Astronauts in Trouble : Space 1959 - Softcover

Young, Larry; Adlard, Charlie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0967684730 ISBN 13: 9780967684734

Publisher: A I T Planet Lar, 2000

Synopsis

The story of Col. Lloyd Macadam’s top-secret moon-shot program located in Peru is discovered only after the death of a janitor in the U.S. is investigated by the newly formed Channel Seven television station’s top news team. Macadam’s plans are accelerated when a Russian spy commandeers the rocket and the Colonel must choose between his country and his life. A period adventure featuring an earlier generation of the Channel Seven newshounds from Astronauts In Trouble: Live From The Moon, Space: 1959 has got film-noir murder, the race to win the Cold War, the first man on the moon, and an elegant and poignant finale from a story that SFX says `surpasses the excellence of the original.`

About this title

From the Publisher:

Writer Larry Young has read comics since before he could actually read. He didn’t start writing them until 1999, though, with the script for the inaugural miniseries Astronauts In Trouble: Live From The Moon. This spawned a prequel, Astronauts In Trouble: Space 1959, and a sequel, Astronauts In Trouble: One Shot, One Beer, as well as the script collection, The Making Of Astronauts In Trouble. He has written scripts and the series bible for the Image/Motown series Casual Heroes as well as the scripts for "The Bod" and "Trust in Me" for the Image series, Double Image. He lives in San Francisco and is the publisher of AiT/Planet Lar.

About the Author:

Writer Larry Young has made false teeth and retainers, has worked as an advertising manager and an art director, as a pharmaceutical manufacturer in a Class 100 clean room, and as supervisor of a gang saw granite-cutting crew.

While presently responsible for marketing and promotions as the wise and terrible Minister of Propaganda for the award-winning comic book store Comix Experience, he's also the writer/publisher of AiT/Planet Lar.Writer Larry Young has made false teeth and retainers, has worked as an advertising manager and an art director, as a pharmaceutical manufacturer in a Class 100 clean room, and as supervisor of a gang saw granite-cutting crew.

While presently responsible for marketing and promotions as the wise and terrible Minister of Propaganda for the award-winning comic book store Comix Experience, he's also the writer/publisher of AiT/Planet Lar.

Artist Charlie Adlard is best known for his work on The X-Files comic book and Marvel Comics' X-Men: Hellfire Club.

About this edition

• Publisher: A I T Planet Lar
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0967684730
• ISBN 13: 9780967684734
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 72