Dork Tower takes aim at the gaming world and and delivers laugh after laugh. Olotka said, "John Kovalic is a great match for Cosmic Encounter -- which, of course, pokes its own brand of fun at the semi seriousness of the gaming world."

The Dork Tower comic runs three times a week at GameSpy.com, weekly in Interactive Week and at Pyramid online, and monthly in Dragon magazine and Scrye magazine. It's also a bimonthly comic book published by Dork Storm Press! Issue #1 sold out in eight weeks, and it has now sold out through issue #6.

Dork Tower is the story of Matt, Igor, Ken, Carson the Muskrat (yes, he's a muskrat -- and he also happens to be the star of Wild Life) and Gilly, the Perky Goth. They're trapped in a world they never made... but are nevertheless striving to create a realistic yet playable simulation thereof!

Kovalic, a longtime Cosmic Encounter fan, said, "I've been playing Cosmic Encounter since the early 1980s, so I'm just thrilled to be able to contribute a few drawings to the online version, and add a little something to the long and storied history of this great game. It's a real thrill for me, and easily makes up for the remarkable number of games I've lost over the years. Badly."

Olotka and Kovalic are musing about a new Cosmic Online Alien called, not surprisingly, The Dork.

Future Pastimes is inviting artists with widely differing styles to contribute aliens to the "online Cosmic melting pot." Interested artists can email Olotka at cosmic@cape.com.

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