Science fiction comics

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Publication of

newspapers
published in the United States. They have since spread to many countries around the world.

History

The first science fiction comic was the

A.D. Condo, which debuted in newspapers in 1907.[1][2] The first non-humorous science fiction comic strip, Buck Rogers
, appeared in 1929,
underground comics
.

Japanese manga also featured science fiction elements. In the 1950s, Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy was one of the first major manga that centered around science fiction. In the following decades, many other creators and works would follow, including Leiji Matsumoto (e.g. Galaxy Express 999), Katsuhiro Otomo (e.g. Akira) and Masamune Shirow (e.g. Appleseed and Ghost in the Shell).

In the UK, the publication of

Crisis
, none of which lasted more than a few years, with the earlier titles being merged back into 2000 AD.

The first French comic with a science fiction theme was

Métal Hurlant and authors like Enki Bilal (e.g. The Nikopol Trilogy) and Moebius
.

With the invention of the Internet, a number of science fiction comics have been published primarily online. Among the earliest science fiction

]

Graphic novels

A science fiction graphic novel is a full-length book that uses images necessarily to depict a story of a fictional nature that explores different/future time lines, theoretical societies, technology and/or both.[citation needed]

The first recorded usage of the term, according to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), is in 1978 by Will Eisner: "A contract with God: and other tenement stories... A graphic novel", though graphic novels existed for years prior. While predating the term, a graphic novel based on science fiction, Astro Boy, by Osamu Tezuka, was published in 1951, starring a childlike robot Astro Boy who was activated in the year 2003.

List of science fiction comic books

The following list is based on A complete history of American comic books.[6]

References

  1. ^ Veach, Michael (2010-09-28). "Mr. Skygack, From Mars". The Filson Historical Society. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  2. ^ Holmes! (2012-08-31). "MR. SKYGACK: SCI-FI COMICS START HERE!". Barnacle Press. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
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  4. ^ Wade, John. The Golden Age of Science Fiction. Pen & Sword History, 2019.
  5. ^ Gravett, Paul (2005). "Great British Comics: Nostalgia Ain't What It Used To Be". Comics International. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Action's topicality and extreme images sparked a media furore and distributor crackdown, but from its ashes arose 2000AD, the same themes transposed into the 'fantasy' future of science fiction but as dark and disturbing as ever.
  6. ISBN 9781433101076.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
    )

Further reading

External links

  • Comics on The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction