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LOCATION TAG: The Machito, en route to Tierra
PANEL 1: The MACHITO flies through space, stars zooming behind it.
CAPTAIN (from inside the ship): Don’t forget, Skitter. When we get to THESE coordinates…
SOUND EFFECT: <deet deet deet>
CAPTAIN: …I’LL need to take over the ship.

PANEL 2: SKITTER sits in his flying chair, and responds to the CAPTAIN, who looks over his shoulder at him.
SKITTER: Oh right. THE CAPTAIN’S DICTATE. Ha! You’re gonna need to rewrite that rule when Rhinn start to pilot of the fleet!
CAPTAIN: Why?

PANEL 3: SKITTER, in his flying chair, against a white background with no panel borders.
SKITTER: Because, unlike you, Rhinn can see outside the ship!

PANEL 4: Close up on SKITTER as he continues.
SKITTER: We’ll never have precise coordinates, but using basic way-finding cues, WE’LL HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF THE ROUTE TO TIERRA.

PANEL 5: CUDDOW, ORLA, and the CAPTAIN stand in a line, realizing the gravity of what SKITTER just said.
CUDDOW: oh.
ORLA: OH.
CAPTAIN: WELL! ha ha ha…

PANEL 6: From outside of the MACHITO, from behind the ship, we see it zooming towards a bright light, stars streaking past.
CAPTAIN (from inside the ship): That’s a problem for FUTURE US. First things first: we gotta win the war…

PANEL 7: The MACHITO has zoomed in to a white light against a field of stars. From the very far right corner, a ship starts to poke through frame, following the MACHITO. The ship has a stripe down the middle of it.
CAPTAIN (from inside the MACHITO, far away from us now): …THEN we can worry about problems that are sneaking up on us.

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LOCATION TAG: The Machito, en route to Tierra
PANEL 1: The MACHITO flies through space, stars zooming behind it.
CAPTAIN (from inside the ship): Don’t forget, Skitter. When we get to THESE coordinates…
SOUND EFFECT: <deet deet deet>
CAPTAIN: …I’LL need to take over the ship.

PANEL 2: SKITTER sits in his flying chair, and responds to the CAPTAIN, who looks over his shoulder at him.
SKITTER: Oh right. THE CAPTAIN’S DICTATE. Ha! You’re gonna need to rewrite that rule when Rhinn start to pilot of the fleet!
CAPTAIN: Why?

PANEL 3: SKITTER, in his flying chair, against a white background with no panel borders.
SKITTER: Because, unlike you, Rhinn can see outside the ship!

PANEL 4: Close up on SKITTER as he continues.
SKITTER: We’ll never have precise coordinates, but using basic way-finding cues, WE’LL HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF THE ROUTE TO TIERRA.

PANEL 5: CUDDOW, ORLA, and the CAPTAIN stand in a line, realizing the gravity of what SKITTER just said.
CUDDOW: oh.
ORLA: OH.
CAPTAIN: WELL! ha ha ha…

PANEL 6: From outside of the MACHITO, from behind the ship, we see it zooming towards a bright light, stars streaking past.
CAPTAIN (from inside the ship): That’s a problem for FUTURE US. First things first: we gotta win the war…

PANEL 7: The MACHITO has zoomed in to a white light against a field of stars. From the very far right corner, a ship starts to poke through frame, following the MACHITO. The ship has a stripe down the middle of it.
CAPTAIN (from inside the MACHITO, far away from us now): …THEN we can worry about problems that are sneaking up on us.

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Want to read the full story? Join us at Patreon.com/drive for the *FULL* Tales of the Drive archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! DRIVE copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller
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We always advise having “many legs under your table.” In other words, comic creators should have many sources of revenue. If one is threatened, the others can keep the business aloft. So it’s important, from time to time, to check for wobbly legs! What are the sources of comics income that are currently vulnerable? ALSO: What’s the difference between Design and Style?




This week’s ComicLab Podcast is live!

Pals! Every week my cartooning pal Brad Guigar and I fire up the mics to talk about comics. It’s half shop talk, half how-to, and half friendship. That’s right: WE SQUEEZED IN THREE HALVES. It’s tips and tricks and all the joys of cartooning as a pro!

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