The hacker was subsequently arrested, but since the Law Machines are programmed not to interfere in society except when enforcing official laws, they became powerless to act on New Hong Kong thanks to this new (and only) 'law'. The planetary government there wound up being protected from the 'protection' of the Law Machines when a hacker entered a new 'law' to be voted into place (and it was, overwhelmingly): There shall be no laws on New Hong Kong. The sole exception to the Law's jurisdiction is the colony of New Hong Kong. In their place have risen guilds like X-Tel, which specialize in helping disgruntled colonists move and resettle to places where The Law has a weaker presence. The Law's presence and methods have led to a noticeable decline in "real governments," because they tend not to be able to function in the harsh scrutiny of The Law. Since someone arrested by the Law is never seen again, human colonies are wary about accepting the presence of a Law Machine in their society. The Law Machines always enforce the letter of the written law, to the extent that several planets were forced to change governments when corrupt or neglectful officials were arrested en masse. However, the chaotic nature of human expansion into space has resulted in two Great Checks: a powerful alien intelligence known as Lord Thezmothete, who prevents humans and other species from exploiting pre-spaceflight civilizations and the emergence of the Law Machines, intelligent robots that enforce the law in all places. Humanity has also become the custodian of The Winslow, an immortal, indestructible, sentient small fuzzy alligator-like creature that usually doesn't do anything more than say "Hi!", and is highly sought after by other species for various reasons. Human colonization and exploitation has resulted in the development of various human and mutant sub-species, as well as methods such as terraforming (altering marginally habitable worlds into environments where humans can thrive) and pantropy (genetically altering humans to thrive on marginally habitable worlds). Overviewīuck's adventures take place in a future where humanity has joined an interstellar coalition known as the Gallimaufry. As of June 2009, the last Buck Godot comic has been posted (except for the second story in the first volume, concerning the Planetary Temperance League and one of Lou's employees, which featured some nudity) and updates have now ceased. The webcomic started running January 9, 2007, and updated three times a week. On September 13, 2006, after successfully moving Girl Genius from a printed comic book series to a webcomic, Studio Foglio announced it would serialize the existing Buck Godot stories as a webcomic. The series was later collected in a trade paperback as Buck Godot: The Gallimaufry. After Palliard Press dissolved, the final two issues were published starting in 1997 by Studio Foglio. Six issues were published on a semi-annual basis. In 1993, Foglio began publishing the 8-issue limited series Buck Godot - Zap Gun for Hire through Palliard Press. Ī single-page Buck Godot story also appeared in E-Man #9 (December 1983). This was followed in 1987 by a full-length graphic novel, Buck Godot: PSmIth, also published by Starblaze. In 1986, the three stories by Foglio were colored and compiled along with a new fourth story in Buck Godot: Zap Gun for Hire, a graphic novel published by Starblaze Graphics. and penciled by Doug Rice, which has never been reprinted, appeared in #8 (winter 1984). A fourth story written by John J Buckley, Jr. More Buck Godot stories followed in issues #3 (1982) and #5 (spring 1983). The first Buck Godot story appeared in issue #2 (summer 1982) of the anthology comic book Just Imagine, published by Just Imagine Graphix.
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