Who has read the new graphic novel The Five Fists of Science? I've just finished reading it, and it seems like it'd be perfect for ripping MotRD ideas from. From the author's website:
I've just finished reading it, and it's a beautiful piece of historical fiction, keeping true to the personalities of both Twain and Tesla. And while it won't go into MotRD perfectly, as the horror doesn't have even a hint of gothic flavor, it seems like it should be easy to modify or just plain be a good source for some plot ideas.“The Five Fists of Science is the story of Mark Twain and Nikola Tesla teaming up to bring about world peace by compulsion-- and how that peace will interfere with the plans of an evil science cabal led by Thomas Edison,” says writer Matt (LAST OF THE INDEPENDENTS) Fraction. “An all-out war between magic and science is fought on the streets of New York City in 1899, and it is an absolutely true story, up to a point.”
Just looking to get people's opinions, if they've read it. I mostly thought of this as, with Tesla vs Edison, it reminded me of a really old MotRD idea from the RAVENLOFT-L mailing list centered around Edison's vicious public relations attacks on Tesla's Alternating Current (AC) electricity, even though Edison's Direct Current (DC) was and is far more dangerous. Edison, in the real world, had worked to get the first electric chair rigged up with AC to prove how dangerous it was; the first victim of the electric chair came back as a ghost to wreak revenge on Edison using him as a pawn in his machinations against Tesla.
Just thought Five Fists of Science might be something interesting for people to check out that is likely under the radar for most people.
