Andrew Dabb
Andrew Dabb (born in Ogden, Utah; currently residing in Los Angeles) is an American writer, working in the field of television, movies, and graphic novels.
Career
His works include Ghostbusters: Legion, Happydale: Devils in the Desert, and Atomika; as well as the G.I. Joe and Dungeon and Dragons series. Dabb wrote the webcomic series Slices for opi8.com.
Dabb currently writes for the television show Supernatural on the CW network,[1] specifically the episode "I Believe the Children Are Our Future".[2] It is rumored that he will write the spin-off of Supernatural.[3]
Atomika
| Andrew Dabb | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher |
Speakeasy Comics Mercury Comics |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publication date | Mar. 2005 – June 2011 |
| Number of issues | 12 |
| Main character(s) |
Atomika Arohnir |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Andrew Dabb |
| Penciller(s) | Sal Abbinanti |
| Inker(s) | Buzz |
| Creator(s) | Sal Abbinanti |
| Collected editions | |
| Atomika: God is Red | ISBN 1-4276-0011-2 |
Atomika is an American comic book series created in 2005 by Sal Abbinanti, Andrew Dabb, and Aldrin Aw/"Buzz"; and published first by Speakeasy Comics and later by Abbinanti's Mercury Comics.
Publication history
Speakeasy published Atomika issues #1–4, from March–July 2005 (with the series consistently being the company's most popular title).[4]
In December 2005, however, with Speakeasy facing problems on multiple fronts, Atomika creator Sal Abbinanti split from Speakeasy to publish Atomika #5 and future issues[5] under his own Mercury Comics label.[6] After publishing issues #5–6 in short order, Mercury collected the first six issues into the trade paperback Atomika: God is Red.
Issues #7–12 have been published much more sporadically, approximately one issue per year, with the most recent issue coming out in 2011.
Plot
Set in an alternate universe, Atomika portrays a Soviet Union where religion has been outlawed and technology is king. The sky is dead and much of the planet has become an industrial wasteland. The USSR has conquered America, tapping the earth's core to control the only source of energy left. The planet has evolved into a machine feeding the furnaces of its industry.
In 1934, a man named Arohnir creates Atomika, a super-strong, nuclear-powered being, from the molten fires of the earth's core. The new, red "god" confronts the old gods of Rus. Despite his multiple victories, when Atomika confronts Baba Yaga, he begins to have doubts about his mission.
References
- ↑ Andrew Dabb website.
- ↑ Supernatural: Clip from Ep. 6 and Some New Casting News
- ↑ Glass, Andrew. "Andrew Dabb is writing spin off. And he is going to kill it!," Twitter.com (July 25, 2013). (Glass is a Supernatural writer.)
- ↑ ICv2 News - Top 300 Comics Actual-March 2005
- ↑ "ATOMIKA # 5 IN STORES NOW," COMICON.com (Dec. 15, 2005).
- ↑ "Atomika Leaves Speakeasy To Self-Publish," Newsarama [dead link]