Prism stalker for fans of octavia butler, sailor moon, and the biopunk horror of david cronenberg comes prism stalker, an ongoing scifi adventure series by sloane leong. Each month, we gather a team of wwac contributors to analyze a new and notable comic book cover featuring one or more women. Its story, one of cultural and individual identity, is also a real treat to read. Sloane leong far from the border of colonized space, a newly discovered planet teems violently with strange psychic life and puzzling telekinetic ecology. The word worldbuilding makes my gums bleed, conjuring either a text bogged down with endless exposition because. Mar 26, 2018 sloane leongs prism stalker, a new series from image, is a lush, psychedelic, and ambitious series that grapples with colonialism, complicity with oppression, and the borders of the self without ever steering into didacticism or cynical boxchecking. The marauders is a team of fictional supervillain characters appearing in american comic books published by marvel comics. She protects her siblings and her people and works to keep their memories alive. Vep is a young refugee, raised away from her devastated home planet as an indentured citizen in a foreign colony. Prism stalker is a unique book, and i couldnt help but be drawn to it when it was announced. Prism stalker comic read prism stalker comic online in high. Still, it isnt enough to defuse the confused central issues of the comic.
Prism stalker is a new science fiction series from image comics. The marauders are mutant assassins employed by the xmens archfiend mister sinister, with the purpose of assassinating other mutants and acting as a commando strikeforce to carry out acts of mass murder. Sloane leongs prism stalker is an immersive, psychedelic. Review sloane leongs new scifi psychedelic comic prism. Prism stalker comic read prism stalker comic online in. We are happy to have sloane leong with us on book riot. Interview with sloane leong, author and artist of prism stalker. Sep 05, 2018 prism stalker is a fantastical and scifi story that uproots us from many common scifi tropes e. Scifi comic prism stalker is a unique and weird mustread. Prism stalker, the new image comic from sloane leong.
Image comicsi came away from issue two of prism stalker completely enchanted. By delivering the weekly list of new releases, along with news concerning current and future products available in local and online comic book shops, we enable consumers to meet their goals more effectively. Sloane leong talks culture, scifi, and prism stalker. Later still, its an action comic, as our central figure, vep, trains to fight off or tame some stillunseen alien. Vep, a refugee raised away from her devastated home. None of the files shown here are hosted or transmitted by this server. Forced to leave her planet, and seemingly her family behind, vep works with other people of her species on an asteroid. Buy here or on comixology, or at your local comic shop. Prism is able to harness light for a number of effects. Vep is a young refugee raised away from her devastated home planet as. These days a new science fiction series from image is not quite an exciting announcement as it once was. Sep 06, 2018 this is the truly unique, unshakeable core of the storys elements its defining feature and triumph as far as im concerned. Sloane leong from under mountains, a map to the sun will release a trade paperback collection of the first five issues.
Written and drawn by sloane leong from under mountains, change, this new series takes readers on an introspective scifi journey through a beautiful, dangerous alien universe. Veps colorful misadventures tackle colonialism, identity and agency in a monthly serial. Sloane leong is bringing something fresh to the world of scifi comics, something that stands out on the shelf with its rainbow cover. Based on visuals alone its a bombastic powerhouse of otherworldy weirdness and neon strangeness, together in a cocktail thatll make you pause in wonder and sometimes discomfort at what youre seeing. Feb 22, 2018 this is prism stalker by sloane leong, a beautiful scifi adventure. Far from the border of colonized space, a newly discovered planet teems violently with strange psychic life and puzzling telekinetic ecology. Tags alien aliens comic books comics cosmic culture entertainment gender hawaii image comics intersectional feminism interview new comics original comic series prism stalker scifi sloane leong space. What is your initial reaction to these covers as pieces of comics. This volume includes the first five issues, and tell the story of an interplanetary refugee, vep. Sloane leongs prism stalker, a new series from image, is a lush, psychedelic, and ambitious series that grapples with colonialism, complicity with oppression, and the borders of the self without ever steering into didacticism or cynical boxchecking.
