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The comic is a text-only book tour announcement (no illustration), titled "BOOK TOUR! (MOSTLY IN CALIFORNIA)." An intro reads: "Hey everyone, I'll be giving talks in a few places soon. Please come say hi! I'll give a few copies of A City on Mars on hand, but if you want to guarantee a signed copy, please buy one in advance and bring it to the talk." Below is a list of tour dates and venues, mostly California universities: UC San Diego (Feb 22, 4-5 PM, Natural Science Building Auditorium); CSU Long Beach (Feb 26, 11 AM-12:15 PM, LA4-120); Astronomy on Tap Pasadena (Feb 26, 7:30 PM, Dog Haus Biergarten, books for sale on site); Saddleback CC Irvine (Feb 27, 6 PM, Health Sciences Bldg, Reagan Board Room); CSU Los Angeles (Feb 28, 3:30-4:30 PM, University-Student Union Building Room 144); UC Irvine (Feb 29, 3:30 PM, ISEB 101); CSU Fullerton (March 1, noon-1 PM, MH632); CulpeperCon (March 22); and UT Austin (April 5, RLP Room 1.302). Most events are noted as open to the public. The votey (after-comic) is a hand-drawn black border framing the text: "If you miss the Astronomy on Tap talk, feel free to email your questions about space cannibalism." The joke is the deadpan offer to field follow-up questions specifically about space cannibalism, a nod to the book's grim survival themes.