I get the impression that flights of LEVis would only cause him to turn and run screaming. I mean, if anything’s going to shock him into consciousness, I think it’d be that.
No, but the broadcast *will* alert the huge underground network of ancient Martian computers that someone is there, and they will send swarms of nanobots to reconstruct Mike’s body into one more suited for their environment, thus completing his transformation into SUPERMIKE: DEFENDER OF THE SENTIENT GARBAGE BAGS (which of course is the real name of the comic!)
Unfortunately, they aren’t going to knock him out before the reconstruction begins (the Martians didn’t know about pain) and the process makes that scene from Hellraiser (you know the one) look like Baby’s First Torture Chamber. As a result, SUPERMIKE will be batshit insane and will use his powers to collapse all of reality into a black hole, because it’s the only way he can finally die.
The only real choice remaining is whether he’ll transform into a glowing catboy first.
The remaining two chapters are a dissertation on decomposition in a martian biome. What roles do exobacteria play when compared to their counterparts on Earth? Will macroorganisms have a part? Stay and find out!
The comic jumps 200 million years into the future, where Mike’s decomposition has birthed all of Martian life. He is revered as the All Mother, a benevolent, if moody and somewhat annoying to be around, deity.
Yeah, I’ll be surprised if he lives. Unless Bex happens to have both survived, and carried a super-trauma-kit with her, then he’s naught more than a corpse.
Unless LEVi-Ex-Machina.
Yup. Calling it.
And wirthn that tranasmit he set his name on the face of the discovery of finding life on mars and finding water mike has gone to the greatest discovery and absolute killer of mothers i.e the girl that fell with him {what ever happened to her after wards i betting its deathy}
‘To sleep, perchance to dream’; aye, there’s the rub, for in that sleep of death, what dreams may come when we have shuffled off this mortal coil must give us pause. There’s the respect that makes calamity of such long life…
Really? Shoddy design. It should record until it detects the voltage from the power cells only allows for a preset amount of transmission time, and then revert into emergency blackbox mode (since power loss is automatically an emergency), auto-transmitting telemetry data and the last recordings until complete power failure.
I wonder if part of that transmit is still the emergency signal… I wonder how either of the LEVi machines would react to an emergency signal. Do they have the smarts to respond automatically and locate?… Not that it’d likely help him at this point.
Then it turns out that Bex was recording something of her own, and Mike gets her recording, and then they find each other, and Mike digs his own eventual grave…
This is where we he is found by Angora and Pinter and the Meek actually takes place INSIDE OF MARS. Everybody gets together in their favorite pub and much joy and fun is had.
56 Comments
Goodnight, sweet dork.
And flights of LEVis fly thee to thy rest! — “Hamlet Internum”
I get the impression that flights of LEVis would only cause him to turn and run screaming. I mean, if anything’s going to shock him into consciousness, I think it’d be that.
What with the paranoia and all, I’m surprised he actually sent that. Figured he’d just leave it as a sort of surprise time capsule with his body
Mania is a hell of a drug.
Mike, if you didn’t manage it yet this time with all this trauma, I bet you’re not done for yet! Too bad, so sad! (NOT)
The dude is tenacious!
Entirely in spite of himself, though!
I wonder if the message will get through, what with him being so far underground and all.
No, but the broadcast *will* alert the huge underground network of ancient Martian computers that someone is there, and they will send swarms of nanobots to reconstruct Mike’s body into one more suited for their environment, thus completing his transformation into SUPERMIKE: DEFENDER OF THE SENTIENT GARBAGE BAGS (which of course is the real name of the comic!)
Unfortunately, they aren’t going to knock him out before the reconstruction begins (the Martians didn’t know about pain) and the process makes that scene from Hellraiser (you know the one) look like Baby’s First Torture Chamber. As a result, SUPERMIKE will be batshit insane and will use his powers to collapse all of reality into a black hole, because it’s the only way he can finally die.
The only real choice remaining is whether he’ll transform into a glowing catboy first.
STOP READING MY STORY NOTES
You just made my day. c(=
I love you.
