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What's Trending: Aliens, Aliens, Aliens!

ArtCrumbs Featured Comics • Mar 17, 2022

Do you believe in aliens? The comics on today's What's Trending might give some food for thought! Just don't become THEIR food in the process! Stay safe, explorer!

1. They Fell from the Sky, 136 pages - Published by Mad Cave Studios, (cc/ @chrisfernandez)

Tommy Murphy is just an ordinary kid. He goes to school, hangs out with his friends, and fanboys over his favorite TV show. But when a chance encounter in the woods thrusts him into an unlikely friendship with an otherworldly creature, he is forced to navigate bullies, family squabbles, and tween woes... all while trying to prevent an interplanetary war!

Story and Art by Joamette Gil, Liezl Buenaventura, Xavier Tárrega


 


 

2. Flesh Eating Cheerleaders from Outer Space, 101 pages - Published by Dren Productions, (cc/ @jmascia)

When a meteor crashes in the middle of campus, the students at Pullman University didn't realize that they were being invaded. These space creatures are able to inhabit and take over the human body. So, what happens when a group of cheerleaders are caught in the middle? They become these flesh-eating cannibals, of course.

Story and Art by Dren Productions


 


 

3. Thompson Heller: Detective Interstellar, 186 pages - Published by Source Point Press, (cc/ @TravisM)

Thompson Heller, a private detective who travels the stars solving cases that have political or moral intrigue, travels to a faraway planet to help an old friend accused of murder. Heller doesn't believe his friend is guilty, but video surveillance seems to prove otherwise. While on the case, Heller sees friction in his romantic life. He's falling in love with his recurring intellectual sparring...

Story and Art by Andy Schmidt, Damon Kane, Dave Chisholm, Fabian Cobos, Milton Lawson


 


 

4. Salvagers, 222 pages - Published by Source Point Press, (cc/ @TravisM)

In the distant future, the habitable planets are connected through the trade of natural and artificial resources. The import and export business is flourishing for some systems, while leaving others at the mercy of major trade corporations. After the end of the Galactic War, peace blanketed the galaxy; however, planets with little shipping resources turned to piracy or developed small guerilla...

Story and Art by Bob Salley, DeSiKa, George Acevedo, HdE Ponsonby-Jones, Joshua Werner


 


 

5. Butcher Queen, 222 pages - Published by Red 5 Comics, (cc/ @joshuastarnes)

In Black Star City, alien offworlders are being systematically attacked and removed from society by a clandestine paramilitary group called the Overseers. When fugitive cop-turned-mercenary Syd Kiowa is contacted by a victim who escaped their grip, she is thrust into a horrifying war of secrets that will determine the future of alien relations on Earth forever!

Story and Art by Red 5 Comics


 


 

6. Becstar, 160 pages - Published by Mad Cave Studios, (cc/ @chrisfernandez)

Becstar is a star hopping mercenary-gone-full time-gambler light years away from earth. Leaving her old life behind with the help of her magical luck dagger and her fan-turned-regret filled-friend Sally, Becstar ekes out a living under the nefarious Shadow Syndicate’s radar. But when a mysterious girl appears with grim news and an urgent quest where the fate of the universe hangs in the balance!

Story and Art by Mad Cave Studios