Orcs in Space #6
(W) Rashad Gheith, Abed Gheith, Michael Tanner, Justin Roiland (A) François Vigneault, DJ Chavis, Dave Pender
On sale date: 12/15/2021
When the orcs eat literally everything on the Aarken, D.O.N.A. stops at the three-star dining and tourist-trap experience Starstop Zitti for provisions. Kravis goes Wally Waffles-wild until he unwittingly ticks off the cutest scariest biker gang in the galactigon. Will the orcs rumble with the Fuzzballs?!
A rift has ripped open bringing the world of monsters and dreams into ours!
Story: Paul Tobin
Art: Andy MacDonald
Color: DJ Chavis
Letterer: Taylor Esposito
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My Date With Monsters #1
Writer: Paul Tobin
Artist: Andy MacDonald
Colorist: DJ Chavis
Letterer: Taylor Esposito
Cover: Andy MacDonald w/ DJ Chavis
Incentive Cover: James Harren
$4.99 / 32 Pages / Color / 11.10.2021
Seven years ago, an attempt to weaponize dreams resulted in holes being punched through the world we know and into the world of dreams. Nightmarish creatures now stalk the land, sprouting from (and killing) anyone unlucky enough to dream. The only way to save the world is for certain people to have their dreams come true.
Which is how Risa Harumi finds herself not only fighting monsters, but forced into finding true love. Monsters and modern dating? It feels like a nightmare either way, and the only help Risa has is a friendly-ish monster named Croak and her pre-teen daughter, Machi. From Paul Tobin (BUNNY MASK) and Andy MacDonald (I BREATHED A BODY, Multiple Man), comes a unique story of one woman’s quest to save the world, if only she could learn the difference between love and monsters.
My Date With Monsters #1
Writer: Paul Tobin
Artist: Andy MacDonald
Colorist: DJ Chavis
Letterer: Taylor Esposito
Cover: Andy MacDonald w/ DJ Chavis
Incentive Cover: James Harren
$4.99 / 32 Pages / Color / 11.10.2021
Seven years ago, an attempt to weaponize dreams resulted in holes being punched through the world we know and into the world of dreams. Nightmarish creatures now stalk the land, sprouting from (and killing) anyone unlucky enough to dream. The only way to save the world is for certain people to have their dreams come true.
Which is how Risa Harumi finds herself not only fighting monsters, but forced into finding true love. Monsters and modern dating? It feels like a nightmare either way, and the only help Risa has is a friendly-ish monster named Croak and her pre-teen daughter, Machi. From Paul Tobin (BUNNY MASK) and Andy MacDonald (I BREATHED A BODY, Multiple Man), comes a unique story of one woman’s quest to save the world, if only she could learn the difference between love and monsters.
Croak #1
Writer: Paul Tobin
Artist: Andy MacDonald
Colorist: DJ Chavis
Letterer: Taylor Esposito
Cover: Andy MacDonald w/ DJ Chavis
Incentive Cover: James Harren
$4.99 / 32 Pages / Color / 11.10.2021
Seven years ago, an attempt to weaponize dreams resulted in holes being punched through the world we know and into the world of dreams. Nightmarish creatures now stalk the land, sprouting from (and killing) anyone unlucky enough to dream. The only way to save the world is for certain people to have their dreams come true.
Which is how Risa Harumi finds herself not only fighting monsters, but forced into finding true love. Monsters and modern dating? It feels like a nightmare either way, and the only help Risa has is a friendly-ish monster named Croak and her pre-teen daughter, Machi.
From Paul Tobin (BUNNY MASK) and Andy MacDonald (I BREATHED A BODY, Multiple Man), comes a unique story of one woman’s quest to save the world, if only she could learn the difference between love and monsters.
Vault has announced Lunar Room, a wild new sci-fi-fantasy-noir hybrid series from writer Danny Lore, artist Gio Sposito, colorist DJ Chavis, letterer Andworld Design, and designer Tim Daniel. Magic, tech, gangsters…and one very tired werewolf.
