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Post by coke & comics on Feb 26, 2016 0:16:48 GMT -5
I'm trying to find a classic sci/fi comic that had been recommended to me, but I can't remember the name of. It would be out-of-print but once in book form, probably '70s or '80s, probably American. But I could be wrong about any or all of that.
I know that's not much to go on, but could people just name some old under-the-radar sci/fi sagas?
Things like Six from Sirius or Nexus or First Kingdom, but preferably even more under-the-radar.
Also I've read all those. I'm looking for something I've never read.
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Post by berkley on Feb 26, 2016 2:45:12 GMT -5
Speaking of Six from Sirius, the Moench and Gulacy team did a couple others that I liked: Slash Maraud and Sci-Spy, though the latter is probably too recent to be the one you're trying to remember.
And of course Gulacy and Don McGregor produced Sabre, one of the earliest independent American GNs back in the late 70s.
Could it have been something from 2000AD? I don't know a lot about it myself but there's a few things I want to try. I can recommend Nikolai Dante, even though I've only read the first volume. Again, that started in the 90s, so probably not the one you have in mind.
There are a few early Alan Moore things I haven't read yet but have managed to track down lately - Halo Jones, for example.
That reminds me - Bryan Talbot: The Adventures of Luther Arkwright is a must-read, if you haven't gotten to it yet, whether or not it's the one you were thinking of.
(edit:) couldn't have been a French BD in translation, by any chance?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2016 3:00:01 GMT -5
There's the Jodo/Moebius stuff-Incal most people know but offshoots of that by Jodo including Technopriests and Metabarons. And the Airtight Garage stuff by Moebius. Berk hit a lot of stuff I would have mentioned too. Do you remember what sub-genre of sci-fi? Time Travel? Space Opera? Military sci-fi? Post-apocalyptic? etc. 2000AD stuff outside Dredd-Robohunter? I read a collected edition of that last year that I came across. Also read some Stainless Steel Rat-same feel but not sure if that was 2000AD or just a Brit import Quality was reprinting. There's a bunch of anthology type sci-fi series-things like Borderlands, Alien Encounters, etc. from Eclipse, Pacific, and publishers of that ilk. Grimjack, Nexus and other stuff from First were sci-fi sagas of a sort too. Science fiction is such a broad field though, so not sure where to go without some narrowing it down. Gil Kane's Blackmark is kind of science fantasy sword and sorcery in a post tech world where the tech (like rockets) is still present to affect the story. There's the whole Helix imprint form DC, Transmet started there before it became Vertigo, but they did a bunch of sci-fi titles there  Marvel had a sci-fi imprint with Open Space too, plus the stuff like Light-Darkness War, St. George and the other Shadowline books, etc. -M |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Feb 26, 2016 3:31:24 GMT -5
Can't vouch for these since I didn't read them. The Publisher Tekno Comix was around for about 3 years in the 1990s. I've seen some trade book collections of their publications. They used ideas from Neil Gaiman, Isaac Asimov and Mickey Spillane among others. Here's a wiki link with their line up en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekno_Comix |
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Post by coke & comics on Feb 26, 2016 3:36:56 GMT -5
There are a few early Alan Moore things I haven't read yet but have managed to track down lately - Halo Jones, for example. (edit:) couldn't have been a French BD in translation, by any chance? Halo Jones is among my favorite comics. I'm open to translated suggestions. |
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Post by coke & comics on Feb 26, 2016 3:38:42 GMT -5
There's the whole Helix imprint form DC, Transmet started there before it became Vertigo, but they did a bunch of sci-fi titles there I think I've only read Transmetropolitan. Any of the other Helix stuff any good? |
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Feb 26, 2016 5:38:03 GMT -5
The Dome had a really good story This was also good :  This had really nice art and quite decent story :  If you like Moorcock, you'll be pleased with that as he wrote it himself and it had quite good art :  This was also quite decent :  This was very beautiful but I guess a little more fantasy like :  This was also real SF and quite well crafted :  Bloody Mary was a little too crazy for my tastes and looked a bit ugly, Cyberella was alright and had quite unusual art for the time, also an original concept I didn't read either Star Corssed, Time Breakers or this :  |
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Feb 26, 2016 5:49:32 GMT -5
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Post by berkley on Feb 26, 2016 12:28:25 GMT -5
I like Enki Bilal's Nikopol Trilogy a lot.
Don't know if Kirby's OMAC has been collected but the back issues shouldn't be expensive.
