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Aug 12, 2021Liked by Jonathan Hickman

I'mma be real, Hickman quoting Hickman broke me

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This is some great stuff. I think it’s pretty awesome how I can come here and read awesome stuff then just scroll down to the comments and be part of this community

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Aug 12, 2021Liked by Jonathan Hickman

So I may be being super naive and this is my first substack subscription but am I correct in assuming that I’ll be getting actual access to comics as part of this sub or is it just access to insider/upcoming information.

I’ve paid for founder because I love your work Mr Hickman and am hoping… that I’ve paid to be able to read these comics here as part of the $250?

Very excited and in love with what you have written here already (and super in love with your FF/A/X work so much so I’m indoctrinating my comic obsessed 6 year old nephew with your work!).

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Aug 12, 2021Liked by Jonathan Hickman

If I change from $80 to $250 does that make me a founder member or is it too late? Kicking myself for not just pulling the trigger Monday. Oh ye of little faith! Regardless I just keep getting more and more excited with each post. This is going to be amazing. It’s already my favorite thing and to see creators getting to call the shots and not having to worry about previous storylines or a blue print that’s already built upon coupled with the lack of publisher/editor constraints - it’s a recipe for pure awesomeness!

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Aug 12, 2021Liked by Jonathan Hickman

Love the system map! Looking forward to more details about how these planets and moons interact, and what their cycles are like. I imagine travel between worlds needs to be timed to align with the planets being in the same revolution location around the star; is this a common or rare phenomenon for this system? With the planets being so close at times, is it or has it ever been possible for these planets to exchange moons with one another? Looking forward to the possibilities of this world and seeing how the whole thing builds!

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Aug 12, 2021Liked by Jonathan Hickman

This whole thing feels like a rush. A raw experience, watching someone else world build.

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Aug 12, 2021Liked by Jonathan Hickman

"This is the best place. This is the worst place." Made me think of Charles Dickens and Styx hanging out and trading quotations over martinis.

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Aug 12, 2021Liked by Jonathan Hickman

One of the things I most enjoyed on your X-men run was the short stories that you included and how it changed the pace of reading comics...Any plans of continuing in that way??

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Aug 12, 2021Liked by Jonathan Hickman

This is really very cool watching this get built before our eyes

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Aug 12, 2021Liked by Jonathan Hickman

Space slugs hey?

How on Therra would they breathe?

Do the 3 worlds orbit around the sun in a doughnut-shaped ring of breathable atmosphere, created by technology from the same aliens who build on Kaoso, held in place between the gravitational pulls of the sun and the dense asteroid field?

Just asking.

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Aug 12, 2021Liked by Jonathan Hickman

Hearing about Akva made me think of Saturn’s moon Enceladus which has massive water and ice geysers. Maybe the Khor is the source of the geysers, visually capturing that solar flare feeling. The real moon reflects 100% of the light that hits it but that’s because of ice. Might not work for the Goldilocks aspect of the system. Ultimately I am very intrigued and can’t stop thinking about this new universe!

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Aug 12, 2021Liked by Jonathan Hickman

Ooh, I wonder which world buys their 'oil' from which nation on Akva! Also having a hard time thinking of better folks to kick off designs for this stuff, looooove del Mundo's style and Huddleston's work on Decorum is SO good.

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Poorly educated guesswork from myself. AKVA reads to me as a world which is potentially man/magic made. A great experiment which resulted in containing or concentrating the element of KHOR.

Khor’s origins could be the membrane of ancient god or the catalyst for the the next cycle. Whilst khor is welded for profit or religious value it’s part in the cycle could seed Akvas presence across the other worlds making them fragile and awaking the fore mentioned archaeological sites on KAOSO.

Apologies if this is wildly of the mark. Just wanted to show how your seeds could be interpreted by a layman like myself.

Again beautiful stuff.

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Aug 12, 2021Liked by Jonathan Hickman

So excited to read more about KAOSO! Ancient alien ruins that humans can't reach... thank you!

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Aug 12, 2021Liked by Jonathan Hickman

Exciting! I really like that one of the worlds does not have a moon. Do “humans” live and operate all of these worlds?

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Aug 12, 2021Liked by Jonathan Hickman

I feel like Chris Farley on SNL after each of these. I just wanna comment “You remember that thing we just read? That was awesome right?”.

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