With a large part of the crew missing, Commander Armstrong is finally in command, but is he ready for first contact with the alien vessel that has just appeared. Meanwhile, ~'s tests continue, and we see Captain Random put into a position even he may be unable to escape alive.

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The crew of the USS Arr return on a daring mission to help the flagship of the Confederation, but can they succeed where the noble John Frenchie and his triumphant crew have failed? Introducing ~, an immortal being so deplorable he would defile the holy image of television's John Ritter, and a race which may spell doom for all the Confederation stand for.

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The return of the thrilling adventures of the crew of the USS Arr. Thrill to the leadership of Captain Buck Random, his frustrated first officer Lance Armstrong, the sarcastic egotism of science officer Nonek, and the frightening medical techniques of Dr. Baxter Scabs. Plus, the worlds most insane group of engineers. In our first outing, they must face down a fleet that threatens all life in the galaxy, but it's not quite of the same scale they're used to.

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The site went down for a while there, but we're back and everything is getting back to what passes for normal around here. Anyway, this was all because we're up on a new server with lots more space and bandwidth. The exact details of what went wrong and the direction of the website is laid out in the article linked below, for the curious.

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The final part of this series, examining the events of Spider-man over the past several years that have ultimately driven him to One More Day. The failures of the story are examined, and why, for me, there is no more Spider-man.

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The second part of the 3-part series. The history of Spider-man throughout the Dark Age is examined, including the two previous attempts to reset the character: the Clone Saga and the Chapter One/reboot that led to Mary Jane's "death." The Marvel habit of ignoring mismanagement in favor of superficial problems is not a new one, as we'll see.

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A long-time fan of Spider-man finally gives up on the character. Why? It will take some explaining, because to understand why, you must understand the history of the character and my own relationship with that character. This, the first of three parts, explores what first brought him of interest to me, and also his emergence into an icon and his growth throughout the first twenty years of his existence.

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