Savage News: Broken Earth Breaking Soon

Broken Earth, a postapocalyptic setting for Savage Worlds, will begin crowdfunding via Kickstarter in the near (hopefully not apocalyptic) future. You can sign up to be notified when it launches here. I'm interested in this one.

Worst Character Names of Mongo 4

I probably should have started the "Worst Character Names of Mongo" series of articles with the following offenders, but little did I know at the time that these were but harbingers of far worse nomenclatures to come (and in greater numbers). And so I bring you—from a single day in 1944—the following blinding burst of inspiration in the post-Alex Raymond Sunday strips of Flash Gordon:

• Lura
• Ardo

"The rescued girl quickly regains consciousness. 'You saved my life, handsome stranger. Lura will reward you!'" (3 September 1944)

"'Set a course 120° polar, to the palace in which my brother Ardo and I rule this land,' Lura says. Then, with unexpected speed, 'I'll borrow these guns... No tricks!'" (3 September 1944)