Bugs, may they be organic, mechanic, electronic, or a mix of them all, in a world of input from cyberpunk or biopunk, stand at the core of this subgenre. It has the potential to be horrific and awesome on a new level. Perhaps the bugs come from out...
Hey everyone 🙂 Your favourite Nab here. It's March and I bring you another exciting sub-punk article. But before I start waxing eloquence on our newest sub-genre, there's something I'd like to share with you.
This month marks my three-year anniversary association with the mothership we all know as Ooorah. Or rather, 'Ooooorah' with a lot of "O"s for more punky emphasis.
I'd just like to thank you all for being a part of this journey together in the voids of punk ❤️
Moving on to our sub-genre of this month. I bet you'd be surprised just as I was when I first heard of it. I welcome you to BugPunk.
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As the name suggests, Bugpunk is all about using the key principles of science along with bugs at the heart of technology. In this sub-genre, wasps sniff out bombs and track down intruders with bacteria and viruses packed into every bullet and bomb. People eat bugs, fight with bugs and they even wear bugs. Bugs rule the fashion world with stingers in place of belts, antenna as hair bands, bacteria as socks and coverings. The possibilities are endless. Have a look:
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Just imagine a world powered by insects, specifically bugs and we might have our next scifi revolution. Add to that bag, a couple of writers and BAM! Bugs, science and writers—the trio make a great combination. Bugpunk can be quite brutal as a sub-punk, in the sense there can be blood and mass annihilations with the help of bugs. God, I can't even imagine writing about bugs and here I am loving the challenge.
I was surprised learn there's a bugpunk anime in Japanese called Terra Formars. It is written by Yū Sasuga and illustrated by Kenichi Tachibana. Since 2011, it has been serialized in Shueisha's magazine Weekly Young Jump with an English translation in 2014.
The anime's about an effort to colonize Mars where 21st century scientists are entrusted with terraforming the planet using a modified algae to absorb sunlight, purify the atmosphere and corpses of cockroaches to spread the algae across the planet as they feed.
The first crewed ship to Mars lands five hundred years later and its six crew members are attacked by giant mutated humanoid cockroaches with incredible physical strength, later labeled "Terraformars"; the crew is wiped out after sending a warning back to Earth.
