SW10/WWW/PRECOG: Powernaut Coming Attractions

the-deeman at webtv.net the-deeman at webtv.net
Mon Apr 21 03:03:23 PDT 2014


On Saturday, April 19, 2014 9:18:01 PM UTC-4, Scott Eiler wrote:
> I've just seen the latest High Concept Challenge:  Back From The Dead. 
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> This is *not* part of any upcoming Powernaut plot.  Of course I love to 
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> fold a random plot device into my stories, but I've used that plot 
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> device enough already.  (It figured in the build-up to Powernaut 2011.) 
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>   So, we'll see, but I might sit this one out.
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> However, I can't stop Powernaut comics.  But I can take a rest, and this 
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> is the time of year for it.  The RACCies are soon.  On the Powernaut's 
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> pages, I refer to those as the Powernaut All-Star Break.  But Powernaut 
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> comics will resume no later than early June.
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> I have to decide what to publish next, though.  This is especially 
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> important because Free Powernaut Comic Day #2 is almost here.  My 
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> favorite comic book store will be handing out "PowerTEEN Meets Paula 
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> Power!", and so will I.  (If you want one, it's at 
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> http://www.eilertech.com/stories/powernaut/1955.pdf .)  I really ought 
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> to follow up on that big bit of marketing.
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> My publishing schedule goes 2005, 1960s, 2005, 1960s...  By that 
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> schedule, 2005 Episode 4 is rightfully next.  That's the big series 
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> "Occulator Compuplex", which resolves everything the other 2005 series 
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> have mentioned.  2005 is of course the home of decompressed 
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> storytelling, though.  I've plotted six strips, and it'll take that many 
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> just to set up the menace.  And this (like the rest of Powernaut 2005) 
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> has already been published as text stories.  People can search 
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> "Occulator Compuplex" on Google to see how this story ends.
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> However, Powernaut 1912 has intervened in my publishing.  So I might go 
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> 2005, 1968, 1912, 1969!  Powernaut 1969 is the big "Hypergaard" series. 
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>   I've started plotting that in parallel with "Occulator Compuplex". 
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> Powernaut 1969 will be explosive within the first two strips, before it 
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> even mentions Hypergaard.  And it *does* mention Paula Power! 
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> Increasingly I think I need to do that one next.
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> You're all in the Powernaut's online Power Patrol, at least as honorary 
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> members.  (You can make it official at 
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> https://www.facebook.com/powernaut if you like.  The Powernaut would 
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> love that.)  So I'm taking a non-binding poll.  What would you like to 
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> see next:  Occulator Compuplex 2005, or Hypergaard 1969?
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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.


You yourself said you need to do Hypergaard next so bring it. Especially after saying it will be "explosive". Explosive good. :)

Dee


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