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The Three-Body Problem: The Comic Edition is interesting but drags on and doesn’t resolve enough

Posted on October 29, 2024 by Brett

Amid China’s Cultural Revolution in the 1960s, a covert military project establishes contact with Trisolaris, an alien planet on the brink of destruction. This sets into motion the Trisolarans’ long and menacing journey to invade Earth. Meanwhile, a secret society is formed by the world’s elite, broken into factions with differing motivations for aiding in the Trisolaran invasion–from saving the lives of their descendants to accelerating the destruction of humanity. Decades later, a group of scientists and a cunning detective investigate a series of mysterious suicides, leading to the discovery of this Earth-Trisolaran Organization. Humanity’s battle against its greatest threat has begun…

Based on the book by: Cixin Liu
Adapted by: Twilight Lu, Jim Cai, Silver
Art: Xudong Cai
Letterer: Bianca Pistillo
Translator: Xiao

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Sakura-Con 2024: Cixin Liu’s Three-Body Problem comes to comics from Yen Press

Posted on March 29, 2024 by Graphic Policy Team

At the Yen Press Industry Panel at Seattle’s Sakura-Con, Yen Press announced that it will be releasing the North American print edition of The Three-Body Problem comic, an adaptation of Cixin Liu’s award-winning novel that has sold over 3 million copies in North America. The Three-Body Problem is the first installment of Liu’s Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy, a book that was released in its native China in 2008 and translated to English in 2014. Since its release, The Three-Body Problem has become one of the most celebrated works of Chinese science fiction in the world, receiving the Galaxy Award in China as well as the Hugo Award for its translated edition. The popularity of The Three-Body Problem led it to be adapted into a Netflix original series that debuted in March 2024.

The Three-Body Problem

Original Story by Cixin Liu
Illustrated by XuDong Cai
Adapted by Jim Cai, Twilight Lu, and Silver

Amid China’s Cultural Revolution in the 1960s, a covert military project establishes contact with Trisolaris, an alien planet on the brink of destruction. This sets into motion the Trisolarans’ long and menacing journey to invade Earth. Meanwhile, a secret society is formed by the world’s elite, broken into factions with differing motivations for aiding in the Trisolaran invasion—from saving the lives of their descendants to accelerating the destruction of humanity. Decades later, a group of scientists and a cunning detective investigate a series of mysterious suicides, leading to the discovery of this Earth-Trisolaran Organization. Humanity’s battle against its greatest threat has begun…

Formerly a computer engineer, Cixin Liu is one of today’s most well-known and influential writers of Chinese science fiction. In addition to his awards and accolades for The Three-Body Problem, Liu has won the Galaxy Award on eight other occasions as well as a Locus Award for Death’s End, the third installment of his Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy. Renowned writers of science fiction and fantasy have given Liu praise for his work, such as Kim Stanley Robinson, who called The Three-Body Problem “The best kind of science fiction,” and George R. R. Martin, who called it “A breakthrough book…a unique blend of scientific and philosophical speculation.”

The English-language publication of The Three-Body Problem comic releasing in the same year as the live-action show has been an effort facilitated by various parties, starting with the introduction of the original novel by China Educational Publications Import & Export Corporation Ltd. (CEPIEC) to the English-reading market over a decade ago. The proprietor of the comic adaptation is Beijing Future Imagination Culture Communication Co., Ltd. with North American rights handled by Seth Fishman at The Gernert Company.

The Three-Body Problem comic will be the second of Cixin Liu’s works published by Yen Press, the first being the manga adaptation of his short story Taking Care of God, which was released in February 2024.

The on-sale date of The Three-Body Problem comic will be announced on Yen Press social media at a future date.

The Fourth Volume of Silver Comes to Kickstarter

Posted on May 29, 2018 by Graphic Policy Team

Stephan Franck has worked on some of the most beloved animated films of all time, including The Iron Giant, How to Train Your Dragon, and Despicable Me —and his passion for storytelling extends from the silver screen to comic books and graphic novels. Over the course of the last four years, Franck has been writing, illustrating and self publishing Silver, a globe-trotting graphic novel series that mashes up the world of Bram Stoker’s classic novel Dracula with action, adventure, humor, pulp storytelling and modern sensibilities. Told over the course of 4 volumes (and a stand alone novella), Franck has created an unforgettable cast and a compelling caper that picks up 30 years after Professor Abraham Van Helsing visited Dracula’s castle. Now Van Helsing’s descendent, the mysterious vampire hunter Rosalyn, is teaming up with a ragtag group of con men for a high stakes heist to rob Europe’s richest vampires. Will they succeed, and live off their take from this one last job? All will be revealed in the fourth and final volume of Silver, which Franck and his company Dark Planet Comics are funding via a Kickstarter campaign.

