This was such a fun, wacky adventure full of bizarre plot twists and hilarious moments. If you go into this expecting to just go along for the ride, you'll really enjoy it. It's fun, silly and definitely a bit out of the box at times. I really enjoyed the characters and how each orc had their own distinct personality. A lot happens in a short period of time, so I'm looking forward to seeing the story settle a bit more and for us to get some more worldbuilding in the next volume

I can't say as this is an idea that would ever have occurred to me. It's a solid concept, though. Take fairly primitive beings and present them with advanced technology. While the humor here is fairly simple and relies heavily on the gross-out, it doesn't go too far. A decent intersection of fantasy and sci-fi, accessible to all readers.

'Orcs in Space' by Mike Tanner, Justin Roiland, Rashad Gheith, and Abed Dheith with art by Francois Vigneault is a funny fish out of water graphic novel.

When a starship lands on their planet, orcs Gor, Kravis, and Mongtar find themselves in charge of technology they don't understand. The ship intelligence tries to understand its new passengers, so it takes them to, of all places, a nightclub. The wackiness continues to ensue as a bounty hunter and sentient rats try to take the ship over.

It's a goofy story and I liked it. The art is fairly cartoony, especially the more violent parts of it.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Oni Press and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

A smashing parody with loads of anarchic humour. The premise is what would happen if the orcs from LOTR managed to hijack the Starship Enterprise.

VIGNEAULT's art lends plenty of energy and nails the punchlines for all the visual gags (a particular favourite of mine involves rat corpses).

Our orc heroes are as dumb as they are vicious and this set the stage for delightfully silly escapades. From encounters at space bars to fending off bionic bounty hunters and imperialist rat pirates, the enter book moves at a quick pace from one gag to another.

Outside of the orcs, I loved the depiction of Star Bleep as a bunch of way, way too nice, pacifists, obsessed with condiments.

A lovely series for kids (of all ages) who like orcs, Star Trek, and gags about all the things that connect them.

My thanks to Oni Press for a digital review copy via NetGalley of ‘Orcs in Space: Vol 1’ in exchange for an honest review.

Volume 1 collects Issues 1-4 of the original comics. These were written by Justin Roiland, Rashad Gheith, Abed Gheith, and Mike Tanner with illustrations by François Vigneault.

The publishers describe ‘Orcs in Space’ as ‘a wildly funny and absurd fantasy adventure set in deep space!’ This seems a fair description.

Gor, Kravis, and Mongtar are three Orcs on the run from other orcs and trying to survive. Two StarBleep bureaucrats land on the Orcs’ home planet and go off for a wander. The fleeing orcs unwittingly steal the AARKEN, the most advanced ship in the fleet, and blast off. They befriend D.O.N.A., the ship’s AI, and have a number of quirky adventures.

While not quite my thing, I could appreciate its appeal as a cartoon space romp with tongue-in-cheek references. It’s not particularly sophisticated but had its moments.

With respect to the artwork, I had admired François Vigneault’s graphic novel, ‘Titan’, in which he had used a restrained colour palette. By contrast, in ‘Orcs in Space’, bold, bright colours prevail throughout creating an upbeat feel. Following the comics François Vigneault presents his concept art and ideas for the design of objects and characters.

Overall, a fun mash-up of SF/fantasy tropes in comic book form.

3.5 stars rounded up to 4.

Orcs in Space tells the adventure of three Orcs on the run who steal a spaceship and try to navigate their way through space. I liked the illustrations to some extent, but this is definitely not my kind of graphic novel; there was too much vomiting. Also, was I supposed to empathize and like these orcs? It was a fun read but I honestly couldn’t see myself liking them or wanting to continue with the series, even though it ended up with a pretty good cliffhanger.

This was cute. I appreciated that these Orcs were just trying to have a good time, and escape a situation that they probably put themselves in. All 3 of the main characters were well fleshed out, and were relatable. I would have liked a little more background information on the situation they were about to leave, just so we have an idea as to why they're like the way they are, but otherwise this was well rounded.

This mash up of fantasy and Sci-Fi has great gross out humor and a lot of chaos. The art is well done and I really enjoyed how it enhanced the mash up vibe of the story. The Orcs look straight out of a fantasy game, the spaceship and its original owners have the classic Sci-Fi style, and there are other elements that each bring in their own genres like a mechasuited bounty hunter and steampunk space rats. I also really appreciated the guide at the end that goes into more detail on these style choices, it was interesting to see how the different elements influenced the overall design and feel of the book. Overall its a crazy adventure and I look forward to seeing more of this crew.

Thank your NetGalley, the publisher and authors for the chance to review!
Orcs in space follows 3 orca who love mayhem that stole the starbleeps space ship. They run into a bit of trouble. I absolutely adored this! It was funny and cute all at the same time. I’d definitely recommend this to my friends.

