Technopolis (comics)

Technopolis is a comic book that was created and illustrated by Adrien Van Viersen and written by Peter Taylor and Patrick Sauriol. It was published in 1997 by Caliber Comics and ran for four issues. The book garnered van Viersen with a nomination for a Russ Manning Award.

Plot summary

Aliens crash-land their ship in 1932, build a city called Technopolis out of the wreckage, lobby for autonomy, and begin trading technology for the right to stay. Flash-forward to 1949, at the bitter end of a much longer WW2: Amidst flying Buicks and teleporters, cynical reporter Madison James and Ambassador Vienna Darlington find themselves embroiled in a plot by alien insurgents to fly a stolen B-17 bomber into the Technopolis governing council building in an effort to fell the theocratic dictatorship.

gollark: I simulate my alts in GTech™ GVR™, but it is a bit weird sometimes.

gollark: To save you from problems they're withheld until I can recalculate safe ones.

gollark: My guesses accidentally contained a proof of the inconsistency of arithmetic.

gollark: No, it's because I'm everyone's alt and I have an IQ of 205 octillion.

gollark: None are safe, broadly speaking.

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