Lucky Manekis are magical creatures that inhabit the legendary world of Luckeania. In that mystical domain, out of the energies of good fortune and prosperity, the first 40 Lucky Manekis were born. Also known as the Epic Manekis, they are truly a rare sighting. Over the centuries, Epic Manekis have developed as species and grew its population to 14,159.

The descendants share the combined energies and lucky traits of the Epic Manekis but sometimes the lucky traits were inherited with fortuitous mutations that made them rarer than others. Recently, Manekis have discovered the NFT technology and asked our team to wrap them into NFTs and bring their powerful luck and good fortune to enterprising collectors.

During this week Tech entrepreneur and Crypto enthusiast John McAfee was found dead in his jail cell.  The cause of death was apparently a suicide… 

McAfee The Variant

Issue #41 was released on Sunday 27th June 2021, week 25 of the year. The cover was named “McAfee the Variant”, designed by Dudly himself.
During this week Tech entrepreneur and Crypto enthusiast John McAfee was found dead in his jail cell.  The cause of death was apparently a suicide… Interestingly enough, he’d tweeted the following only two years earlier: “If I suicide myself, I didn’t. I was whackd”. He even went so far as getting a tattoo on his right arm “$WHACKD”. 

John was the 75 year old founder of McAfee Associates, which sold the first antivirus software on the market. His life was full of controversy. From being a murder suspect in Belize, paying prostitutes to shit in his mouth, to running for the Office of The President of the United States of America as a libertarian candidate. He believed in the power of Bitcoin to the point that he promised to eat his own dick, if BTC didn’t reach at least $1M by the end of 2020.

Rarible announced a competition of series A funding, raising $14M to expand its ETH-native NFT service platform and launching an additional marketplace on the FLOW blockchain. Beeple and Pitchfork’s founder, Ryan Schreiber, announced a new project WENEW – iconic moments platform on ETH blockchain, selling top NFT moments of sports, music, comedy, politics, and history. 

As with all things Beeple, the projected forecast looked to be fucking awesome! More news of Flashbots, ETH exploited contracts, and a $3.6 billion heist from South Africa is in the full Gazette.  
News of John’s passing hit us hard and we immediately chose to dedicate the full cover to him. The artwork bears resemblance to the Loki television series, definitely a good watch if you haven’t yet. 

We carry on John’s legacy in an alternative story, where he is not dead! Instead, he is traveling through time to fight a greater threat somewhere else! 
RIP John Mcaffe you crazy gringo! 

The ArtDrop for issue #41 was “Lucky Maneki” by the artist Lucky Maneki.

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