Cleopatra in Space

This article is about the graphic novel series. For the animated television series based on this comic, see Cleopatra in Space (TV series).

Cleopatra in Space
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PublisherGraphix
Creative team
Written byMike Maihack
Artist(s)Mike Maihack

Cleopatra in Space is an American children's graphic novel series drawn and written since 2014 by Mike Maihack, and published by Graphix, a division of Scholastic.

The premise of the series is that a teenaged Queen Cleopatra is brought to the far future to attend school and fight a space tyrant together with her friends Akila and Brian.[1] So far, six books have been published: Target Practice (2014, ISBN 978-0545528436), The Thief and the Sword (2015, ISBN 978-0545528450), Secret of the Time Tablets (2016, ISBN 978-0545838672), The Golden Lion (2017, ISBN 978-0545838726), Fallen Empires (2019, ISBN 978-1338204124), and Queen of the Nile (2020, ISBN 978-1338204155). Maihack revealed in October 2020 he wrote the protagonist, Cleopatra, as a character with bit of ADHD and having "depressive disorder."[2]

It was adapted into an eponymous animated television series by DreamWorks Animation; the series was first broadcast in Southeast Asia on DreamWorks Channel beginning on 25 November 2019, and was released in the United States on Peacock, which launched on 15 April 2020,[3] to certain customers. Maihack would help produce the TV series.[4]

  1. ^ "Cleopatra in Space, Book 1: Target Practice". Christian Science Monitor. May 21, 2014. Archived from the original on December 4, 2019. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  2. ^ Maihack, Mike [@mikemaihack] (October 18, 2020). "1. Sorry, she was't (although she would put her life down on the line for Akila more than anyone else--even Antony) 2. Clearly a bit of ADHD (even if it was never at my forefront). From the very beginning tho--& I guess I can say this now--I wrote her with a depressive disorder" (Tweet). Archived from the original on October 18, 2020 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Maihack, Mike [@mikemaihack] (January 16, 2020). "The #CleopatraInSpace toon finally has a home in the US! It was announced it'll be on @peacockTV as part of @Dreamworks original programming slate" (Tweet). Archived from the original on January 17, 2020 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ Maihack, Mike [@mikemaihack] (December 10, 2019). "Probably all sorts of Cleo TV show stuff out there I don't know about because I'm too busy finishing up the actually book it's based on" (Tweet). Archived from the original on January 17, 2020 – via Twitter.