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☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeStar-Crossed (Humanoids, March 2024) is a self-contained original graphic novel that plants Humanoids' flag firmly in the tradition of literary science fiction romance, framing a forbidden human-alien love story as a meditation on diplomacy, fear of the unknown, and whether empathy can transcend species boundaries. It marks a notable creative collaboration between a writer already embedded in the European-American comics pipeline and an Italian artist making only his second English-language appearance, demonstrating Humanoids' continued investment in bringing bande dessinée and Italian fumetti talent to Anglophone readers in a single prestige volume. As an OGN rather than a serialized floppy, it belongs to the post-Watchmen tradition of graphic novels designed to stand alongside prose fiction in general-audience bookstores — distributed through Simon & Schuster, giving it unusually wide retail reach for a Humanoids title. The book's frank romantic and geopolitical premise — a CIA linguist and an alien counterpart navigating attraction under governmental surveillance — fits squarely into the early-2020s resurgence of adult-oriented science fiction graphic novels exploring communication and otherness.
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Humanoids publicly announced the project in August 2023, positioning it as a brand-new original work rather than an adaptation of existing material. The French edition, titled Attraction, was published in France in October 2023, meaning the book originated in the Franco-Belgian publishing ecosystem before its English translation by Montana Kane arrived in March 2024. Writer Jerry Frissen — born Thierry Frissen in Belgium, now based in the United States — is Humanoids' own senior graphic designer and Editor-in-Chief of the relaunched Metal Hurlant in France, making this an in-house creative project with deep institutional roots. Artist Roberto Zaghi, an Italian veteran of the Sergio Bonelli publishing house whose credits include Nathan Never, Orfani, and Tex Willer, had only recently crossed into the English-language market with his Humanoids debut on Makhno: Ukrainian Freedom Fighter (2022), making Star-Crossed his second English-translated work.
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- Published by Humanoids, Inc. as a hardcover original graphic novel (112 pages, full color, 7.8 × 10.5 in.) on March 19, 2024; a digital edition (ISBN 9781643376578) was released simultaneously.
- Written by Jerry Frissen (born Thierry Frissen in Belgium), who serves as senior graphic designer at Humanoids and Editor-in-Chief of the relaunched Metal Hurlant anthology in France.
- Art and cover by Italian artist Roberto Zaghi, a Sergio Bonelli Publishing alumnus known for Nathan Never, Orfani, Julia, and Tex Willer; Star-Crossed is his second book with Humanoids.
- Translated into English by Montana Kane; the book was originally published in France under the title Attraction in October 2023.
- The story introduces the Eo'Tarx, an advanced alien species that has made first contact with humanity, and the two central characters: CIA linguist Danko Orton and his Eo'Tarx counterpart No'mi.
- The central dramatic premise — a forbidden interstellar romance jeopardizing a fragile first-contact diplomatic mission — was described by Frissen as a science-fiction thriller exploring whether love and intimacy are universal across species.
- Distributed through Simon & Schuster, placing it in mainstream bookstore channels alongside comic shops and digital platforms including ComiXology.
- No serialized floppy-issue edition has been identified; the book was published exclusively as a single-volume OGN in hardcover and digital formats.
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