''After Dark'' is a three-issue, dark science fiction

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published by

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in a 56-page

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la format. The series concept and characters were created by film director/writer

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(director of

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) and actor

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(star of the

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series). The series is written by

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(best known for

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series) and illustrated by Jeff Nentrup. On June 30, 2010, a "#0" issue was released as a prequel. The official start of the main series is August 2010.

Publication history

The first book is due to be released in August () and the second in October ().

Plot synopsis

The series is set in a

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near-future in which the

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exists in a state of near-perpetual darkness. Civilization has largely become confined to domed cities in which the populace exists in a state of drug-addled stupor in order to while away time between birth and death. The rulers of Solar City, the most populated of humanity's remaining bastions, enlist a Bedouin drifter, named simply Omar, to lead a team into the wilds outside of the city in search of the

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they believe may exist somewhere in the sparsely populated wilds.

Notes

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:After Dark (Comics) 2010 graphic novels American graphic novels Comics by Peter Milligan Works by Antoine Fuqua