Lost On Planet Earth #1

Lost on Planet Earth

by Magdalene Visaggio, Claudia Aguirre (Colorist), Zakk Saam (Letterer)

It's 2381, and Basil Miranda, on the verge of graduation, knows exactly what she's doing with the rest of her life and always has: a primo assignment on the best ship in the fleet alongside her best friend in the world. She has meticulously prepared herself, and the final Fleet Exam is tomor-row. But what if none of that is what she really wants? And why hasn't she ever asked herself that before?

Lost on Planet Earth is the latest expectation-defying series from Visaggio, the Eisner-nominated writer of Kim & Kim and Eternity Girl, whose acclaimed comic Vagrant Queen was recently adapted for TV by SYFY. Lost on Planet Earth reunites Visaggio with artist Aguirre. The pair previously collaborated on Kim & Kim and created the acclaimed series Morning in America; they are joined by letterer Zakk Saam and editor Joe Corallo. This is the first release for Visaggio, Aguirre, Saam, and Corallo under the name DEATH RATTLE, a rock band-style moniker for their creative collaborations.

Part of the comiXology Originals line of exclusive digital content only available on comiXology and Kindle. This title is available as part of comiXology Unlimited, Kindle Unlimited and Prime Reading.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Queer, LGBT, Ebooks

24 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 15, 2020

About the author

Magdalene Visaggio is a comics writer and essayist. She's the writer and creator of the GLAAD and Eisner-nominated series Kim & Kim, as well as Eternity Girl at DC Comics. She currently resides in Manhattan.

Reviews

[Sasha Elise · Rating 4 out of 5]

is this gonna get gay? i hope it does. they have chemistry.

[Amina (ⴰⵎⵉⵏⴰ) · Rating 3 out of 5]

The reader gets kind of introduced to the world of Basil and her family, so for a first issue, I would say it is good but not gripping.

[Maciej · Rating 3 out of 5]

Komiks to lekka historia w klimacie młodzieżowego semi-Star Treka autorstwa nominowanej do nagrody Eisnera Magdalene Visaggio (autorki Kim & Kim, Eternity Girl oraz zekranizowanego w postaci serialu - Vagrant Queen). Główną bohaterką jest Basil Miranda, studentka, której wielkim marzeniem jest latać w najlepszym statku kosmicznej floty. Już w pierwszym z 5 zeszytów (zebranych w 128 stronicowy tom) bohaterka staje przed sylematem czy jej dotychczas poukładane życie idzie w dobrym kierunku i czy praca na statku to faktycznie dobry kierunek.
Komiks został wydany jako oryginalna produkcja platformy comiXology dostępna tam (w ramach pakietun Unlimited) oraz na Kindle’ach. Rysunki są proste ale przykuwające uwagę (Claudia Aguirre - Kim & Kim), a jedynym zastrzeżeniem jaki po przeczytaniu całości mogę mieć to dosyć infantylne dialogi. Klimat jest bardzo startrekowy więc nie wszystkim fanom młodzieżowego science fiction może przypaść do gustu. Wyrównane 5 zeszytów będzie stanowić dobre uzupełnienie produkcji comiXology.

[Tim Rooney · Rating 1 out of 5]

Took a chance on this and was super disappointed. The story jumps around and is difficult to follow. The art is good illustration but bad visual storytelling. The whole creative team just seems like they don’t understand basics of structuring a comic. Things just kind of happen and skip days (maybe?)mid page or introduce new locations without establishing the relationship to what we just saw. Nothing has dramatic weight because nothing has room to breathe and motivations are unclear. Characters shift position mid conversation and the layouts make following panels unclear. The lettering will have what is supposed to be the first balloon on a panel in the middle with the response to the left, right next to the preceding panel, which completely fails to direct the reader along the natural path the eye travels across the page. Shoddy work overall , unfortunately. I’m still not sure what this book is about after reading 3 issues

[Rose · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked it enough as some others said, but not so much I feel the need to read more of this story. I'm probably in the mood for something more and not interested in delving deeper into this story. I did appreciate how our protagonist studied so long and hard for this test and then decides to do something else. And that there are other folks that don't look like her that don't care about this occupation. I appreciate the going against the grain and status quo energy of this story because I always love a good underdog story. I think I'm not in the mood for this right now though. I might come back to it though.

[Mark Robison · Rating 3 out of 5]

The setup was promising but, for me, it didn't live up to the author's introduction. This graphic novel is basically "Star Trek" fan fiction where a young woman who has been training for years to enter the star fleet academy to eventually become captain of a starship panics during the entrance exam and then finds herself influenced by protesters who think that Earth has undue influence over the federation of planets and imposes its values and culture on others. I found it interesting how the story veers into domestic bliss, but geez, where's the action? The thrills? The thought experiments about what-if that makes good "Star Trek" stories so fun?

[James · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very middling and disjointed.

Yeah, this wasn't for me. Not a lot of depth (even for a graphic novel). Unlikable lead character. A future more homophobic than today? Really?

Some of the text (white on blue) was excruciating to read.

Overall, very meh. Would have been better if written 25 - 30 years ago.

[Becca · Rating 2 out of 5]

I picked this up at random from the library. I like gay space stuff! This wasn't very smooth, though. The dialogue is choppy and almost seems like lines were taken out without editing the rest of the conversation. I had some trouble following the story.

[Tammy Mitchell · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not for me

The story is pretty good but not fond of the format...this story is very short and I suspect the sequels are as well.

[Marcele · Rating 2 out of 5]

The art is really great. The story is all over the place, unfortunately.

[Lucy Miles · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such a good queer comic!!

[Liz · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was not the story that I expected but am glad that I read it. It goes with one perspective and ends with another. Very space gay.

[Hannah-joy · Rating 2 out of 5]

The entire time I had no idea what was going on
2.5/5⭐️