Yes, I am serious, Bruce!!
We’ve seen these characters once before, in Bad Karma.
Hi folks! Thank you so much for your kind wishes on the passing of my father. It has been a difficult and sad time, but things feel like they are slowly returning to the “new normal”.
Just an update on creative endeavours. I have been working on the next Magellan story… name to be revealed soon… and currently have ten pages fully drafted and another 15 or so roughly scripted – a draft panel from page one, above. It will be taking place in Kaycee’s third year at the Academy and I’m pretty excited by some of the crazy shit I’m brining to this particular tale… (spoiler hint… aliens)! More news on likely start date in about two weeks.
By the way, I am also working on a new voting incentive story (more on that soon too) and also on restoring the sections of the site during The Great Meltdown of 2019… including an updated cast page.
Does that mean the next story will only be 25 pages? For Magellan, that’s a tiny one. And, you know, for a lot of comics that’s a normal issue length.
Of course, you might run off a script-as-you-draw process, which means the actual length could of course be longer. Your stories always seem to go over what you expect them to.
But yeah, it will be great to see more sections return. When you get the Gifford Foss and Mindmistress stories re-uploaded, that will be nice, for one, since the archives are incomplete without them (and Comic Rocket really doesn’t like it without them, since my place is saved in the comic as on page 1078 of the 1050 that Comic Rocket can currently find).
Still, no rush. Doing things at your own pace is always best. I just hope you can get things done in your own time, and can easily wait for things to be rebuilt.
Next story length… ummm… hard to know right now. I’m aiming for around 100 pages. Mind you, last time I thought that it ended up being the 350+ of Lock(e)down!! That’s why I’m doing a slightly longer drafting and scripting process this time – the story is a bit complex and I need to know exactly how the first act unfolds to ensure it won’t derail if I start full production without the ending completely scripted or drafted (my usual modus operandi!)
Aliens are supposed to be something to be excited about? Isn’t considerable part of cast aliens already? Or do you mean specifically xenomorphs?
This is a good point, since the many aliens we’ve encountered in Magellan to date (Chiq, Vostok, Tros, Glom… to name a few) have ranged from benevolent to benign. The aliens we are about to encounter are definitely not in that category. And it’s no real spoiler to say that, since those cats will be out of the bag within the first few pages…
“We’ve seen these characters once before, in Bad Karma.”
😒 4.197 – How ’bout some pagerefs for the obsessive among us? 😅
“Aliens” here means specifically those from elsewhere in this universe, rather than extra-dimensional visitors?
Of course we’ll all be happy to see you pick up the story again, but don’t rush to get back. Make sure you’re secure with your own wellness.
heh – I left out the page refs specifically for the obsessives… I figured it might make a nice little treasure hunt! 😀 And yes, by aliens, I mean from outer space…
Thanks, Grace. When you get around to the housekeeping stuff, maybe you can consider separating the voting link from the last page of Legacy? I was thinking that might make voting simpler 🤷
And speaking of voting – Remember, everyone, you can still vote for Magellan on TWC. Don’t want to see it slip any further down in the polls 😬