Image Comics announced today that they will begin publication of comic books based on David Weber’s Honor Harrington stories.According to the publisher the series, which launches in March, will be the first of many immersive science-fiction comics, games, webisodes, and TV episodes, cluminating with the release in 2017 of a feature film.Tales of Honor revolves around a brilliant, genetically-engineered female spaceship captain, Honor Harrington, as she heroically leads her crew through a series of epic political, military, and personal adventures.”We chose the comic platform to launch the Honorverse to the uninitiated because it emphasizes visual storytelling and introduces our characters in a strong, iconic way. Comics also offer us the opportunity to interact with audience on a monthly basis to find the right tone and style for this new incarnation of Honor Harrington and her world,” said Scott Kroopf, Chief Creative Officer, Evergreen Studios.The publisher revealed that the first issue of the series picks up with Honor awaiting execution. From her cell, she recalls her first command assignment in a hellish backwater star system, where she discovers an enemy fleet massing for a sneak attack and must find a way to stop them with her lone ship.”Weber’s story world is so cool because it’s based in real science, which gives it a feeling of authenticity. Tales of Honor is to science fiction what Jason Bourne is to spy movies: realistic, gritty, and action-packed,” said Scott Kroopf, Chief Creative Officer, Evergreen Studios.The series will be written by Top Cow honcho Matt Hawkins, best known to fans for his work on the critically-acclaimed Think Tank. He had nothing but praise for Weber’s universe and its potential at Image.”I have never taken on outside comic projects, but when Evergreen approached me and I read the books, I was truly intrigued,” Hawkins said. “David Weber has a level of detail that is not given in a lot of stuff now. The way they do the spaceship combat is actually realistic. The idea that the ships are so far apart and have to deal with inertia is something you don’t see in Star Trek or Star Wars. You can’t just turn a ship on a dime that’s going that fast.”A mobile game, Tales of Honor: The Secret Fleet, will be available on iOS and Android and releases shortly after the first issue of the comic. This free-to-play strategy game will allow people to battle a multitude of enemies in ship to ship combat across the breadth of the “Honorverse.”David Weber wrote 28 Honor Harrington novels, including an anthology series, two spin-off series, and a recent young adult series. The most recent entry in the series, Beginnings, was released July 2013.TALES OF HONOR #1 Story: Matt Hawkins Art/Cover A: Jung-Geun Yoon (Diamond Code: JAN140539) Cover B: Stjepan Sejic (Diamond Code: JAN140540) Cover C: Rahsan Ekedal (Diamond Code: JAN140541) Cover D: Patrick Tatopolous (Diamond Code: JAN140542) March 5, 32 pgs $2.99
