Man Against Machine in Planetoid

The answer to the age old battle question of man vs. machine may not be answered anytime in the near future (spoilers: I'm pretty sure it will be machine), but that's not going to stop Image Comics. They're publishing a brand new, five-issue series called Planetoid, created by Ken Garing.

In it, Silas is a hardened space smuggler, jaded by tragedy and hard labor. That all comes in handy once his ship crashes on a living, metal planet. A metal planet with its own intelligence and agenda.

"The world of Planetoid is that of a vast, abandoned industrial landscape," said Garing. "The story, however, will revolve around the efforts of the planetoid's inhabitants as they struggle together against extraordinary odds in the hope of building something new out of the devastation."

What's interesting about the book is Garing's use of color palette. The palette of the painted interiors will contrast the combatants, with "the occasional splash of human blood amidst the monochromatic grays and rusts of the planetoid."

Planetoid #1 was exlusively digital on Graphicly, but will now appear in print on June 13. The 32-pager will be just that, a pure 32-pages with no ads for $2.99.

Full press release below.

SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST IN PLANETOID
New Image Comics series pits man against machine in June

Silas is a hardened space smuggler, calloused by tragedy and grueling labor — but when, in the new Image Comics series PLANETOID by Ken Garing, his ship crashes on a living, metal planet, it will take all of his experience and resources to survive.

Garing's five-issue series is a grim vision of a desolate industrial landscape. The titular planetoid, a sphere of discarded wreckage and machinery, has its own intelligence — and its own mandate to survive, at the cost of the few humans who have also found themselves stranded on its surface. These people form the core of PLANETOID's story.

"The world of Planetoid is that of a vast, abandoned industrial landscape," said Garing. "The story, however, will revolve around the efforts of the planetoid's inhabitants as they struggle together against extraordinary odds in the hope of building something new out of the devastation."

Garing pits man against machine in a primal struggle, using the color palette of his painted interiors to contrast the combatants — the occasional splash of human blood amidst the monochromatic grays and rusts of the planetoid.

The first issue of PLANETOID was an exclusive digital comic on Graphicly, but now will appear in print under the Image Comics banner on June 13. PLANETOID #1 (APR120419) is available for pre-order in the April issue of Previews. Each full-color monthly issue will be 32 pages long, with no ads, for $2.99.

"Ken Garing is off to a spectacular start with this bit of survivalist SF. This is just an introduction to the ruinous, dystopian world of Planetoid, and I’m eager to see what horrors yet remain in its crevices. Highly recommended." — iFanboy