Ohhhh boy, this is where it gets WEIRD. Oh yeah. Still with me here? I hope so!
It’s still Monday, so it’s not really late! That… does that scan?
Well, at any rate, it’s a day off for me so I figured I’d give myself a few extra hours to work this out, and hopefully that paid off. Yes, that IS a “2001: A Space Odyssey” homage on this page. But hey, if you’re going to do it, take it from Kubrick, man.
I’m putting my feet up and letting my old cat sit in my lap for the rest of the day. Poor old girl is turning… 16, I think, this year, and she’s slowing down. But she’s been begging to sit in my lap all day so why not?
Now, a few things:
First, thanks to the efforts of reader, friend of the comic, and frequent commentator “Crazyman,” 6-Commando now has a page on TVtropes. He got it pretty spot on for starters, but it’s all open-source so feel free to add, refine, connect, cross-reference and so forth! I never did that myself (who wants to write up their own work?) but it’s kind of cool to see the culture references I might not even know about – and BOY is TVtropes a pop culture rabbit hole – hours and hours on that site, for sure!
Second, it’s Memorial Day here in the United States, so in around all the fun of the day off and the start of the summer, a few solemn moments for our soldiers killed in the line of duty are in order. I live in hope that one day we may overcome our need for warfare and destruction – that may be a conceit, but I think it’s a healthy one. Until then, God bless.
And speaking of our veterans, third, I want to point you at a “new-old” comic series that’s just started on the web: The 388th, written and drawn by longtime comics comrade-in-arms, Tony Bourne. His work is superb in a way that I have yet to see anyone top. Give it a read! And if you just can’t wait for the next page – it’s already in print, so buy the book!
Anyway, until next week. All the best folks.
Oh, flashback time? I hope so!
And that thing with Mike doesn’t seem to be normal lol
“My computer froze again… Damn!”
😀
This world’s first Skype conversation has gone awry, here.
Mike: Daisy, Daisy, what is your answer true…
…I’m half crazy, all for the love of you…
“Isn’t that interesting” is NOT something you want to hear from a self-aware nuclear-armed battle tank! ><
Woo! All caught up. ^^
I should think not! Especially when he’s reaching into your memory and saying that about what he finds there.
Just saying.
Oh God, say it isn’t so; not….not…HIGH SCHOOL!!!??? You monster! 🙁
😀
You know I’m not afraid to make my characters suffer.
It’s like Game of Thrones, sans the pr0n.
And the beheadings and random deaths, and magic, and dragons. But yes.
My high school got plenty of beheadings I don’t see what you mean lol
Good God. I’m not sure what to say to that.
My High School had magic (the card game) and dragons (on paper) so really nothing alike at all.
Also way to go for this newest level of horror for the Major.
“No, no! I haven’t studied! Oh no, I’m back in school! […]”
https://youtu.be/0g7VoRQPswg?t=25s 😛
And here’s where creepy Mike double takes over and really freaks her the fuck out! O_O
This is not the typical shoot-em-up military comic, I guess. But as they say, “No excuses, sir.” 🙂
Talk about hagging out the, “Gone to lunch be back in 15 mins” sign.
“Tell me about your childhood.” 😉
So Sarah’s comment about Mike carrying atomics got me thinking.
The nukes in question are the H-bombs on Mike’s Bluecap missiles, and given the Colonel’s statement that he was a retaliatory safeguard, I assume that he had at least a few nuclear-tipped missiles back in Chapter 1 (not all since we he fires one with a conventional warhead), and they were probably destroyed when he got nuked himself. So I thought, when he was rebuilt, they must’ve given Mike new missiles, unknowingly (or knowingly…) the rest of the thermonuclear ones.
The thing is, when he was recovered and rebuilt, it looks like only his main gun was rebuilt, and not the AA lasers or missile pods as he had before. For example here:
http://www.viciousprint.com/6commando/comic/oh-no/
and more recently here:
http://www.viciousprint.com/6commando/comic/what-did-you-do-to-me/
there doesn’t seem to be any sign of Mike’s missile pods, at least nothing super visible or resembling the ones he had in Chapter 1. So my question is, how did Mike get his hands on the rest of the nukes and/or how is he carrying them?
Are they just concealed or duct-taped underneath his chassis?
Or am I just making a mystery out of nothing? (distinct possibility) 🙂
IIRC the missile pods retract into MIKE’s hull.
Shit, you are screwed its highschool all over again!
Just a moment