8FOLD: Mighty Medley # 4, April 2014, by Messrs. Brenton, Perron & Russell

[Tom Russell]

On Friday, April 4, 2014 10:44:46 PM UTC-4, Tom Russell wrote:
> On Wednesday, April 2, 2014 11:18:54 PM UTC-4, Scott Eiler wrote:
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> > On 4/2/2014 7:29 PM, Tom Russell wrote:
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> > > I told Mary that this was either the best or the worst thing I've
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> > > written. My intention was to do something sensationalist,
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> > > hyper-violent, and deliberately unpolished-- 100% thrills, no
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> > > nuance/
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> > Ah.  I thought you were maybe trying for manga style.
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> There are certainly influences of Japanese pop culture present (or the American stereotyping thereof)-- the character name itself being a tip of the hat to Galaxy 999, which is basically about a kid gunfighter killing robots on a steam-powered space train (though watching it now, it is a lot more depressing than that sounds)-- but I think the primary influence are the old Judge Dredd stories from the early issues of 2000 AD.
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> ==Tom

* That's "Galaxy Express 999". That's what I get for posting past my bed-time. :-D