How did I even get this hardback with the first seven issues of this series? It's on my shelf, but I don't remember buying it. Probably picked it up cheap at McKay's on the strength of the creative team's name. It's a space opera about a family on the run from a sadistic dictator. Basically Saga without the marital wisdom, witty banter, or memorable character designs. Also without the breakneck pacing and nonstop high-concepts that characterized Mark Millar under Grant Morrison's tutelage. So writing-wise, it's a solid B-.

The art is another story. Stuart Immomen turns in a spectacular range of vistas from spaceship graveyards to crystalline cities. Abetted by inker Wade von Grawbadget and colorist Ive Svorgina, he never fails to disappoint, whether for an arena with T-rex riding gladiators:



Or a teenage girl sulking her way through the rain.



These seven issues are called "Book One," but no "Book Two" has emerged. I suspected that this series existed mainly to create intellectual property for cinema, and sure enough, it's already in film development. I'm a little puzzled how they'll pull that off, since the comic book is nonstop space action, expensive on the big screen. They'll have to fill out the story with a whole lot of character moments to make it work.

Anyway, check this out if you want some pretty Immomen art.