(2011)
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux,
2011 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 17.95 USD
- Pages
- 164
- On-sale Date
- 2011-08-31
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Hill and Wang
- Brand
-
Hill and Wang
- ISBN
-
978-0-8090-8045-8
- Barcode
- 9780809080458 51795
- Editing
- Howard Zimmerman; Dean Motter (design)
- Color
- Color
- Dimensions
- 15cm x 23cm
- Paper Stock
- Cardstock cover; Glossy interior
- Binding
- Squarebound
- Publishing Format
- Graphic Novel
Issue Notes
Issued simultaneously in hardcover edition.
Contents
table of contents / 1 page
- Pencils
- Giovanni Schiaparelli (illustration)
- Inks
- Giovanni Schiaparelli (illustration)
- Colors
- Giovanni Schiaparelli (illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
[Title Page]
credits, title page / 1 page
- Pencils
- Giovanni Schiaparelli (illustration)
- Inks
- Giovanni Schiaparelli (illustration)
- Colors
- Giovanni Schiaparelli (illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
January 1999 Rocket Summer
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Ray Bradbury (original story); Dennis Calero (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Dennis Calero
- Inks
- Dennis Calero
- Colors
- Dennis Calero
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- Rockets begin leaving Earth for the exploration of Mars.
February 1999 Ylla
comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Ray Bradbury (original story); Dennis Calero (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Dennis Calero
- Inks
- Dennis Calero
- Colors
- Dennis Calero
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Ylla; Yll
- Synopsis
- A telepathic Martian senses the impending arrival of Earth's astronauts, driving her jealous husband to murder them when they arrive.
- Keywords
- Mars
August 1999 The Summer Night
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Ray Bradbury (original story); Dennis Calero (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Dennis Calero
- Inks
- Dennis Calero
- Colors
- Dennis Calero
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- Humans and Martians begin hearing each other's thoughts.
- Keywords
- Mars
August 1999 The Earth Men
comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Ray Bradbury (original story); Dennis Calero (adaptation)
- Pencils
- James Smith
- Inks
- James Smith
- Colors
- James Smith
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- The astronauts of the 2nd expedition to Mars are mistaken for mental patients and sent to an asylum. To prove they are mere psychic manifestations, a physician tries to "cure" them by killing them.
- Keywords
- Mars
April 2000 The Third Expedition
comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Ray Bradbury (original story); Dennis Calero (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Dennis Calero
- Inks
- Dennis Calero
- Colors
- Dennis Calero
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- When the third expedition arrives the Martians assume the forms of the men's dead loved ones, then kill them in their sleep.
- Keywords
- Mars
June 2001 ...And the Moon Be Still As Bright
comic story / 26 pages
- Script
- Ray Bradbury (original story); Dennis Calero (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Dennis Calero
- Inks
- Dennis Calero
- Colors
- Dennis Calero
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- The fourth expedition finds all the Martians have evidently died due to chicken pox exposure. The crew's historian finds himself empathizing with the vanished civilization and decides to kill the rest of the crew in the hopes of preventing Mars' colonization.
- Keywords
- Mars
December 2001 The Green Morning
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Ray Bradbury (original story); Dennis Calero (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Dennis Calero
- Inks
- Dennis Calero
- Colors
- Dennis Calero
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Benjamin Driscoll
- Synopsis
- Benjamin Driscoll comes to Mars to spread seeds and grow a new forest.
- Keywords
- Mars
August 2002 Night Meeting
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Ray Bradbury (original story); Dennis Calero (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Dennis Calero
- Inks
- Dennis Calero
- Colors
- Dennis Calero
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Tomas Gomez
- Synopsis
- Tomas encounters a Martian but they seem to exist in different time frames; neither one can agree which of them is from the past and which from the present.
- Keywords
- Mars
February 2003 Interim
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Ray Bradbury (original story); Dennis Calero (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Dennis Calero
- Inks
- Dennis Calero
- Colors
- Dennis Calero
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- The colonization of Mars continues as people accustom themselves to life there.
- Keywords
- Mars
April 2003 The Musicians
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Ray Bradbury (original story); Dennis Calero (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Dennis Calero
- Inks
- Dennis Calero
- Colors
- Dennis Calero
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- Child colonists play amongst Martian ruins.
- Keywords
- Mars
September 2005 The Martian
comic story / 31 pages
- Script
- Ray Bradbury (original story); Dennis Calero (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Dennis Calero
- Inks
- Dennis Calero
- Colors
- Dennis Calero
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A couple are reunited with their dead son when a Martian survivor adopts his image.
- Keywords
- Mars
November 2005 The Off Season
comic story / 16 pages
- Script
- Ray Bradbury (original story); Dennis Calero (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Joe St. Pierre
- Inks
- Joe St. Pierre
- Colors
- Joe St. Pierre
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- As Sam prepares to open his diner on Mars, the Martians reappear to offer him legal ownership of their planet for mysterious reasons.
- Keywords
- Mars
November 2005 The Watchers
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Ray Bradbury (original story); Dennis Calero (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Dennis Calero
- Inks
- Dennis Calero
- Colors
- Dennis Calero
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- With Earth embroiled in war, many of the colonists abandon Mars for their homeworld.
- Keywords
- Mars
October 2026 The Million-Year Picnic
comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- Ray Bradbury (original story); Dennis Calero (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Josh Adams
- Inks
- Josh Adams
- Colors
- Josh Adams
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A family moves to Mars in order to escape the almost-certain destruction of humanity.
- Keywords
- Mars
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
[Title Page & Credits]
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2.
Contents
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3.
Introduction
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4.
[Title Page]
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5.
January 1999 Rocket Summer
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6.
February 1999 Ylla
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7.
August 1999 The Summer Night
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8.
August 1999 The Earth Men
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9.
April 2000 The Third Expedition
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10.
June 2001 ...And the Moon Be Still As Bright
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11.
December 2001 The Green Morning
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12.
August 2002 Night Meeting
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13.
February 2003 Interim
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14.
April 2003 The Musicians
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15.
September 2005 The Martian
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16.
November 2005 The Off Season
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17.
November 2005 The Watchers
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18.
October 2026 The Million-Year Picnic
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19.
A Note About the Author
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20.
A Note About the Artist
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21.
["The Earthmen came by the handful..."]
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