ÜÜÜÛÛ ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ°°²ßßßÛÝ ßßß²°°ÜÜÜ ÜÜÛßÜÜÜÜÜÜÛÛÜÜÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÜß²°ÜÜ ÜÞß ÜÛÛÛßÛÛÛÛ±²ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛßÛÛÜÜßÞ°Ü ÜÛßÜÛÛÛÛ ÜßÜ Û±²±Û±ÛÛÛ ÜßÜ ÛÛÜÜ ßÛÜ Û° ÛÛÛÛÛ°Ü ß ÛÛ²ÛÛ°°°°ÛÜ ß ÜÛ°°°ÛÛ Û² Û° ÛÛÛ±±°° Û Û ²ÛÛ°°°Û°Û Û Û Û°°²ÛÛÛ Û² °² ÛÛÛÛ±°° Û Û Û Û°°Û°°Û Û Ü Û Û²°²ÛÛÛ ß² ÜÛ ÛÛÛÛ±Û° Û °²Û Û Û°°ÛÛ Û Û°Û Û ÛÛ°°ÛÛÛ ÛÜ ²° ÛÛÛ±ÛÛ Û °°ÛÛÛ Û Û°Û Û ÛÛ±²Û Û Û²°ÛÛÛ ±² ÛÜ ÛÛ±ÛÛ Û Û°°Û°°Û Û ß Û ÛÛ²°±ÛÛ Û Û°²ÛÛ ÜÛ ²° ÛÛÛÛ ÛÜÜ °²°°Û ÜÜÛ ÛÜÜ ²ÛÛÛÛ ÜÜÛ Û²ÛÛ °² ²° ÛÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÛ²°ÛÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÛ°ÛÛÛÜÜÜÜܲÛÛÛ °² ²Ü ÛÛÛ°°°°Û°ÛÛ°Û²ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ°²ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ²ÛÛÛ ܲ ß² ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ°Û²²Û±±Û°²ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛDMA ²ß ß² ßßßß²ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßÛßßßßßÛßßßßßß²ß ÛßÜ ÜßÛ ßÛß ÜßßßÛ ßßÛßß ßÛß Üßßßß ßÛßßßÜ ßÛß ÜßßßÛ Û ßÜ Üß Û Û Û Û Û Û ÛÜÜÜß Û Û Û Û Û Û Ü ßßßÛ Û Û Û ßÛß Û ßÜ Û Ü ßßßÛ ÜÛÜ ÜÛÜ ÜÛÜ ßÜÜÜÜß Û ÜÛÜ ßÜÜÜÜß Û Û ÜÛÜ ßÜÜÜÜß ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ Here we are again: another May, another science fiction-themed artpack - a tradition we've been upholding for half a decade now... but who knows, perhaps this may be the last time around for this particular cosmic echo. The longer we do this, the further we proceed into what was once the future -- catching up with decades of speculative fiction, painting bleak pictures of dystopias. At least in previous years, we were catching up with cool, stylish cyberpunk hellscapes such as Blade Runner and Akira. 2022 was largely the setting for milquetoast heckholes no one's ever heard of or remembers, such as Alien Intruder, Time Runner, the Dark Side of the Moon, or No Escape. The most distinguished alternate 2022s are those of Soylent Green (which, to be clear, remains brutally badass) and the year of George Jetson's birth (or, who knows, perhaps they take place in the same continuity and somehow pivoted to utopia... at least for the technological sky-dwellers. There is a theory that the Flintstones are contemporaneous to the Jetsons, living like primitives on the polluted planet surface below. But I digress.) This year is thin soup, in retrofuturism terms. But there's lots of great art here! The work is strong. I get the feeling that even the fans are just about burned out on Disney's overextending the Star Wars brand, but even so we have a glorious last huzzah in this collection. It has also never been a better time to be a Star Trek enthusiast, and that also is reflected in our selections. (Indeed, I made the curatorial decision to release a second science fiction-themed artpack collection concurrently with this one, devoted to a solid body of Star Trek ANSI work Darkman Almighty came up with for his USS Excelsior BBS -- you should be able to find it out there as TREK2022.ZIP ... his 25-line pieces reminded me strongly in their theme and style of possibly the first modern artpack, Noel Gamboa's ATREK22 released over 30 years ago, and of how fans of Star Trek have been making textmode Trek fanart for just about as long as textmode art has been in existence. But you'll see that one on the 16c frontpage, I should have promoted this one in its infofile instead! But... I digress.) Darkman Almighty also graced us with the delightfully Stargate-y logo gracing the top of this very infofile, making his first appearance in any artpack anywhere, ever! Nitron, recently emerged from a long retirement, also appears in a Mist pack for the first time this month, offering a wide assortment of Star Wars ships to duke it out in a BBS door game. Otherwise, it's mostly the Horsenburger and Blippypixel show here this time around -- the annual SF pack is always somewhat of a showcase for Blippy, yielding many of our most popular works shared on social media all year. Thanks also to, well, the FILE_ID.DIZ was drawn by myself, good work there bucko! Work continues apace on other computer art adventures over at our collaborative Moebius server, so stay tuned for further creative explorations coming up this summer, along with the next Blender the weekend of Jul 23-24! Until then: You tell everybody. Listen to me -- you've gotta tell them! ÜÜßÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÜ ÜßÛÛÛÛßß ÜßßÛÛÜ Mistigreen is people! ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÜÛÛÛÛÜ ßßÛÛßÛÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÛßß ÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÜÜ ÛÛÛÜÜÜÛÛÜÛÛÛÛßÛÛÛ ÛÜÛÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÛÛÜÜÜ ßÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜß ÜÜÛßßßßßßÛÜÜÛÛß ÜÜßÛÛÛß ÜÜßÜÜßßßßßßÜ ÛÛß ÛßÛÛßßßßßßßßßÛÛßÛ ßÛÛ ßßÛÛÛÛÛÜÛßÛÛ ßß ÛßÛ ßß Û ÛÛÛÛßß ÛÛÜ ÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÛ ÜÛÛ ßßßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÜÛ Ûßßß ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ßßßßÛßßÛÛÛÛÛÛÜßßßÜÛÛßß ßß ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛßßÛßßßßßÛßßÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÜÛÛÜÜÜßßßßßßßßßÜÜÛÛ ßßß ÛÛÛßßÛÛßßßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ßßß DWßßßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÜ ÛÜÛßßÛÛßßßÛÛÜÜÛÜÛ ÜÛ ÜÛÛßÜÜßßÜÜÜÜÜÜßÜÜ ÛÜ ÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛßßßßßÛÛÛßßÛ ÛÛ ÜÛßÜÛÛßß ÜÜÜÜÜÜ ßßÛ Û ßÛ ÜÛÛßßÛÛßßßÛÛÛÛÛ Û Ûß ÛÛ ÛÛßßß ÛÛÛÛÛÛ ßßßÜÛ ÛÜß ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ßÜÛ ßÛÜ ßÜÛÛÜßßßßÜÜßßßß ßßßÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜßßß ÛÜÜÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÜÛÜßÛ Ü Ü ÛßÜÛÜ ÜÛÛÛÛÜÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÜÛÜßÜßÛ ÛßÜßÛ ÛßÜßÜÛÜ ßÛÛÛÛÛÛßßßß ÛÛÛÛÛÛßß ßÛÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜßÛßÛßÜÜDWÜÜÜÜÜÛß SAUCE00MIST0522 newsletter Cthulu / DAM / DW Mistigris 20220503.'PZIBM VGA