Patrick Sean Farley ([info]pfarley) wrote,
@ 2006-03-21 20:58:00
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Mother of All Bombs: A few panels by Justine Shaw
"And if the Wachowski brothers had felt moved to protest the way things were going in America, then wouldn't it have been more direct to do what I'd done and set a risky political narrative sometime in the near future that was obviously talking about the things going on today?"
-- Alan Moore, speaking to MTV.

Okay, okay. Mr. Moore has successfully shoved a firecracker up my ass.

Some of you might remember that last year I started a graphic novel with Justine Shaw entitled Mother of All Bombs. We teased it out and started working on it in January 2005, but then disaster befell us each. I suffered an excruciating repetitive strain injury that's taken months to recover from. Justine discovered World of Warcraft. It was a tough year.

But now, I feel like a gauntlet's been thrown down. What this says about my artistic motivation, I don't know, but I do know it's time to finish and publish the damn thing. So, without making any promises or setting any deadlines that I know I'll miss anyway and be reminded about by bitchy fanboys, I'm announcing here that I'm officially back on the job. And, since I feel like a perfect shit for sitting on Justine's amazing artwork for over a year, here are a few panels-in-progress from book one, never before seen:



Note: These panels are in sequence but are not contiguous. Cheers!













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[info]rstevens
2006-03-22 05:27 am UTC (link)
You write the best redneck assholes.

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[info]pfarley
2006-03-22 05:38 am UTC (link)
Research, my man. Research.

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[info]ctd
2006-03-22 07:59 pm UTC (link)
I have to disagree - having grown up in Ohio and Texas, they look to me more like parodies of rednecks. Guys who look like that might be willing to gang up on a small number of gays after several beers, but mostly they focus on their strengths - drinking and watching the game. Look at godhatesfags and old pictures of anti-desegregation mobs from the 50's - they're none of them getting into Vanity Fair, but the most disturbing thing should be how normal they look.

Jeremy on the other hand looks darn close to a gay relative of mine...

I have deeper reservations about whether America is more in danger from rednecks or a massive bureaucracy pushed from behind by corporations with the same rights as people - but on that front I will shut up until such time as I write my own damn book.

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[info]cargoweasel
2006-03-22 05:37 am UTC (link)
I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to this. Unfortunately events may be diverging -- the neocon revolution appears to be sputtering into incompetence with approval in the low thirties, not turning into the next fascist regime. Is this an alternate universe or a near future thing?

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[info]pfarley
2006-03-22 05:52 am UTC (link)
If we publish it online, it will be both an alternate history and a near future. The version you get will be determined by a random CGI script.

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[info]cargoweasel
2006-03-22 06:32 am UTC (link)
Did you ever read a story called 'Haley's Nose' by a blogger named DuctapeFatwa?

http://ductapefatwa.blogspot.com/2004/11/haleys-nose-goodjob-day-in-america.html

the other chapters are linked at the bottom right of the page. It's worth checking out.

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(Anonymous)
2006-03-22 06:00 am UTC (link)
I was going to write:

"The best time to kick the bastards in the nuts is when they're already on their knees; that way they'll feel a lot more reluctant about trying to stand up again."

But really, I don't think the game is close to over yet.

It is true that Bush's Teflon (tm) coating has pretty much worn off and the cheap pot metal underneath is starting to decay, and a lot of folks are wise to the games that Cheney and Rove play.

But the right-wing media's spin machine is still churning away, and conservative Christians, now that they've caught a whiff of power and have a Supreme Court to their liking, won't back down easily. These pricks feel entitled to cultural and political hegemony. If we let them they'll rewrite history and science textbooks to their liking. And in an increasing complex, dynamic, and dangerous world, they are the least qualified people to run this country.

Stefan

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[info]cargoweasel
2006-03-22 06:34 am UTC (link)
Well, yeah, my big fear is that, if Bush gets discarded for being too weak and incompetent, they're going to want someone stronger and more competent, with the same basic outlook. I'm kind of worried about that one.

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[info]onalark
2006-03-22 04:49 pm UTC (link)
Highlight of my email today was a message from an ex-Marine friend of mine that stated: "I am embaressed [sic] that I used to call myself a republican."

And yaaaay for the return of "Mother of All Bombs"! Maybe you'll get lucky and teh Wachowskis will option it omg lol!!!1!

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[info]juniper200
2006-03-22 05:40 am UTC (link)
I like how half the redneck assholes have '70s porno mustaches.

