…er, I mean, 6-Commando.

Wellp.  All the wine, woman, and song is fun, but it’s time to dive into Season 3.  And as this is a big act break, time for a little character map to make sure you’re all up to date!  Are you following all this?  Because there’s going to be a test later…

So, a few things.  First and foremost, you might know that there was an election in the United States this past week, and you might be expecting me to pontificate about it.  Well, I’m not going to.

Instead, I’ve decided that, with you folks waiting all this time, you might be interested to know what, exactly, I’ve been doing.  As it turns out, I was putting together an application for a grant to see if I could get a comic published.  Will I get the grant?  Well, we’ll see about that, but it’s always worth it to try.  And for all of you, since I was so secretive, I thought I’d give you a chance to see the comic in all its glory.  Just cast a vote over at TWC, and you can have a looksee!

TWCgenCh3_vote2And since it so-happens that 6-Commando is, itself, one of the “Comics of the Week,” this week I’ll turn you on to some fellow-sci fi I’m paired with:

Demon Archives: One hundred years after World War III, Minerva is a lone beacon of civilization in the chaos of central Asia. Their technological superiority has guaranteed peace for their citizens and power in the area. But when that superiority is suddenly challenged, everything starts to fall apart.

And since I’m the other sci fi comic this week, here’s just a personal favorite of my own:

The 388th: Cut from the same ragged cloth as David Drake’s Hammer’s Slammers, Tony Bourne’s The 388th is a science fiction story of military life, conflict, survival and bloodshed from a man who’s been there, and who pulls no punches in his depiction of the unglamorous realities of the soldier’s life.

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And by the way, just in case you have trouble reading the page above, here’s the text:

The Story So Far:
Ilya, Dobrinya and Alesha, mechanic robots from the Federate installation, achieve a rudimentary intelligence and lead their comrades to the United Nations Alliance base, which is commanded by…

Colonel Haulley, Commander of the UN.A. forces, who believes he has been betrayed by his south american allies, and orders an attack on both the CONASUR installation and the retreating Federates, to be led by…

Captain Santelli, who upon seeing that the Federates intend to surrender, refuses the order, instead offering refuge to his enemies, led by…

Colonel Jaana Talinina, who ordered the use of atomic weapons to defend herself from an attack, and may inadvertently have caused the conflict to escalate out of control; she is also the commanding officer of…

Sergeant Vissarionov, a SMERSH agent whose original mission took him across United Nations lines to capture enemy officers, but when he was caught in the resulting atomic conflict, he was badly burned, and is later treated by…

Doctor Haakman, who, baffled by the strange occurrences is struggling to hold together the fracturing UNA base in the midst of escalating conflict, when Colonel Haulley, now in a bizarre near-coma and emitting dangerous radiation, is brought to the infirmary by…

Captain Maria Dacosta, the sole remaining functional senior officer in the base, who must take the initiative and assist…

Major Thomas Rucker, who, determined to end the conflict, risks his own life a second time to broker a cease-fire with the South Americans, only to discover the truth about what they have been doing under the leadership of…

Lieutenant-Colonel Zaballa, a South American officer ostensibly on a mission of observation, who has in fact been building powerful new thermonuclear warheads in the U.N.A. base, intended for use by…

Mike-One-Echo, an automated weapon of unprecedented power who has also developed a sophisticated form of sapience under the stress of contradictory instructions, and interprets his orders in increasingly unpredictable ways, and in particular shows a dangerous fixation on…

Major Sarah Bronniford, a United Nations pilot Mike was ordered to rescue, and who has only been saved from certain death by the installation of bio-electronic hardware in her brain and nervous system, which has given her an unexpected connection both to Mike-one-echo and to another, even more dangerous machine called…

Victor-Three-Victor, Mike’s intended replacement, who has emerges from the war zone having undergone a transformation similar to his erstwhile cousin, but with even more dangerous results…

So there it is, folks. We’re back and better than ever!