{"id":10267,"date":"2025-10-07T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/?p=10267"},"modified":"2025-08-22T11:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T18:28:07","slug":"out-today-the-shadow-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/out-today-the-shadow-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"Out Today! The Shadow Planet\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

RETROFUTURISM COLLIDES WITH LOVECRAFTIAN HORROR<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Paranoia and deep-space Lovecraftian horror collide in the upcoming original graphic novel from Image Comics\u00a0The Shadow Planet<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>by writer Giovanni Barbieri and artist Gianluca Pagliarani – hitting shelves today.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s some kind of Star Trek <\/em>with cigarettes, sex and bad language,” said Barbieri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crew of the rocket Vidar lands on a barren planet to rescue a lost patrol, but what they find can destroy mankind. The Shadow Planet is a unique take on retrofuturism perfect for fans of science-fiction horror mashup films like Alien<\/em>, The Thing,<\/em>Annihilation<\/em>, and Event Horizon<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pagliarani added: \u201cIt\u2019s a bonanza of rusty rockets, clunky space-suits and hideous monsters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Shadow Planet <\/em>trade paperback (ISBN: 9781534331761, Lunar Code 0725IM291) will be available at local comic book shops on Wednesday, September 24 and independent bookstores, Amazon<\/a>, Barnes & Noble<\/a>, Books-a-Million<\/a>, Indigo, and Waterstones<\/a> on Tuesday, October 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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