Habitat

by Simon Roy, Simon Roy (Artist)

Overview

All his life, Hank Cho wanted to join the ranks of the Habsec - the rulers of the orbital habitat his people call home. But when he finds a powerful, forbidden weapon from the deep past, a single moment of violence sets his life - and the brutal society of the habitat - into upheaval. Hunted by the cannibalistic Habsec and sheltered by former enemies, Cho finds himself caught within a civil war that threatens to destroy his world.

A new barbarian sci-fi adventure from SIMON ROY (Prophet, Jan's Atomic Heart, Tiger Lung). Collecting installments originally serialized in ISLAND MAGAZINE issues 2, 5, and 8.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781632158857
Publisher:	Image Comics
Publication date:	11/01/2016
Pages:	96
Sales rank:	587,502
Product dimensions:	(w) x (h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	16 - 18 Years

About the Author

Wayward son of Vancouver Island, Simon Roy a comics artist, illustrator, and writer best known for working on books like PROPHET, Tiger Lung, HABITAT, THE FIELD, and JAN'S ATOMIC HEART.

He has worked with publishers and clients like Dark Horse, Image Comics, Dreamworks, and more!

Wayward son of Vancouver Island, Simon Roy a comics artist, illustrator, and writer best known for working on books like PROPHET, Tiger Lung, HABITAT, THE FIELD, and JAN'S ATOMIC HEART.

He has worked with publishers and clients like Dark Horse, Image Comics, Dreamworks, and more!

Editorial Reviews

★ 12/12/2016
First serialized in Image’s anthology comic Island, this unpredictable science-fiction adventure is long on imagination, if short on plot and character development. In a vast interstellar spaceship, something has gone very wrong. Generations ago, an accident destroyed key systems and the ship’s security guards seized control. Now the original crew’s descendants have devolved into a barely functioning feudal system, clambering among the overgrown ruins of their ancestors’ enormous machines. Hank Cho has worked his way up from the cannibalistic peasantry to an elite security team when he stumbles into a revolutionary movement to save the Habitat from collapse. With a spectacular European-influenced art style that recalls classic Heavy Metal illustrators Moebius and Geoff Darrow, Roy (Tiger Lung) draws intricate, eye-popping environments; the upswept “horizon” of the ring-shaped ship is particularly amazing to look at. The hurried story doesn’t have much time to develop, nor do the hard-bitten characters, but this guy can really draw. (Nov.)

Publishers Weekly

LIBRARY JOURNAL (STARRED) — Hank Cho is a newly minted security officer aboard a roughly planet-sized, damaged, and abandoned space station marred by constant war among the tribe-like descendants of the original crew. He discovers some ancient and forbidden technology and is thrust into a sprawling escapade that just might decide the fate of society. Will his discovery doom the station to apocalyptic war, or could this be the first step in the station's reunion with the rest of humankind? Featuring bloody battle scenes, political intrigue, and plenty of giant robots, writer and illustrator Roy (Prophet) has crafted a tale that, while short, easily stands beside the best space opera and sf of the last decade while maintaining a sensibility and aesthetic that fans of edgier, more independent comics will love. Originally serialized in the Image anthology Island issues 2, 5, and 8, collected here for the first time. VERDICT An immensely enjoyable and essential survival tale that fans of visceral action, tales of dystopian futures, sf, and independent comics are sure to embrace.

From the Publisher

★ 02/01/2017
Hank Cho is a newly minted security officer aboard a roughly planet-sized, damaged, and abandoned space station marred by constant war among the tribe-like descendants of the original crew. He discovers some ancient and forbidden technology and is thrust into a sprawling escapade that just might decide the fate of society. Will his discovery doom the station to apocalyptic war, or could this be the first step in the station's reunion with the rest of humankind? Featuring bloody battle scenes, political intrigue, and plenty of giant robots, writer and illustrator Roy (Prophet) has crafted a tale that, while short, easily stands beside the best space opera and sf of the last decade while maintaining a sensibility and aesthetic that fans of edgier, more independent comics will love. Originally serialized in the Image anthology Island issues 2, 5, and 8, collected here for the first time. VERDICT An immensely enjoyable and essential survival tale that fans of visceral action, tales of dystopian futures, sf, and independent comics are sure to embrace.—TB

Library Journal