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		<title>Coursives</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 17:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a French translation of our first Season 4 comic &#8220;Corridors&#8221; and its accompanying commentary, by Samuel. Click on the image for the full-sized version: Pour notre première planche de la saison 4 nous avons pensé qu&#8217;il était temps de nous confronter à l&#8217;un des fondements de la science-fiction cinématographique et télévisuelle : les coursives. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a <a href="http://www.peppertop.com/greys/category/translations/french/">French translation</a> of our first Season 4 comic &#8220;<a href="http://www.peppertop.com/greys/2012/05/corridors/" title="Corridors">Corridors</a>&#8221; and its accompanying commentary, by <a href="http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/browse.php?username=lejimi" title="Samuel's Photography Page" target="_blank">Samuel</a>. Click on the image for the full-sized version:</p>
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<p>Pour notre première planche de la saison 4 nous avons pensé qu&#8217;il était temps de nous confronter à l&#8217;un des fondements de la science-fiction cinématographique et télévisuelle : les coursives.</p>
<p>Nous sommes de grands fans de coursives. Cela peut sembler étrange à dire, mais un couloir bien conçu peut créer l&#8217;ambiance d&#8217;un vaisseau ou d&#8217;une station spatiale bien mieux que le décor d&#8217;une simple salle. Je pourrais chanter avec lyrisme les larges corridors de l&#8217;Enterprise dans le Star Trek original ou dans The Next Generation : ils évoquent un vaste vaisseau abritant des centaines de personnes dans un confort relatif. Je pourrais aussi entonner une ode vibrante aux coursives oppressantes du Nostromo dans Alien : sombres<sup>1</sup> et strictement fonctionnelles, destinés à un équipage réduit au minimum qui n&#8217;aura pas à s&#8217;y croiser souvent.</p>
<p>Mais pour être honnête, le mieux que je puisse faire est de vous orienter vers ce traité magistral : “<a href="http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/313130/in_praise_of_the_scifi_corridor.html" target="_blank">In praise of the sci-fi corridor</a><sup>2</sup>” dont la lecture devrait être incontournable pour tout fans de coursives.</p>
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<p>1) NdT : J&#8217;ai toujours pensé, au contraire, que cette obscurité était tout sauf fonctionnelle : qui voudrait (et pourrait) effectuer un travail de maintenance dans une obscurité quasi-complète ? A moins que les plombiers du futur ne disposent d&#8217;excellentes baladeuses !</p>
<p>2) NdT : Cet article n&#8217;est malheureusement pas traduit, mais il mérite un effort car il est intéressant.  On y apprend notamment que Jean Giraud / Moebius, récemment décédé a participé à la réalisation des décors d&#8217;Alien.</p>
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		<title>A New Season, A New Header</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 17:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here we are at the start of Season 4 of The Greys and tradition dictates that we change our header image as a mark of celebration. We were going to have a &#8216;Mr Benn&#8216; inspired header (which might still make it for Season 5). Vince had made some good progress on it&#8230; and then we [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here we are at the start of Season 4 of The Greys and tradition dictates that we change our header image as a mark of celebration.</p>
<p>We <em>were</em> going to have a &#8216;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_Benn" target="_blank">Mr Benn</a>&#8216; inspired header (which might still make it for Season 5). Vince had made some good progress on it&#8230; and then we had a semi-random discussion about the car the UNCLE agents were driving at the start of &#8216;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Karate_Killers" target="_blank">The Karate Killers</a>&#8216;. The following week he returned not only with information about the car (an <a href="http://www.c-we.com/piranha/" target="_blank">AMT Piranha</a>), but with a &#8216;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_from_U.N.C.L.E." target="_blank">Man from U.N.C.L.E</a>&#8216; inspired header. A few tweaks and a font purchase later, and we had the header you see above.</p>
