I’m trying a little subliminal persuasion. Is it working? Do you love filler posts? If you don’t, you are a filthy troglodyte and I hate you personally, you piece of human waste. Scum sucking ass walrus.
Sorry. Anyway, HI! I’m Brendan, the guy that puts the words in the bubbles up there (actually Brinny does that too, but I make the words she puts in there) and Brinny was kind of swamped with school this week and didn’t get a comic done in time, something she will be punished for. In any case, I thought to fill in this disgraceful hole in our history log archive thing with a little FAQ for questions that were never asked, let alone frequently. I’m gonna be saying story stuff that probably hasn’t been established yet, but no spoilers, just backstory stuff.
Q1: So, what. Is Jacob the only alien or what?
Yes! Yes he is, as far as we know. In my head, what happened was his egg pod thing was being transported on a ship out in space somewhere, and an asteroid ran into it, causing it to explode a little bit. His pod survived and was sent hurtling through the cold depths of space. It crashed onto a small farm owned by the Kent family, and he was quickly taken in by the government. No other alien has been contacted, or even detected.
Q2: How old is Jacob? What’s with his physiology?
Jacob is 34. He grows at about the same rate as a human, and so is about equal in his growth to a man of the same age. People don’t know if his… uh, obliviousness is genetic or just because he was kept in isolation for the first thirty four years of his life. At first it was just to make sure he wasn’t carrying any diseases or contagions or something, and from then to protect him due to his celebrity status, to try and keep him from becoming something akin to a sideshow attraction. By the time he was an adult, it had just become habit, and in any case Jacob’s handlers were far too nervous to become open to the world, terrified that somehow people might hurt Jacob. Now of course, nobody gives a rats ass because the money has dried up.
Q3: What’s with the money thing?
Okay, my thought process went like this: How long would the US government, in the middle of a financial crisis, be willing to pay for a young man, alien or not, to simply live with full benefits for no real payback and no public support. With cost cutting measures flying through congress, I think taking the money from a whole branch of government that only exists to facilitate one living thing seems like a logical choice. The only problem is that now one of the most well known people on the planet is now essentially unemployed.
Q4: Are these the only characters we’ll be getting?
Oh lord no. You haven’t even met most of the main cast. I figure we’re about 20 pages in, and the story itself will be about 150-200 or so. Wow, that’s a lot. Anyway, this is just the first act and starting on the next page we start on the second act and what I see as the second part. This is all set up so far, and from there things get a bit more active from here on out. Dr. San will show up several times more throughout the story, as will the General and, of course, Mr. Purr. Soon you’ll meet the others who’ll make up the rest of this bitter little charade.
Okay, that’s all for now. If you actually have some questions you want answered, just hit my over at brendan (at) alienatedcomic (dot) com , with QA in the subject line. Or just send an e-mail, cause I’m very lonely.
Anyway, hope this won’t need to happen again, I’m gonna go force Brinny to draw until her hand falls off.
Love — Brendans!
