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Solar System 558 January 19th, 2016	Name (optional): Link (optional, and omit the "http://"): Your comment on this, Solar System page #558:         (Hide comments) (Turn off comments) 40 . by: April 16, 2024, 5:28 pm I used to never be able to finish reading this story, I'm not a native speaker and in parts it was difficult to understand. But now I'm on my fifth full re-read. I come back to it often. Current technological advancements in AI have revealed thousands of people like Hector's dad exist today in the real world. With that looming threat of apathy and disconnect, I've found myself coming to Solar System more and more often to share Discovery's journey. To never forget what being human is about. Thank you, Zack. 39 . by: Lhexa March 6, 2023, 11:57 am @37 Sure, I'd be interested to see. URL : http://lhexan.dreamwidth.org 38 . by: Hawkpelt March 6, 2023, 10:51 am 37, I would personally love to see a clarification/analysis of Solar System from you. I think have a few years under my belt has really helped me improve my analysis skills and it's been such a blast to see these arcs in a whole new light. (If you manage not to fall into the trap of leaving assorted notes by the wayside and getting caught up with work in the process, even better!!) 37 . by: March 2, 2023, 9:44 am putting this here so i stop clogging up the rotary posts, but I just finished re-reading past the 'save-earth and hector's style arc', and I think I may finally have an idea of what was happening there. it will probably be wordy but if anyone is interested in reading more speculation I'd be keen to write it up. i feel like i've been having a much easier time picking things up on this read, and it might be fun to try and clarify/speculate on things that people are finding confusing? even little things like picking up on something i never understood before, that the roman numerals in the solar-standard speech text aren't the planet's distance from the sun, it's their rank in the system's level of advancement. so earth is 10 at the bottom, pluto 3, jupiter 2, etc. 36 . by: camila August 23, 2019, 11:20 pm spent my day off reading this from #1 to #558. i had never made it past venus... it's definitely a challenging story, phew. sweating a lil' and all. the scope and ambition is undeniable. i guess it's one of those artworks that must be evaluated on the terms it sets for itslf, rather than any person's particular standards. and regardless of how successful it is in its storytelling (and there were some... let's say 'confusing'... bits), there is so much tenacity in these pages. the panels, the dialogue, the experimentation and composition... above all, the commitment to stick with the initial vision and get to the end is admirable. 'hope in sacrifice', indeed! *extended clapping* 35 . by: Vulli August 6, 2019, 9:46 am Whew, I did it! 34 . by: Hawkpelt June 3, 2019, 6:22 am Wow...I thought I commented on this page already on my first readthrough (and last comment for the night, promise), but either way I'm here to share my retroactive congrats. I cannot say this enough--this is one of, if not /the/ best story I've ever consumed. It is goddamn tragedy that your work goes mostly unnoticed, and I'm gonna work my ass off to keep sharing it with people. If nothing else, I really do want to share its legacy in some form or another, pass down this work of Art and keep its genes from dying out somehow. People are very deep, and I hope that someday people will catch on to that, before it's too late. Thank you, and God bless you. URL : http://twitter.com/FrittyKitters 33 . by: A Moldavite Soul March 20, 2018, 10:02 pm And for what it's worth... I think this story, and many of Zach's others, have inspired a lot of what I've set out to do in my own. My first, after watching Zootopia and how it articulated so much of what I've felt. I won't be linking it without a blessing, it'd be bad form, but... Going on what Hazard said before, some of the greatest stories -are- hard to sit through, and they -do- challenge the audience above their own weight class. ...Well, I'm kind of hoping that inspite of the highly advanced english and waxed poetic, that it's a little better than just shoddy fanfiction I've committed myself to. Really, I'm just saying this all to make it a little less like just another thank you, more akin to "And I'm running with what you've inspired." 