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Dispatches from the Holonet
81033 days
by Jezmon_degyte
in General Nerdom
Hey all Jezmon here. I’ve taken it upon myself to bring you Normalinauts a semi-regular update on the state of the Star Wars universe.
As you know, our faithful leader has an unending love for the “holy trilogy” (his son’s middle name is Skywalker for Force’s sake). He and I have shared this love together all through our formative years. Sadly, his literary tastes have taken him far from the galaxy far, far away, but that doesn’t mean someone can’t take it upon himself to keep you up to date.
So what can you expect from this column?
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Regular reviews of whatever star wars related materials I’m currently reading(novels, comics)
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Updates regarding new star wars products (toys, rpgs, video games, etc.)
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Guides to get you up to speed so you can jump into or back into the universe.
Currently I am in the middle of the excellent Legacy of the Force series so my first column will get you up to speed on what’s happened in the timeline up the start of the series. Followed by a review of the first novel.
I’ll leave you with one of the best fake star wars products ever produced. Originally from Thinkgeek’s April fools day site, the tauntaun sleeping bag.
Now even though this is a fake product, I’m sure there are crafty star wars nerds somewhere trying to make real ones.
NR ReadyToRock 2009
21131 days
‘Allo all,
Just dropping by to let you know that we hope everyone has enjoyed their wintery holidays, and despite the lack of updates lately (things like Kilian finishing his Masters degree, and oh, having a new child ((congratz and well done Katrina, Kilian and little Bella there)) kinda’ got in the way along with the regular holiday shenanigans) but 2009 marks a brand new year and we’re just getting started.
So thank you to all the awesome Normalinauts who’ve supported us through our first 1+ year as a webcomic experiment, we look forward to putting together some new stuff for you, and making the site and the NR experience even better. But most of all thank you. There’s no way that we could’ve kept it going and gotten NR this far without each and everyone of you.
I know it’s not a comic, but I did want to provide something visual here (as you can see slightly clipped above). For the full version you can either select the comic above or just click the thumbnail below.
Cocked, Locked and...
We love you all,
–Aleister
Deltron 3030 – Positive Contact
Save the Monkey Project
41161 days
‘Allo everyone, and welcome to an off-date posting of Normality Restored. Normally, we would be putting this up on Friday, but holidays sometimes screw things up. Kilian will be back later, but for now he has to finish wearing down his nose on the Thesis grind stone.
However(!), there was a comic made, in fact I actually finished before I left for my own holiday journey on Wed. But like I said, despite the best preparations these things can still get lost in the shuffle. It’s no big deal, because lookie, it will be likely that you get 2(!) comics this week, barring that we get lazy after this post.
As for the comic itself, I must admit that this was entirely spurned by my own selfish motivations, and done without the aesthetic help/direction or word-smithing-genius of or own beloved Kilian. I have since received his blessing for this strip even though it is skewing a bit from the norm… or maybe not… I’m not sure that we have a norm yet… do we?
Instead of a comic….?
01199 days
Apologies for not updating the comic yesterday as planned it should be up either Mon or Sun…. put simply, shit is wack, and shit done got out of hand. But so it goes.
But, instead of comic, how about a live appearance, and better yet how about the chance to meet creators less dubious than myself? Such awesome folk as the lovely Tommy Kovac and the infamous Steve Niles? Well, here’s your chance:
For anyone interested the Gilgrim clan will be trucking our way to Bellflower this afternoon for the 10th Anniversary Celebration of Metropolis Comics. Come on down and join us and take hold of your chance to meet the amazing Tommy Kovac, and dastardly Steve Niles in person, hang out, buy shit, get autographs and all of that fun stuff ^__^.
10th Anniver-Scary party at Metropolis Comics in Bellflower,Ca.
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Metropolis Comics Bellflower
16509 Bellflower Blvd.
Bellflower,Ca. 90706
(near the corner of Bellflower and Oak)
Saturday Oct 25th 4pm – 7pm
Steve Niles – 30 Days of Night, Criminal Macabre
Aleister Gilgrim – Cemeterians
Tommy Kovac – Wonderland, Autumn
I love you all,
–Aleister
Project Pitchfork – Chaka Red
Paypal update
71255 days
Somehow, this seems to have slipped through the cracks a bit, but there has been an update to the current Paypal drive for yours truly, with one gracious Normalinaut donating a cool $100 USD to the great casue! And what did we do in honor of this most generous donation? Nothing… yet! But we will, now with renewed vigor as it has been brought to our attention in the first place.
And btw faithful, gracious and giving Normalinaut, we will need a picture of you and the proper name you wish to be identified with to complete our end of the bargain ^__^ feel free to send these to either myself or Kilian when you’re ready.
For all Normalinauts keeping track, this puts us almost exclusively to the halfway mark for our ultimate goal!
Just a bit further you mighty and faithful few, we’re almost home! Current balance $203.01
We love you all,
–Aleister
Gorillaz – D-Sides
I miss Goliath still…
41266 days
Greetings faithful Normalinauts,
Gilgrim here… and sadly I have to admit that we have been really, really, really bad about updating the site as of late. I see that Kilian has made a public apology, but honestly aside from his insane devotion to the on-all-accounts-inferior-Liverpool-football-club, he has little to apologize for. I am sad to say that the majority of the blame lies firmly on my own shoulders.
While I can (and actually will) shift my personal blame to that of my day job, it’s still been up to me to at least keep in better contact and make sure that I tell everyone what’s going on. Right now, I am once again separated from Goliath and have been for a painful amount of time. This painful separation doesn’t seem to have any immediate end in sight, which only makes the sitation even more painful. I’m trying my damndest to get this thing resolved and fast, however, there are a lot of flaming, shit-smeared hoops to jump through yet until proper resolution becomes a reality.
Not to be too cryptic, but my additions to our beloved digital home are monitored by certain overlords, so I will not give out details, but let us say that things have been put into motion. I’m not going to talk directly about my exact situation here, frankly it’s unprofessional and inappropriate, no matter how classless the “other side” may be. But, perhaps when things are settled, and the dust has cleared to reveal a world in proper working order, I will be able to wow you with the heebie-jeebie-inducing tales of intrigue, lies and assorted retaliations (and other related wholesome and infantile goings-ons). Let us hope that that day is not too far off.
In the meantime, I offer you this, my peace offering, which should hopefully help to illustrate exactly why I’m currently on pause as far as contributions go…
With a heavy, guilty (for neglecting all you wonderful Normalinauts)-heart,
–Aleister
Demon Hunter – Disbelief
Another (less visual) Announcement
111293 days
by kilian
in General Nerdom
The last announcement, I think we can all agree, befitted the use of “comic” as a way of making said announcement. This one here, the one I’m about to, ahem, announce, isn’t so befitting…
Hell, maybe it is. I certainly see that the new circumstance I will soon find myself in is one ripe with the fruits that can be plundered by a comic.
Can I draw this out any longer without actually revealing what it is I’m alluding to? Probably…