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PANEL 1: Location: The Spreading Fire KIK, the lizard-lie alien, sits at a table reading from a clear tablet, hand on his head. His bird leans over, seemingly reading along with him KIK: I guess Ahmis was right, Buddy. The Circle’s End DOES kinda sing. PANEL 2: From outside their ship, we see the ship zooming through the stars. KIK (from inside): Or at least, these Continuum books sez it’s so. They say it uses the harmonies of a naked singularity to “sing a new song to the universe.” PANEL 4: KIK stretches his arms out as he continues. KIK: And as it sings, the waltz-like rhythm of a fractional quantum hall state forms. And all the chaotic dancers of the cosmic plenum begin to swirl…TOGETHER! PANEL 5: KIK bends over, pulling his hands together. KIK: What was once a crowded dance floor, where everyone was bumpin’ into each other, becomes perfect synchronicity! A swirling ballroom of dancers perfectly aligned, and at perfect Planck-scale densities PANEL 6: KIK swirls his finger in the air. KIK: And as them dancers whirl around the ballroom, faster and faster, they become more stable, more topologically protected! Their dance is irresistible! Every onlooker is intoxicated by their energy! Their entanglement! PANEL 7: KIK brings his fingers to touch close to his face. KIK: And the internal curvature of the dance creates a collective quantum geometry! And in that moment ONLY THE DANCE MATTERS. All quantum information, all spacetime, warps to match the dancers flow! PANEL 8: KIK puts the tablet down to talk directly to his bird. KIK: Or…at least… that’s what the book says? PANEL 9: KIK slumps over with his fists on his chin. The bird looks down at him. Behind them, the door is open to a bright hallways. AHMIS stands int he door way, backlit, with a sweet smile on his face. KIK: I dunno, Buddy. MEBBE I DON’T GET IT YET. —— 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
PANEL 1: Location: The Spreading Fire KIK, the lizard-lie alien, sits at a table reading from a clear tablet, hand on his head. His bird leans over, seemingly reading along with him KIK: I guess Ahmis was right, Buddy. The Circle’s End DOES kinda sing. PANEL 2: From outside their ship, we see the ship zooming through the stars. KIK (from inside): Or at least, these Continuum books sez it’s so. They say it uses the harmonies of a naked singularity to “sing a new song to the universe.” PANEL 4: KIK stretches his arms out as he continues. KIK: And as it sings, the waltz-like rhythm of a fractional quantum hall state forms. And all the chaotic dancers of the cosmic plenum begin to swirl…TOGETHER! PANEL 5: KIK bends over, pulling his hands together. KIK: What was once a crowded dance floor, where everyone was bumpin’ into each other, becomes perfect synchronicity! A swirling ballroom of dancers perfectly aligned, and at perfect Planck-scale densities PANEL 6: KIK swirls his finger in the air. KIK: And as them dancers whirl around the ballroom, faster and faster, they become more stable, more topologically protected! Their dance is irresistible! Every onlooker is intoxicated by their energy! Their entanglement! PANEL 7: KIK brings his fingers to touch close to his face. KIK: And the internal curvature of the dance creates a collective quantum geometry! And in that moment ONLY THE DANCE MATTERS. All quantum information, all spacetime, warps to match the dancers flow! PANEL 8: KIK puts the tablet down to talk directly to his bird. KIK: Or…at least… that’s what the book says? PANEL 9: KIK slumps over with his fists on his chin. The bird looks down at him. Behind them, the door is open to a bright hallways. AHMIS stands int he door way, backlit, with a sweet smile on his face. KIK: I dunno, Buddy. MEBBE I DON’T GET IT YET. —— 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 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

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