Cartoonist Simon Roy (Prophet, Griz Grobus) returns with a bold new science-fiction collection, A Star Called the Sun. The standalone paperback revisits the far-future universe of Habitat and Griz Grobus. Sergei Nazarov and Drew Shields bring the stories to life with vivid colors. Image Comics will publish the book in February 2026.
The collection takes readers on a fast-moving journey through humanity’s future and its clash with technology. Roy tells seven 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 Vanguard.
“This collection is a love letter to the pulp sci-fi novels I devoured as a kid and the authors I later obsessed over,” Roy said. “Short stories deliver sharp, punchy explorations of science fiction’s strangest corners. They skip the heavy mechanics of long plots. Inspiration drove these comics, and creating them brought me pure joy.”
Roy fills the book with unforgettable images—robotic clergy, post-human hive minds, immortal cyborgs, and the echoes of ancient alien civilizations.
A Star Called the Sun trade paperback will be available at local comic book shops on Wednesday, February 11 and bookstores on Tuesday, February 24.