Interesting, entertaining and utterly hilarious, 'Orcs in Space' follows Gor, Kravis and Mongtar as they are trying to survive in a foreign land. The writing is simple but engaging. Francois Vigneault has done a commendable job with the illustration. I have thoroughly enjoyed going through this work. Highly recommended.

Sorry, this book was not for at all. I love tales about space and orc's and I thought this book would be for me, I enjoyed the art style but could not get on with the writing style. Due to this, I have not posted any reviews online. If you would still like me to post a review, please let me know.

Content warning: profanity, comic book violence and gore.

What would happen if slow-witted, space-faring (mostly) pacifist people developed a spaceship with an A.I.? They might wander off the ship without taking proper precautions, and never be heard from again...after their ship is stolen. Hypothetically, of course.

If the above very unlikely things happened, this might be the beginning of good working relationships and peace between worlds! Or misjudgments, death, dismemberment, and possible false imprisonment charges. With Orcs involved, I would lean heavily toward whichever is more messy and results in really bad days for the most creatures.

This issue loosely spoofs Star Trek and some of the more clueless decisions made by people in charge. (I'm pretty sure the book doesn't refer to any Royal Navy in particular that loves tea, because that would be wrong.)

The comic was amusing, and I laughed a couple of times. However, some of the humor was obviously aimed at young male readers, like too much reliance on repeated lines such as "Are you ready for MAYHEM?" A gag which was beaten until dead, pronounced, and funeral-ed. Among others. As well as the type of "Swearing to show that we're old enough to do it, darn it!" (Completely unnecessary but makes some of them feel more grown up.)

Some of the story features were more goofy than funny, but who's to question what is writing versus filler in comics?

At the end of the book, I had to admit it was mostly fun, but has room for improvement. It seems like different people wrote the chapters because the characters are subtly different. (I think it has more continuity if you consider it an anthology instead of a chapter book.)

Peter Pan Syndrome writers -1 Star
Gratuitous swearing -1 Star
Truth About Bounty Hunter -1 Star
Vendetta over you know who +1 Star
Illustrations are great!

Total = 3/5 Stars

Thanks to Oni Press and NetGalley for the free (temporary) preview of this graphic novel!

#OrcsinSpace #NetGalley

A brightly-illustrated, colorful space adventure, focused on a group of orcs exploring a spaceship. Great artwork!

thank you to Oni Press for an e-arc of this volume in exchange for an honest review.

orcs in space: volume one collects the first four issues of this new comic series from the co-creator of rick and morty, among other award winning writers and illustrators. admittedly, i have never watched rick and morty so i don't now how it compares but this volume of comics was a super fun ride through space aboard the aarken!

we follow a group of three not-so-friendly orcs who hijack a space ship and go on a fast-paced galactic adventure through the solar system...when they find themselves in all kinds of trouble, specifically mayhem (their favourite.) it is a non-stop thrill ride of robot fights, weird alien entertainment centres and space rats while the orcs try to adjust to their new home and making friends with D.O.N.A, the spaceships metal eyeball artificial intelligence.

the three orcs and D.O.N.A were a really fun perspective to read from; with their banter, arguments and confusion as well as their slightly weird love for their artificial intelligence friend who was my favourite character across each issue. they also delivered some funny lines and the way the sequences were drawn really tied the whole story together.

i thoroughly enjoyed my time reading this, and it provided a much needed refresher from reading full novels, so i highly recommend you purchase it on release day: October 5th 2021! - 4*

It's a Star Trek parody, it's a Lord of the Rings parody, there are even elements (cantina scene, armored bounty hunter) that feel like a Star Wars parody. It's all very silly and quite ridiculous. What's not to love?

This was a super fun book and funny also. This follows 3 Orcs and they find this ship and take it over and well you will have to see for yourself once its released. But it was very good and the pictures and graphics were outstanding as well. I highly recommend to everyone.

Hilarious
Art was beautiful
Didn't expect those twists!
Didn't get to find out what happened to the 2 starbleepers left on the orc world

The art style is quite simple and colourful, I'm not the biggest fan of it to be honest.
While I enjoy 'Rick and Morty', the humor in here doesn't work for me. It feels way too childisch and simple. We basically follow the Orcs exploring a space ship, which doesn't offer an engaging plot. The story also feels very much thrown together. Therefore, and because the humor misses the mark for me, 'Orcs in Space' couldn't delight me in any capacity.

That was cute. This is definitely something a nerd parent might pick out for their kids with Star Trek jokes about red shirts and orcs straight of a D&D game with Way Too Much sugar involved so the players and DM are all a bit manic. It was a fun little read though and a fantasy loving kid that likes a bit of humor will probably enjoy it. There is a bit of blood and death, though it’s cartoony and not gross so it isn’t for a kid too young to handle that.

It's a Star Trek parody but it didn't feel like it really had any substance to it. The longer I spent trying to read it the more boring I ended up finding it overall. Which I found really dissapointing.