Science Fiction Comics

[your father is]

Seems like there's something of a mini renaissance, what with Remender's excellent Fear Agent, Casey's Godland, and Niles and Jane's Bad Planet coming up. I also liked Adam Strange and Space Ghost at DC.

So, what do people think of what's out there right now, and what else should I be reading?

 

[Richards]

I'm not up on my current science fiction comics, but if you feel like hitting the back-issue bins, I was always fond of John Carter, Warlord of Mars and Killraven (based on H. G. Wells' "War of the Worlds").

Johnathan

 

[Klaus]

On the theme of old comics:

Alien Legion - It's kinda like the roman legions, but made up mostly by aliens, and it's in space! If only it had monkeys, dinosaurs, pirates and ninja, it'd be perfect!

Gilgamesh II - A graphic novel I read when I was 14, and thought it was very cool.

Camelot 3000 - It's the year 3000, and Earth is being invaded by aliens. Surely, it is also England's darkest hour, so The Once And Future King makes a comeback. King Arthur with Excalibur and a laser pistol!

 

[Viking Bastard]

Anything by Warren Ellis.

He's kinda the go-to guy for sci-fi, currently.

 

[RichCsigs]

Gotta put my vote in for Nexus! Awsome book.

 

[WayneLigon]

Runners
Serenity, of course. (Dark Horse also has some excellent Star Wars comics)
Planetary
Planetes

 

[your father is]

Anything by Warren Ellis.

He's kinda the go-to guy for sci-fi, currently.

Actually, he's about to becoma a barbarian kinda guy, but yeah, his sci-fi stuff is great. I just finished reading Ocean.

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

It's a webcomic, but Schlock Mercenary is surprisingly good sci-fi (in addition to being darned funny).

 

[Villano]

I'm not up on my current science fiction comics, but if you feel like hitting the back-issue bins, I was always fond of John Carter, Warlord of Mars and Killraven (based on H. G. Wells' "War of the Worlds").

Johnathan

You don't need to look in the back issue bins for Killraven. It's being released as an "Essential". Volume 1 is out now (I have no idea how long the series ran, so I don't know if there's going to be a Vol. 2).

Dark Hose also had a John Carter of Mars mini-series in the '90s. It might have been a cross-over with their (excellent) Tarzan series.

 

[your father is]

Dark Hose also had a John Carter of Mars mini-series in the '90s. It might have been a cross-over with their (excellent) Tarzan series.

I didn't know that! I'll start looking around for it.