It's not easy to create an outer space saga that treads fresh extraterrestrial turf, but author/illustrator James Turner is giving it a shot.
His new sci-fi graphic novel Warlord of Io, released last month, offers up a coming-of-age story about a 25th-century slacker named Zing who suddenly takes charge of an empire ravaged by tiki space pirates.
Turner told Wired.com in an e-mail that he created Warlord's zippy visuals entirely on the computer. "I used Adobe Illustrator, point by bezier point, working with a mouse. Sometimes I traced over hand-drawn sketches, but much was done directly on the computer."
Warlord of Io retails for $15.
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