Brass Sun | |
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The cover of Brass Sun: The Wheel of Wolrds (2014, Rebellion, ). Art by INJ Culbard.
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Publication information | |
Publisher | 2000 AD |
Format | Ongoing series |
Genre | Science fiction, Steampunk, Adventure |
Publication date | September 2012 |
Creative team | |
Created by |
Ian Edginton I. N. J. Culbard |
Written by | Ian Edginton |
Artist(s) | I. N. J. Culbard |
Letterer(s) | Ellie De Ville |
Collected editions | |
Hardcover | ISBN |
Brass Sun is a science fiction steampunk adventure set in a full-scale orrery. It was created by writer Ian Edginton and artist I. N. J. Culbard and is published in the British comics anthology 2000 AD, where it first appeared in 2012.
The story is about a young girl called Wren who undertakes a quest to restart the dying brass sun at the centre of a gigantic mechanical solar system containing dozens of worlds and moons, all connected via colossal spars.
Edginton got the idea for the series while speculating about full-scale versions of orreries. The character of Wren was conceived as a capable female character that young girls can relate to.
Brass Sun currently consists of three stories :
Brass Sun-related covers have appeared on the following issues of 2000 AD: