[UA] "The Exterminators" as UA inspiration

[Bastien Pilon]

I've been including intelligent swarms of various vermin ever since I
came across Planescape (cranium rats are still my favorites).

On 8/23/06, Chris Cooper <insectking at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> --- james brigham <jamesbrigham3 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > "The Exterminators" is a monthly from DC/Vertigo
> > written by Simon Oliver and drawn (typically) by
> > Tony
> > Moore.
>
> I read Exterminators. It's a cross between the Naked
> Lunch movie and an average pot-boiler drama show.
>
> Addictive bugspray, swarm intelligence, roaches
> recognising individuals (in the swarm and out), and a
> variety of oddball heathens.
>
> My favourite was the little weaselly guy (the one who
> exploded and left the Box behind). Since the weasel
> died, I haven't followed the series. I believe the
> first sic issues are collected into a trade paperback.
>
> Unfortunately, I'm eating my way through the Baroque
> Cycle and I have encountered a growing personal
> aversion to reading comics-for-comics-sake (and I have
> dropped 90% of my regular titles).
>
> C.
>
>
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
> http://mail.yahoo.com
> _______________________________________________
> UA mailing list
> UA at lists.unknown-armies.com
> http://lists.unknown-armies.com/mailman/listinfo/ua
>


-- 
Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the
forces of evil...prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom,
no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. Eat
leaden death, demon...

Terry Pratchett