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1 st Printing // Early Adopter Edition ©2024 Sean Clauretie All Rights Reserved. Monkey Crusher and all prominently featured characters are property of Sean Clauretie. All names, characters, and events featured in this publication are entirely fictitious and any resemblance to actual persons (living or dead) is purely coincidental. of 100

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CHAPTER 1 ICE COLD BOOT Story and Art by Sean Clauretie CHAPTER 2 THE FIRST LAW OF COMPUTING Story and Art by Sean Clauretie

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h s a WE?

I ËÉڕn’t s Œ s ¾ n ¹€Ú• m†¶ÛŽ•sÜ

h r d t r

w °ž p‡Â” h p €Ò•t f ¶ ¦²

i žŸk¢ ž‰£e i ¥¦s l†ˆ”§• ¨ ”©ªy a“ˆ «‘ t¬ ŒŽ® m†° ±²

w ’l Ó¦‘ g Å ÕnÁž a ž¦ s t× g× Éز

b ˆ ´• ¢ˆ€§µ d ¶’t ŒŸ¸ †¹ h ¦•s ˆº¦‘ c†¼€§ a½ ¾Ÿ d¢ a u  s ¿¾¦ ÀÁž‰a š i½Â”õl‡ˆ€ŸŠs ˆº¦‘ s‡Ä s ” •r r ű²

i“ º¦‘p‡š h Ä a½š ±ÇeÈÁɧ‘ aˆ ‚i ¶, Ë ‚‘ w ’r ɧµ Í ÉΑ a½Ï Žªe r o w , a .ÐÑ

y t s a €‚ƒ l† h‡ˆ ‰Š f ŒŽ‘o“ ” • t –—˜.

h š›

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kîҔ, I ±”«’t ð‡ˆ t½¢ lî « k ¢ñ g ¿ ˆ t ò‡®¦e Œ

i’m  v g‚

I ‡µæ î ˆ t 긶rî s ᇈ¤f ² l šóˆo Œ

a y ’r n e o t ?

I ‡µæ y ®¤ a ¥¿ôµ– a ɇ¸æe wÜ ²ˆõe‚

a¬ ®–h ° hÆÉʈ ¤f ²µ– t a ¢ j t c i a .

o ˜t ²µ¶e’s n Ãä˜rÆ µ ‹å”®– t½¢ Ó¤b LjæiÍ ’t a¥† ˆ æeÔ › ç t½¢ è¤r‹Ò‡ ' s‹ êëìi¥¢ ³ p º i ÇÈ

‘Ca †‡ˆ‰’d l e ‹ v ˆo Œ

I’d ª‡« a¬ ®–h ° m ±²ˆ³u ²µ¶ w ²¸¹e ˆ t šºµ».

a¬ ®–h ° Ì Í Î’t k Ј ÑhÆ ®¦e f Ò Ó sÔÕ Ö f ǵ c қµ t¥Ø Ù¤oÚ lÜ݇ˆ ¤r ¿Êˆ Ñe ±”«– e¡¢ÎˆÞe‹ s EMP b á⏖i †ãÖ .

AND “ ”•– j † ˆ˜s s‹š›œžnŸ ”– e¡¢›£¤n e¥†‡ˆ ¦e ¢§¨

FiNE!

I’ l p t d

t½š ’s t½¢ s¾¿›.

g ùe ‘eÄ bÆ n °ÇÈ

EVERY! BODY! UP!

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t s iS !

l ’s g !

w ’r g n f l s e !

n s p n !

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w j t h Si a !

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w t k d f s n ?

d

I o ’t k w

o g n ? I ª«k®

We e s i

h‘’s ’“”•n— “Da š, b‘ ž Ÿt¡ „ l £¤¥¦t”.

Wh ’s s ?

j t kp d v g

We c ’t e €aƒ„

i †‡ˆ m‹Œ Ž

n ¯°±t‘²„ w¡´† aµ¶ , d ’t t .

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w t?!

TOO!

USE!

MANY!

Yo !

E!

m!

p!

