Already available in French, the English language edition of Eden, a powerful and beautifully rendered SF graphic novel from writers Alain Bismut, Abel Ferry, Christopher Sebela and artist Marc Laming, is published by Humanoids on 11th April.
Desperate to escape a dying Earth, a family schemes their way onto a spaceship headed towards a new planet, Eden. But shortly after they take off, they discover a terrifying truth!
The world is dying. Governments and the environment alike crumble, and the populace take drastic measures to stay alive. Their only hope is Eden, a newly discovered planet unspoiled by the choices of man. Massive spaceships begin to shuttle millions of lucky people to the safety of Eden, chosen by lottery.
The Oximenko family has survived for years through scavenging. When a neighbouring family wins the Eden lottery, Gabe Oximenko hatches a plan to swap out his family with the winners. Everything is going according to plan until they are shocked out of cryosleep and learn the truth of their journey.
Now, the family must once again fight for survival, but this time an entire transport ship is looking to make sure they never make it to Eden… or anywhere else!
Christopher Sebela is a four-time Eisner-nominated writer who has co-created over twenty comics titles such as Foulbrood, Godfell, Blink, .Self, Crowded, Shanghai Red, Dirtbag Rapture, Heartthrob, We(l)come Back and others. He also writes journalism, prose fiction and assembles zines while living in Portland, Oregon with the best dog in the world and dreaming of one day living on a boat.
Marc Laming is comic book artist and illustrator living in the United Kingdom. He came to prominence in the early 2000s while working exclusively at DC/Vertigo on Howard Chaykin & David Tischman’s critically-acclaimed title American Century. Since then, Marc has gone on to work at almost every major American comics publisher drawing titles for Marvel, DC/Vertigo, Valiant, Ubisoft, IDW, Dark Horse, Image Comics, Dynamite, BOOM!, and Humanoids! He is best known now for his work on Marvel Comics’ Star Wars line of comics.
• Eden by Alain Bismut, Abel Ferry, Christopher Sebela and artist Marc Laming is available to preorder now (AmazonUK Affiliate Link) | 136 pages | ISBN: 9781643378725
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Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.
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