It’s the second Wednesday of the month, which can only mean one thing: The latest issue of Free Planet is in comic shops right now! Keep on scrolling for a preview but, first, some big news…
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The Free Planet volume 2 collection is now available for preorder! While I wholeheartedly urge you to not just reserve the graphic novel but set up a subscription at your local comic shop, the sad, inescapable truth of the matter is this: In 2026, Amazon preorders are essential to a book’s success. Even if you cancel the preorder before it ships, early activity around preorders ensures better algorithmic placement and, as a result, more orders from the world’s biggest retailer of books and comics.
Fittingly, the trade cover comes from week’s issue #11. This cover is my favorite of the series and I’m thrilled we could get more visibility on it. Not that the B cover isn’t also amazing!
Free Planet #11
Once you’re done ogling Jed’s eye-popping, hand-painted covers, you’re in for a treat, as Free Planet #11 is jampacked even by the standards of our nigh-overwhelming-in-its-complexity geopolitical space opera. First up, the Freedom Guard is forced to respond to a violent secession movement. Of all the techniques we’ve innovated on Free Planet, this—the headshots with professed slogans—is possibly my favorite.
Next up, Mookie and Jackson run into trouble on the surface of Dumuzid, butting heads over how to handle a captured Far Star Security officer. Meanwhile, a bit of simmering domestic drama with the Usmansens. It’s another technique that we’ve made liberal use of in Free Planet: The juxtaposition of distinct scenes, such that readers can discover the thematic connective tissue on their own.
Finally, a spread of which I’m particularly proud. A little less than two years ago, I took up chess and it’s been shockingly impactful on near every part of my life; it’s indicative of the game’s complexity and explanatory of its lasting appeal. Here, we use a game of chess to explore the geopolitical landscape of Free Planet and the tactical and strategic considerations affecting it.
A short one from me this week but, with all that gorgeous Jed art, I don’t how you could possibly complain.
One more time for good measure: Preorder Free Planet vol 2 TODAY!
Aubrey
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