular, time-skipping vignettes with text features crammed right between the 'main' story and Charles Vess-inked backup material..., creating a kind of call and response between different characters from different points in time, walking you carefully through Lee's collage of varied femininity in a hazardous future. World (universe!) building like you don't see so often...." Alex Dueben of the Suicide Girls site found the series' progressive story and art to be timeless: "Now Starstruck is a pretty nonlinear project, which I love, and I have to say that the structure and the feeling, the complexity, how it moves around, it really feels contemporary". Greg Burgas of Comic Book Resources also concurred with: "It's exciting reading something from 30 years ago and realizing how, even today, it feels ahead of its time". The British Science Fiction Association's journal Vector listed Starstruck among six groundbreaking comics, and praised it for "...overall myth-building on a par with that of Dune..." Also, much of the praise given to works like Lost and Watchmen featuring "...non-linear graphic storytelling, use of supplement texts for story expansion, overlapping dialogue, unreliable storytelling..." employed these techniques that were pioneered by Starstruck. Similar praise accompanied the release of the collected IDW remastered issues as the Starstruck Deluxe Edition hardback graphic novel in 2011. Comics media critic