November of 2010 was the first (hopefully) annual Nanographicmo. For those of you who don’t know, Nanographicmo is based on National Novel Writing Month. The challenge is this: Write and draw a 48 page graphic novel, and a cover, in 30 days.

Yes, it’s insane. And a lot of us did it, or tried to. Some got done early. Some on time. Some were still working as the deadline passed, furiously slamming their heads against walls screaming “NO NO NO IT’S GETTING DONE YOU BASTARDS!!!!!”

So, I present to you, dear reader, my 48 page graphic novel, Translunar. It’s a story of obsession, with rockets. Also, the villains work for the FAA.

The book is available as a PDF or as a CBR. Personally, I prefer the CBR format, but you’ll need a reader. I use Jomic, but there are others out there.

Now, as an introduction, I should warn you. I am not an artist. The images were taken from the public domain, or from Creative Commons sources. As such, I am releasing Translunar under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Feel free to pass it around and share it with your friends. If you like, you can even remix it. The only exception is the character Warren Bleeker. His likeness is the copyright of Flickr user solarnu, and is used with permission. You should check out his photography. It’s really good.

I hope you enjoy!