32 . by: Moldavite Soul March 20, 2018, 9:41 pm This needs to be a 3, 4 hour long epic. Almost every time I go back to this site, I go to page 538, and I read Yuri's monologue to "Where" by Ennio Morricone. And I see just how much farther we can go. In a story so ahead of it's society, that it's come too soon, arguably. Much of that, being the reason why it's hurt to see people more invested in Syconium than this. Because we're not there yet, and the struggles we face right now mirror Fig's so much more than having to fear for own worth in the face of our extinguishing. But we might be over them, someday. If they do not end us before then. So I'll wait. And I'll hope. URL : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17kEXx1u-AE 31 . by: March 15, 2018, 4:29 pm This needs to be a movie. 30 . by: Esplin December 24, 2017, 10:42 am Or maybe just the whole story printed 8 ft high coverings the walls of the Guggenheim so you can walk up the spiral ramp and read it? (I think my suggestions for a printed edition are getting less reasonable) 29 . by: Esplin December 24, 2017, 10:39 am And a separate manga-size glossary book with the translations of the speech bubbles. 28 . by: Esplin December 24, 2017, 10:37 am Just read this again, still amazing. I can't wait for the coffee table sized printed edition with a 20 foot foldout of page 291! 27 . by: Furrama December 22, 2017, 2:03 am I DID IT! URL : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFr74zI1LBM 26 . by: Connor December 10, 2017, 10:11 am Wow. What a story this was. You know, after all that, I really hoped they might make it home. But, damn, what a way to go. It's a fitting end. 25 . by: Muse November 13, 2017, 12:34 am Thank you, Zach. 24 . by: Zack October 11, 2017, 4:16 pm Hey Corv, and Downhill, Thank you, I'm glad that you both came back to it and liked it. 23 . by: Corvidophile October 10, 2017, 10:06 pm I finally read through this in a sitting, I’d followed live through the introduction of the Jovians and then life got in the way and I couldn’t remember week to week what was going on with the large cast, and at other times I’d picked back up and reread to the current point, but I never did just sit and read it all until now. Teared up a bunch and now that it’s over I’m blubbering on the couch! Phenomenal story. 22 . by: Downhill June 11, 2017, 3:40 pm When this story first started I was in my final year at university, so I was too busy to really engage with it. This week, on a whim, I decided to finally read it in full, and...wow. Missing out on this for so long was criminal. I'll be mulling over the concepts and images and emotions I got from this for a long time. 21 . by: Zack July 1, 2016, 11:59 pm Hi tayr, Thank you for the compliments. Currently, I have only entertained thoughts of what a Solar System printed book would look like. There would be no addendum, but a schematic of each planet's ship, along with some basic information. 20 . by: tayr July 1, 2016, 10:55 pm Finally re-read solar system during my vacation... I needed some time where I would have very few interruptions. I don't regret it at all and if anything, it was even more interesting than before. Never have I had to google so many words for one comic, let alone a story in general. I just wanted to say it was excellent, emotional, thought-provoking... something I'll most likely re-read every year and understand it a little more each time (I'd do it more often but it took me two days to finish it and I was reading really carefully). I was wondering if there would ever be an addendum to this? I'd really like to see more information on each race and how their technology works. 19 . by: natoon January 23, 2016, 8:16 pm I think it's perfectly adapted to its native format, with its hover -over speech balloons and massive splash pages. Thank you for a for an epic innovatively told with sometimes heartbreaking beauty - this last page is a fine example of what is becoming your trademark bittersweet endings. Absolutely beautiful. 18 . by: Zack January 23, 2016, 6:47 am Dear all, Tbank you for your compliments. Esplin, I doubt that this will ever be a book. There are no plans even for an e-book. 17 . by: T-301 January 22, 2016, 7:25 am I thoroughly enjoyed the trip! THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT :) 16 . by: Esplin January 21, 2016, 11:34 pm Wow it's over!!!!!!!!!!! Time to read it through for the 8th time! Also if anyone here wants to analyze and appreciate this beautiful piece of art, you should go to the nofna wiki at nofna.wikia.com. Thank you so much for this story Zach, it has meant a lot to me these past few years. Excited to see what you do next! Oh hey is this going to be a book? An ebook? I would pay for just a zip folder with all the pages in html so I could read it offline. URL : http://nofna.wikia.com 15 . by: January 21, 2016, 12:20 am oh snap i didn't notice the last page up until now! i have to re-read this before i can actually write up a full-fledged comment though, lol 14 . by: Mason January 20, 2016, 7:52 pm Thank you for your hard work and dedication to this story! I came to it a little late, but it was nice to be with it when it closed! 