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    Tis The Season For Tesla, Frankenstein And This Week's Comics

    Templar, Arizona's Spike Talks Alt History and Extreme Subcultures

    "Templar, Arizona" Feeds Us Cavy Burgers and Survival Cultists in an Alternate Universe

    Your Spike/Angel Slash Just Became Canon (Kinda)

    Wild Things Throw A Beachside Beastie Party

    Spike And Angel Debate The BSG Finale

    James Marsters Saddles Up For Alien Western

    Torchwood Does The Kissy-Fighty Dance
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    Image of DeepFriar DeepFriar
    10/20/09

    In reply to Tis The Season For Tesla, Frankenstein And This Week's Comics
    Five Fists of Science is a fantastic read.
    Fraction was making Tesla cool before all the other steampunk fans jumped on the bandwagon.
    There, I said it. #angel
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    Image of CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton) CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton)
    10/20/09

    In reply to Tis The Season For Tesla, Frankenstein And This Week's Comics
    The Five Fists of Science, Ha! Great title - I will check this out. #angel
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    Image of Illogic Illogic
    08/25/09

    In reply to Templar, Arizona's Spike Talks Alt History and Extreme Subcultures
    The weather comment confuses me greatly.
    Unless it's a reference to the Mega Storms or something?
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    Image of FuriousSterling FuriousSterling
    08/25/09

    @Illogic: She's just avoiding answering the question about Ben by seemingly changing the subject to the weather.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment FuriousSterling was starred FuriousSterling was unstarred
    Image of kellyhelene kellyhelene
    08/25/09

    @Illogic: I think it's a "I'm going to say something random and innocent since I do not want to answer that question in any way, for fear of providing spoilers" thing.
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    Image of Roxxy Goetz Roxxy Goetz
    08/25/09

    @Illogic: Weather? That would be Spikes method of skirting the question. You know, like when you're out with a friend, and someone is confessing something horrible on their cell phone next to you, and you just look at your friend and nervously say: "Lovely weather we're having."
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    Image of Illogic Illogic
    08/26/09

    @Roxxy Goetz: Gotcha. Thanks guys!
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    Image of SanjulaSils SanjulaSils
    08/25/09

    In reply to Templar, Arizona's Spike Talks Alt History and Extreme Subcultures
    @tetracycloide:
    well, Spike (and many alternate-history authors, i assume) 'cheat' by just saying it's like our world... but different. they have a baseline to work from which, as residents of that world, we as reader are probably familiar with. they don't have to do all the world-building, they just have to establish the bits that are changed.

    @braak:
    she's saying it's a cheat in the sense that she doesn't have to write story, but instead infuses her character with that personality and history with their speech patterns. not a cheat for someone who finds any creative writing difficult, but perhaps easier for those who already know their characters intimately, and have to work at bringing out their stories.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    08/25/09

    @SanjulaSils: but fictional worlds are always exactly like our world... only different. in a fictional universe no one has to explain why gravity is there because unless it's different it requires no explination. i guess what i'm trying to say is i had no idea templar, az was an alternate history while i was reading it. i just thought it was fiction.
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    Image of braak braak
    08/25/09

    @SanjulaSils: I'm not really sure how that's a "cheat" though. Are you supposed to be writing history for characters that your reader is never going to see? I thought infusing characters with personality by changing their speech patterns just counted as "regular." As in, "yes, I gave that character personality in the regular way, by making specific choices about what they look like and how they talk."
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    08/25/09

    In reply to Templar, Arizona's Spike Talks Alt History and Extreme Subcultures
    i'm not sure i understand the 'alternate history' cheat. wouldn't it be just as easy to make up a city name and then use the 'it's fiction' cheat? so i guess it's a cheat in the sense that the author never has to come up with their own name for something and instead uses an existing name but i don't belive that's what was meant by 'it's a cheat.'
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    Image of braak braak
    08/25/09

    @tetracycloide: I'm not sure if this guy really knows what "cheats" mean at all. I think developing a unique speech pattern for a character rather than just copying the speech pattern from someone you know is actually the opposite of a cheat.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    08/25/09

    @braak: i know! she says 'write the most natural dialogue' as if writting in an acent was natural. it's hard as hell. i know because every time i try it just looks like giberish.
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    Image of allium allium
    08/25/09

    @braak: guy?
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    Image of braak braak
    08/25/09

    @allium: There's only one gender specific pronoun there, I must have missed it and assumed that Spike was a guy because the only other person I know of named Spike is also a guy.

    Not that this is especially pertinent to the matter at hand.
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    Image of phoenix phoenix
    08/06/09

    In reply to "Templar, Arizona" Feeds Us Cavy Burgers and Survival Cultists in an Alternate Universe
    I'm really glad you guys got to this comic! I've been reading it for a while, and the sureal-alternate universe is kind of just to the right of our own, but never so clearly defined that there aren't a number of things in it that are completely bizzare and unexplainable.
    It's a really really great comic, and then of course, there's the al-star winning line:
    "THIS IS SCIENCE, BENNY. LET TH' COCK OF SCIENCE FUCK YOU."

