John has some interesting logic.
Previously on Marooned…
While attempting to send a message to Earth, John fell ill. He returned to the Martian sanctuary Vita to administer antibiotics, which made him worse. Ugo has now brought him to the Volotrum (also called The Dark Ones), his only remaining chance to be healed, where he has been speaking to “She-Who-Hears” about his predicament.
Meanwhile, Asimov and Ril got trapped in a sandstorm and had taken sanctuary inside Captain John’s ship. They have returned safely and are now awaiting the return of John.
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Can Asimov drill?
I don’t know. Maybe?
Puzzles… tch tch tch… treacherous. If only she knew!
“The corners of the puzzle were pointy and stuff!”
Heh, yeah until you’ve walked a mile in a man’s shoes, right?!
it always comes down to those darned rubik cubes.
duck dodgers – rubix cubed.
(can you point out the tribute?)
All I know is Duck Dodgers rules
Nice! Dramatic with a funny coda…not easy, brutha! (I am TOTALLY into the chick with the blue hair in a very inappropriate way. Thanks.
LOL Tom, glad you like her – and thanks. I’m struggling with drawing her at the moment, but it will get better as we go.
Hey! I’m sure the Federation is much smarter than John.
“I’m lucky to be alive to be this near death!” I never knew John was so optimistic.
He has a very interesting perspective on things.
She seems to be taking the piss out of him, although she could truly be in awe of him surviving the puzzle. I can’t really tell yet…
I love how this comic features that get hurt or suffer like normal people. I find myself getting sentimental and caring about what happens to them.
Thank you Tod! That’s about the highest compliment you could offer in my view. Although this is as much a humor comic as a story one, I take the story part seriously.
*I* care about the characters, and so I hope my readers do too. Thanks again – and thanks for reading!
I-I can’t tell if she’s being sarcastic or not…
Yeah, her expression does not read well enough. It’s partly due to the newness of drawing her. I relied too much on the text, but yes, she is supposed to be being sarcastic.
I’ll have to redraw/repose her someday in that panel.
perhaps a *gasp* would help with the sarcasm. Then again, I’m a rather sarcastic person so deadpan and hyperbole come across as sarcasm to me even when they probably shouldn’t.
In other news–woah! Lots of stuff has happened since I foolishly allowed real life to take me away from my feeds. Loving the Dark Ones, but I keep picturing them bobbing around in a very undignified manner each time they use that front leg in their gait. I almost have myself convinced that they use the tail to balance out the movement, though
Belated congrats on 100 strips, yo!
Welcome back Stormy!
Thanks, and yeah, I wonder what they might look like walking. It would for sure be interesting, but the tail is definitely in integral part of it.
my comment is not directly about today’s strip. I just wanted to tell you that I admire your work and consider it great. I’m happy (and a little bit envious, let’s be honest) to see that success is getting closer and closer for you.
Keep going with your great strip! I hope to see the next 100 and beyond!
Thanks Nef! That’s awfully kind of you and I really appreciate it. You know how artists are, I feel it’s far from great, but the goal is to continually improve. Hope you stick around for the next 100!
(And good luck to you on your own strip too!)