We got what we cam e for.
NO O O O! Fuck. Is it possible for m e to die in one
We’ve been watchin g
of your dreams?
their Antarctic base for a lon g tim e now. Bu t som ethin g’s chan ged. They’re on the move.
Those sons’a bitches found som ethin g.
We should alert our
Beneath the ice crust!
best agents in the field. To monitor, track and head them off.
MIS S M UR P H Y… any suggestions?
Roger, M R. S O D D EN B E R G .
It’s the sam e one
At your orders.
I keep havin g -- the one with the freakin’ monster chewin g my face off.
All these thin gs have a m eanin g. I think it symbolizes your need to get lai d.
Hear that, C O L O N E L N E WS T E D ? Do I know how to pick my staff or do I? My assistant will see you to your chopper. Meet you tomorrow at the T E S T FI E L D.
CA RO L, can you hear You okay?
m e?!
C on gratulations.
What the
You got half a page of
hell di d you
T H E TIM E S filled with
say to her…?
Miss
ink on shantytowns
Morrigan,
and shacks.
honestly!
M is ery s el l s, GAYA . A n d we o ffer on e- sto p s ho p pin g: s ee i t ton igh t a n d pay to p dol lar to feel c om pa s s ion ate a b o u t i t from the c om fo r t o f yo u r l i vin g ro om .
I’m flattered, Mr…. Right, was it? Bu t
Miss M O R R IGA N ? May I request the rare privilege of a mom ent in your presen ce?
My nam e is S EB A S TIA N WR IG H T. I represent a con cern very interested in seein g your sublim e talents
You must have m e
P H O TO G R A P H Y ’s a strictly
confused with som eone
personal passion. I don’t
else. I don’t know what
shoot for commission…
you’re talkin g abou t and
only for m e. Sorry
I really must be goin g.
I can’t help you.
applied to the B E R L I N S TAT E M U S E UM S .
I implore you, listen to…
…m e ? There must be a misunderstandin g, Miss Morrigan. I wasn’t referrin g to your photographic prowess. My clients wish to avail themselves of your O T H E R TA L EN T.
C YN T H IA , you cool?
A m ost inopportune complication.
you do rem ember the press conferen ce is abou t to start?!
S ure, Prof Steinberg is an old fart b u t… jeez, I don’t know where you found the gu ts
Anyway, I’m not really much for
to tell him to his face!
crowds. I thought maybe we could go
Sorry…
do som e…studyin g back at my dorm.
I’m b usy for
The roommate’s ou t ’til tonight…
the r e s t o f my l i fe !
Move it and lose it, creep!
Uh- okay… you go do that then…
Frankly, m e.
You must be takin g etiquette lessons. You chased him off withou t
Can’t shake
one referen ce to his mother and
the feelin g I’m
the football team.
bein g watched.
You’re restorin g my
Again?! Does Merv
faith in you, Miss Morrigan.
the Perv need m e to kick
This is exactly the kind of
the other cheek?
TA L EN T I was told abou t.
And now that we can forgo
A pig with a
the tiresom e cocktail chatter:
callin g….
on the table behind m e you will find a b usiness card. With an offer and a telephone number.
Still b ummin’? What’s goin’ down?
…card ?!
You’re strun g ou t and spacin’, Not him.
that’s all. C’m ere… just ’cuz
Som eone else is
The Man’s everywhere doesn’t
followin g m e…
m ean you can’t just be…
“…paranoi d…”
Okay, guess I’m not the only one good at… gettin g lost…
COL ONEL NEWSTED!
An empty
You’re tellin g m e I took
canyon?
the redeye all the way ou t here
Agent Dickinson. P ha s e i n .
to get a firsthand look at…
It’s my pri de and pleasure to introduce you to our experim ental Stro n g s u i t prototype. Asi de from the little light- bendin g show you just di dn’t see, this sheath will shelter our boys… …from jun gle heat and Siberian cold. It’s water-tight. It provi des chemical nourishm ent for days. It’s b ullet- proof. I hope our friendly exercise
And m o s t ou tstandin g…
helps assure you that the governm ent money diverted to S EC TIO N S 4 doesn’t just… G O U P I N SM O K E .
Are you c om p l e te ly crazy? YO U K I L L E D H IM !
I don’t believe it.
Agent Dickinson, hold up.
DULCE. NEW MEXICO. JULY 18, 1963. LOCAL TIME 11:37 AM.
Are the
C offee.
DA NI E L ! Another
subjects still
They’re…
in ran ge?
ticklin g.
You need
hot sleepover with
it.
the news feed ?
What strategies do we have for…
Thanks, and here are your mornin g wire services. Don’t worry, FR A N K , I di dn’t sleep a minu te. Wanted the piece against those K A R MA P H A R MA C E U TIC A L S bastards to
Printed ou t fresh durin g my 4:27AM b reak.
be online by this mornin g.
C’mon,
”…ticklin g?”
Then say it!
say it!
See that?
The tru th
Another new
shall set
com et sightin g
ye free!
in N e w M e xi c o.
You know us
Hmp. They
antiques have
don’t match.
trouble talkin g
The com et’s
to stuff b uilt
nam es…
So prominent he di dn’t exist at 4:27 this mornin g.
sin ce 1970. Whuh? You’re right. Here, in your printou ts… it’s spelled
Si dney, lay
Yeah, Dan.
off or I’ll piss my pants!
“E . L . E . N . I . N . ”, like an acronym.
They got it
The website just calls it
on this screen
“E L ENI N . ” No periods. Tim e to
thin g, too. And
call Opus Dei, old-tim er?
you only have to stack up one.
They’re on
They’re
the move!
after T H E
Som ethin’ stinks. C over
GI R L .
for m e, I’ll be back asap.
They’ve also added a new paragraph. “The com et, as tradition dictates, has been nam ed after its discoverer, prominent professor Leoni d Elenin.”
Be ready to intercept.
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO. ALBUQUERQUE. JULY 18, 1963. LOCAL TIME 11:37 AM.
NEW YORK CITY. DECEMBER 11, 2010.
Then say It’ll never hold
it just to hear
up. I’d say anythin g
yourself curse: “N O
after ten minu tes
FUC K IN G FUC K ER IS
of ticklin g.
FO L L O W I N G M E ! ”
LONDON. JULY 12, 1963. LOCAL TIME 6:37 PM.
Hello ? I’d like to book a trip to Berlin…
THE BEGINNING OF THE END…