/  |_       ___  _   _   _      |_  .  _
 /|  | \ 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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