Gødland

Originally posted by Cogito
I'm really hoping issue 37 is going to shed some more light on Freidrich Nickelhead and that butterfly. I'm still not very clear on what happened there.

Edit: And Lucky, and the wtf the Cosmic Fetus Collective is in the grand scheme of things

The final issue is slated for release on November 27th:
https://www.imagecomics.com/comics/releases/godland-finale

How good are the feats of the characters portrayed in these series? Good enough to warrant a battleboard fight with legit skyfather and Abstract level beings like Odin and the LT?

Not really, no.

Tbh, the best 'feats' in this series are so abstract that it's hard to even quantify them.

Well, it looks like the finale issue has been pushed back to December 11th:
https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/godland-finale

Jesus. facepalm

What an absolutely superb conclusion.

The finale issue had an extremely heavy metaphysical/textual aspect about it(which I'm sure we all could have guessed), but it was executed perfectly and tied-up all loose ends very nicely. It was worth the year+ wait. 👆

It happened?

Guess I'll have to go find it...

It did. 👆

A few scenes from the issue:

Originally posted by Galan007

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(100 years have passed since the above sequence took place.)

http://imgur.com/soLShqY
http://imgur.com/58BbCGv
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http://imgur.com/qfx8WkF
http://imgur.com/wLxKHJM
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http://imgur.com/ulLO1JQ
http://imgur.com/e30rI7U
http://imgur.com/wIvOPN9

Epic.

Originally posted by Galan007
What an absolutely superb conclusion.

The finale issue had an extremely heavy metaphysical/textual aspect about it(which I'm sure we all could have guessed), but it was executed perfectly and tied-up all loose ends very nicely. It was worth the year+ wait. 👆

Wow.

On the heavy metaphysical aspect, I couldn't agree more. On the tying up all the loose ends perfectly, I don't know. All of the questions that I had going into the finale were left unexplained, but maybe it's better that way.

Did you enjoy it?

You know, I have no idea.

Minor discussion related spoiler tags incoming:

Spoiler:
The whole time I was wondering who I was rooting for, if you will. What was everyone's relationship at that point? Was Basil a bad guy? A good guy? A mere observer? Nickelhead? He seemed like a bad guy running a cult when we first meet him, and then he's all enlightened or some shit and I don't know what I'm supposed to make of him.

Then there's the cosmic fetus collective, who I was hoping would be expanded upon more. They're kind of forcing humanity into the next step of evolution.

Edward (who has some cosmic awareness) doesn't go to Mars because, as he says, something of cosmic significance is going to happen.
This thing that's going to happen...I know it's going to be important. it's going to mean something to humanity...such as it is...but whatever it is, I think I want to see it...with human eyes."
To then have the fetus collective show up and, as Edward puts it, "I think some of them are trash talking humanity".

Makes you wonder if this whole thing is actually a good thing, right? Is the fetus collective just a bunch of douchebags?

I dunno, it's a thinker.

Originally posted by Cogito
You know, I have no idea.

Minor discussion related spoiler tags incoming:

Spoiler:
The whole time I was wondering who I was rooting for, if you will. What was everyone's relationship at that point? Was Basil a bad guy? A good guy? A mere observer? Nickelhead? He seemed like a bad guy running a cult when we first meet him, and then he's all enlightened or some shit and I don't know what I'm supposed to make of him.

Then there's the cosmic fetus collective, who I was hoping would be expanded upon more. They're kind of forcing humanity into the next step of evolution.

Edward (who has some cosmic awareness) doesn't go to Mars because, as he says, something of cosmic significance is going to happen.
This thing that's going to happen...I know it's going to be important. it's going to [b]mean something to humanity...such as it is...but whatever it is, I think I want to see it...with human eyes."
To then have the fetus collective show up and, as Edward puts it, "I think some of them are trash talking humanity".

Makes you wonder if this whole thing is actually a good thing, right? Is the fetus collective just a bunch of douchebags?

I dunno, it's a thinker. [/B]

As for the other stuff you mentioned: I think it was intended to be left as somewhat of a mystery-- and imo, it fits the subject matter better that way. That's what I meant when I said it was wrapped up nicely.

Nickelhead's enlightenment didn't show until this issue, before that he had just stepped outside reality. Given how he had surprised even Iboga with that stunt, I got the impression that they were more peers (in a strange sense) than anything else.

If anything I think I expected Nickehead to come back and be even more Nickelhead-y, rather than enlightened.

Originally posted by Cogito
Nickelhead's enlightenment didn't show until this issue, before that he had just stepped outside reality. Given how he had surprised even Iboga with that stunt, I got the impression that they were more peers (in a strange sense) than anything else.

"It seems I've become addicted to insight. I can't get enough of it. Now I have the means to inquire... The means to explore... It's all starting to make sense from a story point of view... What comes after a great conflict? Where does it all go next?":
http://i.imgur.com/JDMA648.jpg

"I am the perfect antenna for an imperfect transition. The questions continue to orbit in close proximity to me... But the answers--each and every one of them--are out there. All it takes is some diligent listening... The willingness to hear what the universe has to tell us.":
http://i.imgur.com/P0dX2Pd.jpg

"From nowhere and everywhere, an audible inhale... The mixture of knowledge and ambition produces a total wave of pure expansiveness [...] For Friedrich Nickelhead it is the final step across the threshold of understanding. And when the tide rolls back... What remains could only be described as... Universal serenity.":
http://i.imgur.com/sakOK9R.jpg

"Okay, I admit it... I'm a little weak in the knees. Orgasmic epiphanies will do that.":
http://i.imgur.com/dNhHcm3.jpg

"This is it. This is where I transcend all that I was.":
http://i.imgur.com/lay3CZy.jpg

"There's a crude brilliance at work! A simultaneous event-kill! The white-hot light of creation arcing through me! I'm a galactic lightning rod!":
http://i.imgur.com/MnELlrg.jpg

Insight/enlightenment/awareness on that level is what ultimately allowed Nickelhead to pierce through the veil of the fictional universe, and enter the 'real world' with Iboga:
http://imgur.com/lyJhzOV
http://imgur.com/5IWeT9f
(Heck, not even Iboga knew how Nickelhead was able to step outside him at all... Let alone transport him to the RW against his will.)

So yeah, Nick's interaction with Adam(and his heir) in this issue was just a continuation of what we already knew about his most current state of being, imo. He is arguably one of the most enlightened characters in all comicdom.