Merry Christmas, everyone! And this year, for Christmas, in lieu of my usual “Christmas Drawing” I give you a real page, thereby not forcing you to wait a week while I get my act together. Oh my goodness, yes.
So here we go again. Poor Tom really is getting to be the pensive type, isn’t he? Seems like such a man of action when he’s around other people. But there you go.
The contest is still on, folks! I have, to date, received NO entries! So come on, guys. Did I make it too hard? Maybe I made it too hard. But anyway, we still have until the New Year, so in case you missed it or are new, I’m reprinting the rules of the game, thus:
What Movie Is That From?
Yes, by now you all know I’m a huge movie buff, and heck, I can’t help myself, sometimes I throw in a reference from one or the other of my favorite movies. But I fear I’ve let it get out of hand, so much so that even I have lost track of all the film and TV references I’ve made over the past three years. So I need YOUR help to track them down!
Here’s how to play:
1) Reread 6-Commando from the start.
2) Look for film and/or TV references, whether visual or in the dialogue.
3) Write them down, noting the Chapter, Page and Panel in which they appear, and the movie or TV show you think they’re from, and send me an email at mike-one-echo(at)viciousprint(d0t)com by noon on January 1, 2012. For example, if the image at above, here, counted (it doesn’t, by the way, no cheating!), the reference would be “Page X, Panel 1, “Shall We Play A Game” comes from the movie “War Games.” I’ll only be counting the first email I receive from each person, so check yourself before you hit “send.”
That’s all there is to it!
ONE HUNDRED people, selected at random from the qualifying entries who have found at least THREE will get free 6-Commando stickers from me, postage paid!
TWENTY people selected at random from the qualifying entries who have found at least FIVE will get stickers, AND a free, solid nickel-silver United Nations Alliance lapel pin!
THREE people selected at random from the qualifying entries who have found at least EIGHT will get the stickers, the pin, AND will get a cameo appearance in the upcoming Chapter 4 of 6-Commando!
ONE LUCKY PERSON, selected at random from qualifying entries who has found at least TEN will get the stickers, the pin, AND an actual speaking role in Chapter 4 of 6-Commando!
If you have a winning entry but someone else already has the prize, you’ll get the next lowest. Now, isn’t that just cool as all get-out? Don’t you want to play? Of COURSE you do! So get reading, get cracking, and get ready for free stuff!
And a clarification, since I was remiss in answering posts last week: I WILL accept video game and other media references, as well. That’s YES to video games, books, and other media. So come on, people! It’s your chance to join the cast of 6-Commando and get free stuff!
Anyhow, thanks to everyone who wrote to me to say Merry Christmas, and I hope you have a safe and happy New Year. See you in 2012 for the first post of the Apocalypto! Be well!
>>> The contest is still on, folks! I have, to date, received NO entries!
I’m working on it! 😀
>>> “You already know. They already told you.”
Okay, now I lost you, Mike. Or is he indicating they’re giving her a wrong medical treatment/ medication?
All shall be made clear in the fullness of time. This is one of those times where if you were reading the book it would be a lot less frustrating, I admit. But at any rate, soon and very soon…
–M
I wouldn’t expect the book to be clearer, for plot reasons the major may not know the full implications of whatever medication they have her on. He is a soldier, not a corpsman.
This also means Mike has been listening in on the whole base this entire time.
I mean it would be clearer in that you could just turn the page and find out. It’s suspense scenes like this that show the limits of the online format for long-form comics like this. I’m glad I have so many people like you guys who are willing to bear with me!
–M
I love a good mystery. Let’s see how this will turn out!
Hey I was wondering how your tracks on the tanks work? I have an idea how to make the lower bogies attached and with suspension. Also ever read any of the books about BOLOs
They aren’t bogie-sprung, they’re torsion-bar suspensions. On the Sentinel tanks they’re driven by the main gear at the rear housing, which is driven by a gas-turbine engine. On Mike, they’re connected to the drive fairings, which run the treads from atomic-electic motors mounted inside the main gear, which drive them individually from inside main tread housings, drawing power from Mike’s internal atomic pile.
And yes, the relationship between Mike and the BOLO tank lineage is not one I’ve taken great lengths to conceal. Laumer was an enormous inspiration to me, though I fancy Mike is a bit more sophisticated character than the BOLOs were, since he’s more at the center of the characterization.
–M
UNA likes very circular hallways in their bases.
Dammit, Rucker, button your shirt already.I know you’re drunk and going slowly insane, but have some standards. God.
And while he’s at it, he’d better GET A JOB, too! ^^
…well, It wouldn’t hurt to check on Sarah right about now.
😉
–M
i did some research on the drugs last night and their all used for radiation treatment though the drug for inducing the coma isn’t recommend for that use. Also one of the drugs is currently in the experimental stage currently.
Well done! I do use real science whenever I can (whenever the plot can bear it, though I err on the side of good story when necessary) – and the treatments I’ve had the medical staff giving Sarah are based on the U.S. Navy Medical Corps recommendations for radiological patients, with the addition of Numune (5-Androstenediol), et al.
–M
That hallway is pretty BA.
Where else would they put Rucker’s quarters, if not in the BA wing?
😉
–M
OK, I was bad, but this has been in my head of a bit, and I had to get it out. I would have linked it on the appropriate page, but comments back there are apparently closed…
Eh, didn’t get the link in there: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5503373/2011-12-12-E03P28edited.jpg
What link?
That is pretty funny 😉
“…then you better go catch it!”
“Hello, I’m looking for Colonel Jass, first name Hugh?”
😉
–M