<p>Season 3 was an &#8216;interesting&#8217; year for us. Maybe we&#8217;ll tell you about it one day, when our legal department says we can. Suffice to say that our extravagant outlay on CD-ROMs, stickers, a new computer for Vince (his previous one was over 6 years old) and <strong><em>three</em></strong> increases in our ISP package to handle the increased traffic we&#8217;re seeing has left us somewhat in the red. So if you&#8217;re considering <a href="http://www.peppertop.com/greys/tip-jar/" title="Tip Jar">buying one of our lovely CDs</a>, our Bank Manager would be most grateful <img src='http://www.peppertop.com/greys/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>For Season 2 we set up our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/TheGreysComic" target="_blank">Facebook</a> page; for Season 3 it was a <a href="http://www.twitter.com/TheGreysComic" target="_blank">Twitter</a> account. Season 4 sees us making inroads into the world of Tumblr, so if you have an account with them we&#8217;d love you to follow us and share our comics &#8211; we&#8217;ve got separate addresses for our two comic strips:</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.tumblr.com/blog/TheGreysComic" target="_blank">www.tumblr.com/blog/TheGreysComic</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.tumblr.com/blog/MonstersInkedComic" target="_blank">www.tumblr.com/blog/MonstersInkedComic</a></li>
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<p>As you may already know, we use the Open Source program &#8220;<a href="http://www.inkscape.org" target="_blank">Inkscape</a>&#8221; to create our comics &#8211; and even make all our Greys strips available for download as Inkscape source files. Mark is sharing some of the tricks and tips we&#8217;ve picked up over the past three years, in the form of <a href="http://www.peppertop.com/greys/2012/04/inkscape-tutorial-in-full-circle-magazine/" title="Inkscape tutorial in Full Circle Magazine">a series of tutorials in Full Circle Magazine</a> that should run throughout Season 4 and beyond.</p>
<p>Finally we&#8217;re hoping to get a bit more of the &#8220;social&#8221; into our social networking this year. We&#8217;ll be making ourselves more available to answer questions &#8211; whether about our comics, Inkscape, sci-fi, or just general chat. We hope to also bring you some behind-the-scenes photos, sketches and more. Keep an eye on our various social networking pages for more information about our &#8216;formal&#8217; Q&#038;A sessions (i.e. the hour or two each week when we meet up and will both be around to answer your questions), or just make a post, comment or tweet to us at any time and we&#8217;ll reply when we can.</p>
<div style="font-size: xx-small;">We wish to thank the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement without whose assistance this new header would not be possible</div>
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		<title>Corridors</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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</a></p>For our first comic of Season 4 we felt it was about time that we tackled a staple of TV and cinema sci-fi: the corridor. We&#8217;re big corridor fans, which may seem like an odd thing to say, but a good corridor can set the tone of a vessel or space station in a way [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.peppertop.com/greys/2012/05/corridors/" title="Corridors"><img src="http://www.peppertop.com/greys/comics-rss/2012-05-09-Corridors.png" alt="Corridors" class="comicthumbnail" title="Corridors" />
</a></p><p>For our first comic of Season 4 we felt it was about time that we tackled a staple of TV and cinema sci-fi: the corridor.</p>
<p>We&#8217;re big corridor fans, which may seem like an odd thing to say, but a good corridor can set the tone of a vessel or space station in a way that a normal room set can&#8217;t. I could wax lyrical about how the wide open corridors of the Enterprise in the original Star Trek or The Next Generation speak of large ships housing hundreds of people in relative comfort. Or how the claustrophobic corridors of the Nostromo in Alien were dark and strictly functional, supporting a small enough crew that they wouldn&#8217;t have to pass each other frequently. But to be honest the best thing I can do is point you in the direction of this masterly treatise: &#8220;<a href="http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/313130/in_praise_of_the_scifi_corridor.html" target="_blank">In praise of the sci-fi corridor</a>&#8221; &#8211; which should be required reading for any corridor fan.</p>
