Can't remember comic book name. Need help.

blackrave

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So I recently remembered reading a comic book 15y ago
Thing is I've read only 1st volume back then, now I wanted to try to find it out, but can't remember it's name.
I would like to read the rest of it

At the beginning astronaut is traveling alone in a spaceship
Then he crashes into something (never clarified)
After that he wakes up in what looks like a 19th century hospital.
Basically nobody believes his story about being astronaut.
Half of town thinks he's lying, others think he's insane.
And most find his claims of "falling from skies" amusing.
Eventually he meets a old inventor who tries to make a flying machine and almost dies during testing
As time goes on, protagonist starts noticing weird things about that world
For one kids aren't born to women, but rather being delivered by storks (literary)
Then on one occasion he meets something that strongly resembles Death (bones, cloak, scythe)
Also skies are starting to descent, and it seems local mountain range already has torn the sky in one place.
1st volume ends with main characters embarking on expedition to said mountains to investigate tear in the sky.

Well, that's about it.
Hopefully someone will recognize this comic book (or maybe it was illustration of a story or something)
 

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blackrave said:
So I recently remembered reading a comic book 15y ago
Thing is I've read only 1st volume back then, now I wanted to try to find it out, but can't remember it's name.
I would like to read the rest of it

At the beginning astronaut is traveling alone in a spaceship
Then he crashes into something (never clarified)
After that he wakes up in what looks like a 19th century hospital.
Basically nobody believes his story about being astronaut.
Half of town thinks he's lying, others think he's insane.
And most find his claims of "falling from skies" amusing.
Eventually he meets a old inventor who tries to make a flying machine and almost dies during testing
As time goes on, protagonist starts noticing weird things about that world
For one kids aren't born to women, but rather being delivered by storks (literary)
Then on one occasion he meets something that strongly resembles Death (bones, cloak, scythe)
Also skies are starting to descent, and it seems local mountain range already has torn the sky in one place.
1st volume ends with main characters embarking on expedition to said mountains to investigate tear in the sky.

Well, that's about it.
Hopefully someone will recognize this comic book (or maybe it was illustration of a story or something)
The initial premise sounds frighteningly similar to one of the short stories in The Martian Chronicles. Just wanted to know if anyone else saw that, not sure what it is. Where did you read it? Do you think you could ask that person/place about it?
 

blackrave

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Dansen said:
The initial premise sounds frighteningly similar to one of the short stories in The Martian Chronicles. Just wanted to know if anyone else saw that, not sure what it is. Where did you read it? Do you think you could ask that person/place about it?
Yes, I'm aware of Martin Chronicles, but it wasn't it.
I can't go back to the place I've read it- library was closed few years ago.
 

Tautology

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This sounds like a parody of the planetary romance genre. Was one of the female characters a fiery redhead in a skimpy outfit?

What else can you recall about the book? Was it a hardcover or paperback collection, or maybe just a single issue? Things like the art style, cover image, tone, character descriptions, the book's approximate age, length, and such can help me find it.
 

blackrave

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Tautology said:
This sounds like a parody of the planetary romance genre. Was one of the female characters a fiery redhead in a skimpy outfit?

What else can you recall about the book? Was it a hardcover or paperback collection, or maybe just a single issue? Things like the art style, cover image, tone, character descriptions, the book's approximate age, length, and such can help me find it.
As far I can tell it wasn't a parody. It was straight adventure piece.
There was definitely more (it was designated as 1st volume) and it ended on characters embarking on expedition.
Well, at least 15y old (I've read it back then)
I'm not sure how to describe art style (Dammit Jim, I'm an engineer, not and artist!), but it was quite realistic and detailed.
All characters are European-looking.
Events take in place that look like 19th century central Europe (Germany or France- but no one explicitly states geographical location), but then again it starts with protagonist flying spaceship, so...
 

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blackrave said:
As far I can tell it wasn't a parody. It was straight adventure piece.
There was definitely more (it was designated as 1st volume) and it ended on characters embarking on expedition.
Well, at least 15y old (I've read it back then)
I'm not sure how to describe art style (Dammit Jim, I'm an engineer, not and artist!), but it was quite realistic and detailed.
All characters are European-looking.
Events take in place that look like 19th century central Europe (Germany or France- but no one explicitly states geographical location), but then again it starts with protagonist flying spaceship, so...
I searched around most of today and came up with nothing. The closest I could find was a short novel by Lester Del Rey called The Sky Is Falling. The plot is remarkably similar to what you're looking for. Not an exact match, but close. I've yet to find if anyone did a comic book adaptation.
 

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Tautology said:
blackrave said:
As far I can tell it wasn't a parody. It was straight adventure piece.
There was definitely more (it was designated as 1st volume) and it ended on characters embarking on expedition.
Well, at least 15y old (I've read it back then)
I'm not sure how to describe art style (Dammit Jim, I'm an engineer, not and artist!), but it was quite realistic and detailed.
All characters are European-looking.
Events take in place that look like 19th century central Europe (Germany or France- but no one explicitly states geographical location), but then again it starts with protagonist flying spaceship, so...
I searched around most of today and came up with nothing. The closest I could find was a short novel by Lester Del Rey called The Sky Is Falling. The plot is remarkably similar to what you're looking for. Not an exact match, but close. I've yet to find if anyone did a comic book adaptation.
Thanks.
Will have to check that novel.
Who knows, maybe it was adaptation.

Edit: Doesn't look like it, seems like interesting book anyway
 

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Can you remember a line of dialogue? Or even a character name? Those two things go a long way to be able to find something on Google in regards to comics
 

blackrave

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DeimosMasque said:
Can you remember a line of dialogue? Or even a character name? Those two things go a long way to be able to find something on Google in regards to comics
Sadly no.
I remember some pictures (especially the moment when protagonist out of desperation gets drunk in a tavern and people ask him about his story just to mock him more and more), but you can't really google pics from memory :(