The way a gif turns into meme, turns into a virus, corrupts the very inner workings of your mind, is amazing. But sometimes I'm surprised the other way around too. How could you not have heard of "Jacob leave your shirt on......NO!" or "Ain't nobody got time for that"? That latter delicious little video made enuf money for the lady in question to get a new place to live!
How can you still believe in unicorns and spaghetti monsters, the color plurple or that smeg isn't in the OED??? It totally deserves to be.
How can you listen to that kind of music and read those kind of things when you have the whole internet at your fingertips willing to give you some better taste?
Present company excluded, of course.
I admit, I'm coming late to the party considering it originally ran 2000 to 2006, but I originally joined up somewhere in the middle. I missed out on the Narbonicons and the parties, etc. The author may have moved on to better, brighter, bigger things, but somehow I always come back to Narbonic.
I have a thing for scifi. First of all. Mad scientists are win. Intelligent and dominant women are grand. And a cute geek of a male guinea pig is adorable.
So there's those good beginnings. Then there's the fact that Babylon 5 heavily influenced (read monopolized) the author and you are almost guaranteed a well thought out story that involves great foreshadowing but also time travel!!!!! <3 indeed.="" p="">And don't forget the gerbils. And Hunter S. Thompson. And Shakespeare.
So give it a read. Realize that in the beginning, this was an artist finding her stride. ((Those are almost the best comics, don't you think? Where the love of the story drives the comic forward day by day until you suddenly realize, damn, that's a fine looking comic. Schlock Mercenary anyone?)) And if you like it, there's some other stuff out there by the damn, fine lady and there are books too. ^_^
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