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		<title>Fête de Fin de Saison</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 07:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a French translation of our Season 1 comic &#8220;End of Season Party&#8221; and its accompanying commentary, by Samuel. With this strip, Sam has managed the incredible feat of translating every single comic from Season 1! Click on the image for the full-sized version: Nous avons décidé de faire preuve d&#8217;un peu d&#8217;auto-indulgence pour [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a <a href="http://www.peppertop.com/greys/category/translations/french/">French translation</a> of our Season 1 comic &#8220;<a href="http://www.peppertop.com/greys/2010/05/end-of-season-party/" title="End Of Season Party">End of Season Party</a>&#8221; and its accompanying commentary, by <a href="http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/browse.php?username=lejimi" title="Samuel's Photography Page" target="_blank">Samuel</a>. With this strip, Sam has managed the incredible feat of translating <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aq_Bv_DvQyIjdHlPMGZNUHRfYUxsdzByUXl4ZGlnRnc" target="_blank">every single comic from Season 1</a>! Click on the image for the full-sized version:</p>
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<p>Nous avons décidé de faire preuve d&#8217;un peu d&#8217;auto-indulgence pour cette planche car les Gris sont maintenant en ligne depuis un an. Oui, douze mois pleins avec une BD tous les quinze jours et deux ou trois bonus entre temps.</p>
<p>Chacune de ces planche contenait un <a href="http://www.peppertop.com/greys/?page_id=21" target="_blank">œuf de Pâques</a>, mais nous ne sommes pas naïfs et nous savons que peu de personnes sont suffisamment intéressées pour télécharger le sources en vue de partir à leur chasse. Nous y avons consacré beaucoup de temps et d&#8217;efforts, peut-être un peu trop car ils sont parfois plus longs à créer que la planche à laquelle ils sont associés. Ils sont en général choisi pour rehausser l&#8217;histoire principale, ajouter un ou deux gag, et parfois pour détourner totalement la chute originale. Si vous aimez les Gris, alors vous perdez la moitié de ce qui fait leur sel en ne recherchant pas les œufs de Pâques.</p>
<p>A titre d&#8217;encouragement nous avons pensé à vous donner un aperçu de ce que vous avez manqué. D&#8217;où cette planche. Elle n&#8217;est pas sensée vous faire rire à gorge déployée, c&#8217;est simplement notre manière de vous montrer une partie des personnages qui sont apparus l&#8217;an passé parmi nos œufs de Pâques.</p>
<p>C&#8217;est donc la fin de la première saison. Nous espérons que vous serez de retour dans quinze jours pour la première BD de la saison , nous avons quelques très bonnes planches programmées pour les semaines à venir. Maintenant que nous avons un an de BD à notre actif nous avons décidé de sauter en marche dans le train des réseaux sociaux avec <a href="http://www.facebook.com/TheGreysComic" target="_blank">notre propre page Facebook</a>. Allez donc y faire un tour et cliquez sur « j&#8217;aime » si vous nous aimez et nous vous tiendrons au courant de nos nouvelles parution.</p>
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		<title>Terhambat</title>
		<link>http://www.peppertop.com/greys/2012/05/terhambat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 07:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an Indonesian translation of our Season 1 comic, &#8220;Blocked&#8221; by chimode. Click on the image for the full-size version: Click here to download the SVG source for this comic]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is an <a href="http://www.peppertop.com/greys/category/translations/indonesian/">Indonesian translation</a> of our Season 1 comic, &#8220;<a href="http://www.peppertop.com/greys/2010/04/blocked/" title="Blocked">Blocked</a>&#8221; by <a href="http://chimode.deviantart.com/">chimode</a>. Click on the image for the full-size version:</p>
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		<title>Bloqué</title>
