Outpost Zero #1

Outpost Zero #1

by Sean McKeever, Alexandre Tefenkgi (Artist), Jean-François Beaulieu (Artist)

Welcome to Outpost Zero, the smallest town in the universe. The people there work the land, go to the fights every Friday night, and tuck their children into bed—but the Outpost is no place for dreams or aspirations. To survive is ambitious enough. As Alea and her friends graduate to adulthood on a frozen world never meant to support human life, something stirs. Something sees… Explore the mysteries and wonder of the Frost in this oversized debut issue by Eisner-winning writer SEAN KELLEY McKEEVER, artist ALEXANDRE TEFENKGI, and colorist JEAN-FRANCOIS BEAULIEU.

Genres: Comics, Science Fiction, Graphic Novels, Fiction, Comics Manga, Graphic Novels Comics

47 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 11, 2018

About the author

After writing indie comics (such as the ensemble teen-drama The Waiting Place) for six years, Sean got his big break writing an issue of The Incredible Hulk for Marvel Comics in 2001. Since then, Sean has written hundreds of comics for Marvel, DC Comics and other publishers, including notable runs on Sentinel, Inhumans, Mystique, Marvel Adventures Spider-Man, Gravity, Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane, Birds of Prey and Teen Titans.

Best known for delivering introspective, character-driven work, Sean also wrote several weeks of the Funky Winkerbean syndicated comic strip, much of which has been reprinted in the celebrated collection, Lisa's story: the other shoe.

In 2005, Sean won the Eisner Award for Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition.

Sean continues to write comic books; he also writes for the videogame and animation industries.

Reviews

[Valéria. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting.

[Shorouk A · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wanted to start the year with an easy read so I picked this . I didn't like the art style but I liked the plot and the characters seem to be good . This is still the beginning so I will continue with the story.I think it is interesting enough.

[Ana · Rating 4 out of 5]

(4.5) I really didn’t think I could be that invested that fast?!? This was really interesting and I need the second one immediately

[Jaden · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’s rare that I fall so in love just after one issue😍

[JW · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Sci-Fi YA mystery featuring a diverse cast of close knit friends. The unexpected turn at the end of the first issue sets up the mystery arc.

I’m hooked.

[Hayley · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 stars.
This was quite interesting and I’m looking forward to seeing what happens.

[Chris Thompson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This could be something good. This lengthy debut does a lot of set up and introductions. While I like the sci-fi setting and some of the semi-philosophical discussions, this debut didn’t quite hook me. But this is a slow-builder that may need some time.

[Paige · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really liked the concept of living on a planet of ice, in a dome, and trying to stay alive. What I didn’t like was how many characters there were and how I was trying to keep track of each of their motivations and goings on, but it was a lot for a first issue. I truly needed a picture chart of each character as I was reading because it was going way too fast to keep up. I feel like this is a very normal sci-if trope so I would like to see how this series is doing something different with it. I think that’s what the cliffhanger ending was trying to do, but I didn’t really understand what was going on with that either.

[DOUGLAS J BERRY · Rating 5 out of 5]

Winter is coming to a small outpost.

Good color artwork. An image freebie. Earth has been sending out colonies. One has crashlanded on an iceball of a planet. Life is almost impossible.

[Shannon · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5

[Thea’s Reading World 💛 · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m loving the concept and the imagery. However, there are still a lot of things missing. It’s a solid beginning, but I didn’t enjoy it that much 😕.

[Suzanne · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars. The art was lovely, but the story just didn't intrigue me

[Mikey The Librarian · Rating 5 out of 5]

The human race has been evicted from earth and landed on a sub arctic astroid where humans are measuring survival vs progression. The kids reach maturity at the age of 14 and are all given important jobs that help keep the civilization surviving on the astroid.

This comic does a good job of debating should we stop live in fear or should take risks to progress humanity. I reread this comic mainly because I felt like I missed things the first time.

A serious tone but also a tone that YA readers will love.