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ROCK, AND Z CAN SHOOT Fine FROM MY EYES, AND YOU CAN BUT THE LIVING DEAD, NOW THAT'S RIDICULOUS. ANO I'M NOT. SAYING THERE REALLY ARE ANY ZOMBIES. 1’ JUST ‘SAYING YOU SHOULD KEEP 'AN OPEN MIND. OKAY, OUR WORLD 16 PRETTY BIZARRE, BUT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS MAGIC=-WHICH IS FINE FOR HORROR NOVELS-~ SHOW ME ‘SOME FACTS FineT, BOBBY. THEN TLL (OPEN MY MIND. THIS 1S NON- FICTION, KAT!oo PyTALK ABOUT A HELL-OF-A-DEAL OKRUG exar MON CMUeE LE Lee i teStCe Ne ETC eer ce en Oca Calg ie lenge SU UMA VERSO MO (ed CUO UMAR LUD Kea U van MUN RUIL KUMI COM Mot CUiCar LEE aa licensee booklet inside the cassette sleeve J “i will fold out to reveal savings on Spawn licensed” merchandise! De Men Cn iee OMA OTO Tele CORO UM IUt Uh een Ton Making OfSpawn Featurette, Crystal Method/filter Music Vidco! EP cene etree val te \ 1 , 5 Be a CCU ee Om TeUen OUTTA oN 4 BPS AATHL CODY DE Ps ete te PON \S -. a) .Weare. WRONG WITH YOU, GLP YOU USED TO NOT CARE WHO CAW ‘YOU NEKKIDI sMooTH, BIG GUY. How CAN SHE RESIST "THAT LINE? LISTEN, INTEAD ‘OF BONDING WITH SAND, f TRY BONDING WITH A. ey HORSE'S ASS. THAT WAY, / AT LEAST YOUR T.@. WILL 4 ‘UUMP A FEW POINTS. HEY, 1 SAW YOU TALKING. WELL, THING 1S, ROXY'S BEEN ALL WEIRD TO CAITLIN OvER THERE. SINCE We CAME DOWN HERE. LIKE, WE'LL ‘GETTIN’ PRETTY COZY, BE TALKIN’ HANGIN! OUT, HAVIN! A GOOD AREN'T YOUP TIME, AND THEN ALL OF SUODEN, SHE ‘GETS THIS LOOK ON HeR FACE, ‘AND UUST BOLTS ON ME. you're ‘ UNBELIEVABLE, MAN. ROXY THROWS HERSELF SHE AIN'T AT YOU, AND YOU'RE BEEN ANY FUN STILL BYEING CAITLIN. AT ALL LATELY. GFE, HOPE ROXY APPRECIATES. WHAT A CARING BOYFRIEND SHE'S Gor. IN THE MEANTIME, If YOU'RE LOOKING FoR A FUN-GIRL, TAKE IT FROM ME=-BARAH IS wort. RIGHT?TIM TELLIN’ You, KARL, THEY'RE SOME KINDA PSYCHICS, Like ON THE X-FILESP ILLUSIONISTS. DEFINITELY A. GUY'MENT TRAINED TEAM, THAT MUCH 1.00 KNOW! WHAT? THOSE KIOSP NOW HOW YOUNG Fe FOLKS LIKE THAT ARE ‘GOVERNMENT SPIESP THE NEW WORLD OnpeR HAS COME TO THe FLORIOA KEYS, KARL. OF, T KNOW'D IT WAS GOIN’ T'COME, NENTUALLY, BUT THE ADVANCE ‘TROOPS 1S ALREADY HERE. JOHN, LISTEN TO Me, THOSE KIOS ARE NOTHING BUT TOURISTS, WHICH MAKES ‘EM ‘OKAY WITH ME. AND IF ANY) OF 'eM 18 OL. ENOUGH TO DRINK, HELL, THEY'RE MY BEST FRIENDS IN ‘THE WORLD, UNDERSTAND?*rouRISTS, YOU IAT KINDA "TOURISTS" TRAVEL BY BLACK HELICOPTER, KARLPT. ASK YOU THA | eS nf ‘7 “JOUN, I WAS THERE WHEN THEY ABaived LAST wee MOON LANG| GLOBAL CREDIT CONSPIRACY. FOR ONE BAY, EM HEARDOUR SECOND THe Keys, rO STRIKE. tiki THis WHOLE 1.0. “iN, MORE NSN ‘oe SoBESIDES, MY OAD LIPTED THE CURFEW WHEN. DON'T YOU THINK WE LEFT NEW YORK, AND WE'RE AZZ OVER We SHOUL? ger THe EIGHTEEN. We CAN DO WHAT We WANT, AS LONG AS We STAY OUT ‘OF TROUBLE. ARMY OF YOUR’ "ZOMBIESP” KAT, THERE'S. YEAH. SEE; ‘THERE'S SOMETHING WHILE NOW, BOBBY, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING. ‘ABOUT? SOMETHING'S WRONG. IT's OBVIOUS. YOU'YE BEEN AVOIDING HIM FoR WEEKS--EvER ‘SINCE YOU, GRUNGE AND ROXY CAME BACK FROM SPACE.REDISCOVER THE DRAGON odsF En ee =e jee) ea eis ee ote 11-1 Bie is elon a= alg ASU Neato e nota Nit ols We aaa e ea tel) Se ea oe OWN IT ON VIDEO! mT ear "] cremeON AUGUST 14 MANKIND IS HISTORY a a IT 1S AWARE eo ee rere AUC CAR CAMIUKAE NS Fe a ee rT Mee UC meet CAR - te ef ANN CG eT bey SE TU aS tT iar SWAMI Roly CCA i Ta =Look, Bossy, We T DON'T THINK THIS. 1S REALLY ANY OFNo! yout. my aL Pint Ler Me HANDLE IT J(OH MY GOO! PULLED MY PUNCH, BUT T STILL KILLED HIM. SHUT UPI! IT'S NOT FUNNY ANY- MORE. THERE'S A MAN LYING DEAD OVER THERE. For weeks: (ie