Arctos Comics’ first release, Orion the Hunter by comic veteran Clifford VanMeter and newcomer Joe Querio, will debut Dec. 8th, 2009 and the site will officially launch on that day.
“I’ve been describing Orion the Hunter as ‘Space Cowboy Noir’,” said VanMeter, a former writer, penciller and colorist for companies like DC, Valiant and Marvel Comics in the 90’s. “It takes inspiration from things like Joss Whedon’s Serenity, but also draws on movies like Bad Day at Black Rock and High Plains Drifter and touches on more modern tragedies like 9/11.”
Orion takes place about 200 years in the future, shortly after a devastating war has ravaged two civilizations, earth’s and the tir’a. The tir’a are the only other space-faring race humanity has encountered, thus far. In the aftermath of nearly a decade of warfare, the humans and tir’a have formed a new alliance and out of that a peace-keeping force has been established.
“The main character, Orion is a half-breed,” continues VanMeter. “His real name is Geos Arion Rasas rel Pen Atha. “Orion” is a kind of nickname humans have tagged him with.”
One of peace-keepers, Orion is a Federation marshal. A hunter tasked with pursuing interplanetary criminals. In his premier adventure, Orion goes home for the first time since the end of the war. His mere presence there sets off a chain of events and he has to walk a fine line between seeking revenge and upholding his oath as a marshal.
Orion the Hunter will be updated weekly, every Tuesday at 3PM.
