new comic book series: Tink & Tank

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new comic book series: Tink & Tank

Postby operator kos » Wed Jun 03, 2015 4:56 pm

It's shameless self-promotion time again here at RI. My only justification is that the new story I'm working on touches upon topics which seem to be of interest to folks here: space travel, aliens, colonialism, corporate rule, mercenaries, pirates, revolution, artificial intelligence, human experimentation, psi, and the nature of consciousness. That sort of thing. But mostly it's about a girl and her robot having adventures on a planet populated by giant alien fungus monsters.

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We're still in the very early stages of production. There's a pretty crappy placeholder website with some (not crappy) concept art here: http://www.tinktankcomic.com

In the mid-22nd century, humanity has begun to establish colonizes in some of the stellar systems closest to Earth. The story takes place on Okami, a planet which is home to a rich variety of vegetative life. Ten years after settling on Okami, the colonists inexplicably lose contact with Earth and all other human colonies and ships. A few months later they are attacked by previously dormant creatures native to Okami. The mycophytes, as the creatures become known, seem to share characteristics with Earth plants and fungi. Until the attack, humanity had yet to encounter another intelligent species, let alone one with such an unexpected physiology. Over the next few years, an apocalyptic, siege mentality develops in the one remaining settlement on Okami. Further attacks are repelled with minimal losses, but supplies are running short, and there has still been no contact from off-world.

Tink is a teenage girl, the first human born on Okami. A precocious engineer, her closest companion is Tank, a construction / demolition robot she salvaged from a crashed cargo ship. One day Tink makes a careless decision which exposes her settlement to mycophyte attack. Too ashamed to face her family and friends, Tink flees into the wilderness with Tank. She will soon discover that the people in her settlement aren't the only humans left on this suddenly hostile planet. She will make allies and enemies during a struggle for survival which eventually turns into an opportunity to discover what has happened to the rest of humanity and why the mycophytes are attacking. Through the startling realities that Tink uncovers, she finds a way to possibly redeem herself in the eyes of those she loves, but it may cost her and her new-found companions their lives.


As always, feedback from the brilliant weirdos of the RI community is very welcome.

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Re: new comic book series: Tink & Tank

Postby zangtang » Tue Jun 16, 2015 3:01 pm

Looks like Tink was unfortunate enough to get her feet blown off in a previous misadventure?

I like Tank - reminds me of a 'stikfas' model character (only down to the yellowness & barrel-chestedness)
- if you not familiar with Stikfas - you'll love 'em

Mycophyte suitably yeaeech! - but then i just don't do tentacles (in my experience, never a good omen!!!)
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