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PANEL 1: A NYX stands with mouth agape, in horror at what he sees. NARRATION: History is littered with tragedies like this. Tragedies born of good people trying to do the right thing. PANEL 2: The EMPEROR stands between two computer console, looking terrified. From above the consoles project in reverse “THESE NYX WILL HAVE DEMANDED JUSTICE”. NARRATION: Seeking justice without delay, the Nyx had severed command-and-control. EMPERORL Come In! Fleet ops? COME IN! PANEL 3: The EARTH from above with hundreds of satellite cannons. On the Earth below you can see explosions from Brussels and Barcelona. NARRATION: They froze the emergency alert system. Silenced the orbital defense cannons. PANEL 4: A continuation of the previous panel, the edge of the Earth with its satellites, and the broken ring of La Invencible. NARRATION: …guessing that the gears of the state might be deaf to their pleas, they moved to JAM THE WORKS. PANEL 5: A continuation of the previous panel, La Invencible, beat up from the attack, in space. NARRATION: But a machine this rigit cannot survive the halt. IT CAN ONLY BREAK. PANEL 6: From behind La Invencible, we see The Spark of Thought, dinged up by La Invecible’s cannons, but still in one piece, revs up a giant M-Wave at the earth (off panel). NARRATION: And they never guessed — could never have imagined — that they would be greeted by the largest ship in the universe, firing upon a world they’d made defenseless. PANEL 7: The Emperor watching a screen on a console. Behind him strings “nononononononononono” NARRATION: Wiping out Brussels, barcelona, Cairo, and now… PANEL 8: Close in on the Emperor’s face as he watches in horror, light blooming across his face. NARRATION: …Rome. —— 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

PANEL 1: A NYX stands with mouth agape, in horror at what he sees. NARRATION: History is littered with tragedies like this. Tragedies born of good people trying to do the right thing. PANEL 2: The EMPEROR stands between two computer console, looking terrified. From above the consoles project in reverse “THESE NYX WILL HAVE DEMANDED JUSTICE”. NARRATION: Seeking justice without delay, the Nyx had severed command-and-control. EMPERORL Come In! Fleet ops? COME IN! PANEL 3: The EARTH from above with hundreds of satellite cannons. On the Earth below you can see explosions from Brussels and Barcelona. NARRATION: They froze the emergency alert system. Silenced the orbital defense cannons. PANEL 4: A continuation of the previous panel, the edge of the Earth with its satellites, and the broken ring of La Invencible. NARRATION: …guessing that the gears of the state might be deaf to their pleas, they moved to JAM THE WORKS. PANEL 5: A continuation of the previous panel, La Invencible, beat up from the attack, in space. NARRATION: But a machine this rigit cannot survive the halt. IT CAN ONLY BREAK. PANEL 6: From behind La Invencible, we see The Spark of Thought, dinged up by La Invecible’s cannons, but still in one piece, revs up a giant M-Wave at the earth (off panel). NARRATION: And they never guessed — could never have imagined — that they would be greeted by the largest ship in the universe, firing upon a world they’d made defenseless. PANEL 7: The Emperor watching a screen on a console. Behind him strings “nononononononononono” NARRATION: Wiping out Brussels, barcelona, Cairo, and now… PANEL 8: Close in on the Emperor’s face as he watches in horror, light blooming across his face. NARRATION: …Rome. —— 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 February 5, 2026 by Beth Reidmiller

Did you know I give away a free piece of original art every week on the Drive Patreon? EVERY WEEK! It's just one of the reasons that Patreon is awesome. 
Join us on Patreon and get: • 200+ pages of bonus "TALES OF THE DRIVE"! • Weekly art giveaways! • Behind-the-scenes! • Pal-times forums! • It's super worth it! Jump in: https://www.patreon.com/drive

THE NEW SITE IS LIVE!

Posted on May 25, 2022 by Dave Kellett

Hooray! The new site is up and running!
Click around! Check it out!

NEW FEATURES! NEW ARCHIVES!

  • The new site is a culmination of 2+ years of work. OVER TWO YEARS. 🙂
  • Key pages have been re-mastered!
  • The *entire archive* has been re-colored!
  • An entirely new archiving system has been designed!
  • Pages are now bigger and prettier — AND there are sliced comics for a mobile version of the site!
  • And it’s all wrapped up in a clean new design!
  • New RSS feed is here: https://www.drivecomic.com/feed

PATREON NOW WOVEN INTO THE SITE:

The main story will always be free to read, but we’ve also woven a bunch of rad Patreon extras and exclusives throughout the site. Now, when you join us on Patreon, you’ll get:

  • Exclusive early reads for future weeks!
  • Exclusive sneak peeks and behind-the scenes!
  • Exclusive community forums where I chime in all the time!
  • Exclusive Kickstarter extras!
  • 200+ pages of “Tales of the Drive”! (Going forward, every new Tales will run once on the main site, then move to the “Tales” sub-domain a month or so after it wraps.)
  • Special maps, ship blueprints, timelines and more!
  • And — a Patreon favorite — weekly giveaways of original art!

Huge thanks to Brian, the incredible talent behind Toocheke.com and Leetoo.net— for bringing the site to life! I highly recommend Brian and his amazing skills! He is a kind, talented person, who I will absolutely work with again! And huge thanks also to Beth, for the 2+ years of work remastering the Drive archives, and the billion other tasks that went into the new site. And thank YOU for your continued support for Drive on Patreon.com/drive. The story has some fantastic twists and turns ahead, and I can’t wait to share it via this site!

— Dave

PS: Oh! And I should note: There will of course be bugs here and there — every new site has them. But we’ll iron them out in the days and weeks ahead. 🙂

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