Media release writerartist sloane leong from under mountains will launch prism stalker, an allnew biopunk series, this march from image comics the eye of opportunity is closing. It follows vep, a refugee from a dying planet, who is uprooted and forced to be a slave worker for a race of insectoid creatures. Felt almost like a comic book equivalent of annihilation in uncharted territory, and the journey of exploration is a mindexpanding delight to read. Prism stalker tempts you to reach out and touch it, though leong works overtime to ensure that you feel these eerie environments with your eyes. She works tirelessly for her insectoid hosts, but there is. Media release image comics is thrilled to announce that the first volume of sloane leongs from under mountains, a map to the sun critically acclaimed fanfavorite series prism stalker is being rushed back to print in order to keep up with overwhelming consumer demand. This is prism stalker by sloane leong, a beautiful scifi adventure.
Prism stalker is probably the best new series coming from image comics at the moment, and in just two issues, its staked a claim of being surprising and arresting, while appealing to basic human needs. Prism stalker vol 1 tp new printing midtown comics. As prism stalkers first arc comes to a close, it struggles to make a case for its continued existence. The art alone is enough to make this piece a standout. Read prism stalker comic online free and high quality. March 2018 alone sees five number ones in the field of serial science fiction, including new series from top sellers robert kirkman and jeff lemire along with a. Sloane leongs prism stalker, released this week, just might be the comic of the moment its not just that the story of a young girl looking for her family, told in an eyecatching. Prism stalker revels in the kind of deep worldbuilding one usually finds in hard scifi novels, but in a monthly comic, there simply isnt space to explain what. Linus powell was a gifted scientist turned into a living prism by a parasitic alien. Vep is a young refugee raised away from her devastated home planet as an indentured citizen in a foreign colony. And prism stalkers setting is indeed an uncanny environment worth discovering, a place where borrowing a phrase from galen strawson the world of ideas is as solid as the world of seas and mountains, if not more so. Every two weeks, big issues focuses on a newly released comic book of significance. For fans of octavia butler, sailor moon, and the biopunk horror of david cronenberg comes prism stalker, an ongoing scifi adventure series by sloane leong.
Vep is a young refugee raised away from her devastated home planet as an indentured citizen in a. Early teases of prism stalker often reference novelist octavia butler, and the plot sounds like it would fit right in on a shelf with afrofuturist novels and speculative fiction written by other. March 2018 alone sees five number ones in the field of serial science fiction, including new series from top sellers robert kirkman and jeff lemire. For fans of octavia butler, sailor moon, and the biopunk horror of. Bookmark for fans of octavia butler, sailor moon, and the biopunk horror of david cronenberg comes prism stalker, an ongoing scifi adventure series by sloane leong. One minute, prism stalker from writerartist sloane leong is a deeply poetic and philosophical reflection on the fluidity of identity, the duties of family, and the loss of home. Prism stalker is a fantastical and scifi story that uproots us from many common scifi tropes e. By cat wyatt if you loved the psychedelic artwork of the first issue of prism stalker, then youll be happy to hear about the release of the second issue. Media release image comics is thrilled to announce that the first volume of sloane leongs from under mountains, a map to the sun critically acclaimed fanfavorite series prism stalker is being rushed back to print in order to keep up with overwhelming consumer demand this new printing features an allnew original cover. Leongs prism stalker is a beautiful and poetic tale. Prism comics supporting lgbtqai comics, creators and. Her other comic credits include a hollowing and a body made of seeing.
Writerartist sloane leong from under mountains will launch prism stalker, an allnew biopunk series, this march from image comics the eye of opportunity is closing. Apr 11, 2018 by cat wyatt if you loved the psychedelic artwork of the first issue of prism stalker, then youll be happy to hear about the release of the second issue. The next, its a highconcept psychedelic scifi thriller, awash in bright greens and blues. Prism stalker is a breathlessly inventive, visually arresting psychological scifi with more ideas crammed in per page than most series manage in a whole run. Leong imbues the smallest of panels with pathos and power, reminding readers that important moments dont always exist in bombastic displays or selfimportant splash pages.
In the last issue of prism stalker, we got to see vep travel around in her colony, only to find out at the end that she was forcibly relocated b. If you like sailor moon and cronenbergesque scifi, youll love prism stalker. Yet in spite of that dense level of detail, it never feels weighed down by backstory. Powerful themes along with complex characters and intriguing setups result in a book that will suck in any interested reader. I still dont like the logo on the cover, but what its covering is interesting stuff. The art is stunning and has a high caliber of thought and work put into maintaining a vibe and feeling, and the story is an affecting one. The administrator of this site cannot be held responsible for what its users post, or any other actions of its users.
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