- A Star Called the Sun
- Image Comics
- Written & Illustrated by Simon Roy
- Colors by Sergei Nazarov & Drew Shields
- Available February 11, 2026
Fan-favorite cartoonist Simon Roy (Prophet, Griz Grobus) returns with a rich, visually arresting science-fiction collection, A Star Called the Sun. This standalone paperback will revisit the same far-future universe as Simon’s previous works—Habitat and Griz Grobus—and feature colors by Sergei Nazarov and Drew Shields. It will hit shelves in February, 2026 from Image Comics.
A Star Called the Sun charts a kaleidoscopic journey through the future of humanity and technology across cosmic tales: “Hale-Bopp,” “The Oxpecker and the Elephant,” “Pride of the Central Republic,” “A Portrait of the Artist as Hive Parasite,” “The Ansible,” “The Anchoress,” and finally “Vanguard.”
“This collection is a love-letter, of sorts, to the pulp sci-fi novels I grew up reading and loving, as well as the authors I became obsessed with later in life,” said Roy. “The short story itself, as a format, provides a punchy, concise way to dig into the stranger, more esoteric corners of science fiction without getting bogged down in all the mechanisms of a longer-form plot. Moreover, the process of making these brief comics tends to be carried a bit more by inspiration, which made all these stories an absolute pleasure to create!”
This expansive tome is shaped by robotic clergy, post-human hive minds, immortal cyborgs, and the lingering impact of ancient alien civilizations.
A Star Called the Sun trade paperback (ISBN 9781534333246) will be available at local comic book shops on Wednesday, February 11 and independent bookstores, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Indigo, and Waterstones on Tuesday, February 24.
A Star Called the Sun will also be available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, Google Play, and Omnibus.
