Conspiracy of the Planet of the Apes
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Conspiracy of the Planet of the Apes is a 2011 illustrated novel by Andrew E. C. Gaska which is set at the same universe as the iconic Planet of the Apes. It is an alternate view of the movie and mainly takes place from the viewpoint of the character Landon. It also features other memorable Planet of the Apes characters such as Dr Zaius and Milo.
The illustrations are by several different artists. They are Daniel Dussault, Chandra Free, Steranko, Rich Handley. Additional illustrators are Matt Busch, Patricio Carbajal, Colo, Dave Dorman, Erik Gist, Lucas Graciano, Scott Hampton, David Hueso, Joe Jusko, Ken Kelly, Timothy Lantz, Leo Leibelman, Miki, Chris Moeller, Andrew Probert, Brian Rood, Sanjulian, Chris Scalf, Thomas Scioli, David Seidman, Dirk Shearer, Barron Storey and Mark Texeira.
After his spacecraft smashes into a dead sea of a seemingly alien planet, a man is separated from his fellow astronauts when a raiding party of intelligent apes attacks them. Captured, he finds himself a prisoner in a world turned upside down, with apes as the rulers and man in its zoos. His only hope is to communicate with a couple of chimpanzees who just might be open minded and compassionate enough to be sympathetic to his cause. But the man called John Landon will discover that intelligent minds, be they ape or man, all fear the unknown, and his destiny is not to become part of this new world...but instead to find himself under the knife of a simian brain surgeon on the Planet of the Apes.
The illustrations are by several different artists. They are Daniel Dussault, Chandra Free, Steranko, Rich Handley. Additional illustrators are Matt Busch, Patricio Carbajal, Colo, Dave Dorman, Erik Gist, Lucas Graciano, Scott Hampton, David Hueso, Joe Jusko, Ken Kelly, Timothy Lantz, Leo Leibelman, Miki, Chris Moeller, Andrew Probert, Brian Rood, Sanjulian, Chris Scalf, Thomas Scioli, David Seidman, Dirk Shearer, Barron Storey and Mark Texeira.
Plot
Taking place during the events of the original 1968 Planet of the Apes film, Conspiracy of the Planet of the Apes explores a shocking, never-before-told storyline.After his spacecraft smashes into a dead sea of a seemingly alien planet, a man is separated from his fellow astronauts when a raiding party of intelligent apes attacks them. Captured, he finds himself a prisoner in a world turned upside down, with apes as the rulers and man in its zoos. His only hope is to communicate with a couple of chimpanzees who just might be open minded and compassionate enough to be sympathetic to his cause. But the man called John Landon will discover that intelligent minds, be they ape or man, all fear the unknown, and his destiny is not to become part of this new world...but instead to find himself under the knife of a simian brain surgeon on the Planet of the Apes.