Chaykin's American Flagg is a classic, of course. I've only read the first 3 or 4 issues, but they were enough to tell me it lives up to its rep.
I feel like I'm hitting all the obvious stuff that Chris has probably already read.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Feb 26, 2016 12:31:47 GMT -5
I definitely remember liking most of the Helix stuff... Star Crossed was fun... Bloody Mary is really good Ennis.. Cyberella you could skip.
I remember liking Vermillion, too but not what it was about.
Nicolai Dante I'd also highly recommend, especially if you like history... the references are great fun.
Hmm.... Gold Key Star Trek? I just read some Astro Boy.. that's really fun. Dreadstar? Killraven? Not under the radar, I suppose.
There was some decent DC stuff that started as back up and graduated into minis... Conquer of the Barren Earth, The Wanderers.. I think there was a couple others.
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Post by tingramretro on Feb 26, 2016 12:40:22 GMT -5
2000AD stuff outside Dredd-Robohunter? I read a collected edition of that last year that I came across. Also read some Stainless Steel Rat-same feel but not sure if that was 2000AD or just a Brit import Quality was reprinting. -M Slippery Jim's adventures were indeed published in 2000 AD. They adapted three of the novels in the early eighties. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Feb 26, 2016 13:29:59 GMT -5
What about DC's Time Warp? It was a dollar comic SF anthology with very nice Mike Kaluta covers. The stories were very pulpish, but as enjoyable in their way as the ones in DC's mystery books. |
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Post by DubipR on Feb 26, 2016 13:34:52 GMT -5
Something a little more modern, I highly recommend Brandon Graham's Prophet from Image. Taking a weak Liefeld property and going crazy with it. It's so good. Planetoid by Ken Garing (also from Image) is very strong. Man survives a rocket crash on a planet where the gravity is too heavy for him to rebuild and leave.
Let's see... Black Science by Rick Remender & Matteo Scalera
I'd also recommend Paul Pope's THB or Heavy Liquid.
Frank Miller's got some classic science fiction: Hard Boiled, The Big Guy & Rusty the Boy Robot,Ronin, the Martha Washington series
Geoff Darrow's Bourbon Theret
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Feb 26, 2016 13:42:01 GMT -5
I definitely remember liking most of the Helix stuff... Star Crossed was fun... Bloody Mary is really good Ennis.. Cyberella you could skip. I remember liking Vermillion, too but not what it was about. Nicolai Dante I'd also highly recommend, especially if you like history... the references are great fun. Hmm.... Gold Key Star Trek? I just read some Astro Boy.. that's really fun. Dreadstar? Killraven? Not under the radar, I suppose. There was some decent DC stuff that started as back up and graduated into minis... Conquer of the Barren Earth, The Wanderers.. I think there was a couple others. All in all, Helix was a highly worthy imprint, wasn't it, no stinker, and mostly real Sci-Fi! I keep hearing many hailing Nikolai Dante, but with hundreds of episodes read through 2000AD, I still find it quite difficult to read (in a boring way, haha), but more than Sci-Fi, this is a dystopian historical drama  Haven't read the ld Astro in a while, but I'm currently reading Pluto from Urasawa, which is a sanctioned sorta sequel to the original series, but in a much more Philip K Dick way, and so far, it's absolutely brilliant, highly recommended! It kinda feels like that TV show, Total Recall 2070, a cross between Total Recall and Blade Runner which had great innovative plots despite cringy acting and limited budget. |
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Feb 26, 2016 13:45:13 GMT -5
Something a little more modern, I highly recommend Brandon Graham's Prophet from Image. Taking a weak Liefeld property and going crazy with it. It's so good. Planetoid by Ken Garing (also from Image) is very strong. Man survives a rocket crash on a planet where the gravity is too heavy for him to rebuild and leave.
Let's see... Black Science by Rick Remender & Matteo Scalera
I'd also recommend Paul Pope's THB or Heavy Liquid.
Frank Miller's got some classic science fiction: Hard Boiled, The Big Guy & Rusty the Boy Robot,Ronin, the Martha Washington series
Geoff Darrow's Bourbon Theret
THB might very well be the best Sci-Fi comic ever, but it's quite difficult to get hold of, I'm still missing towo of the late issues. Black Science is really cool, but it's more of a pulp space opera thing, isn't it? There's a Sci-Fi concept, but it's more of a background then a theme. Prophet probably is the best current sci-Fi comic that tries to expand on the Moebius 80ies vibe. |
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