Shakara

Shakara
Character information
First appearance	2000 AD Prog 2002 (December 2001) (2001)
Created by	Robbie Morrison Henry Flint
Publication information
Publisher	Rebellion Developments
Schedule	Weekly
Title(s) 2000 AD Prog 2002 & #1273-1279 2000 AD #1441-1449 2000 AD Prog 2008 & #1567-1573
Formats	Original material for the series has been published as a strip in the comics anthology(s) 2000 AD.
Original language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publication date	December 2001 – present
Main character(s)	Shakara
Creative team
Writer(s)	Robbie Morrison
Artist(s)	Henry Flint
Letterer(s)	Ellie De Ville Annie Parkhouse
Editor(s)	Andy Diggle Matt Smith
Reprints
Collected editions
Shakara	ISBN 1-904265-61-8
Shakara The Avenger	ISBN 1-905437-88-9

Shakara! is a 2000 AD character, starring in their own eponymous story, who was created by Robbie Morrison and Henry Flint

Plot

The story is technically set in the present day (the first episode briefly shows a contemporary Earth; it's destroyed on the first page, and the last human in the universe, a survivor from the International Space Station, is ignominiously killed on the third), but revolves around a host of bizarre aliens using fantastically advanced technology. In the first series we learn little about the lead figure other than the fact that it is nearly indestructible, seeking out and destroying other aliens for reasons unknown. In the second series though, the character is shown to be some kind of liquid being encased in the suit. By the third, it becomes clear that 'Shakara' is an instrument of vengeance created by a now-extinct race of the same name... but the being is beginning to think for itself.

Bibliography

Comics

All installments are written by Robbie Morrison and drawn by Henry Flint.

• Shakara!:
  • Shakara The Avenger (trade paperback, 160 pages, January 2009, ISBN 1-905437-88-9) collects:
    • Shakara (in 2000 AD Prog 2002 & #1273-1279, 2001-2002, hardcover, Rebellion, 56 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-904265-61-8)
    • "The Assassin" (in 2000 AD #1441-1449, 2005)
    • "The Defiant" (in 2000 AD Prog 2008 & #1567-1573, 2008)

Photostory

Paul Scott and Ben Clark have created 3 Shakara Photo-stories that are available online from 2000 AD's website:

• "Shakara Book 2"
• "Shakara & the Evil Optician"
• "Shakara and the Evil Mystic"

References

• Shakara at 2000 AD online
• Shakara at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)

External links

• Shakara hardcover review, 2000 AD Review, May 30, 2005
• Shakara is Death, Broken Frontier, December 22, 2008