    [templaraz.com]
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    Image of Stephen Goldmeier Stephen Goldmeier
    08/06/09

    @phoenix: I also love that line. I'm a huge TAZ fan as well, and I own two of the books. Wonderful, odd, insightful, funny stuff.
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    Image of lightninglouie lightninglouie
    08/06/09

    In reply to "Templar, Arizona" Feeds Us Cavy Burgers and Survival Cultists in an Alternate Universe
    First impression: Man, this is the darkest Doctor Who comic I've ever seen.
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    Image of Aidan_ Aidan_
    08/06/09

    In reply to "Templar, Arizona" Feeds Us Cavy Burgers and Survival Cultists in an Alternate Universe
    I am absolutely in love with Reagan. She reminds me of girlfriend, both in looks and bit a bit in personality.

    Artwork's awesome.
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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    08/06/09

    In reply to "Templar, Arizona" Feeds Us Cavy Burgers and Survival Cultists in an Alternate Universe
    Altenate?
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    Image of John Hazard John Hazard
    08/06/09

    In reply to "Templar, Arizona" Feeds Us Cavy Burgers and Survival Cultists in an Alternate Universe
    I've passed this by (at NY Comic Con? MOCCA Art Fest?) and was intrigued by the art- and the "impossibly plump woman" (what?!?)- but I didn't pick up on the alternate reality angle. It looks really cool, I'm going to buy* one of her books right now.
    Thanks for covering some webcomics!
    *Support Indy artists!!!!
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    Image of Azogue Azogue
    08/06/09

    In reply to "Templar, Arizona" Feeds Us Cavy Burgers and Survival Cultists in an Alternate Universe
    I live in Arizona, and this isn't too far off.
    Polarized, backward, barbaric, lazy, selfish, fascist, cheap, snotty (for no damn good reason) disorganized, short-sighted, mean-spirited,.... that about sums up Maricopa County.
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    08/06/09

    @Azogue: Hey! That is my computer's name, Azogue! Also, I was reared in Glendale and Scottsdale. You are spot-on. The people are friendlier there than in the Midwest, where I now reside, but it is largely on the surface. Flagstaff, now that is another story. It is like the rest of Arizona had a baby with Austin or Santa Cruz.
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    Image of lilliputzian lilliputzian
    08/06/09

    @The Curse of Millhaven: haha, i grew up in the midwest and now reside in arizona. honestly i think the people are the same. the key to becoming friends with any midwesterner is to go and get drunk with them. and i agree with Azogue's assessment of AZ. it's not just Maricopa, it's everywhere.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    08/06/09

    @lilliputzian: that's the key to becoming friends with anyone worth being friends with really.
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    Image of lilliputzian lilliputzian
    08/06/09

    @tetracycloide: that and renal failure is pretty dang awesome.
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    Image of clari0n clari0n
    08/06/09

    In reply to "Templar, Arizona" Feeds Us Cavy Burgers and Survival Cultists in an Alternate Universe
    Templar, AZ is unique and compelling, and no more than a few strips in, I was hooked. It's really fantastic. Everyone should give it a shot, so long as they're not easily offended. ;)
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    08/06/09

    In reply to "Templar, Arizona" Feeds Us Cavy Burgers and Survival Cultists in an Alternate Universe
    prolific commenter braak reminds me of scip a lot, or maybe it's the other way around. either way i have no idea why.
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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    08/06/09

    In reply to "Templar, Arizona" Feeds Us Cavy Burgers and Survival Cultists in an Alternate Universe
    this looks like a hipster rag.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    08/06/09

    @GreyHammer: how much of it have you actually read?
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    Image of Illogic Illogic
    08/06/09

    @GreyHammer: I'm not sure what I'm feeling here. On one hand you said "hipster" which sorta makes me hate you, on the other you said "rag" which makes me love you... I'm so foncused!
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    Image of smirkette smirkette
    08/06/09

    @GreyHammer: If you immediately dismiss something as being too "hipster", you might be one. ::thumbs through Field Guide to the Urban Hipster:: Yup. That's one of the key characteristics.
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    Image of KarmaChameleon KarmaChameleon
    07/08/09

    In reply to Your Spike/Angel Slash Just Became Canon (Kinda)
    Er. You guys do realize Spike/Angel's been canon since Season 5 of Angel, right? It was very heavily implied in at least two episodes and Joss all but confirmed it on one of the S5 DVD commentaries.


    This is nothing new, at all. Sadly, neither is the homophobia.

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    Image of PostMarque PostMarque
    08/15/09

    @KarmaChameleon: implied? i thought those episodes were fairly explicit. although i am not sure if it was implied that Straight Man turned Evil equates to Gay Vampire sex.

    But I am quite ok with David B. and James M. snogging, however we get there.
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