PAGE SEVENTY. Exterior, desert. South-west of Amazonis Prime.
It’s that time again, Marsers. Happy Friday and a slightly preemptive Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy Hanukkah, enjoyable Solstice, and (my favorite) a great Saturnalia. Saturnalia is, by the way, one of the go-to Martian holidays (experienced a bit of a resurgence), right after the big one: Colonization Sol. Then there are a whole plethora of sols marking Noctis holidays and rites- the Noctis cult being a native Martian religion. It is shrouded, even now, in mystery and its followers (known as “Nights” or “Nighters”) are headquartered somewhere deep within the Noctis Labyrinthus. More on them at some point. But, for now…
The tour of the front ends with a stop at the Andromache Skyport. Like the spaceport at Olympus, Nic has given the place a real personality. And, for those keeping score, it is THAT Hannah and her ship, the Charybdis.
This transitional scene didn’t scream any particular musical pairing, so I’m including two of my favorite bands working some holiday cheer. Oasis is first, with a cover of a Slade song. The second is kinda Green Day…kinda. Trust me, it’s funny (kinda).
Remember- get your art in. I can guarantee some cool prizes. Any ‘Free Mars’ related subject is fair game.
Until next Friday,
Dave
I love that first frame with the roasted combine soldier. It’s cool that you guys are throwing Hannah into the mix hopefully she’ll have more than just a glorified cameo.
Fingers crossed for a Hannah vs Shade Endgame catfight.
Ack I’m so lost how did they end up joining the cause? and by the sounds of it they have been memberes for some time
@Comichero- I think Kessler is being slightly facetious when he says “mission.” Vikki and the Sisters Grimm aren’t really MLF recruits, per se. Her ride along on the tour and now their stop at the Skyport is more of Kessler’s way of convincing her to join up in a more official capacity, beyond celebrity spokesband. She hasn’t been super receptive to the idea so far.
@Brian- a Hannah/Shade battle would be awesome, I agree.
As for the Combine soldier- I am glad you brought that up. It is actually a homage to one of the coolest movie posters of the 80′s. I’m not sure I even told Nic this, but it came out perfectly without him even knowing! The movie itself was pretty much shite, but how sweet is the one-sheet for DEF-CON 4:
http://www.movieposter.com/poster/MPW-40222/Def_Con_4.html
I caught the connection there when I saw that you had thrown up that poster on facebook.