If he dies how are we going to have five chapters of this comic? Was Mike just a distraction and Bex is actually the main character?
He comes back as a ghoooooooost.
The remaining two chapters are a dissertation on decomposition in a martian biome. What roles do exobacteria play when compared to their counterparts on Earth? Will macroorganisms have a part? Stay and find out!
We find out that Martian flora reanimate human biology. This is actually a zombie story.
I’m…. I’m actually kind of hoping for this. I’m a sucker for a good reanimation.
Major Stoneheart!
I mean if it’s told in this same style with Shing’s beautiful work, I’d still totally read it.
Agreed. That would actually be something worthwhile.
The comic jumps 200 million years into the future, where Mike’s decomposition has birthed all of Martian life. He is revered as the All Mother, a benevolent, if moody and somewhat annoying to be around, deity.
Yeah, I’ll be surprised if he lives. Unless Bex happens to have both survived, and carried a super-trauma-kit with her, then he’s naught more than a corpse.
Unless LEVi-Ex-Machina.
Yup. Calling it.
“Frothy pink sputum is the body’s way of saying that this scene is almost over”
Over in what way? IN WHAT WAY?!
he dead
And wirthn that tranasmit he set his name on the face of the discovery of finding life on mars and finding water mike has gone to the greatest discovery and absolute killer of mothers i.e the girl that fell with him {what ever happened to her after wards i betting its deathy}
he hella dead
so ded
much dead. very corpse. wow.
In case the others spoiled it for you, he’s probably going to die.
Please do the it was all a dream troop ;{]
nooooooo
It’s like a dream, except he never wakes up :)
‘To sleep, perchance to dream’; aye, there’s the rub, for in that sleep of death, what dreams may come when we have shuffled off this mortal coil must give us pause. There’s the respect that makes calamity of such long life…
That first panel is terrifying.
I wonder what would have happened if he didn’t stop the recording.
Would it have kept recording until the battery died and never recorded ? would have there been a lenght limit with autosave ?
…yeah, weird questions, sorry. (not sorry)
Haha, yeah, it would just keep recording until the power source gave out (depending on the damage it could be a while).
Really? Shoddy design. It should record until it detects the voltage from the power cells only allows for a preset amount of transmission time, and then revert into emergency blackbox mode (since power loss is automatically an emergency), auto-transmitting telemetry data and the last recordings until complete power failure.
Safety first!
You’ve been promoted to lead comic engineer
Woohoo! Finally made it! Best part about being chief of anything is it means I get to do none of the work and take all of the credit! :D
Four hours later…
“Why aren’t I dead yet?”
And then Mike found out he was immortal
This comic already immortalized him.
Shocking first frame. I love that manic expression.
I wonder if part of that transmit is still the emergency signal… I wonder how either of the LEVi machines would react to an emergency signal. Do they have the smarts to respond automatically and locate?… Not that it’d likely help him at this point.
Anyone looking for the top web comics vote link, here it is:
http://topwebcomics.com/vote/19081/default.aspx
Oh god that is hilarious.
I doubt we will see Bex again, but I feel like 99% certain he’s going to have a visit from the LEVi that was lost.
Or at least a dream visit. Maybe from both.
Aww, that last bit though. “Ramble ramble pathos ramble… oh shit sorry Bex my bad.” That’s actually pretty adorable.
Calling it: Bex gets his transmission.
Then it turns out that Bex was recording something of her own, and Mike gets her recording, and then they find each other, and Mike digs his own eventual grave…
“Frothy pink sputum is the body’s way of saying that this scene is almost over.”
And a sucking chest wound is nature’s way of telling you to slow down.
I’m thinking LEVi is going to show up. Come on, LEVi!
This is where we he is found by Angora and Pinter and the Meek actually takes place INSIDE OF MARS. Everybody gets together in their favorite pub and much joy and fun is had.
Because there’s a flipped California inside Mars, even with an internal sun and all…
Yeth.
so, is there no comic this monday?
Sorry about that! It’s a three day weekend in the US and I foolishly thought I could take a day off without it affecting the schedule. NEVER AGAIN