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Any fans of sci-fi comics here? East of West was such a cool world to delve into. (files.catbox.moe)
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page from East of West #11

Hickman and Dragotta reunited soon after their phenomenal Fantastic Four run to give us this Sci-Fi Western set in a alternate reality fractured dystopian United States where the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are the world's only hope. It's honestly just such a cool world to dive into and learn about.

Would recommend to sci-fi fans, comic fans, and those that just love world building.

A few of the major powers in the world:

The Union
The Endless Nation
The Kingdom
The People's Republic of America

pages from East of West: The World

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[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Anyone with a fucking robot balloon is to be taken super seriously

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Yes, I made a post about comics too! Most of my bookshelf is graphic novels.

I love East of West. Apocalyptic western horror with some of the best art in any series.

Black Science

Atomic Robo

Paper Girls

Transmetropolitan

Saga

And not sci fi but

Monstress

Sandman

Lucifer

Darkness Visible

The Highest House

Lazarus

Are all so good.

[–] Riker_Maneuver@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Atomic Robo! Not enough people talk about Atomic Robo.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Oh my God, I think it's in the free comic book day book, where Dr. Dinosaur is at the gun show, has to be one of my favorite pages of any comic ever.

[–] pezhore@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago

Love me some Atomic Robo. I've been a fan of Brian Clevinger since the days of 8-Bit Theater.

One of my biggest scores was an original inked comic page from Savage Sword of Doctor Dinosaur.

[–] steakmeout@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

Transmetropolitan remains my favourite by far. It's just so...chewy. It reminds me of 2000AD Dredd - panels overflowing with incidental details that show the city is alive. Spider is unrelenting and unrepresented.

[–] rektdeckard@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Excellent art/world and pretty compelling story. Almost everything from Image Comics is really top quality. Recently read ODY-C and working my way through the Low series. Can't recommend enough.

[–] DLSchichtl@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Now THIS looks like my jam. As someone who is only marginally knowledgeable about comics, can anyone recommend stuff in this vein?

[–] Riker_Maneuver@startrek.website 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

To name a few other sci-fi ones: Saga, Low, Black Science, and if you love pulpy sci-fi there is also Fear Agent. They have some really cool art too.

From Black Science #1:

Edit: Oh, also want to shill James Stokoe's Aliens: Dead Orbit just because I'm in love with the art in everything he does.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I really enjoyed Black Science and did like Low.

[–] Ace0fBlades@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The character design of the (aliens?) reminds me of something I'd see in The Fifth Element!

[–] Riker_Maneuver@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

Now that you mention it, it does give off those 5th Element vibes. Though, The Endless Nation is actually comprised of Native Americans, so it's the complete opposite of aliens in both the extraterrestrial sense and the immigrant sense.

No one really knows what went down, but at some point they went into isolation for a considerable time, then emerged as a technological superpower. As the comic puts it:

There is no record of the internal revolution which resulted in the Machine State, only the oral history of cast-out believers who now reside in the dead country. One day there was no Machine State, and then the next there was.

[–] wingsfortheirsmiles@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Hickman is one of my favourite writers, easily!

1st: Black Monday Murders (not sci fi but so so good, I love occult stuff like this)

2nd: Decorum

4th=: Manhatten Projects and East of West

Given the success of Oppenheimer I'm surprised Manhattan Projects isn't getting more love. I'd love a second volume of Decorum but you have to be patient with Hickman haha

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Black Monday Murders is great - Mammon is my wallpaper at work, lol. But it needs more, sort of dropped off in the middle!

[–] TheAmishMan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The comic itself certainly has some flaws. But the world, the history, the art, and the mythos were so compelling

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I loved the worldbuilding, but fell off pretty quickly when I realized the characters weren't going to get interesting.

[–] TheAmishMan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The lore behind the characters i really enjoyed, and a few characters I thought were interesting enough. Its a world Id love to read a really fleshed out wikipedia site on

[–] DaSaw@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

I'm not exactly a "fan", but I remember years ago really enjoying a brief comic run called "Gene Roddenberry's 'Lost Universe'", published under an almost equally brief label called "Tekno Comic". I was really disappointed when they went under.

[–] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Does the IDW run of Transformers count? One of my favorites by far.

[–] Kryten@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think this was the first series I finished front to back. Got me into comics that had a finite length, unlike a lot of super hero comics.

[–] Riker_Maneuver@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yeah, luckily, around the time I started to burn out on the endless events and reboots in Marvel and DC was when I feel like Image Comics really hit its stride. I wanna say early to mid 2010s(?) they really started branching out/expanding in what they published, and finding recognition and success—well, as much as comics can expect—for it.

[–] Kryten@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah! Saga, Invincible, The wicked + The divine, paper girls…

So many more that I still need to read. Montress, Deadly class, chew, rat queens, the department of truth, kick-ass…

[–] Senex@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

Man, I loved Descender and Ascender. Beautifully drawn & great story!

[–] Senex@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

Most of the stuff I read is from Image Comics. I too have the Marvel/Dc burnout.

[–] BaroqueInMind@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Holy shit thank you for posting this! I just found out about this from you and found part 1 in my local library and this shit slaps hard as fuck. Thank you so much!

[–] Tigbitties@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Try Descender and if you haven't, try Saga.

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Never read that one, but I definitely enjoyed Transmetropolitan