13 . by: kuu January 20, 2016, 6:04 am they sacrificed their getting to know art for Earth's benifit? so they can master art again? 12 . by: January 20, 2016, 1:36 am I can't think of a more perfect ending than the final image here. Brave. 11 . by: Destrustor January 19, 2016, 9:50 pm Mere words aren't enough. Thank you, Zach. 10 . by: DrMad January 19, 2016, 9:10 pm Zach, Brilliant series as always, it's a shame that there isn't more of a community. I guess it is too highbrow for the general audience? Your dedication to actually FINISHING a comic is amazing, there are SO MANY webcomic graveyards out there right now. It is such a difference seeing a great storyteller/artist in action than some mindless sappy cartoony pap without any plot or meaning. What's next? One-shots? Resting your wrists for a couple of weeks? I personally would appreciate a "SV for Vendetta" knock-off comic. SV enjoyed a somewhat better ending in the printed version than the webcomic (actually, it was a much better ending than the webcomic, that got creepy as all hell, lol). Marigold and Nutsedge never really got their due. Would SV have ever been able to convert XZ to the malice style? Seemed like it would be an apt crossover with "V for Vendetta", the scene on the roof with Evey and V. How about "City Mouse and the Country Mouse", where a civilized mouse drops in on the rustic bumpkins to "rough-it" for martial art college? "Sand Dune: Messiah", where the society founds a religious monastery with martial arts? All sorts of terrible ideas are out there. At any rate, keep up the good work. 9 . by: TenWren January 19, 2016, 8:24 pm This was really well done. I'm glad you made it, and I'm glad I got to see it. Thank you. 8 . by: hazard January 19, 2016, 6:57 pm I concur with A Moldavite Soul. No exaggeration. I point NofNA to people more than any other comic, print or web. I'm so amazed by it. Unfortunately people don't like difficulty in their media, and NofNA stories are HARD. It's so worth it, but you have to be willing to work at it to comprehend it. I really really love that kind of stuff though, where I'm forced to really puzzle it apart, and the puzzle is *worth it.* Keep up the good work Zach!!!!! 7 . by: A Moldavite Soul January 19, 2016, 3:54 pm I've been playing Ennio Marricone's "Where" that he orchestrated for Mission to Mars all day. I've been playing it while reading back and up to this epilogue, and I've been overwhelmed by emotion. I've been crying the kind of tears that moments as beautiful and triumphant as this beckon. The kind of power no weapon could ever become an equivalent to. Zach, I've told you this already but This has been one of the greatest stories and one of the greatest works of art that mankind has yet to fashion. 6 . by: Mutt January 19, 2016, 1:22 pm Okay, so I've been sitting at my laptop saying 'it's over' for like a minute now. This is such a bittersweet ending and so sad, even though this was foreshadowed a mile away. I tried not to get too attached to the characters but the moment Hector made the first sacrifice I just gave up. This was an awesome story and I feel honored to be one of the ones who followed it from beginning to end. I really wanted to see Diana interact with the aliens and see her reaction upon receiving the halo computer, but I'd be asking for way too much. You've given us quite a ride throughout the years. Great job, Zack. Now please, for the love of cheese fries, take a break. 5 . by: Moss January 19, 2016, 12:41 pm This was an amazing story. 4 . by: January 19, 2016, 11:09 am https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_-cUdmdWgU 3 . by: Kidna January 19, 2016, 10:47 am I'm gonna spend a few hundreds on the shop... 2 . by: Nigel January 19, 2016, 10:13 am Wow... Just... wow. It's done. I know you deserve a break, but I'm curious to see what comes next in this amazing world of yours. 1 . by: Tenka January 19, 2016, 7:43 am I don't know what it is yet. But I'm happy with this, I'm glad I was able to see. Thanks.