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* RedFlagRecreationMaterial: The four members of the eponymous Beatles-esque science team are given profiles in a magazine article at the start of the series, all of which include favourite songs, movies, and books. In Simon Grimshaw's profile, his favourite book is ''Literature/AtlasShrugged'', firmly establishing him as the group's cold-hearted business-minded TokenEvilTeammate long before he's revealed to be up to anything overtly villainous.
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* CreatorBreakdown: Artist Eric Bellegarde. After over half a year of no new issues, Bellegarde [[http://www.therobotspajamas.com/where-are-the-nowhere-men/ published a long tumblr post]] admitting that his perfectionism had delayed the book before a downward spiral that culminated in him being diagnosed with depression, ADHD, and an Autism Spectrum Disorder. He vowed to get better and return to work, but a full year after that post, there were still no new issues and [[http://fetorpse.tumblr.com/post/123149388544/apparently-i-wont-be-drawing-nowhere-men-anymore the rest of the team decided to carry on without him]]. He [[http://fetorpse.tumblr.com/post/124518933604/i-got-hurt-feelings-i-want-new-issues-of-nowhere later posted a follow-up]] with his complicated thoughts on the matter.
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* FourTempermentEnsemble: The founders of World Corp, as made obvious by their clashing personalities. The "Science Friction" excerpt gives a fairly concise summary of their differences, saying Ellis was driven by "integrity", Simon by "commerce", Emerson by "practicality", and Thomas by "truth"
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* ScheduleSlip: Something fierce. Issue #1 was released in November 2012, and issue #6 (which wrapped up the first arc) was released in October 2013, with the trade paperback coming out the following month. It was mostly monthly, but saw a five-month delay between issues #5 and 6 that was only a taste of what was to come. Issue #7 was supposed to come out in January of 2014, but didn't see the light of day until a full two years later. #8 and #9 came out the next two months respectively, but #10 didn't get released until June, #11 wasn't released until September, and #12 ''still'' (as of August 2017) hasn't been released and doesn't even have a solicit on Image's website. And since #12 wraps up Arc 2, that means trade-waiters still [[DevelopmentHell don't have any idea of when they can expect the second book.]]. Nate Bellegarde took the blame for the first long delay (see CreatorBreakdown), but since being replaced, it seems Eric Stephenson's editor role at Image and everyone else's increase in projects has dragged things to a halt.
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* {{Expy}}: The World Corp founders have a lot of similarities to the Beatles. While there's some overlap, the closest analogues are probably: Emerson-John Lennon, Thomas-George Harrison, Simon-Paul McCartney, and Dade-Ringo Starr.
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* {{Expy}}: The World Corp founders have a lot of similarities to the Beatles. While there's some overlap, the closest analogues are probably: Emerson-John Lennon, Thomas-George Harrison, Simon-Paul McCartney, [=McCartney=], and Dade-Ringo Starr.
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* ScheduleSlip: Something fierce. Issue #1 was released in November 2012, and issue #6 (which wrapped up the first arc) was released in October 2013, with the trade paperback coming out the following month. It was mostly monthly, but saw a five-month delay between issues #5 and 6 that was only a taste of what was to come. Issue #7 was supposed to come out in January of 2014, but didn't see the light of day until a full two years later. #8 and #9 came out the next two months respectively, but #10 didn't get released until June, #11 wasn't released until September, and #12 'still' (as of August 2017) hasn't been released and doesn't even have a solicit on Image's website. And since #12 wraps up Arc 2, that means trade-waiters still [[DevelopmentHell don't have any idea of when they can expect the second book.]]. Nate Bellegarde took the blame for the first long delay (see CreatorBreakdown), but since being replaced, it seems Eric Stephenson's editor role at Image and everyone else's increase in projects has dragged things to a halt.
