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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.
	Jack Commer, the Official 2036 Portrait. Oil on deep cradle claybord, 2015. 36” x 24” From The SolGrid Rebellion: Suzette still marveled that someone had commissioned dark, brooding oil paintings of the crew as well as Amav, twelve-year-old Bobby Athens, and the three Martians on the ill-fated mission. She winced at the thought of JJC slashing the huge canvases with his blaster, but she was sure he was about to open fire.
	Commander, later Admiral, Joe Commer, USSF. Pencil on mat board, 2014. 11” x 8.5” Second oldest of the Commer brothers; copilot and Deputy Supreme Commander, United System Space Force.
	Amav Frankston-Commer. Ink on paper, 1987; digital scan and edit, 2013. 5.5” x 3.5” Planetary engineer and daughter of Stewart Neal Frankston, the planetologist who came up with a plan for restoring Earth after its destruction in 2033. Amav was brainwashed into becoming Martian Emperor Sam Hergs’ consort, but Jack Commer rescued her before the marriage could be consummated. Amav is now Jack’s wife.
	Jonathan James Commer. Ink, acrylic, and gouache on canvas-covered board, 2019. 14” x 11” Jack and Amav’s troubled son, author of the bestselling Alpha Centaurian novel, A Fragmented Encyclopedia of Recent Self, briefly Emperor of the Alpha Centaurians, later leader of a rebellion against the SolGrid surveillance system, and eventually a Wounded robot dedicated to the destruction of the entire Milky Way.
	Jackie Vespertine. Pencil on paper, 2013; digital image, 2018. 11” x 8.5” Huey Vespertine’s wife and Ranna Kikken’s errant younger sister finally becomes a mature but unhappy lady after a decade of depravity. But then she morphs into a renowned Professor of Exobiology at the University of Mars. Image history. From Nonprofit Chronowar: Short fluffy dark hair, inch-wide crimson hemisphere earrings, chiseled heart-shaped face, intoxicating turquoise eyes, black choker collar, and deep red lipstick completed the Zone 14 USSF Detention Facility airman-seducing package.
	Ranna Kikken. Colored pencil on mat board, 2018. 11″ x 8.5″ Founder of the Cat Farm and the Committee to End Suffering on Planet Earth; later, member of the Time Committee and the Committee to the Ywritt.
	Urside Charmouth (Semi-Charismatic View). Pencil on paper, 2014. 5.5” x 4.25” Feckless young Urside Charmouth, horrified by the revelations from the future and fearing that he’s harmed the timeline with his own drug-like time travel experiments, drags his unsuspecting girlfriend Mandy on an irresponsible time travel romp to 2033, where he finds proof of the coming destruction of Earth.
	Phil Sperry. Pen and colored pencil on paper, 2013. 13” x 9.5” Typhoon II Physician/Engineer, in love with Jack’s wife Amav, and later treasurer for the 2036 Greeney Gooney mayoralty campaign. Brainwashed twice by the Alpha Centaurians, consumed by the guilt of betraying friends and the USSF, he seeks refuge on an Alpha Centaurian agricultural world eleven light years from Earth.
	Hedrona Bhlon. Acrylic and oil on canvas, 1991. 12” x 8” Ambitious manager of the Cat Farm, Director of the Artemis Museum, and later Alpha Centauri’s Foremost Gladiator of the Sled. This is a scan of a close-up print photo of one figure from Trust Your Angels, November 1991. I’d been looking for a suitable pose for Hedrona for quite a while, then finally chanced on this film photograph magnetized to one of my file cabinets, and knew instantly that I’d found the Foremost Gladiator and Phil Sperry’s muse.
	Airman, Later Colonel, Laurie Lachrer, USSF. Pencil, ink, watercolor and colored pencil on paper, 2013. 10” x 8” Ground crewman at the USSF Spaceport at Marsport, 2034, later Typhoon III, Typhoon V, and Typhoon VI Physician/Engineer.
	Suzette Borman. Pencil on paper, 2014; digital image, 2018. 12” x 9” Lee Borman’s flirtatious wife and co-owner of the Pavlovian Response nightclub in Marsport in 2075. An image of her at nineteen, in 2052–or as the rejuvenated woman of 2076.
	Churchill. Ink and colored pencil on paper, 2016. 6” x 4” Russian Blue cat at the Cat Farm, reincarnation of an ancient Martian volcano.
	Z’B. Ink and colored pencil on paper, 2014. 9.5” x 6” Martian infant in 2075 and later Martian Emperor.
	Edward, Robotic Dog, 2076. Ink and colored pencil on paper, 2015. 7” x 5” Jack and Amav’s security dog and butler. All four of Edward’s paws can extend into full human hand functions, the dog can stand erect on its hind feet, and can fling two thousand Ninja throwing stars nailing an outline of the Mona Lisa on a wall–in fifteen seconds.
