Exclusive: Part Lawyer, Part Detective, Part Diplomat– Fighting Lion Comics Announces ‘Brik Jones: Attorney For Earth’ Vol. 1

In a Comicon exclusive, Fighting Lion Comics has announced Brik Jones: Attorney For Earth, the complete first chapter of their epic science fiction webcomic, written and lettered by Phil Smith with art by Giuseppe Cafaro and issue #0 by Sid Kotian  with colors by Bill Farmer.

‘When an interstellar wrecking crew claims the Earth as its property, they are temporarily halted by an interstellar court order until Earth’s representative can be found. Brik is unceremoniously shot into space to a waiting starship, where he discovers his missing father has been Earth’s attorney for the last 20 years but has gone missing. In his father’s absence, Brik must assume the title. 

As Brik navigates the byzantine galactic legal structure, the clock is ticking as an immense Destroyer waits above the Earth, eager to tear it to pieces. Brik must solve the mystery of what happened to his father and how he will manage the pressure the nations of Earth place on him with their competing interests and his own views. All while on the run from the mysterious alien race whose plan to destroy the Earth rests on it having no legal defender.’

“This project has been building to this release for over 9 years and has come in fits and starts; from being introduced to the incredible talent of Sid Kotian, thanks to an introduction by Ron Marz, to meeting the ever energetic Giuseppe Cafaro and now getting the benefit of the boundless talent of Bill Farmer,” said writer and creator Phil Smith. “I am incredibly pleased to have finally taken the plunge to bring it all together and offer the first, of I hope many more adventures, of the titular character Brik Jones as he makes his way across the galaxy trying to find a place and a purpose for one planet among the many.”

“Here’s a quote from Brik Jones: Attorney For Earth: ‘I just had sex with a giant alien jellyfish.’ If that doesn’t make you want to read this book, I can’t imagine what will,” added Ron Marz. “This is science fiction like you’ve never seen, with one hand on a laser pistol, one hand on the intergalactic law review, and tongue planted firmly in cheek. Phil Smith and Sid Kotian have come up with something clever and original, and executed it with uncommon flair. This one will have you saying, ‘I want my lawyer!’”

Blending adventure elements best seen in series like Firefly and Law and Order, as well as exotic science fiction expressed in X-Files and Star Trek, Brik Jones: Attorney for Earth, Vol. 1 will post online chapters weekly beginning today through the summer, and will return for a print edition via Kickstarter this August.