You may not have noticed, but sci-fi is super hot right now! and like so many trends in pop culture, literature and more, comics are leading the way! Check out this list of sci-fi starting points just this week!
ATOMIC ROBO & THE RING OF FIRE
New 5 issue mini series GET IT
IDW PUBLISHING
Written by Brian Clevinger with art by Scott Wegener
Atomic Robo disappeared two years ago when Tesladyne was invaded by Majestic 12 and transformed into ULTRA, a task force leveraging the U.S. surveillance and military industries against scientific pursuits deemed to be hazardous. Now, the few remaining Action Scientists finally have a plan to find Robo, but they’ve got to dive deep into ULTRA territory to do it! (And meanwhile, giant monsters from the sea might destroy all of civilization.)
FASTER THAN LIGHT
New monthly comics series for mature readers GET IT
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By Brian Haberlin
In the very near future we discover the secret of faster-than-light travel. Suddenly the universe is wide open to us, but are we ready for it? With all the idealism of the original Star Trek and the grit and immediacy of Gravity, the story of humanity’s first thrilling and terrifying adventures to the stars takes flight!
DIESEL
4 issue mini series GET IT
BOOM! STUDIOS
By Tyson Hesse
Diandra Diesel isn’t very good at anything. The daughter of the late Tungston Diesel, she has yet to live up to her father’s great reputation. Her childhood rival has inherited control of her family’s airship and left Diandra the only job she’s qualified for: picking up the trash. But all that changes when a mysterious flying engine crashes into Diesel’s life and takes her on a journey through the skies.
LITTLE ROBOT GN
New all ages graphic novel GET IN CONTACT
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By Ben Hatke
When a little girl finds an adorable robot in the woods, she presses a button and accidentally activates him for the first time. Now, she finally has a friend. But the big, bad robots are coming to collect the little guy for nefarious purposes, and it’s all up to a five-year-old armed only with a wrench and a fierce loyalty to her mechanical friend to save the day!
DESCENDER Volume 1 TIN STARS
Collecting the first 6 issues of the groundbreaking series GET IN CONTACT
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Written by Jeff Lemire with art by Dustin Nguyen
One young robot’s struggle to stay alive in a universe where all androids have been outlawed and bounty hunters lurk on every planet.
ATOMIC ROBO GN EVERYTHING EXPLODES COLLECTION
IDW PUBLISHING GET IN CONTACT
Written by Brian Clevinger with art by Scott Wegener
Three volumes of Atomic Robo are collected in this handsome single edition. Robo faces his greatest foes: a clockwork pyramid, the planet Mars, Stephen Hawking, a parasitic universe, and Nazi super weapons. Collects The Fighting Scientists of Tesladyne, The Dogs of War, and The Shadow From Beyond Time volumes into one omnibus!
D4VE TP VOL 01
IDW PUBLISHING GET IN CONTACT
Written by Ryan Ferrier with art by Valentin Ramon
Primetime TV; mortgages; traffic jams. The robots conquered earth, wiping out all life in the galaxy, but nothing changed. Meet D4VE, the greatest robot war hero, now trapped behind a desk at a soul-sucking day job. Can something, somewhere snap him out of this slump? Will a new presence on 34RTH ignite his long-lost spark for battle?
CHRONONAUTS TP VOL 01 (Mature Readers)
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Written by Mark Millar with art by Sean Murphy
Corbin Quinn and Danny Reilly are time travelers whose plans go off-course, leading to wild adventures in the time-stream.
Collects CHRONONAUTS #1-4
CROSSED PLUS 100 TP VOL 01 (Matures Readers Only)
AVATAR PRESS INC GET IN CONTACT
Written by Alan Moore with art by Gabriel Andrade
Alan Moore, the man who revolutionized comics, returns to tell a horrifying tale in the world of Garth Ennis’ grueling survival horror series, Crossed! Set 100 years in the future, Alan Moore has created a whole new world and history with a stunning attention to detail. Examining how civilizations rebuild and how generations grow, Moore weaves a rich tapestry of humanity evolving under extreme hardship, all of which is lushly rendered by Gabriel (Ferals) Andrade. Archivist Future Taylor leads a salvage team working to rebuild the historical record of the original Crossed outbreak. She’s seen them in videos, but never any live ones, the Crossed are part of the distant past. Until suddenly, a handful appear, and the blood begins to flow. All is not as it seems as a horrific mystery unfolds and once again Alan Moore redefines the medium. This masterwork is a self-contained whole new world, no prior knowledge of the Crossed series is needed. Crossed +100 Vol 1 TP contains the full first story arc originally presented in issues #1-6 of the comic book series.
ZOMBIES VS ROBOTS TP VOL 01
IDW PUBLISHING GET IN CONTACT
Written by Chris Ryall & Others with art by Anthony Diecidue & Others and cover by Ashley Wood
New Robots! A renewed zombie threat! New human survivors! And an all-new world ready for the taking by one or more of these factions. Includes the stories “Inherit the Earth” and “The Orphan.” Collects issues #1-6.
