PAGE SEVENTY THREE. Building One, Combine Corporate Headquarters, Olympus City.
Good morning, Marsers. We’re still celebrating over here; the deal with Ape Entertainment is really exciting. It means that our little space rock opera gets the exposure we always hoped for. Ape puts out some very high quality books and are also known for their swass digital offerings. So, again, we are really happy to be onboard with such a great publisher.
But, back to our story. We return this week to Olympus City. We find Xander Thule in the middle of a presentation to the (nearly) complete Board of Directors. His plan certainly doesn’t bode well for the residents of the Hesperus Kelp Farms, the vast hydroponics complex that has gone over to the Free Mars side. It also doesn’t seem to sit well with Executive-Countess Ako.
I’m gonna keep it short this week. Later today I’ll update with the winner of the reader art competition. That talented person will be getting an exclusive t-shirt (in the works) AND a copy of the OGN (this July). So I hope they’re patient. Though everyone that participated is going to get a limited edition poster. If you haven’t checked out the entries, I recommend you take a look. Also, just because the competition is over, it doesn’t mean that it’s too late to submit “fan art.” If you send us something, we will post it.
I’ll leave you for now with a Bowie classic. If you haven’t noticed, the Thin White Duke is a major inspiration for the comic- for both Nic and I. This song goes along with Thule’s suggested course of action. ’Ashes to Ashes.’
Dave
Nooo mars is going thermonucliar.
love the comic
Hrm. Not sure if this is even a good move tactically. It might put a halt to *this* rebellion, but it’s a good way to ensure you’ve got another rebellion or twelve right around the corner. To paraphrase Machiavelli, being feared is different than being actively hated.
I just wanted to say, first, we really appreciate everyone who contributed something to the “Fan Art” page and we look forward to more additions in the future.
The votes were just about unanimous and Tony Craigen’s excellent piece is our winner. You can see it here, along with the other naffing excellent pieces:
http://www.freemarscomic.com/?page_id=548
More details about the prizes and stuff on our FaceBook page here (you should “Like” us if you haven’t already):
https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Free-Mars-Comic/174517632573227
Female Ming the Merciless is right. Nukes make everything worse.
The what? The who? Nooooooo I missed the competition!!!!!
In reality, Fusion bomb is not as powerful as Fission Bomb but will leave nasty radiation (the main reason why we didn’t use fusion yet).
Actually, T Chicken, it’s the other way arround: Fusion is much more energetic than Fission, and the entire Frist and Second World nuclear arsenals are comprised of Thermonuclear ( I.E. Fusion) weapons. THey also produce very little residual radioactives. Most of that is an artifact of using a Fission weapon to initiate the Fusion. Unless it’s got a Cobalt liner, of course. That is a technique to create the dirtiest nuclear weapons, which none of the great powers care to do. Perhaps you are thinking of the use of Variable Yeild weapons, which can be adjusted to be less energetic, or perhaps you are thinking of the Neutron Bomb effect, Those leave very little radioactive debris, but produce a massive and very lethal instantaneous burst of hard radiation. Kill the people, leave the buildings. Intereting weapons:)