SW10/WWW: Powernaut 1995 #21: Then My Work Here is Done! (tm)

[Scott Eiler]

On 2024-01-04 14:09, candycanearter07 wrote:
>>> So wait, was this drawn in 95 or 24? Did the characters travel back 
>>> to 95?
>>
>> It's even more complicated than you think...  In-universe, it was 
>> drawn in and characters come from '95 (and reprinted in '05, hence the 
>> reprint commentary).  In the real world, drawn in '23 (hence the 
>> copyright notice) and published in '24.
> 
> "Oh no I've gone cross-eyed" -Austin Powers
> 
> (wait theres a comic series in universe that the characters read and 
> also the "actual" comic takes place in 2005? or)

Oh, my, this one's so complicated, it needs a visual aid.  Welcome to 
Fractal Time!  (Scroll down from the cartoon to see Ununillium's 
original question and the answer from Powernaut Comics 2005, originally 
published in the Real World in 2012.)

http://eilertech.com/stories/powernaut/2005.htm#3

-  We live in a universe in which people may dress up as Powernauts, but 
Powernauts with powers don't exist.  I get to publish Powernaut Comics here.

-  Powernaut Comics are originally published in a universe where 
Powernauts have existed but some of their adventures are fictional, and 
commentators have always had to sort out the details.

-  Powernauts actually exist in Fractal Time, in which their timeline 
sometimes goes off at right angles to reality, and it's always subject 
to change.  In that timeline, any Powernaut story is true for them.  But 
any adventures with Powernauts in them may differ from original stories. 
  Usually those changes are for the better, in my modern-day opinion.

Back in the Real World, I have some stories from before I published 
Powernauts.  I have changed many details in those over the years, based 
on who the main characters are.  Maximum Extremity has had three sets of 
main characters over the years:  Total Conversion, Wyatt Ferguson, and 
now the Powernaut.  So it has three versions.  I now consider the 
version with Powernauts to be definitive.

... Uh, hope this helps!  8{D>

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