A STAR CALLED THE SUN SCI-FI STORIES TO EXPAND THE GRIZ GROBUS UNIVERSE THIS FEBRUARY 2026

April Carvelli
A star called the sun
PORTLAND, Ore. 09/05/2025 — 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.

Griz Grobus trade paperback (ISBN 9781534397866) is available now at local comic book shops and independent bookstores, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Indigo, and Waterstones.

Habitat trade paperback (ISBN 9781632158857) is available now at local comic book shops and independent bookstores, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Indigo, and Waterstones. ABOUT SIMON ROY
Simon Roy is a comics artist, illustrator, and writer best known for working on books like Prophet, Tiger Lung, Habitat, The Field, and Jan’s Atomic Heart. He has worked with publishers and clients like Dark Horse, Image Comics, and Dreamworks. He resides in the Pacific Northwest. Photo credit: Jessica Pollard.
ABOUT IMAGE COMICS
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of bestselling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States, and is the #2 graphic novel publisher in America. It is the publisher of such award winning titles as, Spawn, The Walking Dead, Invincible, Saga, Monstress, Deadly Class, Chew, The Old Guard, I Kill Giants, Criminal, The Department of Truth, W0rldtr33, Geiger, Descender, Gideon Falls, It’s Lonely At The Centre of The Earth, Do A Power Bomb, Stray Bullets, and more. The company currently has six individuals on the Board of Directors: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, Jim Valentino, and Eric Stephenson. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline Comics, Skybound Entertainment, and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, fantasy, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor, and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit: www.imagecomics.com. ###

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