Publisher Helikon Comics Artist(s) Tara Tallan | Writer(s) Tara Tallan | |
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Publication date Early Salmagundi series:
July 1993 to October 1994
Galaxion Series:
May 1997 - November 1999
Galaxion (Webcomic)
debut: September 2006 Number of issues Salmagundi early editions — 7
Galaxion (series) — 11
Galaxion (Specials) — 2
Galaxion (Graphic Novel collection) — 3 Main character(s) Darvin Deloren, Anna Ito, Patty Kusene, Vessa Khavis, Fusella Mierter, Brig. General Scavina Nelson, Aria Schafer, and Zandarin Wilder Similar Underwater, glamourpuss, Yummy Fur, Ed the Happy Cl, Louis Riel | ||
Galaxion is a science fiction comic book and webcomic series written and drawn by Canadian Tara Tallan (née Jenkins).
Contents
The story follows the crew of an interstellar ship, the Galaxion, as they test a new experimental hyperdrive engine. The story's narrative presents the Galaxion's geologist Aria Schafer's point of view.
Versions
There have been three versions of the Galaxion story.
Around 1993, the story first appeared as one half of a photocopied, digest size flip comic book Salmagundi. This lasted seven issues.
In the late 1990s the story was relaunched in a self-published full-sized comic. There were also two "special issues": a shorter 99 cent special and a "flip book" with Amy Unbounded by Rachel Hartman. The first six issues were collected in a graphic novel, Galaxion: The Graphic Novel Volume One. This second version of Galaxion made it to eleven full issues but ceased publication in 1999 as the demands of parenthood pulled Tara away from the drawing table.
In 2006, Tara launched a third version of Galaxion as a bi-weekly (later weekly) webcomic, originally hosted at Girlamatic.
Characters
Note: This describes roles of the characters in the webcomic version of Galaxion. The roles have been different in earlier versions. For example, the print comic shows Scavina in command of the Galaxion from the beginning and Zandarin leading the Survey Contact Team.