Bad Planet
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Bad Planet is a 12-issue comic book limited series by Thomas Jane and Steve Niles about an ancient meteorite containing destructive alien organisms crashing down on modern Earth. Another alien, a single warrior, appears on Earth to help prevent its destruction at the hands of the malevolent invaders. Bad Planet was one of the first comics produced under the writers' own Raw Studios imprint for Image Comics.
[edit] History
Co-creator/co-writer Thomas Jane, best known in the comics world for his role as the title character in the 2004 film The Punisher, was "hopped up on Vicodin" while recovering from a car accident when he had a series of fever dreams that contained "horrible alien deathspiders." From those dreams, he formed the idea for the comic book series, Bad Planet. [1]
Jane befriended comic book artist Tim Bradstreet while making the promotional posters for the Punisher film and pitched the idea to him. Bradstreet suggested he approach Bradstreet's long-time friend, Eisner Award-nominated Steve Niles with the Bad Planet concept. Eventually the three met at a 2004 comic convention in Los Angeles. Niles, famous for his vampire series 30 Days of Night, quickly jumped on the idea and agreed to write. Concerned about the interior artwork in the comic, Jane again asked Bradstreet for advice. Bradstreet had been wanting an opportunity to work with Lewis Larosa after seeing his work on the Punisher MAX series, for which Bradstreet does the covers. Larosa was planning to leave the comic industry, but was cajoled by Bradstreet and a signed headshot of Jane in the mail. [2]
The team had originally conceived the series as being twelve parts, but it was later changed to six parts. Jane explained that this was because they split the series in half so the team could have a break in the project.
The first issue received an "A" rating from Cinescape and "Must Read" from IGN.
[edit] References
- Newsarama Interview with Jane, Bradstreet, Niles, & Larosa
- Comic Book Resources Interview with Niles and Jane
