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Ex Astris: The Comics
http://exastriscomic.blogspot.com/
Blog delivering news about the ongoing comic Ex Astris by John Freeman and Mike Nicoll which appears in Spaceship Away magazine and online on Clickwheel.net
Recent Posts
Ex Astris on the Move!
We're pleased to report that, as part of ongoing developments for our Ex Astris, we've finally activated our proper site (www.exastris.co.uk) and blog (http://blog.exastris.co.uk/) for the comic. The site offers a guide to the strip and there's some ...
Ex Astris Artist Celebrates Moon Landings
Mike Nicoll has just sent me this fab piece of art to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first human moon landing, which forms part of a gallery of art marking the event over on thedownthetubes forum.Several artists have contributed images so far...
Ex Astris: Homecoming Story Online
After discussion between myself and Mike, we've decided to publish a web version Ex: Astris Homecoming, which first appeared in Bulletproof Comics #2, using the myebook platform. Click on the image on the right to view the comic or follow this link.T...
Ex Astris To Return to Spaceship Away
We're pleased to report that although the upcoming issue of Spaceship Away, on sale soon, brings the first Ex Astris 'prequel' story to a close, the strip will return to the Magazine next year - and this time, it will be for an ongoing run."We'll be ...
Creating Crowd Scene in CGI
Over on the downthetubes forum, Ex Astris creator Mike Nicoll has been talking about creating crowd scenes in CGI, responding to comments from veteran artist John Ridgway that the medium isn't really good for such things.Mike's response was pretty in...
Secrets of Ceres Part 2 Features in new Spaceship Away
On sale in all good comic shops soon is the latest issue of Rod Barzilay’s Spaceship Away comic magazine, featuring all-new comic strip starring the original Dan Dare and a variety of other SF strips including the second part of Ex Astris: Secrets...

