The Wormhole Particle Incident, LOST CACTUS ARCHIVES, Volume 1, is the first in a series of science fiction action-adventure graphic novels adapted from the popular LOST CACTUS indie comic strip.
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An interstellar ship breeches the azure skies above Lost Cactus, a sprawling and mysterious research facility erected in 1947 on a vast parcel of otherworldly Southwestern hinterlands.
The unscheduled alien arrival ignites a firestorm of events, stirring echoes of a decades-old Lost Cactus Archives case file of a fateful close encounter with a megalomaniacal alien monarch who believes he is the King of Rock & Roll.
Returning from the void of space with a stone-cold vengeance, the delusional King threatens to annihilate Lost Cactus unless Doc, General Fox, and The Powers That Be relinquish the Wormhole Particle, an enigmatic and volatile key to the universe sequestered for decades amid troves of priceless relics and artifacts in the base’s legendary warehouse.
Could an antique transistor radio unlock the particle’s mystery and avert disaster. Tune in to find out.
Author and artist John Hopkins’ curiosity for what lies beyond common knowledge shapes his imaginative, character-driven storytelling. Following his muse, John created Lost Cactus, a comic strip set on an o-the-grid top-secret research base—think The X-Files meets M*A*S*H. The strip’s quick wit, fearless lampoonery, and supernatural mythology expanded into a shared universe of science fiction short stories and novels. Sequels and graphic novels—like this one—featuring the expansive world-building of Lost Cactus | The Powers That Be multiverse are in development. Stay tuned and keep an eye on the sky.