In Silver, a group of criminals discover the late Jonathan Harker’s secret ledger, which discloses the existence of an exotic treasure of silver hidden in Dracula’s castle. Finnigan, the group’s leader, knows a retirement plan when he sees it, so he’s willing to do whatever it takes to pull off the biggest heist of the last ten centuries—even if that means allying himself with the mysterious, sword-wielding vampire hunter Sledge, aka Rosalind Van Helsing.

Fans who back the new Kickstarter can get digital editions, all four trade paperbacks individually, a signed slipcase featuring forall four trade paperbacks, the acclaimed novella Rosalynd, an audiobook of Rosalynd and limited edition prints by or done in collaboration with three incredible artists: Marvel comics and Kickstarter sensation Takeshi Miyazawa, animator and bandes dessinées artist Rodolphe Guenoden, and superstar illustrator Mel Milton.

The Kickstarter runs until June 28th and the volume is slated for release October 2018.

Stephan Franck’s Silver Kickstarter Gets a Second Comic

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Graphic Policy Team

It’s been over 30 years since Professor Abraham Van Helsing visited Dracula’s castle. Now his descendent, the mysterious vampire hunter Rosalind Van Helsing, is teaming up with a ragtag group of con men for a high stakes heist to rob Europe’s richest vampires. Welcome to the world of Stephan Franck’s Silver, a globe-trotting graphic novel series that mashes up the world of Bram Stoker’s classic novel Dracula with action, adventure, humor, pulp storytelling and modern sensibilities.

Having previously funded the first two volumes of Silver via Kickstarter, Franck and his company Dark Planet Comics has about a week left in its Kickstarter campaign to fund the third volume of Silver and help bring the first two volumes to a wider audience.

Sometimes, a story just wants to be told. It doesn’t care if you have other plans or an already busy schedule. It burns its way through your psyche until you have no choice but to just let it out into the world. And thus, this Kickstarter adds a new wrinkle (or comic in reality), Rosalynd. The graphic novel is a 244-page Hard cover one-shot which dives deeper into the Silver Universe.

Rosalynd is meta fiction not only expanding Franck’s world but also reflecting his family and its history, “wandering Jews” from Bessarabia–the East just beyond the East that Bram Stoker writes about—who fled across Europe.

Rosalynd is available in a couple of ways.

As its own pledge level $22 – Rosalynd (HC)
Part of a new bundle pledge $57 – Rosalynd (HC) + Silver Vol 1,2 & 3 (TPB)
As and add-on at survey time: TO ADD ROSALYND TO AN EXISTING PLEDGE, INCREASE YOUR EXISTING PLEDGE BY 21.99$ AND SELECT ROSALYND AS AN ADD-ON AT SURVEY TIME (additional shipping will apply at survey time–$6 domestic, $25 international

And check out some images below!

Stephan Franck’s Silver Returns!

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Graphic Policy Team

Having previously funded the first two volumes of Silver via Kickstarter, Franck and his company Dark Planet Comics are launching a Kickstarter campaign to fund the third volume of Silver and help bring the first two volumes to a wider audience.

In Silver, a group of cons discover the late Jonathan Harker’s secret ledger, which discloses the existence of an exotic treasure of silver hidden in Dracula’s castle. Finnigan, the group’s leader, may be ethically challenged, but he knows a retirement plan when he sees it. He’s willing to do whatever it takes to pull off the heist of the last ten centuries, even if it means allying with a beautiful, sword wielding vampire hunter…. who just happens to be a descendent of Van Helsing.

If funded through Kickstarter, pledges will be delivered to backers this fall. The Silver Volume 3 Kickstarter campaign is live as of July 10th and runs for 30 days.