Times change and we change with them

Ostap Yefimov, the head of the ASTROCOHORS CLUB, looked concerned. He sat behind his desk and kept looking at the graphics that appeared on the computer monitor in front of him. There was no doubt. Of course it had happened. The enemy had really spoiled the organization’s day. The crystal sphere had been put into operation. Who knew those old devices were still in place, out in the Oort cloud? As a result, the solar system was now finally cut off from the rest of the galaxy. Everything would become more difficult now. As if it wasn’t difficult enough already.

Yefimov called for his assistant. Antonia Bagliarotto came to her superior’s office very quickly.
“This is maybe an evening,” said Yefimov. “Did you hear it?”
“Who hasn’t noticed?” the young woman replied. “So it’s true?”
“We’re completely cut off – forever, if you will.”
“And what now?”
“I’ve already spoken to Admiral McCloud,” Yefimov explained. “We’ll keep going. Until we run out of ideas. Unfortunately, that will mean you have to work harder than we initially thought.”
“What? How so?”
“The Crystal Sphere is disrupting our communications. You will have to hand-curate the members of the club. At least until we have a new communications facility installed on VERIS BASTION.”
“But… how long will that last?”
“Unfortunately nobody can tell you that. I hope not for too long.”
“Then I shall have to do it.”
Yefimov nodded. “What irony. We wanted to celebrate today. It even had a motto: Tempora muntantur, nos et mutamur in ilis.
“That… is Latin, isn’t it?”
“Yes. Times are changing and we are changing with them. Seems we have to prove how well we can change. How well we adapt to changed conditions.”
Antonia shrugged. “Then we will. What alternative is there?”
“None, exactly.”
Bagliarotto gazed into the distance, out the window of Yefimov’s office, at the vast landscape of Iceland. “I… feel like I’m standing on a beach holding the Book of Sanity while a storm comes over the sea.”
“It’s a powerful image,” Yefimov confirmed. “Keep that for motivation. No one knows what will happen next. More trouble spots have opened up. Pestilence, wars and uprisings. We have to keep morale high and carry common sense.”
“Yes, sir.”

ASTROCOHORS CLUB: MANIFOLD TO INFINITY

These are strange times. With wars, rumors of wars and a pandemic, it’s time for ASTROCOHORS CLUB to regroup. In Iceland, Jarmo Dorak meets his contact Jeff Holland to discuss the way forward and the future of the club. Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis1

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1 = “Times are changing and we are changing with them”, that is a hexameter that has been used as a proverb since the 16th century. It goes back to the verse tempora labuntur tacitisque senescimus annis… (“Times pass and in quiet years we age…”) from Ovid’s Fasti.

Clifton and the Spies | ACC #066

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“Clifton and the Spies” (French: “Clifton et les Espions”) is the third adventure of the comic character Colonel Harold Wilberforce Clifton and the last one that was drawn by Macherot. In this story, an old friend of Colonel Clifton is suspected of being a spy.

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Asterix and the Goths | ACC #065

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“Asterix and the Goths” (French: “Astérix et les Goths”) is the third volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). It was first published in 1963 in French. In this story Getafix attends the conference of the druids in the forest of the Carnutes and gets kidnapped by Goths. They want him to help them to conquer the Roman Empire with his magic potion. But Asterix and Obelix are on their way…

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The Purple Smurfs | ACC #064

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“The Purple Smurfs” (French original: “Les Schtroumpfs Noirs”) was in chronological order the first own adventure of the Smurfs, that first was published as a mini comic book, then re-edited to full size in 1963. In this story one of the Smurfs gets bitten by a mosquito and turns into a violent purple Smurf.

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Lucky Luke’s Lookalike | ACC #063

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“Lucky Luke’s Lookalike” (French: “La Sosie de Lucky Luke”) is a Western comic drawn by Belgian artist Morris. It was published in episodes in the Spirou Magazine from 1947 to 1948. In this story Lucky Luke encounters his doppelganger, who’s up to no good.

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Spirou at the North Pole | ACC #062

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“Spirou at the North Pole” (in French in three parts: “Spirou fait du cinéma”, “Spirou chez les Esquimaux”, and “Chez les trappeurs”) is an adventure of the Belgian bellhop that appeared in Spirou Magazine between November 1940 and March 1941. It was drawn by Belgian artist Joseph Gillian after Spirou’s creator Robert Velter was taken prisoner of war. The circumstances under which the adventure was created were anything but favorable…

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The Escapees [The Little People] | ACC #061

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“The Escapees” (French: “Les Évadés”) is the second adventure in the comic the series of “The Little People”. Drawn by Seron, this scenario was written by Albert Desprechins. It is about two inhabitants of the city of the Little People who escape from prison and want to go to the “Big Ones”.

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Clifton in New York | ACC #060

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“Clifton in New York” (French: “Clifton à New York”) is the second adventure of the british detective Harold Wilberforce Clifton from 1960, drawn by Belgian artist Macherot. In this story Clifton is asked to investigate the case of a kidnapped actor in New York.

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Asterix and the Golden Sickle | ACC #059

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“Asterix and the Golden Sickle” (French: “La Serpe d’Or” = “The Golden Sickle”) is the second volume of the Asterix comic book series. It was first serialized in Pilote magazine in 1960 and is about a trip of Asterix and Obelix to Lutetia to get a new sickle for the druid Getafix.

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The Flying Smurf | ACC #058

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“The Flying Smurf” is the first story of the Smurfs that was not published as a mini comic book. It was printed in full size in the anniversary edition of Spirou magazine in 1963, but with twenty pages it is still shorter than later comic books.

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The Gold Mine of Dick Digger [Lucky Luke] | ACC #057

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“The Gold Mine of Dick Digger” is Lucky Luke’s second adventure, which was serialized in Spirou magazine in 1947. Morris had developed his cowboy a little further, but the story was still pretty straightforward.

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The Heritage of Bill Money [Spirou] | ACC #056

The Heritage of Bill Money” is the first adventure in the “Spirou” comic series that has a storyline. It appeared in episodes in Spirou magazine between 1938 and 1940, started by artist Robert Velter (Rob-Vel) and finished by Joseph Gillain (Jijé).

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Alert in Eslapion [The Little People] | ACC #055

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The Little People (French original: “Les petits hommes”) are a comic series invented by the Franco-Belgian draftsman and writer Pierre Seron in the 1960s, of which more than 50 albums were originally released (with some spin-offs). It was first published in 1967 in Spirou magazine. In this episode we take a look at the origins and the first adventure of these Little People.

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Colonel Clifton’s Inquiries | ACC #054

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Clifton is a Franco-Belgian comics series in the humorous spy-genre, featuring the exploits of Colonel Sir Harold Wilberforce Clifton. It was created by Raymond Macherot in 1959, and has since passed on to other artists and writers. In his very first adventure, the retired Colonel is looking for a stolen diamond…

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