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* ScheduleSlip: Something fierce. Issue #1 was released in November 2012, and issue #6 (which wrapped up the first arc) was released in October 2013, with the trade paperback coming out the following month. It was mostly monthly, but saw a five-month delay between issues #5 and 6 that was only a taste of what was to come. Issue #7 was supposed to come out in January of 2014, but didn't see the light of day until a full two years later. #8 and #9 came out the next two months respectively, but #10 didn't get released until June, #11 wasn't released until September, and #12 'still' ''still'' (as of August 2017) hasn't been released and doesn't even have a solicit on Image's website. And since #12 wraps up Arc 2, that means trade-waiters still [[DevelopmentHell don't have any idea of when they can expect the second book.]]. Nate Bellegarde took the blame for the first long delay (see CreatorBreakdown), but since being replaced, it seems Eric Stephenson's editor role at Image and everyone else's increase in projects has dragged things to a halt.
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''Nowhere Men'' is an ongoing (2012-present) Creator/ImageComics series, written by Eric Stephenson, colored by Jordie Bellaire, and lettered by Fonografiks. Nate Bellegarde did the art from the series launch until issue 6, when he was replaced by Dave Taylor. The series picked up acclaim upon its launch, with four Eisner Award nominations in 2014 (including one win), but has seen its [[ScheduleSlip schedule stagnate]] since then.
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''Nowhere Men'' is an ongoing (2012-present) Creator/ImageComics series, written by Eric Stephenson, colored by Jordie Bellaire, and lettered by Fonografiks. Nate Bellegarde did the art from the series launch until issue 6, when after which he was replaced by Dave Taylor. The series picked up acclaim upon its launch, with four Eisner Award nominations in 2014 (including one win), but has seen its [[ScheduleSlip schedule stagnate]] since then.
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''Nowhere Men'' is an ongoing (2012-present) Image Comics series, written by Eric Stephenson, colored by Jordie Bellaire, and lettered by Fonografiks. Nate Bellegarde did the art from the series launch until issue 6, when he was replaced by Dave Taylor. The series picked up acclaim upon its launch, with four Eisner Award nominations in 2014 (including one win), but has seen its [[ScheduleSlip schedule stagnate]] since then.
The series follows a quartet of scientists (highly analogous to a [[Music/TheBeatles certain musical quartet]]) named Dade Ellis, Emerson Strange, Simon Grimshaw, and Thomas Walker, who live in a universe where science has all the popularity that pop music does in our world. The four, already the most acclaimed in the world, decide to join forces under the name "World Corp" to further their work; however, various forces split the group apart, leaving World Corp a shell of itself, the four friends bitterly divided, and a lot of the company's stranger projects in a precarious, inadequately attended-to state of limbo.
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!!'Nowhere Men' contains examples of these tropes:
* AddledAddict: Thomas Walker ends up getting removed from World Corp in part due to his drug habits.
* ArcWords: "Science is the new Rock 'n' Roll!"
* {{Biopic}}: Emerson apparently got one in-universe titled ''Strange Reasons'', starring Creator/MichaelCaine and directed by Creator/StanleyKubrick.
* BloodFromTheMouth: Raymond Douglas begins doing this [[spoiler: after coming in contact with fragments from the space station. Later, it progresses to him coughing up a tooth and some internal flesh.]]
* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: What happens to a lot of the space station crew, in particular Kurt becoming some sort of scab-tissue creature and Holly skin dissolving from her bones before she turns entirely to a gas.]]
** Although less grotesque than those examples, Raymond [[spoiler: coughing up a tooth and some lung tissue is still pretty bad.]]
* BookEnds: Volume 1 opens with a page from the day Simon, Dade, Emerson, and Thomas go public with the idea for World Corp, and closes with a page covering the photoshoot following that conference.
* CreatorBreakdown: Artist Eric Bellegarde. After over half a year of no new issues, Bellegarde [[http://www.therobotspajamas.com/where-are-the-nowhere-men/ published a long tumblr post]] admitting that his perfectionism had delayed the book before a downward spiral that culminated in him being diagnosed with depression, ADHD, and an Autism Spectrum Disorder. He vowed to get better and return to work, but a full year after that post, there were still no new issues and [[http://fetorpse.tumblr.com/post/123149388544/apparently-i-wont-be-drawing-nowhere-men-anymore the rest of the team decided to carry on without him]]. He [[http://fetorpse.tumblr.com/post/124518933604/i-got-hurt-feelings-i-want-new-issues-of-nowhere later posted a follow-up]] with his complicated thoughts on the matter.
