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Rogue Planet (2020) #1
Rogue Planet #1
Salvage vessel Cortes tracks the Lonely Orphan, a planet with no star system to call its own. Somewhere on this hostile rock is a payload fit for a king. To attain it, though, the crew of the Cortes must brave razor rock, poisonous vapors, treacherous footing, and… the most mind-numbing horrors imaginable. Something nightmarish is at work on Lonely Orphan. Something cruel. Something hungry.
28 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 27, 2020
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About the author
Cullen Bunn
2,084 books1,070 followersCullen grew up in rural North Carolina, but now lives in the St. Louis area with his wife Cindy and his son Jackson. His noir/horror comic (and first collaboration with Brian Hurtt), The Damned, was published in 2007 by Oni Press. The follow-up, The Damned: Prodigal Sons, was released in 2008. In addition to The Sixth Gun, his current projects include Crooked Hills, a middle reader horror prose series from Evileye Books; The Tooth, an original graphic novel from Oni Press; and various work for Marvel and DC. Somewhere along the way, Cullen founded Undaunted Press and edited the critically acclaimed small press horror magazine, Whispers from the Shattered Forum.
All writers must pay their dues, and Cullen has worked various odd jobs, including Alien Autopsy Specialist, Rodeo Clown, Professional Wrestler Manager, and Sasquatch Wrangler.
And, yes, he has fought for his life against mountain lions and he did perform on stage as the World's Youngest Hypnotist. Buy him a drink sometime, and he'll tell you all about it.
Visit his website at www.cullenbunn.com.
All writers must pay their dues, and Cullen has worked various odd jobs, including Alien Autopsy Specialist, Rodeo Clown, Professional Wrestler Manager, and Sasquatch Wrangler.
And, yes, he has fought for his life against mountain lions and he did perform on stage as the World's Youngest Hypnotist. Buy him a drink sometime, and he'll tell you all about it.
Visit his website at www.cullenbunn.com.
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June 4, 2020
This first issue is very promissing!
The art was great, the events very interesting, the reader will need the second issue to undertand not only what's going on in the present, but also what happened in the past.
I can't wait to read the next one!
The art was great, the events very interesting, the reader will need the second issue to undertand not only what's going on in the present, but also what happened in the past.
I can't wait to read the next one!
April 3, 2022
Okay but not really feeling a connection with the characters or story right now; may or may not continue with this series later on.
November 8, 2020
"All right, you're the boss. At least you make bad calls like every other boss I've ever known."
The art in Rogue Planet was incredibly beautiful, very intricate and detailed in the way that a lot of spacey graphic novels and comics are. At first it kind of feels like the plot skips around, but it comes together very neatly toward the middle when you realize what the beacon means and what the planet is doing and has a fairly succinct theme and leads to what I felt was a little bit of a predictable but still very satisfying ending.
There wasn't a lot of time to get to know the characters but they were varied and nuanced, especially the ones that were able to talk more. The crew member that talked about all the women he loved/got together with on all the different planets he visited was kind of a funny reoccurring bit. I also enjoyed the engineer who mentioned his partner, although it was kind of a depressing and dreary bit about the connections to space capitalism.
The art definitely was beautiful but also leaned toward more of a gory vibe, a lot of eyes and tentacles and things coming out of people. I'd steer clear of this if that's not something that you're into or able to handle. It was a solid comic over all and I liked that it started and ended with the same alien character talking about what was happening on the planet.
"I don't believe in hell, Glory." "You should."
The art in Rogue Planet was incredibly beautiful, very intricate and detailed in the way that a lot of spacey graphic novels and comics are. At first it kind of feels like the plot skips around, but it comes together very neatly toward the middle when you realize what the beacon means and what the planet is doing and has a fairly succinct theme and leads to what I felt was a little bit of a predictable but still very satisfying ending.
There wasn't a lot of time to get to know the characters but they were varied and nuanced, especially the ones that were able to talk more. The crew member that talked about all the women he loved/got together with on all the different planets he visited was kind of a funny reoccurring bit. I also enjoyed the engineer who mentioned his partner, although it was kind of a depressing and dreary bit about the connections to space capitalism.
