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PANEL 1: The MACHITO and FOOL’S BANE fly above the Earth, the explosion of the impact of the two giant ships are ahead of them. unknown, from inside the MACHITO: Good God. another unknown, from inside the MACHITO: It just keeps EXPLODING ORLA, from inside the MACHITO: Captain, Orbital Command is hailing us. PANEL 2: Close up on THE CAPTAIN as she listens. CAPTAIN: Go ahead, Command. COMMAND: MACHITO, this is Lieutenant Taylor. The Unidentified fleet has moved out of cannon range. BUT WE’RE STILL TRACKING AN UNKNOWN RING SHIP FLYING LOCKSTEP WITH YOU. PANEL 3: The CAPTAIN responds aggressively. COMMAND: You are both ordered to shut down systems and prepare to be boarded. CAPTAIN: Negative, Lieutenant. This is Capitán de Navio Taneel, and no one’s getting boarded, today. PANEL 4: From above earth, an Imperial Fleet arrives over the horizon. COMMAND: Let’s not pull rank there, Taneel. This is Admiral Mbeki of the ISPS Galerna. 15 minutes out. And you damn well WILL be taking that order. PANEL 5: The CAPTAIN puts her hands up reflexively as ORLA cuts in. CAPTAIN: Roger that, Admiral. Apologies for— ORLA: PARDON ME, ADMIAL. This is Orla O’Malley of his majesty’s Jinyiwei… PANEL 6: Close up on ORLA, gesturing with her hands. ORLA: …and I’m afraid your order has been countermanded by higher authority. COMMAND: Don’t try to pull that on ME, agent. THE JINYIWEI HAVE NO SAY HERE. PANEL 7: From behind ORLA, as she continues. ORLA: It’s not MY order, Admiral. It’s the order of his excellency, EL EMPERADOR Del Gran Imperio Humano Y Sus Planetas… PANEL 8: ORLA, fist against open palm, bows to ‘NANDO, who looks horrified. ORLA: …Fernando Cruz. ‘NANDO: OH NO YOU DON’T. —— 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: The MACHITO and FOOL’S BANE fly above the Earth, the explosion of the impact of the two giant ships are ahead of them. unknown, from inside the MACHITO: Good God. another unknown, from inside the MACHITO: It just keeps EXPLODING ORLA, from inside the MACHITO: Captain, Orbital Command is hailing us. PANEL 2: Close up on THE CAPTAIN as she listens. CAPTAIN: Go ahead, Command. COMMAND: MACHITO, this is Lieutenant Taylor. The Unidentified fleet has moved out of cannon range. BUT WE’RE STILL TRACKING AN UNKNOWN RING SHIP FLYING LOCKSTEP WITH YOU. PANEL 3: The CAPTAIN responds aggressively. COMMAND: You are both ordered to shut down systems and prepare to be boarded. CAPTAIN: Negative, Lieutenant. This is Capitán de Navio Taneel, and no one’s getting boarded, today. PANEL 4: From above earth, an Imperial Fleet arrives over the horizon. COMMAND: Let’s not pull rank there, Taneel. This is Admiral Mbeki of the ISPS Galerna. 15 minutes out. And you damn well WILL be taking that order. PANEL 5: The CAPTAIN puts her hands up reflexively as ORLA cuts in. CAPTAIN: Roger that, Admiral. Apologies for— ORLA: PARDON ME, ADMIAL. This is Orla O’Malley of his majesty’s Jinyiwei… PANEL 6: Close up on ORLA, gesturing with her hands. ORLA: …and I’m afraid your order has been countermanded by higher authority. COMMAND: Don’t try to pull that on ME, agent. THE JINYIWEI HAVE NO SAY HERE. PANEL 7: From behind ORLA, as she continues. ORLA: It’s not MY order, Admiral. It’s the order of his excellency, EL EMPERADOR Del Gran Imperio Humano Y Sus Planetas… PANEL 8: ORLA, fist against open palm, bows to ‘NANDO, who looks horrified. ORLA: …Fernando Cruz. ‘NANDO: OH NO YOU DON’T. —— 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 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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PANEL 1: An orange SCORPION rides of the back of a green FROG, who is wildly splashing in the water. The sky is blue. FROG: OW! Scorpion! Why would you sting me int he middle of the river? Now are both going to die! PANEL 2: The SCORPION looks annoyed, the FROG is angry, but has stopped thrashing. SCORPION: Ah, my friend. Because it is my NATURE to sting. FROG: Your nature is to be a tremendously huge but ahead! THAT’S your nature!! PANEL 3: The sky has turned a darker blue, the FROG looks ill and starts to sink. The SCORPION looks introspective. No text. PANEL 4: The sky is a darker blue now, the frog is head-down in the water, bubbles popping on the surface. The SCORPION is still on the frogs back, his eyes wide. SCORPION: Well that is just hurtful. ——— Want 5,000 more comics like this? Join us at Patreon.com/sheldoncomics for the *FULL* Sheldon archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! Sheldon Comics copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller

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Posted on March 20, 2025 by Dave Kellett

Drive Pals! The next episode of THE WRONG WAY is up! And this time, we tackle my pal Jim Davis’ orange furball…GARFIELD! I love how my (incorrect) version came out — I hope you’ll check it out. These shows are so fun to make. And so far….no lawsuit from Jim! So it’s a win-win episode! 🙂

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SONIC THE HEDGEHOG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzfGkZEDtPA
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