Farscape
Summary
TheFarscapeuniverse is set to come back for another adventure , thanks to a newly - announcedBOOM ! Studioscampaign . TheFarscape 25th Anniversary Celebration BOOM ! Direct Reserve Campaignlaunching onKickstarteris celebrate the major milepost by offering an impressive compendium of funny books , collectible , and exclusives to fans of the cult classic blank space opera , including a novel special issue .
Farscapewas create by Rockne S. O’Bannon in a partnership with The Jim Henson Company . It aired from 1999 to 2003 , spanning four seasons . After being canceled despite a cliffhanger ending , the series conclude with the miniseries , Farscape : The Peacekeeper Wars(2004 ) .
Now , for its twenty-fifth day of remembrance , Farscapewill have its comics reprinted in special editions . These comics , previouslypublished by BOOM ! Studios , expanded the story lead off in the show . These editions will be two volumes and cross the full BOOM ! StudiosFarscapelibrary .
The acclaimed video secret plan , Cult of the Lamb , has the chance to spread its following into comic strip with a novel Kickstarter undertaking involving Oni Press .
BOOM! Studios Brings Back Farscape Comics With Collected Edition Reprints
Farscape was a high concept , cult classical sci - fi heroic poem far ahead of its time . Twenty - five year later , it is still trance the imaginations of buff new and previous .
BOOM ! Studios has already announce an anniversary one - shot commemorating the show ’s twenty-fifth day of remembrance . However , the new Kickstarter endeavor is aiming to collect reprints of series likeFarscape ( 2008 - 2009),Farscape ( 2009 - 2011),and the legion twirl - offs require D’Argo , Scorpius , and Moya ’s crew . BOOM ! published tenFarscapeseries between 2008 and 2011 . There has been only one otherFarscapecomic series , Farscape : War Torn , from 2002 , but it was write by DC ’s WildStorm imprintyears before BOOM ! Studiosbegan creating full treatment based on the show .
This commemorative campaign will keep the legacy of Moya ’s crowd with the exceptional edition volume being available in softcover , hardcover , slipcased hardcover , signed slipcased hardback and " hyper - limited grapheme edition " slipcases . The limited editions will boast John Crichton , Aeryn Sun , Dominar Rygel , Ka D’Argo , Chiana , and Zotoh Zhaan . The amass editions will sport single cover art by Justine Florentino , who hasworked onMagic the GatheringandFireflycomics . The BOOM ! Direct Reserve campaign will also have a campaign exclusive binding forFarscape 25th Anniversary Special # 1by Nimit Malavia who has worked onFables , Firefly , andThe Dark Tower .
Farscape’s Return Is Long-Awaited
Filip Sablik , President of Publishing and Marketing , says :
Farscape was a high concept , cult classic sci - fi epos far forwards of its prison term . Twenty - five year subsequently , it is still captivating the imaginations of fans unexampled and sure-enough . Bringing back our out - of - mark comic strip was an easy conclusion for the milestone anniversary . And of course , if we ’re bringing back our classic Farscape comics , it made sense to separate stigma new unretentive stories in the new Anniversary Special . There is something in this drive for every Farscape lover and we are thrilled to be the unity make for these stories to buff everywhere .
Farscape’sanniversary issue will include unexampled adventures by Sam Humphries , Francesco Mortarino , Sarah Gailey , and Zac Thompson . This will be the first time in over a decade that fans will have new adventures in theFarscapeuniverse . The Kickstarter campaign will stretch into March and let in Cartesian product reveals and hide out stretchability goals throughout the calendar month as milepost are meet . With the show being such a success , now is the utter prison term to bring back its comics and present new adventures after such fans have undergone such a long stretch of its absence .
Farscape 25th Anniversary Celebrationwill be uncommitted to substantiate onKickstarterall through March .
