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Government conspiracies? Exploding space shuttles? Shadowy genetic research? Rampaging muscular demonic alien hybrid mutants complete with horns, fangs and razor-sharp claws? It's all in a day's work for scientist Jeannie Lewis, caught up in a complex tangle of plots involving extraterrestrial invasion and secret military collaborations. A race of god-like space beings have Earth in their sights and plan complete domination of our world and its resources.  Their minions (red-skinned devils on steroids) have created a half-human super warrior as part of their nefarious schemes; the statuesque and ascerbic Lila. Luckily for us, however, Lila has a will of her own - and then some - and has sided with the humans... which is fortunate as the odds are stacked very much against the survival of our species in the face of such a dire threat. Astral Vengeance #2 is the continuation of the explosive Astral saga by writer/producer Jay Magnum and artist Ariel Medel in which an exotic supe

    I'm never gonna be normal, am I? Nope! Sorry, buddy! We've traveled across time and space.  Trust me when I tell you...  Normal kinda sucks.   Desmond Phillips is being disruptive... His classmates want to know why, if he had the surgery, does he still have to SNIFF the paper to read it? He explained that the doctors removed the tumour but his eyesight is still affected.  Chiasm by writer/artist Doug Knight is a semi-autobiographical story. When Doug was six he was diagnosed with cancer; a tumour located in the optic chiasm above the pituitary gland. Chemotherapy reduced the size of the tumour but it had already damaged his optic nerves, drastically limiting his sight. Not to be defeated by this, young Doug defiantly became an avid artist. When he grew up he became a tattoo artist and, more recently, a creator of comics.  All this despite being legally blind! In Chiasm #0 we join Desmond as he returns to school after his operation to try and get back to something resembli

“You mess with one bean … you get the whole burrito!”   School’s out for summer! Stacy and Markus are throwing a ball around on campus as their buddies Vi Tu, Leslie and Sheree pass by. But these are no ordinary college kids. These five young stars are prodigy-level students with a keen fascination for medical nanotechnology. Classes may be finished but for this bunch learning never ends. And that’s not all… When an explosion in one of the science laboratories is followed by the sudden appearance of a huge, demonically ferocious bug-eyed alien monster, it turns out that our heroes are even more exceptional. In the blink of an eye – and with a suitably inspirational call to arms – our brave scholars are transformed into gleaming armour-clad super warriors; ready, willing and more than able to whoop some extraterrestrial butt. So far, so mighty morphin’ … but this is no ordinary comic:  Super Wicked White Cell Squadron # 1 by writer/artist Doug Knight is an homage to everything that hel

  Mars, circa 500 million BCE; the red planet is a brave new world full of life... and death! In Caspian Porter - Part 4: The Battle of Rooster Valley by writer Drew D. Lenhart and artist Juan Fleites, our titular non-heroic protagonist, former cargo freighter pilot and all-round master of disaster, finds himself in the middle of a war zone... of his own making. In the previous issues we learned of the mysterious wormhole above Mars that has sucked in many unsuspecting space travellers from the 21st century and marooned them in the deep past, like a perilous spacetime Sargasso Sea... on a Mars that is covered in lush forests inhabited by carnivorous dinosaurs. Over the years, with very little technology, the survivors have eked out a rustic, tribal civilisation complete with domesticated saurians and archaic weaponry. Two separate camps coexisted more or less peacefully until Porter - having fallen out of the sky after fleeing problems of his own making in the year 2086 - promptly pro

 Cover art:  Adrien Bonilla @adrianBcomics   What does it mean to be human in a world that left humanity behind long ago? Claire is pregnant, and there are complications: the Earth is a radioactive dystopia filled with ferocious mutations and everyone else on the planet is sterile. The tiny miracle inside her has made her a target... Thirty years previously the ozone layer failed and solar radiation flooded the world, killing most living things and transforming the rest into horrific monsters. Worse, fending off the hungry wildlife is only delaying the inevitable; eventually everyone succumbs to the destabilising effects of radiation poisoning. Our heroine lives in an underground town where she works as part of a team called the Relic and Toxx Scavengers (R.A.T.S) who make hazardous visits to the surface to forage for essential supplies. Once her condition is discovered, however, Claire herself becomes an invaluable commodity to be traded... TOXX by writers Evan Carothers and Eric Pal

  Grizzled space veteran and living legend Gritt Grimstone is on board a ship cruising through the solar system. Preparations for a party to celebrate his 104th birthday are underway. A bored little boy seeks diversion... "Don't you have like a bazillion stories or something?"   So begins Gritt Grimstone: Tales From A Far Out Future by writer Drew D. Lenhart and artists Hernan Molina and Rowel Roque, an anthology of tall tales told by the titular protagonist to his young audience of one.   We are in retro/classic sci-fi territory here, with missions to the moons of Jupiter, dodging asteroids and battling grotesque alien villains. It is a light-hearted romp through nostalgic space with several twists and turns along the way. The action-packed escapades are smoothly rendered by the artists with a satisfying balance of the dramatic with the comic. If the tongue-in-cheek adventurous tone feels familiar, you may have read Lenhart's Caspian Porter series, in which expect

