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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. ——— 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
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. ——— 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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Posted on December 25, 2025 by Beth Reidmiller

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🚨NEW EPISODE!🚨 We redesign Skeletor!

Posted on September 27, 2025 by Dave Kellett

ha ha ha GANG, have you ever wanted to know what I look like, WHILE ALSO laughing on the couch for 20 minutes?!? Well do I have the perfect drawing show for you! 

On the new episode of “The Wrong Way” —our drawing-n-friendship show— we redesign **SKELETOR** to hilarious results! I ended up drawing him as an emo midwestern teen. 

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Posted on August 21, 2025 by Beth Reidmiller

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Posted on July 24, 2025 by Dave Kellett

Drive Pals! I’ll be at SDCC all five days, signing and sketching at Booth 1228! I’m happily putting free sketches in all Drive books — and we’ll have ACTS 1-4 in hardcover *and* softcover! The second printing of the ACT 1 softcover is here! Hope to see you there!

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