Christian Artist Nathan Pyle To Make Series Debut for Webcomic, STRANGE PLANET

Published: July 7, 2023

Christian Artist Nathan Pyle To Make Series Debut for Webcomic, STRANGE PLANET

By Movieguide® Contributor

Artist Nathan Pyle’s viral webcomic, Strange Planet, is set to make its debut on streaming, starting in August on Apple TV+.

The comic follows a pair of aliens who describe human activities in an obscure and alien way. While the comics can take a second to translate, they offer a humorous look at the ridiculousness of many aspects of society.

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Strange Planet was an instant success, launching in February of 2019 and leading to a compiled book that same year.

The TV adaption was created by comic creator Nathan Pyle and Dan Harmon, a writer on RICK AND MORTY and COMMUNITY. The show will be Apple TV’s first adult cartoon. The ten-episode season will become available starting on August 9th.

Despite being aimed at adults, Pyle has made it clear that the show will be appropriate for all ages.

Pyle is an outspoken Christian, and while most of his comics are not related to faith, he keeps them wholesome and family-friendly. He has also been criticized in the past because of his beliefs but he has not backed down from his biblical roots.

Movieguide® previously reported:

The artist received backlash due to a pro-life comic posted to Twitter from 2017.  

Newsweek reported: 

On April 8, a 2017 tweet made by Pyle in defense of the anti-abortion rally March For Life started to gain traction. In it, Pyle quotes a Facebook post from his then-girlfriend who wrote that she was “given a chance to live.” “Thank you Father for the stories of others from last year’s March For Life who were also discarded or abandoned, yet were given a chance to live,” she wrote.

While a few fans were not happy with his comic, Pyle later came out with a statement about his Christian faith. 

Pyle also shares the occasional comic, which represents a passage of scripture. 

“One of my favorite verses, Matthew 6:34,” Pyle captioned one of his illustrations, adding: “I always think about James 4 as I read Jesus’s words here and think about humility that comes from considering how fragile life is…”