En décembre, Archaia débutera la publication du nouveau projet comics de Yehudi Mercado et de l’artiste Bachan (Imagine Agents): Rocket Salvage.
Cette mini-série en 6 chapitres suit Primo Rocket, une ancienne star de « speeder Race » qui a tout perdu lors d’une course fatidique. Pensant être définitivement rangé des voitures, il travaille maintenant dans la récupération de technologies pour vaisseaux avec ses deux enfants-clones rebelles: Beta & Zeta.
[quote] « Rocket Salvage » is sci-fi adventure about a family-run salvage operation on a rundown spaceport called Rio Rojo located just off the coast of Earth. Earth is basically an inhospitable trash planet at this point. Rio Rojo is like Mos Eisley mixed with Casablanca: it’s a hive of scum and villainy that has managed to stay out of the thousand-year war between the Republic of Galaxies and the Galactic Republic.
Imagine being stuck in a universe where the Rebel Alliance is just as evil as the Empire.[/quote]
[quote]Rocket Salvage #1
Story by Yehudi Mercado, Various
Art by Bachan
Colors by Jeremy Lawson
Letters by Deron Bennett
Cover by Bachan, Yehudi Mercado
Publisher Archaia
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date Wed, December 17th, 2014
WHY WE LOVE IT: When writer/animator Yehudi Mercado (Guardians of the Galaxy: Universal Weapon; Pantalones, TX) came to us with a dysfunctional family drama about three clones running a rocket ship repair shop, we were already on board. Throw in some spaceport street-racing and a few alien gangsters–just tell us when to start our engines!
WHY YOU’LL LOVE IT: Did we mention space racing?! With blow-your-gamma-gasket sequences from artist Bachan (Imagine Agents), this series has both action and heart. Fans of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Bravest Warriors, and Speed Racer will want to pick up a wrench and strap in for the ride.
WHAT IT’S ABOUT: Primo Rocket used to be the fastest speeder-racer in the galaxy, but after a crash that sealed the fate of his space-station-city home, Rio Rojo, Primo has resigned himself to life as a lowly spaceship salvage yard owner. However, his two “kids”–harvest clone Beta, and Beta’s genius girl-clone Zeta–can’t seem to keep out of trouble. When the dysfunctional family suddenly becomes the target of an intergalactic manhunt, the family has to come together to save their home.[/quote]
[quote]Rocket Salvage #2
Story by Yehudi Mercado
Art by Bachan
Colors by Jeremy Lawson
Letters by Deron Bennett
Cover by Bachan
Publisher Archaia
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date Wed, January 21st, 2015
When Primo Rocket finds out the alien and robot federations are gunning after him in search of a long-lost mythical weapon, he has no choice but to rope his family into an adventure across the galaxy to find the alien responsible. Too bad that alien is locked away in the most dangerous and impenetrable Kaijer Prison Planet known to man![/quote]
[quote]Rocket Salvage #3 (of 5)
Publisher: Archaia, an imprint of BOOM! Studios
Author: Yehudi Mercado
Artist: Bachan
Cover Artist: Bachan
Price: $3.99
Synopsis: Behind the wheel of a salvage space hauler, on the run from an armada of robot religious zealots, and catering to the whims of a wild, mad scientist alien, the Rockets are in for a lot more than they bargained for. Luckily, if life has taught them anything, it is that nothing good ever comes easy.[/quote]
[quote]Rocket Salvage #4
Story by Yehudi Mercado
Art by Bachan
Colors by Jeremy Lawson
Letters by Deron Bennett
Cover by Bachan
Publisher Archaia
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date Mar 18th, 2015
The Rocket family is split! With Zeta training under a mad scientist, Beta working under a local crime lord, and Primo stuck in a Republic of Galaxies prison, it’s going to take more than a big wrench and an apology to get this family back together![/quote]
[quote]Rocket Salvage #5
Story by Yehudi Mercado
Art by Bachan
Colors by Jeremy Lawson
Letters by Deron Bennett
Cover by Bachan
Publisher Archaia
Cover Price: $5.99
Release Date Apr 29th, 2015
Double-sized final issue, 44 pages of story! War descends on Rio Rojo. With robot Republic of Galaxy warriors filling the skies and monster Galactic Republic guards infesting the streets, the Rockets are in the fight of their life. Zeta must turn the tide and use her powers to end this thing once and for all.[/quote]
