Radio Spaceman: Mission to Numa 4 #1 (March 2, 2022)

“Contact”

Radio Spaceman #1 (March 2022)

Mike Mignola, Greg Hinkle and Dave Stewart

Radio Spaceman: Mission To Numa 4 #2 [Textless] (2022)

Radio Spaceman is a character created by Mike Mignola who, I believe, first showed up on Mignola’s Twitter page. 

During the pandemic Mignola was posting a sketch a day to entertain his fans (heck, he might still be doing it, but I ain’t on the Twitter so I don’t know).  These  character sketches ran the gamut from comic books, pop culture, and original ideas.

Radio Spaceman must be near and dear to Mignola’s heart because he kept showing up in the daily sketches.  From what I understand, many other people were entranced by the character and wanted to know more about him.

Which brings us to today, when the first issue of Radio Spaceman: Mission to Numa 4 was released.

Mike Mignola is semi-retired these days, so he rarely writes and/or draws comic stories by himself anymore.  I was happy to see he was the sole writer of this story.  While I would have liked him to draw the story as well, artist Greg Hinkle does a good job of giving the pages that familiar Mignola aesthetic while retaining his own style.  And longtime Mignola collaborator Dave Stewart does another phenomenal job with the colors.

Still, there’s something about a story written by a cartoonist (someone who writes and draws their own stories) like Mignola (or Art Adams, or Walt Simonson, and many others) but drawn by someone else that just feels...off.

Or maybe I’m the only one who feels this way.