episode04 | #04-200 | Change of Plans | Published Friday, August 10, 2012
Westward #04-200: Change of Plans
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Change of Plans

Did anyone see this coming? Is anyone completely confused? Don't worry, all will be revealed in time. We're at the halfway point of Westward, and there's a lot of story left to tell!

Monday, we begin a brief interlude between acts, as it were, in which many surprising and helpful details will be learned about the backgrounds and motivations of the characters—beginning with a certain Nazi spy I'm sure you've all been wondering about. In the meantime, I hope to see plenty of healthy speculation regarding what we've discovered about these late developments. Excelsior! -e

9 Comments:

bay area john:
I wonder how many of our heroes met the RicoRay to make room for the ascent of Edjamin.

And what an upside down hair greying pattern! Must be a gravity thing.

Whatchabet the navigator is Santana's son... half Martian. Who goes on to inherit the title from Edjamin, and eventually returns to Earth to form a secret scientific colony undersea in the mid 1900's.
Katawa:
Multiple colonies and another appearance of a 'First Scientist' in Westward.
It's hard to tell which parts of the story are part of the alpha timeline or offshoots and how much that even really matters.
Mykhajlo Halenbak:
Dang! That's about the worst toupee I've ever seen, curled up and sleeping on the cranuim of dear old Spratt-for-brains. Looks like in the future, everyone discovered the worst of "steampunk" and adopted it for all of their fashions. Yuck! I yearn for the good old days of "mid-century modern"...
Mykhajlo Halenbak:
...oh - and, by the way, great job with Episode Four and a real thought-provoking conclusion. I'm really looking forward to what's ahead! Keep up the great storytelling and artwork :-)
James:
"Full ghost." So old Edjamin, AKA First Scientist invented a cloaking device?

So the First Scientist is going to personally oversee the matter.

James:
Oh heck, that didn't work.

Homunclus:
Do you guys remember how Pa and Jeremiah always referred to god as "Lord" - http://westwardcomic.com/comic.php?itemid=1200

I guess that answers the question of why the bible (we assume) is forbidden. Cause everyone is worshipping Spratt!

I knew he had an ego, but this is ridiculous!

"Full ghost." So old Edjamin, AKA First Scientist invented a cloaking device?


http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StealthInSpace - I see more "nuclear toast" scenarios in our future
Lizzie:
The minute I saw a guy that looked like Elliot, I should have known he was up to no good. Man!

How many colonies are we implying, here?
Gillsing:
I'd say this was the most enjoyable chapter so far. Dare I hope that future chapters will top this one? I think I do.
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