Synopsis

In the small, college town of Fairport Washington a group of friends collected to form a band. Or rather, while playing "the band name game" one of them came up with the name "Harmless Free Radicals" and was thus then awarded the position of lead singer. Her name is Brenna Quiloshe, and it just so happens that her voice can move the masses. Gretch Müller, sole proprietor of a powerful internet fullfillment company, was given the position of percussionist. Ian Robertson is now the harmonicasist-ist, largely because he isn't much of a musician. He is, however, a powerful graphic designer, or a designer of powerful graphics, really. Brian Musante, neighbor of Ian, was drafted to play guitar. Brian delivers bagels. And Jenifer Bakker, who Brian babysits, is the official roadie.

One day, Ian designed a poster he really liked, so he put it up all over town. It advertised a show at Hugh's Underground, in which the Harmless Free Radicals would play in their boxer shorts, next Friday.

This didn't really work out.

In fact, through a series of bizarre circumstances, including interferance from me, the cartoonist, Ian was forced to do the show all alone. He played one note. There is still some dispute as to exactly what happened after that.

I found this to be rather funny, and cackled mercilessly.

During the recovery period following "the Lazy Boxer Incident" the band members found themselves scattered to the winds. Brenna was torn between full time school and her full time job as a bartender. Gretch went to trial for trafficking contraband coffee (the city of Fairport is on a coffee ration for drinking too much of it). And while Brian and his new girlfriend, Dakota, were in Victoria B.C. training with Great Guitarist Matthew Belgium, Ian hooked up with his old high school buddies Lab Rat and Femtohacker for a rowsing game of D&D 3rd Edition.

Unbeknownst to them, Dakota's father summoned Kote of the Drum People, a powerful and nepharious backyard god. In fact, this took even me by surprise, and I'm the one chronicling these events. It took Jenifer, who reads the comic, to round the band together and prepare them to face this new threat. It was due to pure luck that they managed to avoid the wrath of Kote's Iron Will and defeat him. It was during this time that events outside of the story I was following forced me to stop producing the comic. A whole year has passed and I have since recovered. HFR is back online.

I am Fenmere, the Worm, Poet of the Dragon People and cartoonist of the Harmless Free Radicals. I live in Fairport, and I bring you this comic in order that you may know the story of what may possibly be the most revolutionary group of "musicians" to touch the course of history. People are just beginning to learn who they are, but due to the antics of my People the fate of humanity rests in their hands. Well, as much as it does anybody else, actually, but it makes for better drama the way I put it, no?

Will our favorite Fairportians fall pray to the antics of Time, Consequences and a War for control of a Hole in the Sky? Or will they finally play some music? Read on, and quake with anticipation.