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Humanity has spread amongst the stars, finding new worlds, new friends and a new frontier, but also new enemies. In the aftermath of the Great Galactic War thousands of civilisations, human and alien alike, were left decimated. Chaos reigns in the galaxy. The Q'Bi system, Alliance space: a small starship drops out of hyperspace after making a random jump. Princess Ariesa of Natal is fleeing a fleet of the fearsome Watu Mutilons. Before she can initiate the next jump, however, her enemies are upon her and open fire. Her engines damaged, she is forced to make an emergency landing on the planet below... and hope that it can offer her sanctuary. Q'Bi 4 is home to ten million people; a technologically advanced civilisation. Ariesa crashes in the city Ch'Yuli but emerges from the wreckage unscathed... It seems Natali princesses are made of some pretty stern stuff! The Watu Mutilons despatch Raptors: armoured troopers diving from orbit towards their quarry. Here the gold-skinned p...

Welcome to a future in which violent criminals have a third option besides prison or execution: Absolution . You like killing people? Cool. We'll install a camera in your eye with an uplink and send you out to assassinate some sleazeball kingpin.  The whole thing will he livestreamed and the public will vote on your performance. Pundits will critique your style and technique. Your ratings will determine your fate: reach the minimum Absolution score within one month or surgically implanted explosives in your body will automatically detonate... Nina Ryan was a young woman with deep-seated anger management issues. After a short, brutal career as a hitwoman she is arrested and sentenced to death ... until a medical scan reveals a neurological basis for her homicidal tendencies. This mitigating circumstance offers her the chance to escape punishment by becoming a rather unique breed of social media star. To stay alive, all she has to do is keep on doing what she is good at ... killing. ...

As interplanetary war threatens the Perseid system, a scientist ventures to the far reaches of space in her search for the truth: is humanity the master of its own fate, or is destiny truly inescapable?  The Republic and the Hegemony are gearing up for war. Tertia, Oracle of the Ordana, can forsee it. She is one of only two surviving clones from a batch of eight, engineered to provide guidance to the Ordana religious institution in the Perseid system. But that is not all she sees... some unseen force is disturbing the flow of mana - the source of  magic - through the ley lines of the star system.  These visions of madness destroyed six of her clone sisters... The other survivor is Octavia, who does not have 'the Sight' and instead works as a lone scientist, investigating the physical basis of the mana .  A stranger seeks her out, a man called Sebastian who hopes that she can answer a question that troubles him very deeply... the question of what he is. He wears a "g...

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE VIDEO I spoke to Harrison Prime, young writer and artist, creator of science fiction comics Meta 6 and The Gold Bullet, who is based in Lagos, Nigeria. We discussed the African comic scene, how culture, politics and diversity come into play, and how technology is shaping our world. An artist always creates work that is deeply personal, and especially so in Harrison's case. What does the future hold for the comics scene in Africa, and the world? ....... You can read Meta 6 issues 1 & 2, and The Gold Bullet issues 1 & 2 FREE on the Cosmic Land Studios website: http://cosmiclandstudios.com Follow Harrison on Instagram: @harrison_prime Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/harry.hjosephat ....... SCI-FI COMIC NEXUS: Blog: https://scificomicnexus.blogspot.com Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/801474813951393 This group is for for people who love science fiction comics - those who read them and those who make them! Starships, planets, aliens, robots......

"Who do you think is in control? On the one hand it's a free world. We all make our own choices. Be whatever you want, right? But we're also shaped by our genetics. Our imposing parents. Our persuasive friends. "Our education, our politics, our religion. Our whole lives. Influenced. Branded. Brainwashed.  "And now the newest participant to code our minds ... social media. Our own devices plotting against us. Technology telling us what to do.  "So I'll ask you again. Are we really making our own choices, or are they being made for us?" Mind control.  You can probably imagine lots of disturbing things in this universe... Bug-eyed monsters with huge claws. Killer robots. A fiery meteorite aimed right at you and your city, promising obliteration... But: mind control . The absolute loss of your free will, your entire decision-making ability. To be turned into the proverbial meat puppet, the theft of control over your brain and body... That is a chill tha...