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|hero(es)= [[Jenny Everywhere | |hero(es)= [[Jenny Everywhere (Name's Not Down)|Jenny Everywhere]] | ||
|villain(s)= [[Jez Cock]]<br>[[Faceless Cyborg Ninja]]s<br>[[Jenny Nowhere#In Right-On By The Sea|Jenny Nowhere]] | |villain(s)= [[Jez Cock]]<br>[[Faceless Cyborg Ninja]]s<br>[[Jenny Nowhere#In Right-On By The Sea|Jenny Nowhere]] | ||
|featuring= [[Clea]]<br>[[Lex]]<br>[[Bradley]]<br>[[Lois (Damn Fine Hostile Takeover)|Lois]] | |featuring= [[Clea]]<br>[[Lex]]<br>[[Bradley]]<br>[[Lois (Damn Fine Hostile Takeover)|Lois]] | ||
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==Contents== | ==Contents== | ||
===Plot=== | ===Plot=== | ||
When an [[Apollo Coffee|evil megacorp]] threatens to drive their favourite indie coffee shop out of business, [[Jenny Everywhere | When an [[Apollo Coffee|evil megacorp]] threatens to drive their favourite indie coffee shop out of business, [[Jenny Everywhere (Name's Not Down)|Jenny Everywhere]] and her friends [[Clea]], [[Lex]] and [[Bradley]] decide that some “direct action” is called for, and force their way into the local Apollo Coffee skyscraper to demand they back off. Unfortunately, although the [[Jez Cock|corrupt executive himself]] is nothing formidable, he turns out to be evil enough to have a literal army of [[Faceless Cyborg Ninja]]s for bodyguard, and things get heated. | ||
===Worldbuilding=== | ===Worldbuilding=== | ||
====Jenny Everywhere==== | ====Jenny Everywhere==== | ||
*This story once again features the [[Jenny Everywhere | *This story once again features the [[Jenny Everywhere (Name's Not Down)|incarnation]] of [[Jenny Everywhere]] who lives in [[Right-On By The Sea]]. | ||
====Jenny Nowhere==== | ====Jenny Nowhere==== | ||
*[[Jenny Nowhere#In Right-On By The Sea|Jenny Nowhere]] appears as a short-haired, blonde woman in a black catsuit. She has a grim expression, smokes a cigarette and appears to have just arrived in Right-On By The Sea. | *[[Jenny Nowhere#In Right-On By The Sea|Jenny Nowhere]] appears as a short-haired, blonde woman in a black catsuit. She has a grim expression, smokes a cigarette and appears to have just arrived in Right-On By The Sea. | ||
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===Continuity=== | ===Continuity=== | ||
* [[Jenny Everywhere | * [[Jenny Everywhere (Name's Not Down)|Jenny]], [[Lex]], [[Clea]] and [[Bradley]]'s adventures were first shown in [[COMIC]]: ''[[Name's Not Down (comic story)|Name's Not Down]]''. | ||
* [[Jenny Everywhere#In Reality Z-25 31-H|A different incarnation]] of Jenny recounted having once fought [[Faceless Cyborg Ninja]] to the [[Koala Bay Bares Naturist Resort]]'s residents in [[COMIC]]: ''[[Ghost Story (comic story)|Ghost Story]]''. | * [[Jenny Everywhere#In Reality Z-25 31-H|A different incarnation]] of Jenny recounted having once fought [[Faceless Cyborg Ninja]] to the [[Koala Bay Bares Naturist Resort]]'s residents in [[COMIC]]: ''[[Ghost Story (comic story)|Ghost Story]]''. | ||
* The introductory panel of [[Jenny Nowhere#In Right-On By The Sea|Jenny Nowhere]] was recreated by [[Jack Harvey]] as a flashback in [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Legend of Jenny Everywhere (comic story)|The Legend of Jenny Everywhere]]'' when [[Grandmaster Awndisk]], among other references to early Jenny Everywhere stories, recalled how she had “borne true duality”. | * The introductory panel of [[Jenny Nowhere#In Right-On By The Sea|Jenny Nowhere]] was recreated by [[Jack Harvey]] as a flashback in [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Legend of Jenny Everywhere (comic story)|The Legend of Jenny Everywhere]]'' when [[Grandmaster Awndisk]], among other references to early Jenny Everywhere stories, recalled how she had “borne true duality”. | ||
Revision as of 15:33, 19 February 2023
Damn Fine Hostile Takeover was a standalone Jenny Everywhere comic story written by Joe Macaré and drawn by Nelson Evergreen. Released in two halves, it thus managed the feat of both being #4 and #5 in the official reading order of the original thirteen Barbelith Jenny Everywhere stories.
Reusing Jenny's friends Clea, Lex and Bradley and the town of Right-On By The Sea (from Macaré and Evergreen's earlier Name's Not Down), it also introduced Jenny Nowhere as a last-page sequel hook. Oddly, Macaré and Evergreen never wrote a Jenny Nowhere story past that point, but the character was picked up by later creators and became one of the main recurring elements in Jenny Everywhere media.
Contents
Plot
When an evil megacorp threatens to drive their favourite indie coffee shop out of business, Jenny Everywhere and her friends Clea, Lex and Bradley decide that some “direct action” is called for, and force their way into the local Apollo Coffee skyscraper to demand they back off. Unfortunately, although the corrupt executive himself is nothing formidable, he turns out to be evil enough to have a literal army of Faceless Cyborg Ninjas for bodyguard, and things get heated.
Worldbuilding
Jenny Everywhere
- This story once again features the incarnation of Jenny Everywhere who lives in Right-On By The Sea.
Jenny Nowhere
- Jenny Nowhere appears as a short-haired, blonde woman in a black catsuit. She has a grim expression, smokes a cigarette and appears to have just arrived in Right-On By The Sea.
Universes
- This story entirely takes place in the universe home to the coastal city of Right-On By The Sea.
Other
- Bradley, when being awoken, briefly confuses Clea's voice with a certain Eliza's.
- Jenny and the gang's favourite coffee shop is the Cuppa Cha Cha Cha. Lois works behind the counter, although it's unclear whether it's her business or if she is simply employed there.
- “Swinging London” is located “just over an hour away from sunny Right-On By The Sea, assuming the buggerin' train's on time”.
- Clea notes that she has a PhD in Queer Theory and in Pop Culture Studies.
- Lex hints at Fourth Wall Awareness, noting when Bradley complains about how violent their adventures always get that “it's what the public wants to see”.
- The Faceless Cyborg Ninjas appear to be vat-grown.
- Lex has an unrequited crush on Lois.
Continuity
- Jenny, Lex, Clea and Bradley's adventures were first shown in COMIC: Name's Not Down.
- A different incarnation of Jenny recounted having once fought Faceless Cyborg Ninja to the Koala Bay Bares Naturist Resort's residents in COMIC: Ghost Story.
- The introductory panel of Jenny Nowhere was recreated by Jack Harvey as a flashback in COMIC: The Legend of Jenny Everywhere when Grandmaster Awndisk, among other references to early Jenny Everywhere stories, recalled how she had “borne true duality”.
Behind the scenes
Homages
Paul Hoppe, creator of many works featuring Jenny Everywhere and Jenny Nowhere, created a portrait of this story's iteration of Jenny in 2013.
Read online
Damn Fine Hostile Takeover was originally available in two parts on Nelson Evergreen's personal website], as well as on the original Jenny Everywhere website. However, all these pages are now offline. Consequently, we reproduce the twenty pages of the story below.
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