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t c f a r b

w  ’t h b€‚ƒ„ p †‡

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NO!

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HOLY!

o r ?

w a p p ?!

u .

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s s . e .

yˆ‰„ dˆ ’t w ‹ Œo c’“” i•– o —˜

THAT’s a n i a .

w €‚’t „ n †

c’m BRo!

i™–‹š›t’s gˆ ‚ž b –¡ r £›r — ¤¥g, t’‚ ¨e © Œa k« ¬ ¨h —„¤Œ w €

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d ‰’t† c i® y ¯„n’t† s ƒ° ±e²

i’ “”„k– “ —e† i’’s†š ›œrŸ¡ b£ A ¦ “§œt† p  Šg† t ƒ ©ªh†« Ž

n

o c n

u

j y

a ! t g  h  o€ s ƒ „f† a ˆ ‰Ša†‹  t ŒŽ

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y o

i t g t b u w € y ‚ l  „h c ‡ˆ‰ŠsŒ

I’v ©€Šn p“™ « b¬®¯€° o¬ ‚±r ‚ w €²

n r .

s œžŸ ‘b  y ‚£¤t t ™‚ ¤n d ¥

m ‡‘ d“ €” w•– —e   t ™‚š y›

n ¥‚š³a w ‡‘ o¬ r c n f ‡¶

i’s ·¸« p «Šd a ž¤.

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HEADS u !

WAIT!

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l€‚ƒ„ , ‡ˆ‰ Še cŽ ‘’“e c e s f ”•–—˜e s ™ — e r l š•ƒ›œ hŽ ƒž

Th ’s n g h u t -

o

-SUGAR!

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o Ow o

NO : ALLo e

Ye : o Ye : Th Ye : R Ye : Shƒ„ Ye : †‡ˆ‰Še ‹ ŒŽ‘’ : “ ” Ye : •‡–—s™‹ Ye : š ›‰

Ye : Ha Ÿ¡ Ye : ¢ £¤ Ye : Vi§ Ž

e ¨’ •‡©ªtƒ¬® c°¬±²³e ´ VERY ¶·¸¹ p¶ »”—m ´ ½¾i »¿À VERY LOW

KILL KILL

Damn.

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BACK OFF!

Do ’t b Ő oÈÉÊ

Sh ’s p ËÀ̀, aŠ™šŸ–u hºªÎe oÏ¢ÐÑÒn ™Ê

sԜšÂ»s t нÕe “¡ e›œ ‡Öa ×Ø

So ª c š²– t s .³—š

o .³—

aŠ™š e›œžŸ‚s’œ¡ I ¢ £ ¤¥¦ § m ©e’¢ª ‚ aŠ«Œ ‚oŠ y “ž k ™ Ž.

We’r  p d ,   I €‚b i † ‡ˆoŠ‹Œ Ž s’“”•–rŠ—

m´ ¡µ¶tŠœž aŠ™š¸‚hºª» r¼”½¾ ¿À ‚ b ÀÁ‚g ¥ Ă b Ő»t ÀÆ ‚ cÇ¡ ‚

No w n Al p d

HOW ښ‡Îe d À ‚ i¤ Û ˆn¤ y “Ü

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We š›œžt•Ÿ gŒ¡¢ £w ¤ y¦ §¨m ’ b ª« ¬i¯ u±²

y¦ œ l´’ u±’µ¶£t’s g –·žo‡’¹‰ž t•Ÿ º s¯’»¼ž t•Ÿ ½¨r´¿

a‡¿ ½ ’l´’ t ÀoŒ’ w•¤ Ážd ¿–’t g ÃÄo¯²

bŒ ‰¨t – fÆ –œžoǒ ¶ rÈ»œÉ. Co Ê

COOL!

