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Yewlqr of Marox. Colored pencil on paper, 2024. 11″ x 8.5″ A student Nihilist on planet Marox, later director of the Maroxin Surge Committee, who teaches himself how to pilot a Typhoon-III-class spaceship. |
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Lieutenant Pam Jonson. Ink and colored pencil on paper, 2023. 11″ x 8.5″ Navigation officer for Jonathan Commer, jailed for treason to the United System. |
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G’nzeel, Zarj Archivist. Ink and colored pencil on paper, 2023. 11″ x 8.5″ Director of the Typhoon I Museum on planet Marox at Groombridge 1618. |
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Cassie Wolfduy. Ink and water-soluble colored pencil on paper, 2026. 11″ x 8.5″ Frizzy blond Anti-Spacer who pursues a criminal indictment against Laurie for the murder of her son. |
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Jack Commer, Supreme Commander, in 2076. Pencil on paper, 2014, 12″ x 9″ Jack Commer at 73, after rejuvenation, exercise regimen, and meditation. |
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Amav Frankston-Commer 2076. Pencil on paper, 2023. 11″ x 8.5″ Planetary engineer brainwashed into becoming Martian Emperor Sam Hergs’ consort, rescued by Jack Commer before the marriage could be consummated, eventually married to Jack. Amav 2034. Amav 2076 Abstract |
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Commander Robert (Bobby) Athens. Pencil and ink on paper, 2014. 5.5” x 4.25” Pilot of Jonathan Commer, jailed for treason to the United System. |
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The Fools of the Fire. Ink and colored pencil on paper, 2023. 11″ x 8.5″ Fifty-one entities at the center of the universe holding the forces of chaos at bay. |
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Jonathan James Commer. Ink, acrylic, and gouache on canvas-covered board, 2019. 14” x 11” Jack and Amav’s troubled son, bestselling author, Alpha Centaurian emperor, instigator of a rebellion against SolGrid, and eventually a Wounded bio-robot. |
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Trotter. Ink on mat board, 2017. 8″ x 10″ An eight-hundred-year-old Beagle who helps inspire the Counselors’ choice of interface shape. |
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Edward, Robotic Dog, 2076. Ink and colored pencil on paper, 2015. 7” x 5” Jack and Amav’s security dog, butler, and spaceship navigator. |
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Waterfall Sequence. Ink and colored pencil on paper, 2018. 10″ x 8″ Ywritt master communicator, a bubble of swirling fog approximately seven feet in diameter, with a blue-purple coloration and occasional hints of red and orange. |
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Airman Encar Wolfduy. Ink on photo paper, 2025. 8.5″: x 5.5″ Dimwitted Detention Service goon killed by Laurie in self-defense, May 2076. |
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Mandy Frederick. Pencil on paper, 2014. 5.5” x 4.25” President of the Sol Council in 2076. |
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Judge Guly Radfahrer. Ink and oil pastel on canvas-covered board, 2026. 14″ x 11″ Marsport Criminal Justice System judge overseeing Laurie’s murder trial. |
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Wooden Robot Laurie 1014. Pencil on Bristol paper, 2024. 11″ x 8.5″ Created by Jonathan James Commer from anti-dark energy planet Ailyuae plants. Numbered 1014 because 1,013 Heroes and Villains of the Thirties copies of Laurie Lachrer were constructed. Laurie 1014 has an astonishing knowledge of astrophysics. |
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Rick Ballard Wooden Robot. Digital edit of original 2014 drawing, 2024. 5.75” x 5” Wooden robot created by Jonathan James Commer, replicating the dead Major Richard Ballard. |
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Commander Saxon Greenhill. Hard pastel on paper, 2023. 11″ x 8.5″ Copilot of Typhoon VI, ordered to pilot the contaminated Typhoon VII. |
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Commander Meng Hui. Colored pencil on paper, 2023. 11″ x 8.5″ Typhoon VI physician/engineer. |
The Typhoon I Heroes and Villains of the Thirties Robots
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Captain Jack Commer. Pencil on paper, 2014. 12″ x 9″ The oldest Commer brother. |
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Commander Joe Commer. Pencil on mat board, 2014. 11” x 8.5” Copilot and second oldest of the Commer brothers |
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Lieutenant Jim Commer, Typhoon I Navigation Officer. Pencil on paper, 2014. 7.75” x 6” The third of four Commer brothers, killed at Mercury June 2034. |
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Lieutenant John Commer, USSF. Pencil on paper, 2013. 9.5” x 4.5” Dreamy, impetuous Typhoon I Sensor Officer, youngest of the four Commer brothers, killed at Mercury June 2034. |
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Lieutenant Ken Garrison. Pencil on mat board, 2014. 5″ x 5″ Typhoon I Communications Officer, killed at Mercury June 2034. |
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Major Harri McNarri, USSF. 2023 black and white version of ink, watercolor and gouache on aquabord, 2013. 10” x 8” Brilliant, argumentative Typhoon I Physician/Engineer who set the standard for all subsequent USSF engineers. Killed at Mercury June 2034. |
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Lieutenant Mickey Michaels, USSF. 2023 black and white version of ink and watercolor on paper, 2023. 11″ x 8.5″ Typhoon I Weapon Turret Commander, killed at Mercury June 2034. |
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Lieutenant Craig Reynolds. 2023 black and white version of ink and watercolor on paper, 2014. 7” x 5.5” Typhoon I Weapon Turret 2 gunner, killed at Mercury June 2034. |
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