Cynthia “Sin” Breaker used to be a lot of things. A werewolf. A mob enforcer for a powerful mage. A name feared on every street of Solar City. But now she’s forcibly retired from all those things, trying to get over her past job and past loves.
Lunar Room #1 will hit store shelves in November 2021, and will debut with a variant cover by Vault Cover Artist-in-Residence, Corin Howell.
From the co-creator of the cult-favorite television series Rick and Morty, Justin Roiland is teaming up with writers Michael Tanner, Rashad Gheith, and Abed Gheith, writer-illustrator François Vigneault, and colorists DJ Chavis and Dave Pender with the Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group to launch a new series, Orcs in Space, in July 2021.
With humorous nods to some of pop culture’s most recognizable fandoms, the series follows three inept orcs as they steal the universe’s most technologically advanced spaceship and take it for a ride.
Gor, Kravis, and Mongtar are three orcs trying to survive while on the run from everything and everyone on their homeworld. When the naïve bureaucrats from StarBleep land on their planet, the orcs unwittingly steal the most advanced ship in the fleet and blast into the dankest reaches of the outer galactigon. Now the universe’s most wanted, the orcs befriend the ship’s AI, D.O.N.A., in a bid to get free… but will that be enough to escape StarBleep?
The 44-page super first issue of Orcs in Space launches with variant covers by Nicole Goux, François Vigneault, and Justin Roiland on July 7, 2021.
There’s nothing particularly unique so far about They Fell From the Sky #1. But, it’s a solid debut that has me wanting to come back for more. The story is a bit of a mix between Galaxy Quest and E.T. but it’s the small details of the series that makes it stand out.
Written by Liezl Buenaventura, the story revolves around Tommy, a young kid bullied at school and dealing with family drama. He and his friends are focused on a television show Space Journey, a Star Trek-like show. They watch the episodes sharing the experience and one day Tommy has his own close encounter with an alien.
Buenaventura’s set-up is good though never quite stands out from the other similar works out there on its surface. Instead, it’s the small details that sets the comic apart. Tommy’s family are ones that stand out in their small town. A town that is seething with underlying racism and broader issues than just family squabbles. We learn about so many of the characters, and this town, through single lines or small moments. It’s all of those things that add up to create such a fleshed out world. That’s the real strength of They Fell From the Sky #1.
The art by Xavier Tárrega is good. DJ Chavis provides the color with an assist from Barry Hall while Joamette Fil does the lettering. The art is really solid and consistent. There’s little to fault it for in a negative way. It also doesn’t quite take advantage of the moments Buenaventura sets up. A racial epithet is thrown out which would be a perfect time to show a little more emotion from Tommy. It doesn’t happen. A fight to gives the potential of some real emotion or domestic issues. And while there are reactions, it never quite really nails things to the point you can connect.
They Fell From the Sky #1 is a solid start and hints that the second issue with take things in a much different direction from the other familiar stories. It’s a good comic that has a lot of potential and hopefully it can build off of the small moments in the first issue to deliver something real special.
Story: Liezl Buenaventura Art: Xavier Tárrega
Color: DJ Chavis Letterer: Joamette Fil Color Assistant: Barry Hall
Story: 7.95 Art: 7.95 Overall: 7.95 Recommendation: Buy
Mad Cave Studios provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review
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Tommy Murphy is just an ordinary kid. He goes to school, hangs out with his friends, and fanboys over his favorite TV show. But when a chance encounter in the woods thrusts him into an unlikely friendship with an otherworldly creature, he is forced to navigate bullies, family squabbles, and tween woes… all while trying to prevent an interplanetary war!
They Fell From the Sky #1 debuts February 3 in comic shops from writer Liezl Buenaventura, artist Xavier Tarrega, colorist DJ Chavis, letterer Joamette Gil, and editor Chris Sanchez.
The creative team on this consists of Mad Cave Studios’ Talent Search winners; Liezl Buenaventura and Xavier Tarrega.