wean 20 aH! Vil or gouret nor nonin eh ate vegas. ‘OKAY, YOU SAID YOU PULLED YouR0. BELIEVE ME NOW?” 1M Nor suRE WHAT TO BELIEVE. "3088Y, GO AND GET THE OTHERS. "BUT SOMETHING WEIRO IS GOING ON, AND WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT WHAT IT IS." ‘THEY'VE LAUNCHED THE ScUDS, PEOPLE. PREPARE FOR THE U.N. ‘OCCUPATION. EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF!MOVE IT, MOVE It, YOU OGRES. WE HAVE NOT ‘ALL NIGHT. MONSIEUR GEROUX, THERE MAY BE TROUBLE. ONE OF ‘THE PERIMETER GUARDS FAILS TO REPORT. OH, BUT THEY ARE FAILING ALL THE TIME, YesP WE ARE ON A SCHEDULE HERE, TAVERNIER. T THINK WE CAN. AFFORD TO IGNORE IT THIS ONCE. INK AGAIN, TYoNslaaYNae acs Pere ee ae fe REed ae ood TE es Ne ) i I i ij i \ BAitz t) i sa i peas es ae hy Se eaten alae e a) Ee er) ae :WERY AMUSING, wwreicawr BUT IR LAUGHS SHALL BE SHORT- LIVED, T PREDICT. Au zicur, MEN. YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO.NOT NOW, DAD, HE'S GETTING AWAY! T AM SORRY TO 20 THiS; TAVERNIER, BUT THE TRUTH IS, YOU ‘ARE NOT NEARLY A FAST ENOUGH ORIVER FOR THE SITUATION AT HAND. THAT He's TRYING TO KILL US. MAKES HIM BAD-GUY ENOUGH FoR Me, BUT THESE AREN'T =~ BOBeY! WAIT!o ns Ces tr ill oe ei ree)LOOKS Like your LITTLE VooDoo’ OPERATION IS HISTORY, 2474 GEROUX! TLL ASK THE QUESTIONS, PAPA, LIKE WHAT AMT GOING To FIND IN THESE CRATES? DEHYORATEO.MY GUESS Is 7 SEROUX USED THe DRUMS. ‘TO SIGNAL INCOMING, DELIVERY BOATS, LET THEM KNOW THE COAST GUARD PATROL HAD PASSED. “AWW, YOU'RE KIDDING. UBEZ, DOT FEEL LIKE'AN IDIOT. DON'T, SON. YOU NABBED A. SMUGGLER. AND ‘A POTENTIAL KILLER. ANoTGor My FIRST BOX OF ‘CUBANS SINCE T LEFT 0. WELL, I WAS TRYING TO TELL YOU BEFORE, THOSE THINGS AREN'T ZOMBIES. THEY'RE ZOMBOTS.* CORPSES WIRED WITH CiRcutTRY. CONTROLLED BY ‘SIMPLE COMPUTER PROGRAMS, ‘OR MORE COMMONLY, Voice COMMANDS, THEY'RE CHEAP, DISPOSABLE MOB MUSCLE. NO "VOODOO INVOLVED.THINGS Are LooKING up. | [ uy caLL 10 THE Cc om HEY, HACK LAST Night couLo Have’ | | auneo Wait Pur Gexbux || neseecrnen, w Aor | || TANKS FoR BEEN A Disaster, BUTT _] | CAND COMPANY WHERE MEETING ‘THINK T HANDLED IT THEY WONT BE TALKING Me. RATHER WELL. "Bn sare HeRe TO CAPITALIZE. It’s yust A MATTER OF GETTING Hem TRUST BACK. SHE HAS TO BELIEVE CAITLIN'S BECOME SO COLD spate Fl. soem Musee eee SOMETHING THAT WILL IER HAPPY. MAKE HER 80, WHERE'S CAITLINE ‘WHERE'S My PAUGHTERPC/O HORIAGE STUDIOS © 7910 IVANHOE Ave Sut rn xl eo BT ty cones, | Just got done reading issues #26 & 29 and ove the way the story is being handled. It ‘was an interesting twist to have Isaac be a former associate of Lynch's and Grifter’. Does this mean that Isaac was a member of Team 7 of the Gen" Hopefully his story won't be ignored and we'll find out more about him. Another part of the plot that | hhope isn't forgotten is Freefall’s stepmom. Roxy really didi tell her anything about hor current life and you should continue to have them visit with each other. Freefall needs her mother around to help keep her ‘on the straight and narrow, because teenage girls have too many’ problems and she'll need her mother to talk to. There's only so ‘much that her team mates can do for her. Finally it looks like the next issue or two should be a return to the beloved babes in bikinis theme, atleast partially—and | can't ‘wait. | want to see Rainmaker and her girl friend together in the sun in string bikinis! Well t've said enough for now, so keep up the good work, and I'l keep coming back to the book that Is #1 on my list every month, Keep Rockin’ Jason Parker Savannah, GA Keep reading, Jason, 1 wouldo’t be at all surprised to see