Ye  Ve c €

I k s w t h .

a‡ ˆ‰ a’s bŒŽ ‘. h ’“ ’t p• – g h ˆ˜

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c ‚ º»u‰ p€ª· ² ½¾· t · h€‚ƒ o  € m€ª ¿

No

w

UnÁ  Ãl t · ÃrŎ iŸ ¯ Æi ¬Ç ˆ l ¿ˆo— m ¬Š iÈ s • „‹i ¬

b  ˆ p€ª· ² c ‚’t tš¾ËˆiÌÍ

No o t -

-›’„² m ´ µtŸ

t¶ ·ˆ h §·¸

No!

nš› œ”iŸ d‰ŽŠ ˆ p‰Ž¢£l¥ a § ‹y h ª «o ¬ d ®¯° d s • „‹i ¬±

- s€‚ƒ„ p ‡ ˆ g‰ Š‹e s Ž‘„‹ f€‚’“” •– o—˜

I o y g o t f 

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iˆ ½ œ b ¿“À

Do´’t w µ¯¶, ¸ c ¨ ¹ºx i ¬

I ‰ÁÂÃk i ’s Å½Æ .

Juˆ‰ Š‹. w ’r  ‘ w ’“ d•

h n p y t a r c 

No Cl¤¥™

w–—˜™ aš › œ y ž

I’m ¨© œ a Y. I w C.«¬A.

w–¯“’s t– ° s

o± ˜² a 

Oh g ­ SHe’s ALSO f .

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a ¶Ôƒª, I’m¨ dŽ‹ÖÎ×-

-Á¸à I’d¨ pÇ ÈÉÊà y Ÿ —lÌ‘Í Oa e ”ÉÎ i ‘ t  Ï e Ð‰ oёÊΪ e̍Òà o Ò¡Ó

g ‡ iÈ

I’m¨³¦¹—, a ؐu¨ c —l̑ mŽ‘Ky

a t i

n y m  d n a m € h ƒ„o†‡ ˆ‰ s ‹ ŒhŽ‘ c t c t † ’“ ” gŽ‡ –—c™‘ š

z .

c ›œ€ y Ÿ ¡¢o†£¤ f ¡¢ ¦’§g¨ g ©¤–ªe¨

t ‘¦š¬r¨ pŽ©œ°‰.¨

w ² o ³ a ´ sŽ ’µ a ¶ šµ ·©¸¹ gŽ º »a ‘¼ s £½ƒ¾e¿

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YEAH.

THaNKS.

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Alª î÷ t w ¯ ¶’s“Ë‘ŒÍe©, r ø, c ƒ ôÍi¥ Ǹn“ n  Œ¤k© •¡ g ˜Á¼Äl“ i ú‘ t£š«§Žr

I“ b ’ ¹º» t º€ g ”ðÅ s t ±h—’s t e .

aþ ÿ

a£ ñ i ” c ˜ ¼¸lª  b¹ • b —t˜ g m³Ÿ§Är¹ AI“

n ò

´µ•§ p º½Å w º ¬Ío m ¯Á±h—˜ û d , ášÓñ d“ MONKEY CrUs r

c’m ˜, w ’r c Ûü sý

t ‹ c— ô¤eá A d£ºÛ a Ë w ¯ÁÄbª §¸ d ×î–õiª DZs“ o©ò DZ Âe ˜ c öÁ¼±l¹ r ԑDZt ˜ m ˜  —”îÐ

a , w o r , t  wo b €‚r ƒ t NSA*.

s ƒÁŒÍe’s“ g  ÇÍg“ w£ § n“š½Ð

t ‹ iᘒt“ m e t , BUT THEY ç˜Á› A LOT ABOUT THE MONKEY.“

SHHH, Ú w—˜Û h ‘ t €Ð

y š’r € i ” Mo ÝÁÞ Cr ž ¤ r r rm  t ¶¤o €à

*Na´ î¡Äl“ Se¥š‘DZy“ Ag ˜«Þ

t ‘ w—ž §¨i© bª «¬ m—¯° ± AI“ c—³ Mo e Ma r ´µ•§ y š c š ¶ u© §¸ m k - e Mo Ke d ¹º»¼ c ƒ½ ±i´º‘’s“AIÀ

