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/ |_ ___ _ _ _ |_ . _ /| | \ E |__- |_' |_' |_> S | \ | '_\ | _ _ _ _____ ____ _____ | \ | \ / \ | _ \ _____ _____ _____ ____ | __\ | _ \ |.| |..\ /..| |.|_\.| |.._..\ |.._..\ |.._..\ |.._..\ |.| |.|_\.| |:| |:::.:::| |:::::| |:|_\:| |:| |:| |:|_\:| |:| |:| |:|__ |:.___' . ||| |||\_/||| |||---' ||||||| ||| ||| ||||||| ||| ||| |||||/ ||\___ |+\ '_' '_' |+| '__---' '_' '_' |_|-|_| '_' '_' '__--' '__---' '--` '_' , . __.----.____ . . . . / /_ . . :' \ . . . | . ': . . . . . . | /|\ '..: . . . . \____________/ . _____ / / . . _ -----' '----__.///. . |' --- = = = = \_ . . ' :::. . .::::.. ,,,,::. | . * \. ' ' ' / . . \. . | . \ \ " " """ """ " " \.__. .-_ . . |/ < \ .' '-_______ -*- . : . > || === = ' '\ .:::... ... < .// === = _------- '\ .___.___._' '._-' . . . \ ._ . o | . . . . \| \.____ / . . . . . '---___---' . . .------------------. .-----------------. : It's been a while. : : But we're Back! : '___ ____________' .^----^. //'___ _____ ____ __' \\ / \ // o \\ o /_ ~ _ \ .------------. / \\ __/ //\\ //\ \ : Actually, I : \ ' / |\__\ /__/ | : liked being : . . :--'""'--: |\ < > /| : away! ___--' '_____' .-' \____/ -. | \ / | _ :: _ /_ _\ (,. ((_[]_) ,) |||\ .<>. /||| / \ / \ |o| |o| \_. -<>- ._/ \| '.__.' |/ | | .-------. | V | \,_____,/ | | /\| |/\ : Shut up == \|<_>|/ ____) (____ ___| |___ / @\ /@ \ : Greebo! : | | / . \ ( $$$$ ) \ / \ / '___ ___' _[]---[]_ / . \ / ::::::::::|| \/ \/ . |==|\\\|==| | | . | | //|;;;;;;;;;;|| \\ // ::: //| W W |\\ | | . | | // |''''''''''|| /\ /\ \_ \\// | | \\ | | . | | \\ | // /| V |\ / \/ | ooo | // Cc| . |cC \\| // \| | \/ """"""" :' . \ / \\........//| \___/ | | | | | / \ / \: / \ /||||\ \ / | | | : __ : | | ( . . ) | | | / \ | | / \ | | | s-Q--Q-s | | / | | \ | | | | _/ \ [ / ] \ / \_/ \_/ | | | | ' { -,- } , _| /\ /\ |_ /''''''_/\/\/\/\ ? / _/ / \ \ _\ { \: \___/ \___/ (_____ _______ ___/ :: .-----''-------------------. : If we're all here, who's : ___ : driving the ship?! : . // ___ '__________________________' \\__ // \\ \\ || || __// \\___// ... I guess you want some back-story to account for this long absence, huh? >SNIP!< - Oh too bad. It disappeared! These first two episodes are on the Alive.atari.org website, somewhere, if you want to read the original backstory. Anyway, for this one-off Siliventure celebration mag, I managed to draw an entire new episode. Several years after the last time I did anything with this concept. Rather than leaving it dangling, dangerously out of context, I decided to run the other two ascii-toons that I made with it. So you get a nice set! CiH - November 2014 ___----___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . / /_/_/_/_ \ / / / / / / / / / / / . | | / We're picking up a signal, / . . | .. ...| \ alien origin and unknown \ \____ ____/ / source from that planet's / . | | /__ surface!! \ _'_ ___.--||||--.___ \_\_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ | __/______'__'______\__ ( .. .. ) '_ ______ ______ _' . . ..::. . \ . . / . :;::. .; . :.;. . \ \ """ "" """ / / . . ::;;;':: : '. ' .; .. \/ \/ .: :: ::::. '.. . .: . . \ / . .:::;;:. .:: . ' . ' .' |':. .:'| .::;::.'::; . ' . . .. .. | | .::;;: : . .: : ' . . ': . . \ \ / / * . :;:;: :; : :. ' . .: . : . .. '_ _' :;;;:: :;: : ' . . ; : . .' . '--' .:.;;::.'