Galaxion
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July 1993 to October 1994
Galaxion Series:
May 1997 - November 1999
debut: September 2006
Galaxion (series) — 11
Galaxion (Specials) — 2
Galaxion (Graphic Novel collection) — 3
| Galaxion | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Helikon Comics |
| Publication date | Early Salmagundi series: July 1993 to October 1994 Galaxion Series: debut: September 2006 |
| No. of issues | Salmagundi early editions — 7 Galaxion (series) — 11 Galaxion (Specials) — 2 Galaxion (Graphic Novel collection) — 3 |
| Main character(s) | Darvin Deloren, Anna Ito, Patty Kusene, Vessa Khavis, Fusella Mierter, Brig. General Scavina Nelson, Aria Schafer, and Zandarin Wilder |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Tara Tallan, Wendy Linkous, and David Tallan (assistant) |
| Written by | Tara Tallan |
| Artist(s) | Tara Tallan |
Galaxion is a science fiction comic book and webcomic series written and drawn by Canadian Tara Tallan (née Jenkins).[1]
The story follows the crew of an interstellar ship, the Galaxion, as they test a new experimental hyperdrive engine. The story's narrative presents the Galaxion's geologist Aria Schafer's point of view.[2]
There have been three versions of the Galaxion story.
Around 1993, the story first appeared as one half of a photocopied, digest size flip comic book Salmagundi.[3]
In the late 1990s, the story was relaunched in a self-published full-sized comic.[4] There was also a "flip book" with Amy Unbounded by Rachel Hartman.[5] 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[6] but ceased publication in 1999 as the demands of parenthood pulled Tara away from the drawing table.[7]
In 2006, Tara launched a third version of Galaxion as a bi-weekly (later weekly) webcomic,[8] originally hosted at Girlamatic.[9] The comic went on hiatus in August 2018 [10]