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Ministry of Space (startrek.website)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago

First... [email protected] 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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

didn't find a comic instance

There are communities:

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

[email protected], though I avoid the lemmy.ml instance.

[email protected]. says that it was originally intended for Franco-Belgian stuff but opened up.

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[email protected]. I avoid hexbear.net.

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[email protected]. I understand that the artist here is British.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

RIP Laika.

(Still Russian, tho)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

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

I like the sound of that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago

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