Hello, faithful readers! The author of this feature has managed to contract a tick-borne illness, one of the joys of New England life, which has slowed the production schedule somewhat. He is recovering now, and promises to produce one page this week, but probably not two. You will probably see it in a couple of days. He also would like to reassure you that this issue is better than Issue 7 in every way possible and only gets better from here, so now would not be a good time to start reading Ctrl+Alt+Delete instead.
Symptoms of the disease do not include speaking in the third person, and he is really not sure why he is doing that.
UPDATE: I’m no longer certain that I can promise any pages this week, but I will still try. Regardless there will be new pages soon.
For years the mummy of the pharaoh Akhenaten (after whom the ship is named) was thought to be lost, but the latest issue of National Geographic contains a picture of him, which you can find in this slideshow. Unfortunately I can’t link to it directly, but you can find it pretty easily. It’s the second thumbnail on the second strip of images.
Nice to know that he’s been found, but he’s seen better days I think.
Maybe some of you have noticed already, but for the benefit of those who have not, I wanted to let you all know that I’m keeping a blog on the main site now. It’s about more than just Sunrise, but at the moment it’s got some stuff about Issue 8, so you might like to check it out.
Pretty soon I’ll set up a more official storefront, but in the meantime I just wanted to announce that the first issue of Realm and the complete run of Zirconius are now available for purchase from IndyPlanet. They’re both pretty cheap and ought to make a nice present for someone. Realm will surely spark delight in the hearts of that special Tolkien fan and Zirconius is ideal for your favorite astronaut. (Delight not guaranteed.) If you’re not feeling creative, it’s okay to buy them for yourself, too. I won’t hold it against you. Anyway, the links:
Realm ($5, 16 pages.) Zirconius (US$12, 174 pages)
A paperback anthology of the first six issues of Sunrise should be available sometime this summer.
Sunrise itself should be updating soon. The semester is almost over and then I should be able to update regularly, if not twice a week. Thanks for your continued patience!
The Prologue is online now, guys… be the first kid on your block to read it. Gee! It’s swell!
The printed version should be available imminently as well.
