Science fiction comics
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History
The first science fiction comic was the
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
The first French comic with a science fiction theme was .
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]
- Weird Fantasy (1950)
- Weird Science (1950)
- Strange Adventures (1950)
- Strange Worlds (1950)
- Flying Saucers (1950)
- Mystery in Space (1951)
- House of Mystery (1951)
- Weird Thrillers (1951)
- Earthman on Venus (1951)
- Space Detective (1951)
- Space Adventures (1952)
- Space Busters (1952)
- Space Western Comics (1952)
- Mysteries and Unexplored Words (1956)
- Outer Space (1958)
- Tales to Astonish (1959)
- Space Man (1962)
- Outer Limits (1964)
- Star Trek (1967)
- Outer Space (1968)
- Planet of the Apes (1968)
- Worlds Unknown (1973)
- Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction (1975)
- Space: 1999 (1975)
- Doomsday + 1 (1975)
- Star Reach (1975)
- Imagine (1976)
- Starstream (1976)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1976)
- 2000 AD (1977)
- Heavy Metal (1977)
- Star Wars (1977)
- Space War (1978)
- Micronauts (1979)
- Alien Encounters (1981)
- Alien Worlds (1985)
- Men in Black (1990)
References
- ^ Veach, Michael (2010-09-28). "Mr. Skygack, From Mars". The Filson Historical Society. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ^ Holmes! (2012-08-31). "MR. SKYGACK: SCI-FI COMICS START HERE!". Barnacle Press. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ISBN 978-0-87972-821-2.
- ^ Wade, John. The Golden Age of Science Fiction. Pen & Sword History, 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ISBN 9781433101076.)
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Further reading
- Benton, Mike (1992). Science Fiction Comics: The Illustrated History. Taylor History of Comics. Taylor Publishing. p. 153. ISBN 0-87833-789-X.
External links
- Comics on The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction