Humanoids has introduced Jerry Frissen and Roberto Zaghi’s Star-Crossed, a brand new authentic scifi graphic novel for February 2024. A near-future story, Star-Crossed depicts first contact between Earth and one other civilisation…and the primary romance to happen between the 2 species.
The synopsis:
“The daybreak of a brand new period for humanity has arrived. First contact has been made with a sophisticated alien species generally known as the Eo’Tarx, and the 2 civilizations start the trail towards understanding. CIA linguist Danko Orton is dispatched, tasked with learning communication with the Eo’Tarx alongside his alien counterpart No’mi.
“But their work is quickly disrupted when it becomes clear that the two are attracted to one another, despite all barriers and obstacles. Will No’mi and Danko’s blossoming love compromise everything they’ve been working to build between their species?”
Writer and co-creator Jerry Frissen explains his curiosity in the premise:
“I’ve always wondered what would happen if humans encountered an advanced extraterrestrial civilization. Would there be hate and fear of the unknown? Or would we discover that love and intimacy are universal languages that cross all barriers? Star-Crossed is a sci fi thriller that grapples with those questions by showing the best and worst of humanity, along with some moments that even managed to surprise me as I was writing them.”
Frissen is a Belgian-born American author generally related for his work with Humanoids – he wrote and co-created the Lucha Libre anthology sequence with varied artists; World War X with Peter Snejberg; The Fire of Thesus with Francesco Trifogli; Exo with Philippe Scoffoni; and The Zombies That Ate The World with Guy Davis. He most not too long ago has been writing Alejandro Jodorowsky‘s ongoing Metabaron spinoff sequence, the newest quantity – The Metabaron Book 4: The Bastard & The Proto-Guardianess with artist Pete Woods – launched in English in March 2023.
Roberto Zaghi is an Italian artist that constructed his identify up in the Nineties with publishing home Sergio Bonelli. He has expanded into the French bande dessinée market, serving as artist on the latest volumes in the continued sequence Thomas Silane (with writers Patrice Buendia and Philippe Chanoinat) and Tramp (with sequence author Jean-Charles Kraehn). His English language debut was with the Humanoids translation of Makhno: Ukrainian Freedom Fighter for his or her Life Drawn imprint in 2022; written by Philippe Thirault and translated by Nanette McGuinness. It was initially printed in two volumes in France, one in 2019 and one in 2020. Star-Crossed – to be printed as Attraction in France October 2023 – shall be Zaghi’s second work accessible in English.
Check out some pattern pages from the ebook beneath:
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