Galaxion

Infobox comic book title
title = Galaxion


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publisher = Helikon Comics
date = Early Salmagundi series:
July 1993 to October 1994
Galaxion Series:
May 1997 - November 1999
Galaxion (Webcomic)
debut: September 2006
issues = Salmagundi early editions — 7
Galaxion (series) — 11
Galaxion (Specials) — 2
Galaxion (Graphic Novel collection) — 1
main_char_team = Darvin Deloren, Anna Ito, Patty Kusene, Vessa Khavis, Fusella Mierter, Brig. General Scavina Nelson, Aria Schafer, and Zandarin Wilder
writers = Tara Tallan
artists = Tara Tallan
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creators = Tara Tallan, Wendy Linkous, and David Tallan (assistant)

Galaxion is a science fiction comic series written and drawn by Canadian Tara Tallan (née Jenkins) [cite web
title = Feature Spotlight #28
date = 1998-10
url = http://www.coldcut.com/reviews/rev28.html
publisher = Cold Cut Distribution
accessdate = 2007-02-14] .

The story follows the crew of an interstellar ship, the "Galaxion", as they test a new experimental hyperdrive engine. The story's narrative is from the point of view of the "Galaxion"'s geologist Aria Schafer. [cite web
url = http://rzero.com/books/Galaxion.html
title = Beek's Books - Galaxion (comicbook reviews)
accessdate = 2007-02-14]

Versions

There have been three versions of the Galaxion story.

Around 1993, the story first appeared as one half of a photocopied, digest-sized flip comic book Salmagundi. The other half of Salmagundi was the story "Vagabond" by Tallan's cousin, Franz de Leon. [cite web
url = http://www.sequentialtart.com/archive/july99/tallan.shtml
title = From Sci/Fi Fan to Sci/Fi Writer: Tara Tallan
last = Lien
first = Barb
work = Sequential Tart
date = 1999-07
accessdate = 2007-02-14] This lasted seven issues.Fact|date=February 2007

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 specialFact|date=February 2007 and a "flip book" with Amy Unbounded by Rachel Hartman. [cite web
url = http://www.sequentialtart.com/archive/oct99/rev_1099_2_barb.shtml
title = Comics Reviews
work = Sequential Tart
last = Lien
first = Barb
date = 1999-10
accessdate = 2007-02-15 ] 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 [cite web
url = http://www.tcj.com/3_online/w_minicomics3.html
title = Minicomics Round-Up III
work = The Comics Journal
last = George
first = Milo
accessdate = 2007-02-14 ] but ceased publication in 1999 as the demands of parenthood pulled Tara away from the drawing table.Fact|date=February 2007

In 2006, Tara launched a third version of Galaxion as a webcomic hosted at Girlamatic. [cite web
url = http://www.girlamatic.com/comics/galaxion.php?view=toc
title = Galaxion
publisher = Girlamatic
last = Tallan
first = Tara
accessdate = 2007-02-14]

Characters

Note: This describes roles of the characters in the most recent version of Galaxion. The roles have been different in earlier versions. For example, in the print comic we see Scavina in command of the Galaxion from the beginning and Zandarin leading the Survey Contact Team.

* Darvin Deloren - civilian employee of Interplanetary Patrol; right hand man of General Nelson, an old friend of Zandarin and Fusella.
* Anna Ito - Chief Engineer
* Vessa Khavis - leader of the Survey Contact Team
* Fusella Mierter - captain of the "Galaxion"
* Brig. General Scavina Nelson - leading the Nelson Project, Interplanetary Patrol's hyperspace jump travel experiment
* Aria Schafer - "Galaxion"'s Survey Contact Team
* Zandarin Wilder - civilian employee of Interplanetary Patrol [cite web
url = http://www.girlamatic.com/comics/galaxion.php?view=cast
title = Galaxion: Cast
publisher = Girlamatic
last = Tallan
first = Tara
accessdate = 2007-02-15]

References

External links

* [http://www.girlamatic.com/comics/galaxion.php Galaxion online comic at girlmatic.com]
* [http://www.onlinecomics.net/pages/search/comics.php?terms=galaxion Galaxion at onlinecomics.net]
* [http://rzero.com/books/Galaxion.html Galaxion review at Beek's Books]
* [http://www.talkaboutcomics.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=541 Galaxion message board at Talk About Comics.com]
* [http://www.galaxioncomics.com Galaxion Official Website]