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Orbital
The first book in the series, Scars
featuring the two main characters Caleb and Mezoke
Publication information
Publisher Dupuis (French)
Cinebook (English)
Format Ongoing series
Genre Graphic novel for
young adults
No. of issues8 (in French)
8 (in English)
Creative team
Written by Sylvain Runberg
Artist(s) Serge Pellé

Orbital is a Franco-Belgian science fiction comics series written by Sylvain Runberg, illustrated by Serge Pellé and published by Dupuis in French, Cinebook in English, Cobolt förlag in Swedish, Splitter [ de] in German and ReNoir Comics in Italy.

Story

The story follows a pair of Interworld Diplomatic Office (IDO) agents on their intergalactic diplomatic peace missions. The agents are Mezoke Izzua, a Sandjarrian, and Caleb Swany, a Human. The missions reveal a rich universe of various interwoven plots by various political and interest factions involving numerous cultures and races across the galaxy.

Volumes

  1. Cicatrices - April 2006 ISBN  978-2-8001-3796-4
  2. Ruptures - June 2007 ISBN  978-2-8001-3927-2
  3. Nomades - August 2009 ISBN  978-2-8001-4075-9
  4. Ravages - October 2010 ISBN  978-2-8001-4711-6
  5. Justice - September 2012 ISBN  978-2-8001-4917-2
  6. Résistance - March 2015 ISBN  978-2-8001-5655-2
  7. Implosion - January 2017 ISBN  978-2-8001-6611-7
  8. Contacts - September 2019 ISBN  978-2-8001-7155-5

Translations

Since May 2009, Cinebook Ltd has been publishing Orbital. The following volumes have been released: [1]

  1. Scars - May 2009 ISBN  978-1-905460-89-2
  2. Ruptures - July 2009 ISBN  978-1-905460-95-3
  3. Nomads - May 2011 ISBN  978-1-84918-080-1
  4. Ravages - July 2011 ISBN  978-1-84918-088-7
  5. Justice - February 2014 ISBN  978-1-84918-172-3
  6. Resistance - August 2015 ISBN  978-1-84918-262-1
  7. Implosion - November 2017 ISBN  978-1-84918-378-9
  8. Contacts - April 2020 ISBN  978-1-84918-497-7

References