  I spoke to Jamie Primack, writer and artist of Tapas series Binary Star. Zaki is a bounty hunter from the planet Anaxis, part of the Intergovernmental Council of the Human Empire. Anaxis is part of the Castores binary star system. The companion star also has an inhabited planet, Hakden-Aio, home to the humanoid Hakden-zarift (or ' snowmen' as they are commonly known). The humans of Anaxis have a long, bitter history of conflict with the snowmen, with atrocities committed by both sides. WATCH THE VIDEO: https://youtu.be/VEzAi9QDop8 ....... JAMIE PRIMACK BINARY STAR: https://tapas.io/series/binarystar REVIEW: https://scificomicnexus.blogspot.com/2021/02/review-binary-star.html Website: http://www.jamieprimack.com Instagram: @jamieprimack - https://www.instagram.com/jamieprimack/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jamie.primack    Zak Webber infinitydragonfly.com scificomicartist@gmail.com Twitter -  @sfcomicartist  Instagram -  @sfcomicartist JOIN US ON FACEBOOK! -  SCI-FI C

  In this issue, Captain Kang McAlmatov and his ragtag crew are finally formed but are declared traitors. As if the Æsynja Empire gunning for them wasn't bad enough, they are now on the run from their former allies. Their ship becomes a lone wolf in outer space. Zak Webber also manages to give a bit more spotlight to one of the antagonists. I can't wait to see this lethal character come face-to-face with McAlmatov or anyone from his crew.     Oliver Francisco  Infinity Dragonfly: Renegade Souls # 4  

  I spoke to Raudric Curtis for his podcast and we talked about science fiction comics, finding and promoting new talent, how to reach our readership, how the sci-fi genre and the comics medium work together so well... LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Royal House Comics Royal House Comics Podcast   Royal House Comics Podcast discusses Indie Comics and book publishing as well as a diverse range of topics in creative content creation. royalhousecomics.com       

    “You know the truth. The universe is unutterably vast and it is made almost completely of darkness. Everything else is just an aberration, an illusion we spin ourselves to try and ignore the reality.” An unexpected attack renders the future of the main protagonists grim, and one of the traitors surfaces, upping the stakes even further. Zak Webber seamlessly injects the conspiracy element in the storyline, making the reading experience doubly exciting and suspenseful. Can't wait to see what happens next.   Oliver Francisco  Infinity Dragonfly: Renegade Souls #3              

  “You’ve been given the most terrifying gift in the universe: freedom.” I’ve read numerous weird robot/android stories, but the android in this story is something new to me. At the end, she literally becomes a renegade soul, which makes the comic title very appropriate. We are also given a back story of Kang, and the awesome skirmish that he engages in brings to mind some of the more exciting Star Trek space battles in the past where captain Kirk defeats a more powerful enemy by thinking outside the box. Will definitely read issue 3 to find out what happens next.   Oliver Francisco      Infinity Dragonfly: Renegade Souls #2      

Star Trek Voyager was my introduction to space operas. From there I went back and watched the original series, TNG and DS9. Then I fell in love with Firefly and, lately, The Orville. All of the foregoing shows have two things in common: space battles and great stories. I’ve always wished though that they’d produce an edgier version of Star Trek. While I yet have to see that come to pass on the small screen, my wish has already been granted via the comic book format by the indie comic called Infinity Dragonfly by Zak Webber. In the first issue, we are introduced to the crew of an old, retrofitted colony ship that’s been modified for interstellar war. What makes this different from the aforementioned shows is that this comic is not afraid to go where others have not gone before. And this being an indie book, it has the potential to be as graphic as it wants to be. The art style is something like if Moebius relied more on computer programs to illustrate his stories. After a few pages,

