Off we go! What is that weird creature off in the distance?
Transcript
Opening scene on Dirtball. Overhead is a starry, atmosphere free sky with an enormous launch loop rail stretching off over the horizon as a string of lights. Talita is wearing an exosuit and walking in the spacecraft junkyard, having a radio conversation.
Talita: How’s the move going over there, Calcery?
Calcery: Shouldn’t you be busy managing my replacements?
Talita: What are you, my boss?
Calcery: Not anymore! Haha!
13 thoughts on “Runaway to the Stars: Page 1 and 2”
Joysweeper
Oooh, Talita has had some friends/friendly coworkers not on tumblr. It looks like Calcery is leaving the story but I hope we’ll see some more about them!
Calcifer
LETS GO! I am frothing at the mouth finally getting to see this comic! I can’t wait to get my grubby little gremlin hands on a physical copy eventually. Right off the bat the machinery looks fantastic. I can’t get over how grounded everything always feels when reading the lore from your blog. Everything from the sophonts and their cultures/biology to the science that makes up this universe is so interesting. What a treat, getting to read this.
Fallingfeather
LET’S GO!! Man I remember seeing the sketch for this page teased ages back. How time flies!
Guest
I cant wait to buy the book and read it. This is the kind of art that needs to be poured over by the eye. <3
dokki
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA lets GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the scale of this image is absolutely terrifying
Jay Eaton
The launch loop is 80 kilometers tall and vanishes over the horizon because it’s 2600 kilometers long :^)
Tero
i was so exited about this! i spent days daydreaming about buying it printed once it was finished, but this is just perfect! congrats jay
F.K (abyssalzones)
ahhhh I’ve been waiting for this!!! as a big fan of your worldbuilding and specbio material, I’m super excited to see runaway to the stars pages being made available publicly 😀 will definitely be keeping up with updates….
Robin
Sooo excited about this being posted publically!! Been following your tumblr for ages and I love how you handle disability in a scifi setting.
Hadrian
Been looking forward to this comic
Huey!
LETS GOOOOOOOOOOO
23 Vast Eyes Narrow At The Truth Of The Matter
:0!!!! It’s finally real! Congrats, Jay! I’m so excited to see this all unfold.
Skye
wowee what a beautiful comic