.': . ' : . . ' . .. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .-------------------. _____________ ! _____________ : Right! Launch the : :' ': - :'. ': : shuttle with a : | [x] ..':.| ! | . . . | : landing party! : | / .':::.'| - | | '--\\-------- ----' ' / ::::' .:' ! ' . >+< ' | ::;.:::;.| - | . | /||||\ '_____________' ! '_____________' ( ^ ^ ) / /=/./=/ /. - / \////////\ /' s-Q--Q-s /.::_. .___._ ./ | ! /.::_. .__ .__ / | [ / ] ---: : |--- ---: : |------ { [__] } _ _ ||\____/| || / ||\____/| || / /'''''''_/ \/ \/\ |' CT63 ' |/ |' CT63 ' |/ { ) \ '________________' '_______________' (_._._._.-._._._. / _ \_\ .^----^. \ __ / \ .--------------------. // \ /_ _ \ : Oki, Captain Weevl : // .------------------. //_\ /_\ \ : dude, we're onto : /\ : We're off to see : |\__\ /__/ | : the situation! : /\@\ / the wizard, the : |\ < > /| //------------------' \ \/\ //: wonderful wizard : ||\ /||// \_ \ : of nympho! : |||\ .__. /||| ||\ \\ '----------------' \| '.__.' |/ || \__\ | | / \ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - BUT !!! .----------. .---------------------------. : Oh noes! : ___O __ : Waitaminute! I'm decoding : :_____: //---------' \ / \ : part of the signal. It : /_ _\// :--'""'--: O : seems to be more of a : |o| |o| .-' ____ -. : warning than a distress : | v | (,. ((_[]_)) ,) // call! : \|[_]|/ \_. <__> ._/ // '-------------------------' | | \,_____,/ // |: If you go down :| _[]---[]_ ____) (____ |: to the planet, :| |==|\\\|==| / . \ c |: it will hurt :| || W W || | . \ / C (: quite a lot! :) || || | \ . /\ \/ / '_________________' || ooo || | || . | \ / / /_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ \ ||"""""|| | || . | \/ //_/_/_/_______/_/_/_/\ ':: ::' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .-------------------. _____________ ! _____________ : Fair enough, let's : :' ': - :' ': : not go down there : |ABORT APPROACH!| ! | C:\ run_away | : then! : |ABORT!! | - | how about | '--\\-------- ----' 'ABORT!! ' ! ' a nice cup' |ABORT!! .| - | of tea? | /||||\ '_____________' ! '_____________' ( \ / ) / /=/./=/ /. - / \////////\ /' s-Q--Q-s /.::_. .___._ ./ | ! /.::_. .__ .__ / | [ / ] ---: : |--- ---: : |------ { <__> } --------- ||\____/| || / ||\____/| || / /'''''''_/\/\/\/\ |' CT63 ' |/ |' CT63 ' |/ { ) \ '________________' '_______________' (_._._._.-._._._. / /_/ .^----^. _ _ / \ .--------------------. \ \ / \ /_ _ \ : Yeah, being torn in : | | .-------------------------. //\\ //\ \ : half by a ravenous : /\\ //\ : What about facehuggers? : |\__\ /__/ | : alien really sucks! : / @\ /@ \ / I really hate those! : |\ < > /| //-------------------' \ / \ / // Is John Hurt anywhere : ||\ /||// \/ \/ : on this ship, he could : |||\ .(). /||| \\ // \_: go down instead! : \| '.__.' |/ /\ /\ / '-----------------------' | | /| V |\/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -=====- | == | (for now, there will be | |== == | |== ==| more next time!) | | | |== |== | | | | '== '== '== CiH, originally for Alive Mag, August '06..
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