  Interview with Bill McCormick, writer of sci-fi comics Legends Parallel and Hybrid Zero. Bill has written scripts for several comics and has also published novels, writes blogs and is Assistant Editor for ICC Magazine, the Independent Creator's Connection.   INTERVIEW: https://youtu.be/EZbD7ZcIpN4    Website: https://billmcscifi.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BillMcSciFi/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/billmcscifi Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BillMcSciFi Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bigbadbillmcscifi/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@billmcscifi? LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/international-distribution-ip-development-bill-bill-mccormick REVIEWS: Legends Parallel - https://scificomicnexus.blogspot.com/2020/11/review-legends-parallel.html Hybrid Zero - https://scificomicnexus.blogspot.com/2020/12/review-hybrid-zero.html       Zak Webber infinitydragonfly.com scificomicartist@gmail.com Twitter -  @sfcomicartist  Instagram -  @sfcomicartist JOIN US ON

  https://youtu.be/R2gqC6_Qq3Q I spoke to Pam Harrison, writer and artist of A Deviant Mind, the tale of a woman whose escape pod drifts into range of a orbital medical facility in the Alpha Centauri system. She has no memory of who she is, but it soons becomes apparent that she is far from ordinary... Pam is also the Chief Editor of ICC Magazine, the Independent Creator's Connection. In 2008 she won the Prism award for House of the Muses, her graphic novel based on the life of the poet Sappho. A Deviant Mind: Read online here: http://adeviantmind.com/ or download from Indyplanet: https://www.indyplanet.com/a-deviant-mind-vol-1 Read the review: https://scificomicnexus.blogspot.com/2020/11/review-deviant-mind.html House of the Muses: https://www.amazon.com/House-Muses-Phokaian-Pam-Harrison/dp/0981650007?ref_=ast_sto_dp ICC Magazine: http://independentcreatorsconnection.com/icc-magazine/     Zak Webber infinitydragonfly.com scificomicartist@gmail.com Twitter -  @sfcomicartist  In

  The nightmares continue unabated in the third installment of writer/artist Oliver Francisco's Parched Earth Chronicles anthology series. Human survivors of a world-ravaging apocalypse are pitted against horrific mutations indistinguishable from hell-spawned demons. Stranger brings together the threads from two previous stories as wannabe journeyman Henry and his grandfather hunt down a creature that used to be human until a quest for immortality led to a hideous transformation... Porter part two follows the body horror tale of a man infested with a spectacularly bizarre and destructive parasite... The Mountain (script and art by Jorge) is the story of a man who has also been altered by the wasteland, but who uses his new abilities like a superhero. Adventures of Corben and Ezquerra is the story of a fishing expedition, but the catch of the day is something that will take more than a flick of the wrist to reel in... Intruder (art by Mauro Vargas) is a dog's eye view of a

    Wolf Titan Base, February 20, 2050... Lieutenant Gason is woken by the base computer. It is time to get up and get to work tracking an anomalous signal that has been detected somewhere on the moon... Climbing aboard a trover, accompanied by his robot driver TC, he begins the search. A few kilometres from the base, they pick up the signal. There should be no other people on Titan, so who could be transmitting? They pinpoint the source: a deep, narrow cavern where the trover cannot follow. To investigate further, Gason must suit up and proceed on foot through the hostile atmosphere of Saturn's moon. It could be the discovery of the century... or something he never could have imagined. In The Signal by writer/artist Pizo Meyer, one man's venture into the unknown takes a turn for the bizarre. Meyer's rough-hewn style, with a restrained palette of cold blues, creates the chilling atmosphere of an unsettling dream. There are shades of 2001 in this mystery, wit

  In Digital issue 3 by writers Rich Watkin and Zaky Hnana and artist Alex Paterson, the saga of three refugees from an Earth overrun by robots continues. Having discovered a child stowaway on the spacecraft they stole, they then had to make an emergency landing on an unknown planet in order to make repairs. Bear, Noose and Aisha venture out with their new addition, young Eve. The planet is life-bearing, including some cute, cuddly pink, six-eyed tiger cubs... but there are other inhabitants also, who may not be quite so charming. Will the natives turn out to be friendly? Or have our hapless heroes jumped out of a fearsome frying pan and into a ferocious fire? New artist Paterson carries the baton from Flaviu Pop, who drew the previous issues, and manages to keep a consistent look. The reader has no trouble recognising the characters and the change of style is not at all jarring. Paterson's linework is a little softer but with no loss of dramatic impact. Back on Earth, the escape

 Dommie loves you .   Who is Dommie? That would be Dominaytra, also known as 'Big Sister', head of the Global Freedom Authority. As the GFA is the world government, she is effectively the ruler of the planet. Her statues are everywhere, but the woman herself is elusive. Does she even exist, or is she just a symbol, a personification of the totalitarian regime that controls the populace? Rammur does not give it much thought, to be honest. All he really cares about is his work. He is a professional thief, aided in his exploits by his 'fusion rig', a wearable contraption incorporating wrist blasters and jet boots.  Being able to fly is a definite plus when it comes to being a career criminal. In this brave new dystopia, however, the police are also airborne. Not only that, but being robots ('Ruptors') they are ruthlessly efficient. In Rammur by writer Charles Santino and artists Paulo Peres, Andrew Wendel and Joe Stanton, the emphasis is on action right from the b