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Major Thomas

By Omar Morales
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Major Thomas tells the story of a Chicano farm boy who becomes a NASA astronaut. Just as his dreams begin to blast off, he finds himself lost in the middle of a space war, marooned with crushing regret about his life choices. What would you do... Read More
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Major Thomas tells the story of a Chicano farm boy who becomes a NASA astronaut. Just as his dreams begin to blast off, he finds himself lost in the middle of a space war, marooned with crushing regret about his life choices.

What would you do at the absolute moment of truth in your life? Would you hesitate, or act decisively? What are the consequences of each choice?

This is a coming-of-age tale about overcoming anxiety and self-doubt with life lessons and emotional connections that transcend space and time. A Mexican-American farm worker becomes a NASA astronaut and just as his dreams begin to blast off, he gets lost in the middle of a space war, marooned with crushing regret about his life choices.

With a foreword by astronaut José M. Hernández, Major Thomas is an inspiring hero’s journey for young people around the world. It’s La Bamba meets Lost in Space meets Guardians of the Galaxy.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781545837467

Publisher: Papercutz

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 January 2027

Country: United States

Imprint: Papercutz

Illustration: 136 Illustrations

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Mau Mora
  • Illustrated by Serg Acuna

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 168.0mm

Height: 257.0mm

Weight: 160g

Pages: 136

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About the Author

Omar is a storyteller and writer originally from Oakland, Calif. who has a deep love of comic books – the medium that helped him learn English as a young, first-generation American born of Mexican immigrants. His original stories include The Lunar Ladies (Scout Comics), California Love for the LA Strong anthology (Mad Cave Studios), and Major Thomás (Amazon / Comixology Originals). Follow Omar on any social platform: @omorales81.

Mau Mora is a comic artist and illustrator from Costa Rica who loves fantasy, action, and drama. After several years of working as an artist for indie video game projects, he's making his way into his true passion, comics, and in particular, creator-owned projects. Some of his most recent projects include the Comixology Original Major Thomás. He lives in Costa Rica with his much more talented comic artist wife and their two very dumb cats.

Raúl Angulo is a Costa Rican colorist, Illustrator and art teacher since 2012. He studied Graphic Fine Arts at the University of Costa Rica. In 2017, he made his comic book debut as a colorist at BOOM! Studios for the Go Go Power Rangers series. He has colored books for different publishers like IDW, Vault Comics and Image Comics. You can follow Raúl on Instagram: @raul_angulo_colorist.

Fabi Marques is a Professional Comic Book Colorist. She has worked with DC Comics, Mad Cave, Dauntless, Ubisoft, Panini and several indie publishers.

Taylor Esposito is multi-award winning comic book lettering professional, owner of Ghost Glyph Studios, and teacher at the legendary Kubert School. A former staff letterer at DC and production artist at Marvel, he has lettered titles such as Red Hood and The Outlaws, Robin Lives!, and Harley Quinn The Eat KILL Bang Tour; Flash Gordon, Edenfrost (Mad Cave Studios), Exorsisters, Drawing Blood (Image); Babyteeth, Maniac of New York, Bunny Mask (Aftershock); No One Left to Fight and Survival Street (Dark Horse). Other publishers he has worked with include BOOM! Studios (Amory Wars, Fence) Dynamite (Elvira, Space Ghost, Jonny Quest, Green Hornet), and IDW (Brynmore).

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