Videos by ComicBook.com
The issue represents the first time that Browne’s hit webcomic has gone print-first.
The series has already been collected into a hardcover volume at Image Comics once, but this is its first foray into serialized, single issue books.
The first issue will feature a variant cover by Geof Darrow, whose Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot will also return to Dark Horse with a new story soon.
“It’s the right time because I feel confident enough as a writer to tackle this project,” Browne said at the time of the announcement. “The original series was just a bunch of ideas for stupid jokes that I struggled to string together into a narrative. Now I’m actually planning things (what a novel idea!) and focusing on issues such as pacing, plot and character growth. Y’know, all that actually writer stuff.”
You can check it out below, along with the official teaser text from Image.
God Hates Astronauts #1 Written and Illustrated by Ryan Browne; Variant Cover by Geof Darrow
Ryan Browne’s (Manhattan Projects, Bedlam) farcical cult-sensation returns with a new story perfect for new readers!
A NASA funded group of arrogant “super people” must stop a rash of farmers that have been using rocket-powered silos to launch themselves into outer space! As these Astro-Farmers fire themselves all over the galaxy, NASA must utilize their every resource (A guy with a ghost-cow head, a bunch of magic bears, and a Chicago cop with robot arms) to avoid an intergalactic incident!
