Main Characters
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Supreme Commander Laurie Lachrer. Crop of original 2013 ink and watercolor.
Newly appointed Supreme Commander of the United System Space Force, 2076. |
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Lieutenant Mickey Mal Michaels. Ink and watercolor on paper, 2023. 11″ x 8.5″
Typhoon I Turret Commander, killed at Mercury June 2034, later constituted as a Heroes and Villains of the Thirties robot. Author of the 2076 novel, Fathom the Doomboat Stars. |
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Laurie Lachrer 283. Pencil on paper, 2014. 10” x 8” A Heroes and Villains of the Thirties robot version of Laurie Lachrer. The 283rd of 1,013 total Laurie Lachrer units, creation date July 5, 2043. Mothballed for decades but revived July 9, 2075. She inexplicably finds herself Supreme Commander of the USSF. |
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Suzette Borman. Pencil on paper, 2014; digital image, 2018. 12” x 9”
Rejuvenated from a hard-bitten forty-two to a stunning nineteen, Suzette seeks refuge on Marox, fourth planet of Groombridge 1618, from the disastrous SolGrid rebellion, but winds up as the NonEmpress in charge of a Nihilist revolution against the Alpha Centaurian Grid. |
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Major John West. Pencil on paper, 2014. 11” x 8.5” Combat hero and grandstanding bastard shattered by Martian ray guns June 2034. As a 2076 robot, Major West becomes Head of USSF Public Relations. |
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Major Carla Posttner. Ink on paper with extensive digital edits, 2014. 5.5” x 4.25” Head of USSF Detention Services in 2076 and holding a lifelong grudge against Jack Commer. |
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Commander Ywer of Mars. Oil pastel on canvas-covered board, 2023. 14″ x 11″
Former Martian chef, serving in the USSF in 2076 as Jack Commer’s copilot. |
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Robert Easterling. Ink and colored pencil on paper, 2023. 11″ x 8.5″
Former Deputy Supreme Commander in the 2030s, Senator from New Houston declaring himself president of the United System and Supreme Commander of the USSF, 2076. |
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Dar, Emperor of the Martians. Ink and colored pencil on paper, 2013. 10” x 8” Martian general and Emperor of the Martians, 2034-2075. Special envoy to planet Marox, 2076. |
The Typhoon I Heroes and Villains of the Thirties Robots
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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. |
Supporting Characters
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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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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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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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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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Commander Mavis Wheeler, Version 2. Pencil on paper, 2023. 11″ x 8.5″
Copilot of Jonathan Commer and author of On the Use of Xon Technology as Electromagnetic Pulse Disruptor in Space Combat. Version 1. |
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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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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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Yewlqr of Marox. Colored pencil on paper, 2024. 11″ x 8.5″
A student Nihilist on planet Marox, who teaches himself how to pilot a Typhoon-III-class spaceship. |
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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. |
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Cadagasgar Wirlmann. Ink, water-soluble crayon, and liquid charcoal on poster board, 2023. 10″ x 9″ Graduated from the USSF Academy in 2075 as a Typhoon III-class copilot but for some unknown reason was busted to airman and sent to Norcaj, Mars as a Detention Services guard, where he has a brief scene taking down shuttle K’sla with a shatter rifle. He’s been promised a role in the next Supreme Commander Laurie novel. |
All words and images copyright by Michael D. Smith