Cullen Bunn (“Dark Ark,” “X-Men Blue”) and Andy MacDonald (“Wolverine: Infinity Watch,” “Multiple Man”) have released an exclusive first look at their upcoming ongoing series “Rogue Planet,” courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter. The series will be published by Oni Press.
The series follows a crew of salvagers on the starship Cortes as they tail a planet floating through space, The Lonely Orphan. Expecting to find the payload of their dreams, the struggling crew are instead subjected to hells and horrors beyond anything they have ever seen.
“[The series was] the most difficult project to work on due to bouts of mind-bending fright-paralysis induced from the countless horrors Cullen’s spectacularly chilling script commanded I confront and draw,” said MacDonald. “Stalwart champion of color and fearless comics comrade, Nick Filardi was there to bring beautiful and horrifyingly-vivid color to a project that I was too full of panicked dread to draw without peeking through one shaking hand!”
“I’ve been a fan of his work for so long,” said Bunn about Andy MacDonald. “He really sold the hostility of the setting, the ghastliness of the horrors our intrepid heroes encounter. And then Nick took Andy’s pages and told stories with the colors. I cannot wait for readers to see this book. There are terrors to be discovered and mysteries to be revealed, if you have the stomach for it.”
“’Rogue Planet’ is a book I’ve been working on for quite a while, a sci-fi horror story that really digs into my roots as a horror fan,” Bunn said. “I remember where I was sitting when I first wrote the title down — I was having coffee with my pal and frequent collaborator Brian Hurtt at Powell’s Books — and I couldn’t stop thinking about the possibilities. I spent a while kicking ideas around, and I came up with a chilling notion that I absolutely loved.”
“Rogue Planet” #1 releases April 1, and a four-page preview is available below.