* DieselPunk: The Science Punks seem to utilize this type of tech.
* {{Expy}}: The World Corp founders have a lot of similarities to the Beatles. While there's some overlap, the closest analogues are probably: Emerson-John Lennon, Thomas-George Harrison, Simon-Paul McCartney, and Dade-Ringo Starr.
** Thomas generates a controversy similar to the Beatles' "bigger than Jesus" incident by declaring science "the new rock 'n' roll".
* FourTempermentEnsemble: The founders of World Corp, as made obvious by their clashing personalities. The "Science Friction" excerpt gives a fairly concise summary of their differences, saying Ellis was driven by "integrity", Simon by "commerce", Emerson by "practicality", and Thomas by "truth"
** '''Sanguine''': Emerson
** '''Choleric''': Thomas
** '''Melancholic''': Simon
** '''Phlegmatic''': Dade
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Simon falls into the basement of the Arctic Facility with the murderous mutated ape that he insisted on creating.]]
* TheMole: [[spoiler: Fletcher is secretly assisting Simon to sabotage World Corp.]]
* ReclusiveArtist: Both Thomas and Simon disappear from the public eye after leaving World Corp.
* ScheduleSlip: Something fierce. Issue #1 was released in November 2012, and issue #6 (which wrapped up the first arc) was released in October 2013, with the trade paperback coming out the following month. It was mostly monthly, but saw a five-month delay between issues #5 and 6 that was only a taste of what was to come. Issue #7 was supposed to come out in January of 2014, but didn't see the light of day until a full two years later. #8 and #9 came out the next two months respectively, but #10 didn't get released until June, #11 wasn't released until September, and #12 'still' (as of August 2017) hasn't been released and doesn't even have a solicit on Image's website. And since #12 wraps up Arc 2, that means trade-waiters still [[DevelopmentHell don't have any idea of when they can expect the second book.]]. Nate Bellegarde took the blame for the first long delay (see CreatorBreakdown), but since being replaced, it seems Eric Stephenson's editor role at Image and everyone else's increase in projects has dragged things to a halt.
* ScienceHero: More or less everyone in the story, given that it's four world-famous scientists and the people employed at their company.
* ShoutOut: Several, especially to Creator/TheBeatles:
** The title is a reference to the Beatles' song.
** The excerpted chapter from Raymond Douglas's novel on World Corp is titled "It's All Too Much".
** Creator/StanleyKubrick and Creator/MichaelCaine apparently made a movie about Emerson Strange in this universe.
* TimeSkip: The story opens with the four founders about to go public with their new company. After an establishing excerpt of a magazine interview, we then jump forward to years later, when Simon is splitting with the company, then following that scene, several more years pass before the bulk of the story takes place.
The series follows a quartet of scientists (highly analogous to a [[Music/TheBeatles certain musical quartet]]) named Dade Ellis, Emerson Strange, Simon Grimshaw, and Thomas Walker, who live in a universe where science has all the popularity that pop music does in our world. The four, already the most acclaimed in the world, decide to join forces under the name "World Corp" to further their work; however, various forces split the group apart, leaving World Corp a shell of itself, the four friends bitterly divided, and a lot of the company's stranger projects in a precarious, inadequately attended-to state of limbo.
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!!'Nowhere Men' contains examples of these tropes:
* AddledAddict: Thomas Walker ends up getting removed from World Corp in part due to his drug habits.
* ArcWords: "Science is the new Rock 'n' Roll!"
* {{Biopic}}: Emerson apparently got one in-universe titled ''Strange Reasons'', starring Creator/MichaelCaine and directed by Creator/StanleyKubrick.
* BloodFromTheMouth: Raymond Douglas begins doing this [[spoiler: after coming in contact with fragments from the space station. Later, it progresses to him coughing up a tooth and some internal flesh.]]
* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: What happens to a lot of the space station crew, in particular Kurt becoming some sort of scab-tissue creature and Holly skin dissolving from her bones before she turns entirely to a gas.]]
** Although less grotesque than those examples, Raymond [[spoiler: coughing up a tooth and some lung tissue is still pretty bad.]]
* BookEnds: Volume 1 opens with a page from the day Simon, Dade, Emerson, and Thomas go public with the idea for World Corp, and closes with a page covering the photoshoot following that conference.
* CreatorBreakdown: Artist Eric Bellegarde. After over half a year of no new issues, Bellegarde [[http://www.therobotspajamas.com/where-are-the-nowhere-men/ published a long tumblr post]] admitting that his perfectionism had delayed the book before a downward spiral that culminated in him being diagnosed with depression, ADHD, and an Autism Spectrum Disorder. He vowed to get better and return to work, but a full year after that post, there were still no new issues and [[http://fetorpse.tumblr.com/post/123149388544/apparently-i-wont-be-drawing-nowhere-men-anymore the rest of the team decided to carry on without him]]. He [[http://fetorpse.tumblr.com/post/124518933604/i-got-hurt-feelings-i-want-new-issues-of-nowhere later posted a follow-up]] with his complicated thoughts on the matter.
* DieselPunk: The Science Punks seem to utilize this type of tech.
* {{Expy}}: The World Corp founders have a lot of similarities to the Beatles. While there's some overlap, the closest analogues are probably: Emerson-John Lennon, Thomas-George Harrison, Simon-Paul McCartney, and Dade-Ringo Starr.
** Thomas generates a controversy similar to the Beatles' "bigger than Jesus" incident by declaring science "the new rock 'n' roll".
* FourTempermentEnsemble: The founders of World Corp, as made obvious by their clashing personalities. The "Science Friction" excerpt gives a fairly concise summary of their differences, saying Ellis was driven by "integrity", Simon by "commerce", Emerson by "practicality", and Thomas by "truth"
** '''Sanguine''': Emerson
** '''Choleric''': Thomas
** '''Melancholic''': Simon
** '''Phlegmatic''': Dade
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Simon falls into the basement of the Arctic Facility with the murderous mutated ape that he insisted on creating.]]
* TheMole: [[spoiler: Fletcher is secretly assisting Simon to sabotage World Corp.]]
* ReclusiveArtist: Both Thomas and Simon disappear from the public eye after leaving World Corp.
* ScheduleSlip: Something fierce. Issue #1 was released in November 2012, and issue #6 (which wrapped up the first arc) was released in October 2013, with the trade paperback coming out the following month. It was mostly monthly, but saw a five-month delay between issues #5 and 6 that was only a taste of what was to come. Issue #7 was supposed to come out in January of 2014, but didn't see the light of day until a full two years later. #8 and #9 came out the next two months respectively, but #10 didn't get released until June, #11 wasn't released until September, and #12 'still' (as of August 2017) hasn't been released and doesn't even have a solicit on Image's website. And since #12 wraps up Arc 2, that means trade-waiters still [[DevelopmentHell don't have any idea of when they can expect the second book.]]. Nate Bellegarde took the blame for the first long delay (see CreatorBreakdown), but since being replaced, it seems Eric Stephenson's editor role at Image and everyone else's increase in projects has dragged things to a halt.
* ScienceHero: More or less everyone in the story, given that it's four world-famous scientists and the people employed at their company.
* ShoutOut: Several, especially to Creator/TheBeatles:
** The title is a reference to the Beatles' song.
** The excerpted chapter from Raymond Douglas's novel on World Corp is titled "It's All Too Much".
** Creator/StanleyKubrick and Creator/MichaelCaine apparently made a movie about Emerson Strange in this universe.
* TimeSkip: The story opens with the four founders about to go public with their new company. After an establishing excerpt of a magazine interview, we then jump forward to years later, when Simon is splitting with the company, then following that scene, several more years pass before the bulk of the story takes place.
