''Neozoic'' is a science fiction/fantasy

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published by

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. It is written by Paul Ens, who worked on ''Star Wars: Evasive Action''. The art is done by J. Korim and Jessie Lam. The setting is in a different universe where dinosaurs did not become extinct and humans never became the dominant species. The series has eight issues and they have all been gathered into one 216 page trade paper back as of May 2009. An eight-page comic ("Feeding Time") was put out in May 2010 for Red 5's Free Comic Book Day. In April 2013 part one of a four-part limited series, ''Neozoic: Trader's Gambit'', was published.

Setting

The story is set in an alternate universe where, 65 million years ago, debris from a space battle near Jupiter hit the asteroid that was supposed to wipe out the

dinosaur Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago (mya), although the exact origin and timing of the evolution of dinosaurs is t ...

s, causing a slight change in its trajectory. Instead of hitting

Earth Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. While large volumes of water can be found throughout the Solar System, only Earth sustains liquid surface water. About 71% of Earth's surfa ...

it crashed into the

Moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and the largest and most massive relative to its parent planet, with a diameter about one-quarter that of Earth (comparable to the width of ...

, knocking off a large portion of its mass. As a result, dinosaurs continue to thrive and evolve, greatly reducing the degree to which mammals - including humans - gain dominance over the planet. The protagonist in the alternate present is a young woman named Lilli Murko, an excellent hand-to-hand combatant who uses a sword and dagger to fight. She works for a group of dinosaur slayers known as the Predator Defense League, or PDL.

Reception

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states that "the artwork is fantastic and the world Ens creates is emphatic and fun".

References

External links

Official webpage
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