Story: Karen Field. Art: Daniel Guidera -- Design News, December 4, 2005
Here’s one superhero that knows his way around a phase plane! Check out Slack’s escapades as he fights crime, rids the world of nefarious villains, and saves the universe using his basic engineering skills.
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EPISODE IX: Slack Jawed 8/14/2006 Slack’s spying gets him thinking about what’s really going on over at Nemada Enterprises, but in this case, two and two don’t seem to add up to four. Full Story
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Slack Variable Character Bios
The Good Guys: Slack Variable A caffeine-addicted chimpanzee passing as a hairy graduate student, superhero Slack is head maintenance technician at the Kafe Kaffiend.
Furd A scarily smart post-doc in the Engineering Physics department (scored double 800s on his SAT exams), Furd moonlights as a barista at the Kafe Kaffiend.
Shear Modulus A PhD student with funding from the Eggplant Council, Shear earns rent money as a research technician at the Center for Primate Cognition Studies.
The Bad Guy:
"Ken" Nemada A former Yakuza Warload trained in the martial arts, “Ken” aspires to a simple goal: Complete global domination.
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