		<link>http://www.peppertop.com/greys/2012/05/bloque/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 21:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a French translation of our Season 1 comic &#8220;Blocked&#8221; and its accompanying commentary, by Samuel. Click on the image for the full-sized version: Quand j&#8217;étais gosse, Lego, c&#8217;était Lego. Et c&#8217;était tout. Il y avait bien différentes gammes mais en définitive toutes mes pièces finissaient dans une seule grande boîte et contribuaient à [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a <a href="http://www.peppertop.com/greys/category/translations/french/">French translation</a> of our Season 1 comic &#8220;<a href="http://www.peppertop.com/greys/2010/04/blocked/" title="Blocked" target="_blank">Blocked</a>&#8221; and its accompanying commentary, by <a href="http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/browse.php?username=lejimi" title="Samuel's Photography Page" target="_blank">Samuel</a>. Click on the image for the full-sized version:</p>
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<p>Quand j&#8217;étais gosse, <a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego" target="_blank">Lego</a>, c&#8217;était Lego. Et c&#8217;était tout. Il y avait bien différentes gammes mais en définitive toutes mes pièces finissaient dans une seule grande boîte et contribuaient à produire tout ce que mon esprit naissant pouvait concevoir.  Ce qui se soldait en général par un effort en vue de construire la plus haute tour dont j&#8217;étais capable, jusqu&#8217;à ce que je tombe à cours de briques, que je perde mon combat contre la gravité, ou celui contre ma mère bien décidée à rejouer la publicité « <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8CTscW3dpI" target="_blank">Shake &#8216;n&#8217; Vac</a> » sur mon site de construction.</p>
<p>A cette époque Lego n&#8217;utilisait pas toutes ces franchises issues du cinéma.</p>
<p>Je suis partagé au sujet de ces franchises dont Lego semble si fervent ces temps-ci. D&#8217;un côté j&#8217;ai des souvenirs sépia de ces jours heureux où je pouvais changer une boîte de briques en une scène d&#8217;Indiana Jones ou de Star Wars en utilisant la seule force de mon imagination. Il n&#8217;y avait pas besoin de franchise.  N&#8217;importe quelle vieille figurine pouvait devenir Indy : le fouet et le chapeau étaient dans ma tête. Les séquences de mes films préférés pouvaient rejouées en blocs pixelisés, sans l&#8217;ombre d&#8217;une courbe, du moment que ces scènes tournaient autour de la construction de la tour la plus haute possible, tout en évitant les nuages mortelles de cendres islandaise Shake &#8216;n&#8217; Vac.</p>
<p>D&#8217;un autre côté, j&#8217;admets que les temps aient changés. Quand j&#8217;étais enfant les bloc colorés des Legos, pixels en 3D, affrontaient une rude concurrence&#8230; celle des blocs pixelisés en 2D de l&#8217;<a href="http://www.peppertop.com/greys/2012/04/ghost-in-the-machine-french/" title="Ghost In The Machine (French)" target="_blank">Atari 2600</a>. Et j&#8217;étais obligé d&#8217;utiliser mon imagination, car aussi peu ressemblante à Indiana Jones  que soit ma figurine, elle l&#8217;était toujours plus que les quelques vingt pixels qui constituaient <a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark_(jeu_vidéo)" target="_blank">son équivalent vidéo-ludique</a>.</p>
<p>Les enfants sont maintenant confrontés à des jeux en haute définition d&#8217;un inquiétant réalisme. Les « blockbusters » ne sont plus confinés à une occasionnelle sortie au cinéma : les étagères qui étaient autrefois occupées par les livres et les BD croulent maintenant sous les DVD ouvrant chaque foyer sur des dizaines d&#8217;autres mondes  peuplés d&#8217;images de synthèse. L&#8217;imagination n&#8217;est plus une nécessité comme alors : Hollywood et les jeux vidéos font tout le travail pour nous.</p>
<p>Face à une invasion de marchandise en plastique injecté dont le réalisme outrepasse grandement même les meilleurs des Legos traditionnels, je ne suis par surpris qu&#8217;ils aient décidé de prendre en marche le train des franchisés. Il y a eu une période particulièrement sombre où la proportion de blocs spéciaux par rapport aux blocs standards dérivait sérieusement dans la mauvaise direction, surtout dans les petites boîtes. Heureusement, Lego a largement corrigé ce déséquilibre, réduisant le nombre de pièces à usage unique (qui réduisaient le champ de l&#8217;imagination) et augmentant celui des pièces qui peuvent avoir une large variété d&#8217;usages.</p>
<p>Alors même si la liste des franchises sur lesquelles s&#8217;appuie Lego peut sembler excessive (et oui ! Toutes celles citées dans la BD existent bel et bien* !) j&#8217;aime autant voir un enfant avec des Lego Star Wars qui offrent au moins la possibilité d&#8217;être convertis en tour, plutôt qu&#8217;avec un jouet en plastique injecté à forme fixe qui limite les possibilités d&#8217;utilisation.</p>
<p>(Si vous voulez mon avis : j&#8217;aime le jeux vidéos basés sur les Legos. Juste le bon équilibre entre gameplay, humour, et Legoïtude. Il semble juste un peu ironique de devoir recourir à de puissantes consoles en 3D pour rendre justice à un produit fait de briques.)</p>
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<p>* Oui ! Même Lego Bob l&#8217;Éponge. Voici des liens concernant les franchises mentionnées dans la BD :</p>
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<li><a href="http://starwars.lego.com/fr-fr/default.aspx" target="_blank">Lego Star Wars</a></li>
<li><a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Indiana_Jones" target="_blank">Lego Indiana Jones</a> (interrompu : lien Wikipédia)</li>
<li><a href="http://harrypotter.lego.com/en-us/default.aspx" target="_blank">Lego Harry Potter</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Prince_of_Persia" target="_blank">Lego Prince Of Persia</a> (interrompu : lien Wikipédia)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.lego.com/toystory/en-US/default.aspx" target="_blank">Lego Toy Story</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Ben_10" target="_blank">Lego Ben 10</a> (interrompu : lien Wikipédia)</li>
<li><a href="http://spongebob.lego.com/en-US/default.aspx" target="_blank">Lego Bob l&#8217;Èponge</a></li>
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		<title>Hantu Di Dalam Mesin</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 07:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an Indonesian translation of our Season 1 comic, &#8220;Ghost in the Machine&#8221; by chimode. Click on the image for the full-size version: Click here to download the SVG source for this comic]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is an <a href="http://www.peppertop.com/greys/category/translations/indonesian/">Indonesian translation</a> of our Season 1 comic, &#8220;<a href="http://www.peppertop.com/greys/2010/04/ghost-in-the-machine/" title="Ghost In The Machine">Ghost in the Machine</a>&#8221; by <a href="http://chimode.deviantart.com/">chimode</a>. Click on the image for the full-size version:</p>
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		<title>Inkscape tutorial in Full Circle Magazine</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 09:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mark &#8211; one half of the creative team behind &#8216;The Greys&#8217; and &#8216;Monsters, Inked&#8217; comics &#8211; is writing a series of Inkscape tutorials for Full Circle Magazine. The first is a sort of prequel to the main series, introducing the SVG file format, and can be found in issue #60. Full Circle Magazine is available [...]]]></description>
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<p>Mark &#8211; one half of the creative team behind &#8216;The Greys&#8217; and &#8216;Monsters, Inked&#8217; comics &#8211; is writing a series of Inkscape tutorials for <a href="http://fullcirclemagazine.org/" target="_blank">Full Circle Magazine</a>. The first is a sort of prequel to the main series, introducing the SVG file format, and can be found in issue #60.</p>
<p>Full Circle Magazine is available to download free of charge. It&#8217;s primarily a Ubuntu Linux magazine, but the Inkscape tutorials are largely applicable to Windows and MacOS users, too.</p>
<p>These tutorials will start with the very basics of Inkscape, and over time will expand to cover some of the more complex and powerful features of the software we use to create our comics. Many of the tricks and tips we&#8217;ve picked up over the past three years will feature throughout the series.</p>
<p>So if you fancy creating your own comic strip, or just want some behind-the-scenes insight into how we do it, <a href="http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-60/" target="_blank">start by downloading issue #60</a> now and follow along with future editions.</p>
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		<title>Des rebelles à la pelle</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a French translation of our Season 3 comic &#8220;Rebel Roll Call&#8221; and its accompanying commentary, by Samuel. Click on the image for the full-sized version: Voici la dernière planche de la saison 3 qui a ajouté 28 nouveau épisodes à la série les Gris pour un total qui se monte maintenant à 85 ! [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a <a href="http://www.peppertop.com/greys/category/translations/french/">French translation</a> of our Season 3 comic &#8220;<a href="http://www.peppertop.com/greys/2012/04/rebel-roll-call/" title="Rebel Roll Call">Rebel Roll Call</a>&#8221; and its accompanying commentary, by <a href="http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/browse.php?username=lejimi" title="Samuel's Photography Page" target="_blank">Samuel</a>. Click on the image for the full-sized version:</p>
