Free Planet Volume 1 - by Aubrey Sitterson (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

"FREE PLANET demands to be read in a comfy chair, next to a fire, or the window of a starship, while taking in a distant supernova." --Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead, Invincible)

The epic worldbuilding of Dune meets the romance and drama of Saga in this complex, action-packed space opera about the first completely free planet in human history.

In the wake of a grueling war of independence, a team of revolutionary heroes is tasked with defending their home and its uniquely potent energy source from multiple intergalactic superpowers intent on domination. But though they are each deeply committed to the dream of a free planet, they all have completely different ideas about what complete freedom actually entails. Faced with separatist movements, counterrevolutionaries, political deadlock, famine, equipment shortages, a looming trade war, violent attacks and wildly divergent ideas of how to handle each, can true freedom endure?

Informed by real-world research and extensive design work, Aubrey Sitterson (The Comic Book Story of Professional Wrestling, No One Left to Fight) and Jed Dougherty (Savage Hearts, Worlds' Finest) have created a comic that functions as both literature and art object, a rumination on freedom, the sacrifices it demands, the discipline it requires and the authority that must arise in its absence.

Collects Free Planet issues #1-6.

Review Quotes

"FREE PLANET demands to be read in a comfy chair, next to a fire, or the window of a starship, while taking in a distant supernova. Sitterson & Dougherty are holding a masterclass in rich, intricate worldbuilding that is equal parts Dune, Claremont and SAGA while being wholly original."--Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead, Invincible)

"FREE PLANET drops you into a fully realized world and immerses you right away on a page-turning adventure. If dystopian sci fi with an ensemble cast of memorable characters is your jam (and it is mine), you will definitely want to check out FREE PLANET."--Mark Russell (Batman: Dark Age, The Flintstones)

"FREE PLANET, a kind of space-politics-opera, brings shades of the cosmic imagination of Jack Vance, Jack Kirby, and Samuel Delany and Howard Chaykin's great lost Empire - but with a special supercharged future-fictional-Wikipedia density of its own."--Jonathan Lethem (The Fortress of Solitude, Motherless Brooklyn)

"Incredibly imaginative world-building, all around compelling characters who have depth. Read this!"

--Mark Waid (Batman and Robin: Year One, Absolute Power)

"One of the hardest parts of making a comic book is the intense task of worldbuilding. FREE PLANET shrugs off that pressure, fully fleshed out for characters to explore and readers to witness, proving that Aubrey and Jed have what it takes to bring you to a place completely new and totally refreshing."--Daniel Warren Johnson (Transformers, The Moon is Following Us, Do A Powerbomb)

"With notes of Warhammer 40k and Firefly, FREE PLANET is lusciously rendered, dense, political sci-fi, with a lot to say."--Kieron Gillen (The Power Fantasy, The Wicked + The Divine)

About the Author

A Los Angeles-based comic book writer, Aubrey's work includes The Comic Book Story of Professional Wrestling, No One Left to Fight, BEEF BROS and more.

Jed Dougherty is a freelance illustrator and comics artist on Savage Hearts with Aubrey Sitterson and on Stud and the Bloodblade with Perry Crowe. His most current work with Image Comics is Free Planet with Aubrey Sitterson.