The art definitely was beautiful but also leaned toward more of a gory vibe, a lot of eyes and tentacles and things coming out of people. I'd steer clear of this if that's not something that you're into or able to handle. It was a solid comic over all and I liked that it started and ended with the same alien character talking about what was happening on the planet.
"I don't believe in hell, Glory." "You should."
February 11, 2021
The ship Cortes finds the planet known as theLonely Orphan. The crew are delighted as there is a treasure on this planet.. The crew is horrified by the planet’s inhabitants or are they. Are they part of the planet? They must travel over a difficult and treacherous landscape. Many inhabitants are more dangerous than the crew believed at first. Their experiences on the planet must make them make an important decision. Do they want to live or not?
The author has written a fearful science fiction/horror graphic novel. It is written to make the reader feel the terror of being on the planet. The illustrator has made the illustrations perfect as to show the nightmarish inhabitants on the planet. I loved the story and the illustrations colored so brightly. I was glad to read it as one volume rather than waiting for each separate issue.
Disclaimer: I received an arc of this book from the author/publisher from Netgalley. I wasn’t obligated to write a favorable review or any review at all. The opinions expressed are strictly my own.
The author has written a fearful science fiction/horror graphic novel. It is written to make the reader feel the terror of being on the planet. The illustrator has made the illustrations perfect as to show the nightmarish inhabitants on the planet. I loved the story and the illustrations colored so brightly. I was glad to read it as one volume rather than waiting for each separate issue.
Disclaimer: I received an arc of this book from the author/publisher from Netgalley. I wasn’t obligated to write a favorable review or any review at all. The opinions expressed are strictly my own.
August 31, 2020
A group of roughneck astronauts awaken from hypersleep to investigate a deep space distress signal, only to discover a grotesque and deadly alien creature. So yeah, “Rogue Planet #1” is very much like “Alien” but, if you’re going to emulate a well-known sci-fi franchise, you could do a whole lot worse than Ridley Scott’s intergalactic horror masterpiece. “Rogue Planet” doesn’t hit the same highs but writer Cullen Bunn keeps the pace and the dialogue nice and brisk while artist Andy MacDonald puts a nice gloopy Lovecraftian spin on things. There’s lots of potential here and I’m interested to see if Bunn and MacDonald steer the series into some less-traveled regions.
October 27, 2023
Bunn is an intense storywriter. This one is definitely inspired by ‘Alien’ with creatures resembling the Dr Who mutants, the Daleks, in their armoured casing.
An abandoned / forsaken rogue planet with the same atmosphere claustrophobia as being trapped in a haunted house.
#1 – PLANETFALL – “Remember when people used to think space was BEAUTIFUL? Before interstellar travel, every scientist with a ‘scope might as well have been a love-struck POET. Now, though, I realize they were all FULL OF SHIT.”
An abandoned / forsaken rogue planet with the same atmosphere claustrophobia as being trapped in a haunted house.
#1 – PLANETFALL – “Remember when people used to think space was BEAUTIFUL? Before interstellar travel, every scientist with a ‘scope might as well have been a love-struck POET. Now, though, I realize they were all FULL OF SHIT.”
May 28, 2020
I've only ever read Star Wars comics, so I'm not a comic expert whatsoever. But this was really entertaining. The artwork & writing are great. It seems like an interesting story with crazy monsters so I'm excited to see where this goes.
March 28, 2022
I got this in ebook (PDF) format as part of Humble Comics Bundle: 25 Years of Oni Press in February 2022. It's a cool start, the graphics are nice and the story is really intriguing, but since the bundle only included this first issue I'm probably going to stay intrigued. Three stars out of five.
June 23, 2020
He's back! about half way through I started to get excited for this. I think I'll enjoy this artist.
November 7, 2020
The first sci fi I read, since ever???
It was entertaining. That's all I'll say.
It was entertaining. That's all I'll say.
January 4, 2021
Your typical SciFi Alien esque plot. A crew wakes up out of crypto sleep to answer a distress call. Love Cullen Bunn I’ll stick this one out.
May 5, 2024
I enjoyed it!
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