Event Horizon: Postcards from the future
Foundations are always best to start out with, so if you are publishing a collection themed around “a black hole”, best start with some definitions first. NASA’s simplest, probably most accepted definition of these objects: “A black hole is a place in space where gravity pulls so much that even light can not get out. The gravity is so strong because matter has been squeezed into a tiny space.” The singularity, that thing matter has been squeezed into, becomes not an inevitable place a crossed object travels towards inside the black hole, but an inevitable future it is destined towards (time and place switch places in these weird things that reflect a very weird universe we find ourselves in). Sometimes black holes are thought of as “always been around” and sometimes their origins can be placed in the death of a very massive star.
Ask around the astrophysics block, and you’ll get some variations: places of non-events, black stars, giant fuzzballs of strings, entries to white holes (there goes wormholes again), proof that we are all holograms…. There is a theory in astrophysics centered on the belief that our reality is based on these things, similar to Darwinian evolution: black hole cosmology.
Event Horizon: Stories of No Turning Back, publishing with Janus Point Press early 2024 (Kickstarting Fall 2023) takes a little of all these theories in its theme, with a heavy emphasis on the concept of an “event horizon”: the area of a black hole that once crossed, there is no return from. Sound familiar? All of us have passed an event horizon in our lives, some with small consequences, others, great. For the characters in this collection of comics and prose, this big moment is sometimes metaphorical, sometimes quite literal, spaceship and all. Make sure you are signed up to our newsletter for news of who is on this journey with us, and launch.
We have an exciting line up to announce soon. Meanwhile, enjoy these postcards from the future courtesy of NASA. If videos are your thing, here are some great ones to explore more about these fascinating objects:
