Talk:Scarlet Traces

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[edit] Alterations of 16 March 2007 explained

Tidied up first para. Removed reference to current publisher, as publisher is ephemeral and of peripheral relevance -- note that first series has already had 3 publishers. Dated first series' publication as 2002, the year of its first print publication.

Note that the (web)comic adaptation of War of the Worlds is, if anything, a prequel to Scarlet Traces, as ST's publication predates it.

Dating the stories: although Wells' WotW is set "early in the 20th century", STtGG dates the invasion as Summer 1898 (#1 p06). ST itself takes place exactly 10 years later, thereby dating it at 1908 (collected ed. p10). And STtGG is set forty years after that (#1 p09), therefore 1948.

Emperor, thanks for fixing my incorrect usage of the citation tags.

Jack Garfield 01:39, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dates

Good work on expansion and tidying up! However just a small and pedantic point:

STtGG apparently takes place in 1938-39. Reasons:

- Home Secretary Oswald Mosley states (#1 p09) "Forty years ago, Britain alone thwarted the Martian threat to this planet" i.e. 1898 plus 40 years = 1938.

- "nine year old" Princess Margaret Rose becomes Heir Presumptive after the rest of the Royal Family (and London) are wiped out in the final stages of the Martian War (#4 p21). The lady was born in 1930 plus 9 years = 1939.

- the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) is still going at the start of STtGG (#1 p09). However this is a parallel universe and anything is possible.

210.246.9.50 04:54, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

You're absolutely right — it's 40 years after the invasion, not after the first series, as I'd had it. Duh. My bad, and thanks for the correction.

Jack Garfield 01:15, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Graphic Novel or Comic?

Grateful if Emperor would explain why "Scarlet Traces" is a comic story rather than a graphic novel. While the boundary between the two is rather fuzzy ST would seem to fit the generally accepted criteria (see Graphic Novel 203.97.144.44 22:32, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Well just read the publication history - serialised as a comic series in Judge Dredd Megazine, published as a comic book by Dark Horse and then collected as a trade paperback. It is a comic story within the definition of comics. Technically it has never been a graphic novel, the closest it gets is that it was eventually collected together in one volume (technically a trade paperback not a graphic novel - except for the marketing types) but it was initially published a serialised comic series. (Emperor 23:27, 5 June 2007 (UTC))