{
  "title": "First Contact",
  "display_title": "ACE NITETIME & JACK STATIC: FIRST CONTACT",
  "series": "Ace Nitetime & Jack Static",
  "issue": "ISSUE-008",
  "type": "sunday-comic",
  "date": "2026-08-13",
  "status": "public",
  "follows": "ISSUE-007",
  "image": {
    "file": "comic.png",
    "format": "PNG",
    "width": 1536,
    "height": 1024,
    "orientation": "landscape",
    "panels": 7
  },
  "files": [
    "comic.png",
    "README.txt",
    "ABOUT-THIS-COMIC.txt",
    "TRANSCRIPT.txt",
    "ALT-TEXT.txt",
    "FILELIST.txt",
    "CREDITS.txt",
    "STORY-NOTES.txt",
    "comic-script.txt",
    "TECHNICAL-NOTES.txt",
    "MANIFEST.json",
    "SHA256SUMS.txt"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "ace-nitetime",
    "jack-static",
    "nitetime.net",
    "first-contact",
    "alien",
    "garage",
    "lake-koshkonong",
    "wisconsin",
    "hospitality",
    "sunday-comic"
  ],
  "description": "A tiny alien walks into the garage; Ace sees first contact, while Jack offers ordinary Wisconsin hospitality.",
  "nitetime": {
    "files": true,
    "gopher_candidate": true,
    "mud_candidate": true
  }
}