161 – Back to the Beats
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161 – Back to the Beats

By Major Tom on December 7th, 2009

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This one was tough but fun. Thanks to Steve for helping me out with some figure issues and special effects stuff.

Previously on Marooned…

While attempting to send a message to Earth, John fell ill. Ugo brought him to the Volotrum (also called The Dark Ones), his only remaining chance to be healed. The Listener, an apprentice of the Dark Ones – a human woman named Lian Fisher who crashed on Mars years ago – agreed to heal John. In doing so, she has fallen into some kind of coma. Meanwhile, the dangerous Krosa have attacked, and John, Ugo and Asimov are trying to help the Dark Ones repel them.

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The current storyline starts right here, or you can read from the beginning. Be sure to check out the about page, which explains the story and the main characters.


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Discussion (13) ¬

  1. Chris
    Chris
    December 7, 2009 at 3:18 am |

    I feel like she’s gonna bust out some dance moves pretty soon, all this talk about following the beat and what not. Please please please don’t let her start doing the moon/mars walk. John maybe but definitely not Lian.

    I do love the effects in the last panel, that would make a great iPhone background!

  2. Major Tom
    Major Tom
    December 7, 2009 at 8:14 am |

    No dancing! :) I will definitely make that into an iPhone bg.

  3. Nixon
    Nixon
    December 7, 2009 at 9:14 am |

    yay she stepped into the light:)…
    the last panel definetly is a cool background or cover for something..it has this superhero feel to it ..very powerful pose!…i bet she’ll be kicking some aliens behinds soon…
    the tension is building up very well there!…too bad its only monday yet :D

  4. Og
    Og
    December 7, 2009 at 9:52 am |

    Just fantastic.

    “You’ve just taken your first step into a larger world.”

    :)

  5. Major Tom
    Major Tom
    December 7, 2009 at 9:54 am |

    Thanks guys! Glad you like it. One of my faves so far.

  6. Tony
    Tony
    December 7, 2009 at 4:09 pm |

    Wow, great looking update! Bravo!

  7. Major Tom
    Major Tom
    December 7, 2009 at 4:11 pm |

    Thanks Tony :)

  8. dgriff13
    dgriff13
    December 7, 2009 at 4:50 pm |

    phenomenal job on the last panel, wow!

  9. Chris
    Chris
    December 7, 2009 at 6:30 pm |

    Neat trick on Asimov’s screen showing the number of comments on a post. Nice creative use of the space there!

  10. Thomas
    Thomas
    December 7, 2009 at 7:54 pm |

    Wow Tom! Really good job on the lighting. It must be hard to do that.

  11. Major Tom
    Major Tom
    December 7, 2009 at 11:16 pm |

    Thanks Chris – wanted to do something different there.

    Thanks Thomas! It’s not too hard. Ask your Dad ;)

  12. noone
    noone
    December 8, 2009 at 2:34 pm |

    looks like she is changing into a hero.

  13. Major Tom
    Major Tom
    December 22, 2009 at 12:16 pm |

    @Dawn – thanks, and I don’t know why your comments got hung up in spam – they should be approved now!