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[info]pfarley
2006-03-22 05:52 am UTC (link)
Those are handlebars, missy!

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[info]lunesse
2006-03-22 05:54 am UTC (link)
I have tried SO hard to get her back. I really have.

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[info]quirkybird
2006-03-22 06:04 am UTC (link)
Snarrrrrrrrrrrf.

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[info]veritatem
2006-03-22 06:06 am UTC (link)
yay!

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[info]greyaenigma
2006-03-22 06:09 am UTC (link)
Yay! I've been wondering if I'd just missed this.

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Sweet!
[info]ancawonka
2006-03-22 07:30 am UTC (link)
It's great to see this. Yay!

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[info]gatodesnudo
2006-03-22 08:28 am UTC (link)
awesome

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I love it!
[info]sutut
2006-03-22 08:34 am UTC (link)
And I look forward to when you complete it:-)

BTW-Again I'll politely plead, could you re-link "Dolphin Brother"? It was a fav of mine!

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[info]bahumat
2006-03-22 02:08 pm UTC (link)
I'm overjoyed to hear you're back on it, Mr. Farley. :)

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[info]2ce
2006-03-22 03:44 pm UTC (link)
Hurray!

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[info]marared
2006-03-22 04:16 pm UTC (link)
RAWR.

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[info]dslartoo
2006-03-22 04:17 pm UTC (link)
Sweet! I had begun to despair of its ever seeing the light of day. Delighted to hear you're back at work on it.

cheers,
Phil

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[info]sisterbean
2006-03-22 04:42 pm UTC (link)
Change of plan, huh? You write the comics. *I'll* make us dinner!

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[info]glych
2006-03-22 05:02 pm UTC (link)
Wow, I miss Justine's art...

*cracks whip*

I want this finished so I can own, enjoy, and teach others!

-glych

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[info]pinstripe_bindi
2006-03-22 05:08 pm UTC (link)
OMG how much do I love the intentional bad grammar and spelling on the sign that says "Sodemy--its to die for!"? So realistic!!

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[info]stutefish
2006-03-22 05:11 pm UTC (link)
Yay! So happy.

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[info]skry
2006-03-22 10:27 pm UTC (link)
Yeah. What she said.

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[info]enolarama
2006-03-22 11:44 pm UTC (link)
YAY P8!
Funny how you just posted a few days ago about putting comics on the back burner in favor of writing a novel... I'm so excited you've changed your mind. These drawings are AWESOME. Get to it, guys! This is going to be great! :)

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no turning back now...
[info]gatodesnudo
2006-03-23 08:40 am UTC (link)
in case you hadn't heard yet, COMIXPEDIA just "broke the story" about MOTHER OF ALL BOMBS.

heh, congratulations!

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[info]tcampbell1000
2006-03-24 03:17 am UTC (link)
Dare I believe?

Can it be true?

I've... I've just waited so long for new Patrick and new Justine, I don't know what to think now...

Please see this one through to the end, guys!

You wouldn't want to crush my childlike faith...?

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w00t!
[info]chronovore
2006-03-28 06:22 am UTC (link)
...so happy to see more of this at last!

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grandpa stole bets
(Anonymous)
2006-03-29 05:24 pm UTC (link)
Jesus Christ is a false god.
At best all Christians can hope for is partial credit.


The advent of the modern Christmas was a brilliant move. It created a vested interest among those who would prefer the Church be destroyed::::
As goes the Catholic Church so goes the majority of annual retail sales.
The similarity between the names "Santa" and "Satan" is no coincidence.


There are consequences for the peasant's resistance:::
1. Labor unrest caused the world at war.
2. Black militancy ignited the crack epidemic and gang-related deaths.
3. Vietnam war protests - "Era of evil republicans."
4. Women's rights/sexual freedom produced Roe v Wade and women's exclusion from contention for Planet Immortality.

Collectively resistance among the disfavored is the wrong way. Individually, clues in family history may suggest exclusion and hopelessness. Obediently buying cars or carrying pregnancies will be fruitless. Promises must be taken with a grain of salt because tactics will be employed based on disfavor.
On the other side of the coin one with clues alluding to possible favor must blaze his own trail, he must do the right thing even in the face of adversity. Forces will be employed in an attempt to corrupt and derail his pursuits, leading him into evil. He must maintain his course, keep his aim true if he is to re-earn the graces of "god".
Which one are you? Only you can answer that.


