Written by Bianca Alu-Marr and illustrated me, Xeric Award Winner and Gene Day Memorial Prize-Winner Steve Peters, The Comicverse is an award-winning sci-fi humor series about a comic book shop in a mall in a space space station.
The Comicverse #1 features four self-contained short stories. The first story is an introduction to the characters and the space station the futuristic comic shop is in. Rei the shop owner has that classic comic book argument with a customer: which two famous Earth comic book characters (Aquaman and the Human Torch) would win in a fight. Meanwhile, Ying the dragon, Rei's adopted brother, dreams about rainbows that rain and fighting with fire. Aki the cargo pilot is introduced when she comes to the shop in the middle of a blackout caused by a solar storm, and Rei and Ying fall in love. A more surreal story follows Rei, Ying and Aki’s dreams, which all seem to be intertwined with one another due to interference by strange subatomic aliens. A final a story set at a robot convention in the space mall finds Rei and Ying are trying to drum up business for the shop, and things go awry when Ying decides to explore on his own and gets into a fight with a robot dragon over a beautiful woman.
The Comicverse is a fun romp that is filled with pop culture references to various sci-fi and comic book series.
The Comicverse #1, published by Awakening Comics, August 2011.
Black and white, 24 pages. $4.00
REVIEWS OF THE COMICVERSE:
" 'The Comicverse' is a lighthearted look at a comic book shop located on a space station, along with its customers and employees. The first issue was fun and opens the door for several story possibilities."
---The Comics Buyer's Guide, May 2012 Issue
"...'The Comicverse'. A humorous science–fiction comic. I thought it was pretty funny."
---Phil Foglio
"It's truly one of the most original comics out there!"
---Chris Galvan, Secret Identity Comics
"This is AMAZING! Thank you so much for capturing the spirit of Mission Log in your awesome comic [Subspace Chatter]!"
---John Champion, Mission Log Podcast
"Steve is the Man! We've been friends and I've been a fan, since we were in school at UArts waaaaaay back when. Always inspired by his creativity, hard work and dedication to the craft."
---Eric Battle, artist for DC and Marvel
"My people Bianca Alu-Marr and Steve Peters have been putting out quality #creatorowned #Comics for some time now (Awakening Comics celebrates its 20th year anniversary this year) and I think I've known Steve almost as long, beginning with doing some panels in his SPARKY narrative corpse comics. Fast forward to the present, where I recently was fortunate enough to table near them at a con and got caught up on a bunch of issues I missed. Great work! Go support!"
---Jamar Nicholas, Leon: Protector of the Playground
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