I´  ê Û¡ d“ y ‘ë aìº, êš  eí ‘Þ¸n Ÿ¡ t AI“”•– Ä b º Å g“×îÎ .

s .

iŠ ‹ŒŽ ‘ i t AI“”•– —˜  y š › r l žŸ¡¢ —˜ AI“ a£ƒ€¤a¥ ¦

t Û, ´µÁ¼ ’s“Ç “ o´µÁ¼ p£ºð¼Äm“ c—³ Nuˆ‰e Cr‹Œh ‘ ´µ•§ Wa© u© ‚o£ r ’rn” g s´šÓñ¸r AI©ò Th NSA 꺋ë f šÛ¶ f˜ð ¤p£ Û§ Š¯î– b Ð

a , ¹º» r ƒÁ–Âe£ Ät“ l Å ¥ ÆÇÈ ‘ t Ru©žŸ h—Ë j ž ÂeŠº‘ t i Á¼Íe´ »Î a Ë d Ð

Weª³, ©º ¸n i Ru©žŸ u©  ° ¤ —˜  n ƒÓ ¤ c s r t «Å¸n •¡ ´ÔÁ Õ o ¯ –Öl•¼ AI© w i© €§¤o ž r ž»Å±sÀ m k

t š€

b ו– m k c s r

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AI² ³˜¸’t ľŠƱ o ¯ÂÇ ° ÈÉÊt Š› Yo” ±• d ‰Ì•Íi„µ h„Š Ύr Caе ¤ g e Ar y ¹ o ¤t ȘÑe ¢ b”¹³ ¤o¨ ³ÀÒp”¿- e ‰ ¬¸t ¯ Ôu ‘ ¬Õn i Ö Â u ¢ˆ ¸e‡—© Ñ.

So ¯‹Ž °±‹ r² t¡¢ Žr ³˜™a´µ o¨ ¶·¸n ¹§ AI’s, t ¹ o ± ¤u¼ h ‰ ¬¸g ¾ i¼µ AI’S „¿ À¸c , o¨¿ ¤s¡¢¶¬¸g r ‰©·Ãc ‰›

Anž n w¡¢ £¤Ho’d i‡ §• ¨Š©ª¤ r”‰«¬Ž ‡ h Š £

BACK UP!

n — ØÕu’v §À „ m„µÚÛ¸a ¿ AI ¿’˜ °¢± m ÚÜÇ „¹ Íl ¹ o‡Þ ¤AIS Ʊ€nß ©Â¤ MiÐá ˜Ãy Se Neã¿ ‹Õ ¾ ¤ s‡Š¯‹ g AI² Žt y Æ’r ä• d ¹§ a s°±˜Ãi ‰ ‹Õ.

Anž Õs å˜Ã pТ±Å¤i ‘ˆ·æe c ç ¤w„Šä˜Ãe ¢± ¤ b„‘è æo Š« i‡Þ s‡¢ •¤s¼ ±ÅÕr h„‘謸g ¿©Àés ¿’˜ w Š Žl ¯ Ç p ᱋ d ¢ Õt¡¶ c Ʊ‹Ãi ‰êë

So ީΤc y Æ €d ’t j”‰ ne Ru i t¡±£í

Bl € aе ‹Œe Š c ƒp e .

Or ¢ˆ¤t¡ p e † p‡ n  .

Siˆ‰!

a ‹Œe tŒŽr , Re å˜ól  rßð ¬ aÐ ©Å ¹ ¬ÃeÐð a”¿©ªŽt ˜¸d á± Ž Ð Õf c„‰ Å, p t‘’t‘“ „‰ v ¿¯¤i õ¶˜ t Ƴ‹Êr ¯Âæ eö¶Ø¤c Ʊ‹Ãy ¢¶ Žnߝ« i‡ «À¤t¡¢ €t á« ¸o‡ v”µ±•Ãa´µ Õr ¯Å€l d ‰ Õy ›