	Laurie Lachrer #283, Serial Number 589-356914-391HQS. 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. “Believe me, it’s a relief to be able to think again after all these Entity Cycles!”
	Major Richard Ballard. Pencil on mat board, 2014. 5.75” x 5” Typhoon III Turret Officer, 2075, Typhoon VI Navigation Officer, 2076
	K’ufunb in Garr/thahg. Ink, colored pencil and watercolor on paper, 2014. 8” x 10” Jonathan James Commer’s Fkuuh scrubwoman who walks for fifty billion years in Garr/thahg, the Alpha Centaurian afterlife.
	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. Daughter of Carl Posttner, brainwashed Celestion worshiper who was shattered during a failed Alpha Centaurian attempt to take over the USSF in 2036.
	Commander Patrick James. Pencil on paper, 2014. 5.5” x 4.25” Typhoon II, IV, and V Communications and Sensors Officer, brilliant hacker and founder of SolGrid, Inc.
	Dar, Emperor of the Martians. Ink and colored pencil on paper, 2013. 10” x 8” Martian general and Emperor of the Martians, 2034-2075.
	M’rrpla at the Controls. Acrylic, ink, and oil pastel on wood, 2014. 8” x 7.25” Stowaway aboard the Typhoon I; his later robot version becomes a pilot for Senior Scientist Kner.
	Sanders Hirte. Pencil on paper, 2014. 8” x 6” Bouncer at Lee and Suzette Borman’s nightclub, the Pavlovian Response.
	Clopt, Captain of the Imperial Guard. Ink, colored pencil, watercolor and gouache on claybord, 2014. 10” x 8” The Alpha Centauri Emperor’s Head of Security, Captain of the Imperial Guard, and leader of the Heuristic Time Transition team for the invasion of Sol; of the dreaded Zarj species.
	Mandy Frederick, a.k.a. Fra’lith, Empress of the Martians. Pencil on paper, 2014. 5.5” x 4.25” Secretary to a plastic surgeon and reincarnation of an ancient Martian empress. From The Wounded Frontier: Now Empress Mandy stood up from her Supercommittee seat as if to challenge anyone to question her right to name her husband Council President. She wore a tight emerald Empress robe and Laurie was startled to note, as Mandy stood in the backlight of powerful yellow globes, that the robe was fully transparent, outlining her slender nude torso and her long naked muscular legs. Laurie heard a gasp from Senator Borman down the line … the humans shrank back. Even the Martians radiated unease at her disdain to control her own outradiance. Untoward feelings and images exploded in everyone’s lap whether they wanted them or not.
	General John J. Douglas. Ink and watercolor on aquabord, 2014. 10” x 8” The Alien Hunter from the Alpha Centauri war; murdered by Martian terrorists, June 2034; later reincarnated as a robot.
	Commander Draka Sortie. Pencil on paper, 2014. 4.25” x 5.5” Typhoon IV and V Physician/Engineer, later President of the United System Council.
	Kner, Senior Martian Scientist. Ink and watercolor on aquabord, 2013. 10” x 8” Senior Martian scientist, robotics expert and co-developer of the Amplified Thought Xon bomb.
	Commander Will Connors, USSF. Oil pastel, ink, watercolor and colored pencil on canvas wrapped around board, 2013. 12” x 9.5” Typhoon II, IV, and V Navigation Officer who was marooned alone on an asteroid for a month during the Alpha Centauri war.
	John Root, a 2043 Robotic Recreation of Lieutenant John Commer. Pencil on paper, 2013. 5.5” x 4.5” As the title suggests, this is a 2043 robotic recreation of Lieutenant John Commer. Of course in real life John Root appears to be an identical copy of Lieutenant John Commer; this image shows John Root’s robotic psyche.
	Samuel Jay Hergs. Ink and oil pastel on canvas-covered board, 2013. 14” x 11” Traitor to the human race and usurper of the Martian Emperorship, 2033-2034.
	Lee Borman. Ink and color pencil on paper, 2013. 9.5” x 8” Weapons Officer aboard the Typhoons II, IV and V, fighter ace in Alpha Centauri, later Mayor of Marsport, Senator, and Head of the USSF Oversight Committee.
	Best of Luck, Greeney Gooney. Ink on paper, scanned and colorized, 2012. 11” x 8.5” An autographed picture of Martian Star General Greeney Gooney (real name G’rea’nyaigu’nye, so naturally humans have mispronounced it), as the fourth novel, Collapse and Delusion, was in gestation. Note how GG was cleverly inserted into the third Jack Commer novel, Nonprofit Chronowar, as running for mayor of Marsport, thus introducing him as a major figure for the fourth novel. During the Martian War he’d run the terrorist unit that killed General Douglas in The Martian Marauders.