Swamp thing is a comic book character created in 1972 by len wein and famed horror artist bernie wrightson. Scan and drill in search of the most valuable resources. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3. Ken garing obviously put a lot of passion and thought into this comic as it immediately captures the feel of being isolated and left with little hope of survival.
Planetoid creator ken garing has new high fantasy comic for teens. As a fan of science fiction in a number of guises it was the simple, though somewhat common, premise that piqued my interest about this book and, within a few pages, i was hooked. Having made a stand against the cyborg militia, silas must now lead the tribes in building a settlement. This helps the reader relate to nkunda and effectively make a tragic act more painful to bare later in the issue. Planetoid definition of planetoid by the free dictionary. Planetoid definition of planetoid by merriamwebster. I, of course, had some reservations about the story, would it hold up to the first volume, is a worthy addition to the universe or is it just a sequel for s. Revisiting semisupervised learning with graph embeddings. Art school was more helpful in learning about art generally, which i had been ignorant of.
The main character is silas, a deserter turned space pirate who ends up the. Planetoid is a terrific effort from a new creative talent that very clearly has the brightest of futures in the comic book industry. Planetoids are small celestial bodies that orbit the sun. Silas, an exsoldier turned space pirate, finds himself strande. The creator behind the scifi revelation planetoid and its sequel, planetoid. A great comic with a solid story and excellent artwork that reminded me a lot of the best european stuff leos aldebaran stuff and even moebius. Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. This article is a disambiguation page for avenger the following is a list of links to pages that might share the same title. Get the best deals on buck rogers platinum age comics 1897 1937. The first minor planet to be discovered was ceres in 1801. With a diameter of 940 km 580 mi, ceres is both the largest of the asteroids and the only unambiguous dwarf planet currently inside neptunes orbit. Hopefully comic shop goers have kept it in the back of their minds, because a oneman operation this impressive shouldnt be missed by anybody. That tiny ant was my inspiration to live my dreams and to do what most around me said i couldnt dobe a comic book creator.
Thats still a great way to experience the book, but many readers were eager for a print option. Planetoid is a comic first released in june 2012 by image comics, written and drawn by ken garing. Madison barnes revelations entertainment has just snatched the rights to the scifi comic book series planetoid. Inspector cosmic public domain super heroes fandom.
Planetoid is another term for asteroids, which are also called minor planets. The first issue deals with the sudden arrival of the main character silas on the titular planetoid, a minor planet, or planetoid, with a strange electromagnetic. Comic book characters comic book heroes marvel characters comic character comic book artists comic artist comic books art dc comics comic art. As they enter our atmosphere and plummet towards the ground, they burn up, usually about 60 miles before they get close enough to hit yo. Dark horse delivering alien adaptation of original screenplay. By ken garing ken garing returns to hiscreator owned series planetoid with the new arc planetoid praxis and its about time. Planetoid has been a wonderful surprise since its release by image comics a few months ago and i cant help but think its due to a lack of edgy science fiction available on the comic book shelf. He was then reworked as a character suitable for series appearances in swamp thing vol. Dec 1941 best comic books vintage comic books vintage comics comic book superheroes comic book characters comic character comic book pages comic book covers. When the mask is lifted, his face is still concealed in shadowsat least, when hes outside. His first target is pluto, which he attempts to pull from. Onica is the main character, and while she must make a hard choice, shes just as badass as ever. Mark waids writing is the refreshing honesty his characters exhibit no matter what. The whole time i was reading it i kept reminding myself that it was one man that put this all together.
The first issue deals with the sudden arrival of the main character silas on the titular planetoid, a minor planet, or planetoid, with a strange electromagnetic radiation, which causes his ship to crash land. Stories and art by alex blum, bob powell, arthur peddy, gene fawcette, henry c. It is the 25thlargest body in the solar system within the orbit of neptune. In the quick tilebased game planetoid, players take on the role of a space miner and attempt to collect more resources or bonuses than their competition. Get your comic book fix with quarantine comix presented by image comics and ice cream man. The term minor planet has been used since the 19th century to describe these objects.
Dubbed gogor, the book is due out from image comics on may 1, with a final order cutoff deadline set for april 8. The first true science fiction comic, planet comics featured classic space opera with squarejawed heroes, rockets, rayguns and bugeyed aliens of every stripe. Jetpack man was the first comic character i created. Ken garing is the lone creator working on the title and you can tell it is a labor of lover. Garing has done a brilliant job on both the story and art front. Get the best deals on image bronze age comics 1970 1983. Hearing that a new comic has sold out is always exciting, and it is especially good when you have one of the copies. There is a vol 2 planetoid praxis currently running from image comics which is also definitely worth getting hold of. Silas is a very interesting character who has seemingly only told us half of his story. He pours so much detail into the world, the main character, his personality and the plot that i couldnt help but fall in love with the title.
Inspector cosmic was a comic book character within the comic book whose adventures are read by comics mccormick. It was also published simultaneously in the digital format via dark horse digital. Edited by malcolm reiss, jerry iger and will eisner. Planetoid is easily the finest new comicbook i have read this year, and considering this year. Planetoid definition is a small body resembling a planet. A former earth scientist takes up residence on a far distant planetoid and threatens to rule the universe, destroying all traces of civilization.
How hard was it to do a comic book solely on your own. After reading an issue of space comics, he had a daydream about having an adventure with inspector cosmic. Good character work is done with nkunda who explains to onicas son who his dad was who happens to be the hero of the first planetoid series. This book has 36 pages and was uploaded by xfiles77 on october 29, 20. Ken, didnt your hit comic book planetoid start out as a humble little production too. Waca ken garing story art cover ken garing silas, an exsoldier turned space pirate, finds himself stranded on a mysterious planet in alien territory. Fans of the original series have been waiting since 2012 to get more of this fantastic science fiction story entirely crafted by garing himself. By dustin cabeal having enjoyed the first volume of planetoid, i was actually pretty excited about creator ken garings return to the world. Aug 10, 2009 planetoid is another term for asteroids, which are also called minor planets. The term planetoid has also been used, especially for larger planetary objects such as those the international astronomical union iau has called dwarf planets since 2006. Create comics and graphic novels that jump off the screen. The original screenplay is a upcoming fiveissue comic book adaptation of dan obannons original script for alien that is due to be published by dark horse comics from aprilaugust 2020.
Synonyms for planetoid at with free online thesaurus, antonyms, and definitions. In addition to this, the sense of movement and progression is fluid and convincing. Buck rogers platinum age comics 18971937 for sale ebay. We recently showcased a terrific indie title called planetoid by writer and artist ken garing. This is an implementation of planetoid, a graphbased semisupervised learning method proposed in the following paper. Praxis, concocts vast fictions overflowing with characters, creatures, and environments. Granted, our main character looks and talks like a major, levelheaded.
The term planetoid has also been used, especially for larger planetary objects such as those the international astronomical. Meteors are just bits of dust or rocks from space that get sucked into the earths gravitational pull when they come to close to it. Our protagonist is clearly in a pickle here and considering hes the leader of the life form faction im thinking he may not be human. He could fire powerful mystical bolts, mesmerize others, and fight its enemies in the astral.
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