When Humanoids debuts SPACE BASTARDS by The Boys artist and co-creator Darick Robertson and writers Eric Peterson and Joe Aubrey this January, there will be a one-in-ten collectible, blacklight variant cover by acclaimed artist Dan Panosian and a 50/50 virgin variant cover by Darick Robertson.
In SPACE BASTARDS, David S. Proton is a meek, unemployed accountant desperate for money. He joins the Intergalactic Postal Service only to be paired with Manny Corns (a.k.a. “The Manicorn”), a sardonic brute who thrives on the competition provided by the company. And things only get worse from there.
“Humanoids publishes mind blowing sci-fi epics like THE INCAL, METABARONS and BARBARELLA,” said Humanoids Publisher Mark Waid. “Those works are like enjoying a fine wine at dinner. SPACE BASTARDS is like drinking moonshine on a week-long bender you’ll never forget, because one day you woke up with some weird tattoos, a scar from a fight you don’t even remember, and a new best friend who smells weird.”
In SPACE BASTARDS, violence is everywhere. Corporations are exploiting the weak and disenfranchised. And while America has taken to the cosmos, scientific advancements and technology have outpaced civilization as we know it. Even getting mail between planets is damn near impossible. Enter the Intergalactic Postal Service, a deadly organization with a brutal, mercenary business model. Whoever delivers the package gets the cash. And every delivery can be made by any means necessary.
“Eric and Joe have poured their heart and souls into this project and have devoted years to seeing it come to fruition,” said artist Darick Robertson. “Designing this world and characters with them was unbridled fun. It’s a raucous and bizarre world that puts the fiction in Sci-Fi.”
