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Topic: Station (graphic novel by Johanna Stokes)
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Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-18-2009 05:06 PM
Station, a graphic novel by Johanna Stokes and illustrator Leno Carvalho, is set aboard the International Space Station. The International Space Station -- the crowning achievement of mankind's space program, assembled and maintained by the governments of the world's five greatest superpowers... and the site of the ultimate locked-room mystery as one of seven astronauts aboard has targeted the others for death! According to Cory Doctorow with Boing Boing, "Station" meets and exceeds Boom! comics' normal high standard for graphic novels. Writer Johanna Stokes and illustrator Leno Carvalho turn the screws on the dramatic tension on every page, leaving you to figure out who killed the Russian scientist on EVA -- the American space-tourist? The visiting Italian and Japanese astronauts? Or was it one of the Russians or Americans on-board? And who keeps sabotaging the life-support?Stokes is a writer on the Sci-Fi Channel's show EUREKA, and she plots like a TV drama writer -- lots of twists and turns, snappy dialog and quick, deft characterization. Carvalho's art complements the writing nicely, skipping from an expressive, impressionistic to a highly detailed hyperrealism that captures both the claustrophobia of the ISS and the terrifying vastness of space. |
cspg Member Posts: 6210 From: Geneva, Switzerland Registered: May 2006
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posted 03-19-2009 12:56 AM
Looks cool! Time to dive deeply into US comics (as opposed to European-based format)? Chris. |
KSCartist Member Posts: 2896 From: Titusville, FL USA Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 03-19-2009 07:42 AM
When/where will this be available?Tim |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-19-2009 07:45 AM
It is available now; the first link above ("Station") leads to Amazon. | |
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