After Dark (comics)

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After Dark
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Cover of After Dark #0, artwork by Francesco "Matt" Mattina
Publication information
Publisher Radical Comics
ScheduleBi-Monthly
Format Graphic novella
Genre
Publication dateAugust – December 2010
No. of issues3
Creative team
Created by Antoine Fuqua & Wesley Snipes
Written by Peter Milligan
Artist(s) Jeff Nentrup

After Dark is a three-issue, dark science fiction limited series published by Radical Comics in a 56-page graphic novella format. The series concept and characters were created by film director/writer Antoine Fuqua (director of Training Day) and actor Wesley Snipes (star of the Blade series). [1] [2] [3] The series is written by Peter Milligan (best known for Marvel Comics's X-Statix series) and illustrated by Jeff Nentrup. [4]

Contents

On June 30, 2010, a "#0" issue was released as a prequel. [5] The official start of the main series is August 2010. [2]

Publication history

The first book is due to be released in August ( ISBN   1-935417-15-0) and the second in October ( ISBN   1-935417-16-9).

Plot synopsis

The series is set in a post-apocalyptic near-future in which the Earth exists in a state of near-perpetual darkness. Civilization has largely become confined to domed cities in which the populace exists in a state of drug-addled stupor in order to while away time between birth and death.

The rulers of Solar City, the most populated of humanity's remaining bastions, enlist a Bedouin drifter, named simply Omar, to lead a team into the wilds outside of the city in search of the savior they believe may exist somewhere in the sparsely populated wilds. [6]

Notes

  1. "Radical Publishing August 2010 Solicitation". Radicalpublishing.com. June 24, 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Friday 2 (June 25, 2010). "Wesley Snipes's After Dark comic out in August News – Total Sci-Fi". Totalscifionline.com. Archived from the original on October 22, 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
  3. http://airlockalpha.com/feature/7570/artistic-license-wesley-snipes-teams-with-radical-for-after-dark.html
  4. "After Dark". Radicalpublishing.com. Archived from the original on July 27, 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
  5. "PREVIEWS: The Comic Shop's Catalog! – After Dark #0". Previewsworld.com. Archived from the original on June 29, 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
  6. "REVIEW: After Dark". Cosmic Book News. Archived from the original on July 6, 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2010.

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