Dangerous Thought has introduced its subsequent Status Format restricted sequence debuting in March 2025: Planet Dying, a sci-fi motion thriller from John Wick screenwriter Derek Kolstad, Robert Venditti, and artist Tomás Giorello. However along with the primary look beneath, the writer will even have an unique Planet Dying giveaway comedian at San Diego Comedian-Con 2024 for attendees of its Saturday afternoon panel at 2:30 p.m. in Room 24ABC.
Right here’s the solicit textual content for Planet Dying:
Hundreds of thousands of miles from dwelling, a whole bunch of ships descend into the stormy environment of a hostile frozen world. On board, a military of resolute women and men brace for the approaching assault.
They’re an invasion pressure, on an unattainable mission — destroy the devastating enemy weapon garrisoned beneath. Corporal Scott and his battalion are within the vanguard however the human forces are not any match for his or her brutal alien adversaries. Scott’s battalion is useless inside moments. He’s its lone survivor. The touchdown pressure annihilated, the battle is misplaced.
Towards overwhelming odds, Scott dares the unthinkable — cross behind enemy strains, survive the deadly panorama, evade seize by ruthless enemies, resist pure predators, face human deserters and end the mission singlehandedly. Locked in his swimsuit of full fight battle armor, sustained solely by what he can carry, and pushed by Earth’s wrath, Scott should do by himself what a complete military couldn’t.
Destroy the weapon.
Return dwelling.
“Derek, Rob, and Tomás have constructed a fully large story of the best caliber in Planet Dying, and we’ve deliberate an equally large promotional marketing campaign to assist it,” stated Dangerous Thought CEO and CCO Dinesh Shamdasani. “All of it begins this month on the legendary San Diego Comedian-Con with our Planet Dying convention-exclusive giveaway comedian spotlighting the ebook’s virtuoso artwork, a large panel that includes your entire artistic workforce showing on stage, and a no-expense-spared dwell occasion within the ebook’s honor.”
“Planet Dying is my love letter to the entire comics and books I learn, films I watched, and video games I performed—late into the evening with a smile on my face… from Exhausting Boiled and Ronin by Frank Miller to the movies of Alistair MacLean like The Weapons of Navarone and The place Eagles Dare to Bradbury, Asimov, and Heinlein, to video games like Starcraft and all the things in between,” stated Kolstad. “A few of my favourite tales are those that mix science fiction with components of the conflict style. From Starship Troopers to Aliens and Fringe of Tomorrow. With Planet Dying we take this custom and add all these issues we love a lot about comedian books.”
Venditti added, “From my first conversations with Derek, I don’t know learn how to describe it, aside from an engine clicked on. Writing the primary problem, I used to be buzzing with adrenaline. I couldn’t cease till I obtained the entire problem down. I used to be swept up in [protagonist] Scott’s relentless will—all the time urgent ahead, all the time pushing forward. I’ve written a variety of science fiction—however by no means from the attitude of a boots-on-the-ground, D-Day-style invasion. With each undertaking, I wish to push myself additional. Planet Dying is greater in scale and scope than something I’ve completed earlier than.”
Try a preview from problem #1 beneath.
Dangerous Thought can be at San Diego Comedian-Con 2024 with an unique preview of Planet Dying #1. For extra data, go to BadIdeaCorp.com or observe the writer on X and Instagram.
Keep tuned for extra SDCC ’24 protection from The Beat.
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