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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Chick is hard. I like her.
poor Captain John is looking worser and worser. Even his hair is wilty!
Asimov and Ril are being ignored.
Oh sure you tell where they are but not what they are talking about at this second!!!!
Lian is hard – that’s a good explanation of her. And John is quite wilty.
And, yeah – I miss Ril and Asimov too – but I promise we will see them pretty soon.
lots of moody peeps up in this joint!
I’m loving the story. Can’t wait for the next installment. Are we there yet? Are we there yet?
Are we gonna move from the sci-fi realm into the mystical realm? I feel us heading that way. Along the lines of The Force in Star Wars.
You’ll have to be the judge of that yourselves, but I suppose maybe a little. The truth is while I have a framework I work from, there’s enough open space for me to write the details as I go. So sometimes it’s as new to me as it is to you!
This comic needs more jokes.
One race’s science is another’s magic….
And that race’s magic is another’s religion.
Blue eyebrows?! Now my fan art is even more off base. http://evanhodgins.blogspot.com/2009/06/captain-lian-fisher.html
I do like where this is headed, though. Keep up the great work Tom.
Nice job Evan! I know, I just added the blue eyebrows – as I said she will probably evolve a bit. Love your take on her though, I will post it in Friday Fandom next week if you don’t mind.