SW10/WWW: Powernaut 2005 #13: Zorch the Powernaut!

the-deeman at webtv.net the-deeman at webtv.net
Tue Sep 3 15:24:46 PDT 2013


On Thursday, August 29, 2013 9:52:17 PM UTC-4, Scott Eiler wrote:
> One of the joys of being the Powernaut is to do things quickly. 
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> CONCLUDING the Party 'til the World Obeys!
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> http://www.eilertech.com/stories/powernaut/2005b.htm#13
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> This is the 98th Powernaut comic.  Looks like #100 will be 1966 #2, 
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> probably sometime in October. In related news, the Powernaut's old rival 
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> the Domination of Eiler is probably launching its Second Continental 
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> Offensive that month.  (The Powernaut and the Domination of Eiler 
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> actually are rivals, both in my life and the Powernaut's. 
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> http://www.eilertech.com/stories/2005/powerpatrol2.htm#domination). 
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> Boy, life is going to be interesting.
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> Today is the eighth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's landfall. Perhaps 
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> it is tasteless for me to write a comic strip about it - but even at the 
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> time, that hurricane was a guest star in a Powernaut story. I think this 
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> episode shows the Powernaut's unique attitude toward it and all life's 
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> cries: smile and start rebuilding.
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> I end this episode with commentary from within the story too.
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> Bonus Section:  Commentary from Vince Cortez!  The Cleanup
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> All the links here can be found under 
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> http://www.eilertech.com/stories/2005/ .
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> One may wonder what the governmental response would be in a world where 
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> people really can move hurricanes around by wishing.  I can say, they 
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> take it seriously.  But this isn't quite the government we're most 
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> familiar with...  This series has already mentioned, the world was ruled 
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> by the Space Jellyfish.  If you look closely, you can see they were on 
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> the Powernaut's side in this confrontation.  I don't know exactly what 
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> they did with the villains, but there was no trace of them until... 
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> well, you'll have to read more Powernaut stories to find what happens 
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> later.
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> Speaking of more Powernaut stories...  We haven't yet heard from 
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> everyone who was involved in this incident or in hurricane relief 
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> efforts.  I'm sure there will be more stories from many people. But the 
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> Powernaut has already published his own notes. (powerpatrol2.htm)  If 
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> you prefer your Powernaut adventures as comic strips, Karl's told me the 
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> next modern-era episode will come online early next year.
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> -- 
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> (signed) Scott Eiler  8{D> -------- http://www.eilertech.com/ ---------
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> When you *are* the leader... whatever goes wrong... whether you did it
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> or not... *you* are held responsible. - Barack Obama
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> I know. - Archie Andrews
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> - from Archie #617, March 2011, scripted by Alex Simmons.


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