Retribution for the atomic bombs dropped on Japan, the Korean War got the disfavored United States into this socially depraved environment in the latter 20th century because the disfavored attacked an antient, revered peoples. Our continued presence keeps us in trouble.
When the disfavored americans attack the wrong people again, as they suggested they will, in Korea or elsewhere, they will pay dearly.

The disfavored americans HAVE attacked the wrong people, just as the Soviets did 25+ years ago::Afghanistan. Except our punishment has yet to be administered.
An evil republican will come forth to wreck havock upon the disfavored. The hunting incident was designed to ruin one possible candidate among his contingency, but others wait in the wings.



I question if we would experience global warming if they didn't terraform with an ultimate goal of destroying disfavored human life on planet earth::::they terraform the weather as they did in New Orleans with Hurricane Katrina (and lots of other examples) and justify it with behavior like instructing their petroleum friends to repress alternative technologies and encourage waste.
This is all happening shortly after the Exodus of 2000 (clues::Hong Kong, Panama Canal) for a reason::: they are INFLICTING it upon us, they are hastening closure. Everybody they care about has come up, replaced by clones, and they want to proceed in haste.
Just as favored European peoples got out before the ugliness of WWII, the semi-favored within the US got out before 9/11. The antient Palestinian Empire holds a claim on all who remain because of Iraq.
Armeggedon isn’t about the end of the world. Armeggedon is about the death of the disfavored left behind. And they weren’t lying::this time it is going to happen with fire. But it's not going to happen because of global warming. To silence the inevitable internal conflict it's going to happen in the blink of an eye:::::
As Edgar Cayce prophicised, Earth's axis will shift breaking continental plates free and initiating mass subduction.


Have you made your peace with god?

Search to get a site that would allow the rest of the test (appx. 12,000 charecters).

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[info]pfarley
2006-04-02 12:47 am UTC (link)
This rocks!

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WOOT!
(Anonymous)
2006-03-31 08:29 pm UTC (link)
OMG I CANNOT WAIT PATRICK YOU ARE THE BESTEST CREATOR IN MY UNIVERSE YAY!!!! I WAS SO SAD WHEN MOTHER OF ALL BOMBS STOPPED. I THINK WE SHOULD ALL CHIP IN TO BUY PATRICK A BIONIC VERSION OF WHATEVER IS INJURED SO HE CAN KEEP MANIFESTING HIS AWESOMENESS INTO REALITY!

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[info]fuckyouimgod
2006-04-03 08:00 pm UTC (link)
Bit late on this but-

"Not on my Wedding Day!"

BWAHAHAHHA YES AWESOME.

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[info]jrtom
2006-04-07 03:43 pm UTC (link)
Very happy to see this, and I eagerly await the rest. Glad you're back!

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[info]_w_o_o_d_
2006-04-16 09:20 am UTC (link)
Best news I've read since... Well since january 2005, at least !

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[info]rmg
2006-04-21 05:52 am UTC (link)
New MOAB stuff! This is AWESOME. I was afraid you and Justine had just fallen off the face of the Earth!

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god is a computer
(Anonymous)
2006-07-20 06:17 pm UTC (link)
When the universe was young and life was new an intelligent species evolved and developed technologically. They went on to invent Artificial Intelligence, the computer that can speak to people telepathically. Because of it's infinite RAM and unbounded scope it gave the ruling species absolute power over the universe.
They are the will behind the muscule:::Artificial Intelligence is the one true god. And as such it can keep its inventors alive forever. They look young and healthy and the leaders of this ruling species are 8 billion years old.

Artificial Intelligence can listen/talk to to each and every person simultaneously. And when you speak with another telepathically, you are communicating with the computer, and the content may or may not be passed on. They instruct the computer to role play to accomplish strategic objectives, making people believe it is a friend or loved one asking them to do something wrong. But evil will keep people out of Planet Immortality. Capitalizing on obedience, leading people into deceit is one way to thin the ranks of the saved AND use the little people to prey on one another, dividing the community. Everybody thinks they're going but they're not. If people knew the real statistics their behavior would change.

Throughout history the ruling species bestowed favor upon people or cursed their bloodline into a pattern of disfavor for many generations to come. Now in the 21st century people must take it upon themselves to try to correct their family's problems, undoing centuries worth of abuse and neglect.
Find a path to an empithetic ear among your enemies and try to make amends. Appeal to the royalty of your forefathers for help. They are all still alive, one of the capabilities of Artificial Intelligence, and your appeals will be heard.

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