As the situation in Iest continues to go downhill -- barbarians invading from the north and abandoned by its own mercenary forces -- the Prime Minister is passed out drunk in a small alcove off his Situation Room. How long can Astoria keep up the pretence that he's still in command? I'm Dave Sim, co-creator of comics' only 6,000-page graphic novel, reminding you that this is also the issue where the storyline reoriented itself from the sideways pages to the vertical pages -- you literally turn the whole thing 360 degrees at one point while you're reading it!