Roxy’s mom make another appearance of two in these pages. And ‘maybe sooner than you think... Dear Gen”, I'd just ike to say a very English *hello” to you all and to express a few points. ts {freshing to see some superheroes living in the real world and having emotions. You ‘woulde’t have received this e-mail if Gen! ‘was a typical cheesy super hero story, the kind that turned me away from American ‘and Brit comics ages ago. I've never felt comics to be a media sulted to action (no actual movement or exciting music) so I'm glad you're going in the believable characters/involving. storylines direction (One criticism (Iwas born in England have to whinge about something) why do the characters all have pinpoint pupils. tale ing about theit eyes, they look like a bunch (of heroin junkies. Finally, Some praise for your colors is in bay order. Some of the coloring in American comics is flat and lifeless and spoils what would've been fine Black and White art- work, Your colorsts bring Cam's inking to great new levels, Congrats die to all departments then. Michael Flaherty Bristol, England, PS. Is there an English football fan in your midst? | couldn't help but notice Neweastle United scrawled in the background of page 24 of the March issue. As a Liverpool fan, | feel i’s my duty to laugh at the Toon’s poor showing in the Premier League this season, | shall do so silently as i's late. ‘As’a matter of fact, Michael, we have two football enthusiasts on Gen. Gary and. Cam, Brits both, are rabid fans. Cam was the culprit responsible for the Newcastle reference you mention, much to Gary's chagrin since his original graffiti was pro erpool. Mr. Frank also takes consider- able pleasure in Newcastle's final rankings, might add. To my favorite people in the world; the Gen? Crew, All right, yes its me again; Salma H, and | ‘would like to point out that mos likely {will E-mail again and again to give my personal ‘opinion (which pretty much will be me rav- ing about this comic). I have two things to ask, one has a story attached so bear with 1) Since, what, the last week of April | stat- ced collecting Gen? And t don’t mean like just picking it up from #27, I've been going ruts tying to track down’ as much of the series as I can... I've got most of it covered, Al this in a month, my financial standing rather grim... but when I stat something I GOTTA finish it. And recently | have decid ed that | will rack down the Gen” minis- cries (I know that the odds are against me), money of course being no object (my par- tents hate me fr this! : D)... and today | was, flipping through a recently bought #22 of the series when I came upon the ad in the back for the collector's thing. Now, this ‘came out in September so I'd imagine that it is long gone by now... but it hasn't been a year yet so what I'm hoping (hint hint HINT) fs that yall will bring that offer back for a third printing (please please please please) and if by some Godsend chance there are some left—TELL ME AND I'LL ORDER £438 La Je ‘That would be my, what's the best phrase? ‘What about... oh here we go, It would be my own personal Nirvanal And tam sure there are a lot of other people out there that woul totaly love yo people | know wouldil “ 2) when the flip is #30 coming out??? The Suspense is killing me (well not LITERALLY, but you get the gist of my meaning). Salma H, Ontario, Canada PS. Say Hi to Gary, John and Cam for me. PPS. pretty kewl website you guys got there. too bad there's no real picture of Scott Ounbt ‘Wow, it’s nice to hear froma new fan who's so dedicated. 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