How to explain Broken Lines? Well, how about three different ways - FIRST CHOICE: Chapter synopses, below (they won't help much). SECOND CHOICE: Watch the comic book video trailer (it doesn't actually explain the plot at all, but it looks cool). THIRD CHOICE: Immerse yourself in a Flash-tastic weird interactive plot thing (bottom of the page - it will probably confuse you).

CHAPTER ONE includes: A lonely waitress. A cowboy. A spaceman. A stolen rental van. Bad Guys. Fire. Lotsa laffs. Not too much in the action department. Conspicuous use of big words; run-on sentences; semicolons. Overt use of cusswords. Fuck dang bum poop!

CHAPTER TWO includes: A supermarket. Twizzlers. Paper bags. A trucker hat. A mention of nipples. The "N" word. Akira Kurasawa references. An old lady. Money.

CHAPTER THREE includes: A convenience store. Delicious snacks. More Bad Guys. Mysterious references to the past. A dog. A kid with a funny name. A comic book.

CHAPTER FOUR includes: An ambush. A parking lot. A dreamy retail worker. A Kurt Vonnegut ripoff. A very important hat. Some advertisements to defray printing costs. A very nice diagram. Drama. Personal journeys. More Bad Guys.

CHAPTER FIVE includes: Pagan rites. A pep rally. A pile of fax machines (not shown, but rather, alluded to). A mysterious main character is revealed: he's not really named Strider, he's the king! A deftly executed Iron Maiden/Indiana Jones pop culture reference. Fire. A text adventure. A very angry robot. Poop. A 1993 Ford Festiva. Accusatory manila folders.

CHAPTER SIX includes: Douche Ex Machina. The smell of Parmesan cheese. An adventure among the Puddle Gnomes (alluded to). Shrieking, screaming, fanged blobs. A completely needless Ray Bradbury reference. Stalagmites. Stalagtites. Stalag13. A little bit of cock.

Plot stuff, arranged chronologically by location. Grayed-out stuff has not been published yet. Updated May 4th, 2009