Fi t , ‡ÞÚŤ i²¹’t ï Ôa”µ , s À¸’t ð é a‡ ȕñ

Se n , b t e EVEN u t h p  m,  €d ’t h„ a‡ˆ€t ‰, Š GPS , Š ‹Œe Ab i ‡ Žu ‘’ n”‘ˆ•Žr — ˜™o ‰›

a ÜÕr ¿’•¤h µˆ Õf á , FOURTH! I¨ ïÀÊ ‡ÞÚÂÑ y Æ ˜Ãe ‰© ƒa , t¡á« t¡á±Û¤w„‰ ÛÕi Ö ˜Ão”¹ s¢ˆÕw ¹§ Êp AIS ¨ ¶ s‡Æäܤl ÷ d m †d p‡ n , ¨ © ¤s°¢¶ø€t m  , ´’˜ùi Š¯¤ a ¢ˆØ i°‰,  š a›œt hŸt Ÿg!.

So , õ ØÕu’r g ¹±˜¤ ne i , ¾’r g ¹±˜¤h„ t À¤i‡ ؤ h Ÿd!

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Za¿˜–ƒ a™¡΃h €˜ b‡¢ ›uÊ h‡ ˜ £o¸

We ˜–® b ¿À §n Ke  w ¢ ‰h‡ d¸Ž ± l‡€˜ ®d Ÿ

w‡ ܟ

oó¢à ¥ m Œ Åì

I ‚¬ƒ g ҃t t ¢ c —؝“iÊå c Ü Ñe t ¢à ì

z s s e Ha a i  v€‚ ƒs , s ƒl‡ˆ ‰o‹Œ l Ž‘’“g ˆ•–ƒ s —˜i™š› œ , s —˜i™š› ‡ž Ÿƒa™¡ s‡¢’£ ‹¢¤¥n ¡• §t t ¢©§sªœ«¬®s

We °• ±t‡¡e m e ² •³ƒa ˆ‚–´. t ¢¶ ·e¸¢ ’t «º® t ¢ ‰h‡ ¼›t½ I ¿À’“k ¿À  à Äʼn b‡ ÇȧlÉ •º®n

IÊ’s wŒ .

a™¡ߛw w‡’r‡ sʞàá§nª½

b ̬ƒa Í®nÊ t ½΃d Œ’t k™Ž ·h‡ ˜ ‰h‡ ВÑg‡ Ò¥m‡ i½’‰‘s «º® ÊÕ˜Ö’r‡ ؒ±sŒÄŸƒ BuÊ ƒm Ûe ¡•’“g °˜‰e¸ t ž ®v‡ ¶ “e ¢Ü¬®. Yo ’r‡ t ¢ “lÞ s ŒÍ®’v‡ ®n

everyone else

aÊ ä’ sÊ ƒ w‡ ˜ ¥b ¢› c Œä±e ¿À ƒ d¸Ž ± Éå c ž Ò§nª • s ž ± ŒÌ ·e u¢Ì ´y žà ¥n m €˜³®nÊçè

ŽÜ©ƒo™ ·. Ky¸ž’s Ž ¥ l ê‘ÖƒsÊ ˜Èë. We ê‚߃s Ž h‡ św w ‘¬ì

h d Å® c ´e w ‘ã

Dišð’±eñ

oôž¶Ÿƒh  d Å® d ĝ§s‡  w ‘ã

Di d ¡˜ fŒÌ s aªž«ßï

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WHAT?

EIREUS -LySAY.

i e eh €‚ o„ € †aˆ‰ *

Ap t Du d

*p¯ Уt¯

u˜ ™ eš › aˆ o œ !

eŸ € a¡ ›¢£y o ¤›¥£y i› aˆ o¦ ¥§g© ª

IÑÒÓÄ Ô³Õ » n¬Ö×±Mo Pe ُ Æ

Do’t MešÍ Î u Ï

OS Ap¬ w¯°±£l ³œ

y ´ µ ¶ · n a¹³º »g¶³¼½¾ f À eÁÂÃÄ b¬¦ ¥Æ

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TEO! BUBBY!

HOW’VE Yo Be ?!

Wh t u - Ka i s

t a r o  n

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