Lando -an 'impossibly handsome' clone- had a great monologue (and more of a backstory) in the first draft of EMPIRE. pic.twitter.com/hczJOt75qG
— Saladin Ahmed (@saladinahmed) November 21, 2014
Author: Dan
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Sweet Tooth
A bit more Rafael Albuquerque:
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Dolphin economics
In response to a question at Marginal Revolution about potential alien economies:
I can imagine a dolphin-like civilization which lacks money. Dolphins seem to have relatively few goods of value, yet they are highly intelligent and have well-developed emotional lives, or at least they could be so even if you are for some reason skeptical about current-day dolphins.
Current dolphin goods seem to be food, sex, kids, and conversation, with a fairly tight PPF. They don’t buy lampshades. Most of “dolphin economic growth” seems to come from finding more and better food, getting more and better sex, finding safer environments for the children, and learning to enjoy other dolphins more. It’s hard to store dolphin goods and thus it is hard for the Mengerian origin of money story to get underway.
Also covered are bird-like and bee-like economies.
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Justice League
I meant to post this back at Halloween but it slipped through a crack somewhere. For those that don’t know Albuquerque illustrates American Vampire which is worth a read (I was sold after issue 1).
Bruce is certainly channeling a dose of Skinner Sweet in this cover but for me it’s all about Aquaman – how badass does he look! Remove the hair and you’re not far from dark Abe Sapien. I approve wholeheartedly.
Henceforth there will be three kinds of money: Money got evilly, money got goodly, and money got in a morally neutral manner! Evil money can only be used to buy evil things, good money to buy good things, and neutral money to buy everything else.
SMBC on the money as usual, the last panel will raise a smile, but really it should make you despair at the world we live in.