Wednesday, 27 September 2023 — Sketch

Work-in-progress sketch of the first page.

This comic is currently still in development. Right now I’m mostly focused on writing, getting the website working, and actually drawing the initial backlog of strips.

The plan is to update seven days a week in full color. Six of those days would be 2–4 panel strips, and Sunday strips would be twice as large.

With luck, you can expect actual strips starting sometime in the next few months.

For now, enjoy this test page.

Transcript

Ext. Long-period comet, somewhere in interplanetary space. Also present in matched orbits are EMILY, WYATT, and a small rock hopper spacecraft.

Side-by side shot of EMILY and WYATT floating side-by-side in EVA gear, facing the camera. WYATT is holding a thermal camera. Both have their helmet lanterns on.

1. NARRATION: Interplanetary space, Sol System.
2. WYATT: Well, I think this counts as legal salvage.
3. EMILY: Only if nobody’s home, Wyatt.
4. WYATT: Do you think somebody’s aboard?

View of Halogen Dawn’s fore airlock, with the manual release visible. WYATT and EMILY float in front of it, backs to the camera.

1. WYATT: Thermals say the object’s pretty cold.
2. EMILY: I hope whoever parked this ship here vented the atmosphere before it froze.

Wide shot of the comet, both characters, and the rock hopper. Halogen Dawn is visible on the surface of the comet, lit by EMILY and WYATT’s helmet lamps.

1. WYATT: Only one way to find out. That looks like the airlock.
2. EMILY: Shall we?
3. WYATT: Absolutely.