Wait! O to the MG! Sorry for the triple post, but I just thought of something. In the big one-panel fight scene strip, it’s TOTALLY not clear who Rick is aiming at, and he’s not yet firing. There’s also a huge bounty on Lys, which Mollusk already briefed Rick on. Also, Rick doesn’t know Lys and Tom are semi-allies (unless he’s privy to the same info as Cruzer, who at least has figured out that Tom’s trying to smuggle Lys off). Also, even if Rick figures out that the fact that Hux is fighting Mollusk means Mollusk must be the “bad” guy, WHAT IF RICK JUST LIKES MONEY? He could quit working for Inter-Glom with that kind of cash! THE SUSPENSE!
“Well,” said Rick Quasar into his comm-link as he simultaneously blew the airlock, set his visor to ‘Supernova’ and aimed the Higgs-Boson emitter at the oncoming comet, “either this is going to work, or you can tell Planetary Councilborg Frotan that I’m digging him one ZARK of a new swimming pool!”
That’s the whole novel, by the way. What more do you want? Maybe a steamy Kirk-style romance scene?
“But Rick honey, can’t you stay for one more round?” Rick permitted himself one last look at the alluring Velanna, but he had to set his visor’s light shield up a few notches to do so – like all Magnesium-based life forms, they started to burst into flames when excited. “Sorry baby, wouldn’t want me to burn up on re-entry, would you?”
Formf!
Oh wow, that’s deep. Clearly we could all learn a thing or two from Hux…
He is truly a formf of wisdom.
Dude, let me just say – less office humor, more space adventure! This is amazing!
I think Space Adventure/Office Humor is pretty much what I know best, so I’ll probably be swapping it up as needed.
Also, we talked about it for years, but you finally did it – Gelatinous Cube Monk.
Wait! O to the MG! Sorry for the triple post, but I just thought of something. In the big one-panel fight scene strip, it’s TOTALLY not clear who Rick is aiming at, and he’s not yet firing. There’s also a huge bounty on Lys, which Mollusk already briefed Rick on. Also, Rick doesn’t know Lys and Tom are semi-allies (unless he’s privy to the same info as Cruzer, who at least has figured out that Tom’s trying to smuggle Lys off). Also, even if Rick figures out that the fact that Hux is fighting Mollusk means Mollusk must be the “bad” guy, WHAT IF RICK JUST LIKES MONEY? He could quit working for Inter-Glom with that kind of cash! THE SUSPENSE!
And thus began RatMan’s career of writing Rick spin-off novels.
I’d read that.
“Well,” said Rick Quasar into his comm-link as he simultaneously blew the airlock, set his visor to ‘Supernova’ and aimed the Higgs-Boson emitter at the oncoming comet, “either this is going to work, or you can tell Planetary Councilborg Frotan that I’m digging him one ZARK of a new swimming pool!”
That’s the whole novel, by the way. What more do you want? Maybe a steamy Kirk-style romance scene?
“But Rick honey, can’t you stay for one more round?” Rick permitted himself one last look at the alluring Velanna, but he had to set his visor’s light shield up a few notches to do so – like all Magnesium-based life forms, they started to burst into flames when excited. “Sorry baby, wouldn’t want me to burn up on re-entry, would you?”
Ha! This stuff writes itself!
Haaaaaaaaaaaa!