Hey, superhero fans! The comics industry might be in a bit of turmoil right now, but available today is the premiere issue of a new series from indie publisher Oniric Comics: Sideral, The Last Earthman—and I’m involved with it!
Created by plotter/artist/Oniric president Chris Malgrain (my artistic collaborator on the 2005 Stan Lee comic project Stan Lee’s Alexa), Sideral is about a scientist who makes an astounding breakthrough guaranteed to change the world—just in time for the world to be destroyed when nuclear war breaks out. Caught in a unique combination of radiation and genetic transformation triggered by his experiments, as Earth’s lone survivor he becomes the cosmic entity called Sideral, and sets out to find some meaning to his existence among the stars.
As for why I’m mentioning it here at the SWC blog, it’s because I’m the series’ scripter, working from Chris’s notes and final art. With Chris on art and plot, and me writing the dialogue and captions, you couldn’t find a more Marvel-style collaboration outside the halls of the House of Ideas itself!
Sideral: The Last Earthman #1 is available for $3.99 in print or FREE as a digital download from Oniric Comics through its product page at printer/distributor IndyPlanet. Due to the pandemic, IndyPlanet won’t be shipping comics until the all clear is given, but you can download the digital version right now. If you’re into “cosmic” superheroes like Marvel’s Silver Surfer and Captain Marvel, then Sideral is definitely worth checking out!
