Orbital (comics) explained

Orbital
Ongoing:Yes
Genre:Graphic novel for
young adults
Publisher:Dupuis (French)
Cinebook (English)
Issues:8 (in French)
8 (in English)
Writers:Sylvain Runberg
Artists:Serge Pellé
Sort:Orbital
Nonus:Yes

Orbital is a Franco-Belgian science fiction comics series written by Sylvain Runberg, illustrated by Serge Pellé and published by Dupuis in French, Cinebook in English, Cobolt förlag in Swedish, in German and ReNoir Comics in Italy.

Story

The story follows a pair of Interworld Diplomatic Office (IDO) agents on their intergalactic diplomatic peace missions. The agents are Mezoke Izzua, a Sandjarrian, and Caleb Swany, a Human. The missions reveal a rich universe of various interwoven plots by various political and interest factions involving numerous cultures and races across the galaxy.

Volumes

  1. Cicatrices - April 2006
  2. Ruptures - June 2007
  3. Nomades - August 2009
  4. Ravages - October 2010
  5. Justice - September 2012
  6. Résistance - March 2015
  7. Implosion - January 2017
  8. Contacts - September 2019

Translations

Since May 2009, Cinebook Ltd has been publishing Orbital. The following volumes have been released:[1]

  1. Scars - May 2009
  2. Ruptures - July 2009
  3. Nomads - May 2011
  4. Ravages - July 2011
  5. Justice - February 2014
  6. Resistance - August 2015
  7. Implosion - November 2017
  8. Contacts - April 2020

Notes and References

  1. http://www.cinebook.co.uk/index.php?cPath=175 Cinebook Website