Problems with extrapolation

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, May 10, 2024



There are always lots of issues with trying to work out what will happen in the future based on current events and current tech, this is why very little SciFi is predictive of the future, unless it's about social trends or politics and even then it's a lucky ...

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FEATURED COMIC --> Bunyan Mk7

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, April 10, 2024



Adrian is having a massive run of bad luck! He lost his family villa, all his money and almost everything he inherited… except a giant agricultural robot mechsuit. Maybe he can turn his life around? He had better hurry though, he doesn't have much time till he has to ...

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Social Issues in Fantasy (Part 2)

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 10, 2024



Last time I'd talked about rather superficial and/or inappropriate attempts to weave commentary on real world social issues into a fantasy or scifi world. The discussion in the comments was FANTASTIC! I urge everyone to have a look if you haven't already.

The general consensus was that ...



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Quackcast 664 - Parody and satire

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Dec. 5, 2023

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We're talking about parody and its evil twin satire. There are good parodies and bad ones but we feel the better parodies are the indirect ones that make fun of and exaggerate the theme or the ...


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FEATURED COMIC --> Delos

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Nov. 22, 2023



Something strange is happening in the city, there have been a couple of weird, unexplainable murders: a skeleton with all the flesh exploded off of it, a mugger shot by his own gun when the bullet flew through it backwards… This is tied to the story of a mysterious government ...

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The PROCESS

lothar at 12:00AM, Oct. 27, 2023

Hi everyone!
The First AND ONLY Comic this fortnight here is a real JEM !
It starts out in the best possible way … with a Darude ,..- I mean Desert sandstorm But it turns into a Water-storm


Comic:the Process
Author:the process
Year:2007-2008
I love scifi stories that start out ...






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Vampires, Aliens, and Girlz

lothar at 12:04AM, Sept. 29, 2023

Good Morning Chumps !

Fall is in the art and I am drinking some instant coffee. Its' almost Ocrober and that means No-nuts November is right aroung the corner. I Cant atrualy eat nuts, not the tree ones anyway. I can eat peanuts beacuase they don't grow on trees, but ...

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FEATURED COMIC --> Eco Crew

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, July 19, 2023



This little environmental crew are doing their best to battle a ferocious dinosaur in the frigid darkness of Antarctica while also introducing their comic by battering down the fourth wall to chat about it with each other. The artwork is flawless, colourful and compelling. The story is fantasy-scifi humour and ...

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FEATURED COMIC --> The sagas of Seelhoe

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, June 21, 2023



A fantasy SciFi world of interconnected planets and overlapping civilisations and the relationships of people who inhabit them. Lady Esin must make her way from the fabled elven lands of planet Seelhoe and journey to the human worlds in hope of recovering a magical book sacred to her people and ...

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Ban Fan Plan?

Banes at 12:00AM, May 11, 2023



I watched an interview with Ira Behr, the writer and showrunner on Star Trek Deep Space Nine. He talked about his days in the DS9 writer's room. It was the 90's, and the early days of the Internet. Even in those days, Star Trek discussion was flourishing online ...

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