Planetoid Discussion

[HellsRider]

So the other new Image book to release this month released this week in Planetoid #1, a five issue miniseries written and drawn by Ken Garing.

I gotta say this book came out at the right time for me. I wanted to get into the sci-fi stuff that Image has been doing so well with both Saga and the Manhattan Projects, but I couldn't commit to an ongoing (especially with Manhattan Projects as I tend to feel that Hickman's work reads best in trades), but a mini series such as this really catches my attention especially when its done really well as is the case here.

We open the issue with Silas crash landing on this junk planet and for a good part of this issue we are exploring the planet with Silas seeing junk and refineries all over making it quite the cold planet. Silas does talk to a computer that provides him with information with the things that Silas has on him as well as small bits of intel on the planet. A day passes and we have our action scene of the issue with the big snake like machine monster and its a good battle. Without much dialog, the battle moves really well and despite Silas having a helmet on for most of it we can tell what he is feeling. Soon after that, Silas encounters another human and they get to his home. Here we learn more about the planet, a very small bit of politics, and we get to know more about Silas. By the end, we get the understanding that its going to be quite difficult to get off the planet, but Silas has struggled before for his freedom and he's bound to go there again.

All in all, I came away very much liking this first issue and can see myself being here for the whole mini. The art is great and Ken has a really great understanding of when to just let the art tell the story and suck us into the exploration and when to use dialog in an effective manner to let us in to this planet and the life of Silas without it coming off too heavy. We know enough for now about the situation and we'll know more in the coming issues where their is plenty of time to let us in more to the life of Silas, this planet, and bring in more of the politics with the Ono Mao. Also $3 for 32 pages with 0 ads until the back cover front and back is pretty awesome! Can't wait till issue 2 and I hope others had a chance to pick this up.

[Johnny P. Sartre]

Another fantastic Sci-Fi release by Image. Great setup, great art, great world, great everything! Fucking Euro as hell

Right now, Image is putting out fantastic sci-fi titles; Saga, Manhattan, Debris (coming out soon), Prophet, and others I'm forgetting

[LeoFLJ]

Planetoid is good. Garing is beast for doing everything himself. It's such an interesting idea, and one I look forward to diving a little deeper into with the upcoming issues.

[Dark-Flux]

Just finished it and quite enjoyed it.
The art was really nice, the heavy inking style worked really well and the limited palette created a very atmospheric look.
Story was a bit standard sci-fi but im hoping itll develop into something a bit more complex.
Though i did think the ambient story stuff at the beginning worked really well. Reminded me a lot of Prophet.
Ill be back for #2.

[Rory426]

Really liked this start. 9/10 easily. Can't wait to see what happens next.

[cphilli]

I'll agree with everything stated here. I thought it was a great sci-fi story and I was a bit surprised with the amount of conversation we got. I was a little worried there would be a lot of non conversation panels but I think the story moved at a great pace and I never felt like any of the panels were wasted. Really looking forward to issue #2.

[xspork]

Excited for this series.

[havok1977]

I read my copy last night and I loved it, kinda reminded me of the movie Soldier with Kurt Russell from back in the 90s, the setting is similar at least even if the nature of the main character is quite different. Looking forward to the rest of the series.

[Judge-Sergeant-Marron]

Absolutely amazing art, really nicely-envisioned mecha-planet with echoes of 80s cyberpunk manga. Would love to see Ken on an issue of Prophet at some point.

[kaif]

Like many others, I think the art is what put this over the top. The story doesn't break any new grounds, but it was visually stunning.

[Trolloc]

Hmm. I skipped out on this...may have to drop a Marvel titles and replace it with this.

[sonicx1977]

Just read it and thought it was great. I like everything in that book. Just great, cant wait for Number 2.

[HellsRider]

Issue 2 is coming out this week and a preview actually came out back in April for it and it comes to us from iFanboy. So for those that missed that I have linked to it below:

Planetoid #2 Preview

Planetoid #2 comes out this Wednesday, July 11th.

[cphilli]

Issue 2 is coming out this week and a preview actually came out back in April for it and it comes to us from iFanboy. So for those that missed that I have linked to it below:

Planetoid #2 Preview

Planetoid #2 comes out this Wednesday, July 11th.

Looks great! Very interested to see how this fits into the story but the preview got me stoked for next weeks issue.

[Parch]

First issue does steal some classic sci-fi ideas, but I thought it was great. I'm looking forward to see how this progresses.