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<p>Voici la dernière planche de la saison 3 qui a ajouté 28 nouveau épisodes à la série les Gris pour un total qui se monte maintenant à 85 ! Vivement notre centième qui devrait intervenir au milieu de la saison 4.</p>
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<p>On a beaucoup écrit sur l&#8217;approche révisionniste utilisée par George Luca pour la trilogie originale de Star Wars. Certains ajouts d&#8217;images de synthèse ne me dérangent pas, mais je n&#8217;aime pas les changements qui modifient la nature même de l&#8217;histoire d&#8217;origine. Le plus connu est le problème dit « <a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_shot_first" target="_blank">Han shot first</a> » (« Han a tiré le premier ») qui sape l&#8217;histoire de la rédemption d&#8217;Han Solo, criminel impitoyable qui devient un héros rebelle.</p>
<p>Je n&#8217;aime pas non plus l&#8217;addition d&#8217;un grand nombre de vaisseaux en images de synthèse à la petite bande qui attaquait l&#8217;Ètoile Noire auparavant. Dans l&#8217;original nous assistions à un ultime effort de l&#8217;alliance rebelle aux abois ; un véritable baroud d&#8217;honneur qui rappelle David et Goliath quand ces quelques vaisseaux largement dépassés en terme de puissance de feu remportent la victoire contre toute attente.</p>
<p>Passez à la version remastérisée  et cette flottille  devient soudain une armada : les rebelles apparaissent moins comme une bande de combattants de la liberté que comme une milice organisée. Avec une ou deux versions bricolées supplémentaires l&#8217;importance de la flotte rebelle grandira peut-être encore plus, au point que ce soit l&#8217;Empire qui finisse par être submergé par une armada de vaisseaux générés par ordinateur.</p>
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		<title>Rebel Roll Call</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.peppertop.com/greys/2012/04/rebel-roll-call/" title="Rebel Roll Call"><img src="http://www.peppertop.com/greys/comics-rss/2012-04-26-Rebel_Roll_Call.png" alt="Rebel Roll Call" class="comicthumbnail" title="Rebel Roll Call" />
</a></p>This is the last strip of Season 3, which has added another 28 comics to The Greys, and brought the total so far to 85 strips! Roll on our centenary, halfway through Season 4&#8230; Much has been written about George Lucas&#8217;s revisionist approach to the original Star Wars trilogy. I don&#8217;t mind some of the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.peppertop.com/greys/2012/04/rebel-roll-call/" title="Rebel Roll Call"><img src="http://www.peppertop.com/greys/comics-rss/2012-04-26-Rebel_Roll_Call.png" alt="Rebel Roll Call" class="comicthumbnail" title="Rebel Roll Call" />
</a></p><p>This is the last strip of Season 3, which has added another 28 comics to The Greys, and brought the total so far to 85 strips! Roll on our centenary, halfway through Season 4&#8230;</p>
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<p>Much has been written about George Lucas&#8217;s revisionist approach to the original Star Wars trilogy. I don&#8217;t mind some of the CGI additions, but I&#8217;m not keen on changes that modify the character of the original story.</p>
<p>The best known of these is the &#8220;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_shot_first" target="_blank">Han shot first</a>&#8221; problem, which undermines Han Solo&#8217;s redemption from a ruthless criminal to a rebel hero. But I&#8217;m also not keen on the addition of a large number of CGI ships to the previously small band that attacked the Death Star. In the original release we&#8217;re witness to a last ditch effort by an oppressed rebel alliance &#8211; a real <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hail_Mary_pass" target="_blank">Hail Mary</a> moment that conjures up David and Goliath, as a few heavily outgunned ships are able to win the day despite all the odds.</p>
<p>Jump to the remastered versions, and suddenly that small band of ships has become quite a fleet: the rebels are less of a band of freedom fighters, and more of an organised militia. Perhaps with a couple more tweaked releases the size of the rebel fleet will grow even more until it&#8217;s the Empire who are outgunned by an overwhelming armada of computer generated ships.</p>
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