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Ministry of Space (startrek.website)
submitted 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) by TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website to c/books@lemmy.world
 

First : didn’t find a comic instance so here it is Second : Warren Ellis is a sex pest, so don’t buy his comics

Ministry of Space is a cool twist on the « what if X was first on the moon/space and not the American ». In this case : Britain

Edit : also any good comic suggestions is welcome

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

First... !comicbooks@lemmy.world says "Hello!"

Second, this kind of Anglo-Centric story is always fascinating to me.

I'd also suggest the six issue Albion:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albion_(comics)

And the Luther Arkwright books:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Luther_Arkwright

The original story was 9 issues, which were re-printed by Dark Horse, then they had another 9 issue sequel:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_of_Empire

Recently they released an original graphic novel bringing the story to a conclusion:

https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/3011-203/The-Legend-of-Luther-Arkwright-HC

[–] tal 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

didn't find a comic instance

There are communities:

https://lemmyverse.net/communities?query=comics

!comics@lemmy.ml, though I avoid the lemmy.ml instance.

!eurographicnovels@lemm.ee. says that it was originally intended for Franco-Belgian stuff but opened up.

!comics@lemmy.blahaj.zone

!comics@hexbear.net. I avoid hexbear.net.

!comics@lemmy.world

!comics@sh.itjust.works

!comicbooks@lemmy.ca

!britishcomics@feddit.uk. I understand that the artist here is British.

!comics@midwest.social

[–] TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] tal 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

No prob. I also originally mistyped the eurographicnovels community name, so if you tried to go there and it was broken, it should work now.

It works. I’ve repost into the British instance, the other seems inactive

thanks for the help, I’ll try to remember the search engine you gave.

[–] tal 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Ministry of Space is a cool twist on the « what if X was first on the moon/space and not the American ».

We weren't the first into space. That was the Soviets.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Gagarin

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin[a][b] (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who, aboard the first successful crewed spaceflight, became the first person to journey into outer space.

The Moon, yes.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Yuri Gagarin wasn't the first into space. Laika was.

RIP Laika.

(Still Russian, tho)

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

"Humans weren't the first species to make it into space"

I like the sound of that.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 1 points 3 hours ago

If you believe panspermia theory, Earthlings weren't the first species into space.