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This post will analyze a comic from Giantess Fan entitled “Macrostania.” The first issue released on June 28, 2012 while the third and latest issue released on December 14, 2014. Bit of a spoiler, but I will go ahead now and note that the last page said “To be continued.” There has been no sign of a fourth issue in the over 11 years since then. One might worry that it will never get a conclusion 
Author Jordan Macrophile wrote all three issues. Macrostania was Jordan Macrophile’s first series for Interweb Comics, parent company of Giantess Fan. Jordan went on to write “Bobby and Clair,” “Cedar Valley,” “Darlsborough University,” “Honey Trap,” “Size Swingers,” “Spoils of War,” and “Sub-Human Resources.” A few of those other comics came out after the third issue of Macrostania so it appears either Jordan became bored with the storyline or Interweb did not want to continue it. Either way this work suffers due to that lack of a conclusion.
Artist Kent Hurlburt did the artwork for the premiere. Of note, this is the only comic at Giantess Fan which credits Kent Hurlburt as the artist. Joseph Caesar S.D. did the artwork for the second and third issue. Apparently, Joseph Caesar S.D. works for Studio GFX so it is difficult to parse out all of the Studio GFX credits which belong to him. Searching for the artist’s name at Giantess Fan on August 13th only returned “Power Patrol: Sub-Atomic Soldiers” and did not return Macrostania #2 and #3 even though Joseph Caesar’s signature or name is on the covers and title pages.
The plot was simple. A western military coalition, backed by a United Nations (U.N.) Security Council resolution, was conducting air strikes and a trade blockade against the fictitious eastern European nation Macrostania. In retaliation a military researcher called Captain Eva Zofia created a device to turn women into giantesses! Of note, the device did not work on men. Macrostania’s dictator, a potbellied General Viktor Belanov a.k.a. the Great Leader, used the giantesses to attack Canada, China, Egypt, Great Britain, Italy, the U.N., and the United States of America.
The first issue was a complete story, but was of mixed quality. “The End?” printed on the bottom of the last panel presumably indicated that this was meant to be a one-shot unless favorably received. However, there was no real conflict. In the initial installment Zofia grew several women who subsequently attacked various nations across the globe. There was no response to the macro-feminine assaults. Someone might claim that the conflict was the western coalition’s efforts against Macrostania and the conflict’s resolution was the giantess counter-attack, but if so then it was underwhelming.
Regarding the claim of mixed quality let me begin with the artwork. The silhouettes of the giant women looked sexy, but on the cover, see above, one woman had spiky elbows and knees while throughout the initial issue character fingers often lacked joints and bent unnaturally.
The narrative had a few quirks. For one thing Zofia stated that she arranged for an “offensive on the west,” but then the comic showed giantesses attacking China and Egypt along with western European nations such as Italy and the United Kingdom. Many will argue what exactly is the Western world or the West, read this lengthy Wikipedia article for more details, but China and Egypt are not included. In fact, China is the standard for what is East, the Orient in contrast to the Occident. Probably the easiest solution would be to retcon Zofia’s statement to be that she attacked the entire world. Similarly, Macrostanians repeatedly called their opponents infidels which is an insult used by Islamic extremists as opposed to something used by vaguely defined eastern Europeans. Calling their opponents capitalists or imperialist pigs would have been more appropriate for the communist-coded Russian-speaking Macrostanians who sometimes wore Bavarian lederhosen.
Quality of the artwork and the lettering improved in the second issue. The action shifted and laid the groundwork for a resistance force to challenge Macrostania’s control of Great Britain, but this plot point was only beginning when the third issue concluded.
The idea of a small country gaining oversized power due to a growth MacGuffin has potential, as many premises do. Readers could be forgiven for believing that Jordan Macrophile’s Macrostania is merely a reskin of Lorekeep’s PMD (first published by Botcomics in 2010, two years before Macrostania) substituting the make-believe eastern European nation Macrostania for the real-world Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, a.k.a. North Korea. In PMD, female and male giants attacked the United States and the Republic of Korea, a.k.a. South Korea. In Macrostania, only female giantesses attack numerous nations. Additionally, PMD used a gel while Macrostania used a mechanical implant to grow people. So, there were some differences, but also substantial similarities. Regardless, both companies should be allowed to explore the premise.
It was puzzling why Macrostania’s giantesses did not overthrow their dictator. The description for issue #3 stated that “… the population starved …” while the General lived in “exorbitant luxury.” In the first issue the General insulted his first wife for having sagging breasts and ordered her to fetch one of his younger wives. He did not care to use his sixth wife’s actual name, but instead called her “six,” “sugartits,” and a “whore.” Eva Zofia was humiliated in the first issue when the middle-aged focused more on her butt than her invention. Additionally, in the third issue we learn that “official records” claim that Zofia only played a “small role” in the development of growth technology. So, there were reasons for the architects of Macrostania’s success to take out their oppressor. Maybe the inaction was a statement on the part of the author concerning how many women demonstrate a nigh-unlimited capacity to absorb mistreatment. Which may be true if depressing. Or perhaps it merely testifies to the effectiveness of regime propaganda. In Macrostania #2, General Viktor Belanov regaled several giantess recruits with tales of his various, presumably exaggerated if not wholly imaginary, accomplishments. Not for nothing, but a Botcomic’s giantess overthrew her own dictator in the follow-up series to PMD entitled “PMD: War” written by Bob Saget, not the American actor and comedian* of the same name. (SIDE NOTE: Botcomics published a third series, “PMD: World War,” earlier this year.)
Lastly, the giantesses routinely killed male Macrostanian soldiers on the slightest whims and casually tossed a female aide throw the air which, call me crazy, could create resentment.
Overall, I do not recommend Macrostania. It could be worth your attention if Interweb produces more issues, but as things stand now it is impossible to recommend an incomplete story. In the same vein I would not recommend someone watch only the first half of 2026’s film “Project Hail Mary.” Sure, there were cool scenes in the beginning of that movie, but viewers would be disappointed with an unfinished narrative.
That it is for today folks. Stayed tuned for more articles coming later this month. Until then, keep growing!
* – Initially, this read “probably not the American actor and comedian.” However, research indicated that the actor died in early January 2022. Assuming that he did not write scripts to be published many years after his passing and assuming that Botcomics does not have the ability to reanimate the dead, I feel confident that the author of PMD’s follow-up issues is a different person.
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