STUART MOORE ON EARTHLIGHT

[MattBrady]

by Benjamin Ong Pang Kean

Another comics creator has joined the manga bandwagon, specifically TOKYOPOP’s Original English Language (OEL) manga line.

Stuart Moore, who’s written Para and Zendra for Penny-Farthing Press, Lone for Dark Horse/Rocket Comics, Giant Robot Warriors for AiT/PlanetLar, Justice League Adventures for DC and is currently writing Firestorm, is writing Earthlight for TOKYOPOP. Moore was also a comics editor for Vertigo and Marvel Knights. He has won the Will Eisner award for Best Editor 1996 and the Don Thompson Award for Favorite Editor 1999.

“Earthlight is a high school drama set on Earth's first moon colony,” Moore told Newsarama.

Moore’s background is in American comics and American book publishing, “but I take inspiration wherever I can. Earthlight is very much in the mold of the classic Robert Heinlein "juvenile" novels like Red Planet and Have Spacesuit, Will Travel -- which were always read and enjoyed by adults, too. It's heavily inspired by the Canadian TV series Degrassi, too, both the original and Next Generation,” he said, adding that his all-time favorite manga is Mai the Psychic Girl, though he’s more into American comics right now. “I'll mention Stray Bullets because I love the way the kids' stories intersect with the adults' -- that's very close to what I'm doing here, too.

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[Jason Seaver]

Originally posted by MattBrady
“Earthlight is a high school drama set on Earth's first moon colony,” Moore told Newsarama.

Moore’s background is in American comics and American book publishing, “but I take inspiration wherever I can. Earthlight is very much in the mold of the classic Robert Heinlein "juvenile" novels like Red Planet and Have Spacesuit, Will Travel -- which were always read and enjoyed by adults, too. ... “I'll mention Stray Bullets because I love the way the kids' stories intersect with the adults' -- that's very close to what I'm doing here, too.

So. Very. There.

[thefellowship12]

Sounds pretty good shame it's out in 10 months time,

[BlueThunderArmy]

I'll be honest, after all the horrific attempts at OEL manga in the '90s I didn't think the genre would ever take off. But Tokyopop's doing some good stuff. Between this, Rivkah's Steady Beat, and Alex de Campi's upcoming project, there's a lot to get excited about.

[Elf-Help]

Looks good. I like the sci-fi setting, so I'll definitely check it out.

[jasinmartin]

I enjoy most of what Mr Moore writes, especially his sci-fi,
and the art here looks fabulous (a great find). Sounds like a great mix of ideas, concepts, and themes.

Add this to the list of TPop OEL I'm looking forward to!

[Hobowatcher]

It always creeps me out when a westerner draws manga.

[MattBrady]

Originally posted by Hobowatcher
It always creeps me out with a westerner draws manga.

what does that mean?

MattB

[Storminator]

Originally posted by MattBrady
what does that mean?

MattB

Nobody knows.


Anyhoot, I like Moore's work so I'll give this a try.

[Tentopet]

I like the fact that this being a story set on the moon, black and white works out perfectly. Coolness!

[EmeraldGuy32]

I've been looking for a good TokyoPop work to try, maybe this'll be it.

[Stuart Moore]

Thanks, everybody. It's great to write a straight sf series...and I'm blown away by Chris's art so far. We'll get some more updates out there as it proceeds.

Best,
Stuart