Pirates of the Coal Sack #12
This has been a rough month for me in real life. Thanks for your patience and encouragement.
I feel like I failed on at least one of my goals for this issue, to swing the spotlight off of Harding and onto some of the rest of the cast. The first draft of the plot had him spending the whole issue in sick bay, but that didn’t work for several reasons, so he got a bigger role than I’d intended. I still feel like I got across the tension between Captain Song and the Harding loyalist elements of the crew, and Song’s struggles with being captain.
I have been waiting for months for that shot of of the Sisters of St. Barbara conjuring the black gas. With Sister Lamarr’s group joining the crew, that story can start unfolding. Also, the Phoenix gets its first new recruits. Fuel is Phoenix’s most immediate need, but the crew has to expand; crewing a ship meant for over 300 with just 140, and most of them untrained recruits, isn’t sustainable.
Not a lot of sex this issue. It just didn’t make sense, even with the perpetually horny Phoenix crew, given what else was going on. Hopefully I can get more in next issue. I hope the first few pages and the pin-up shots are enough to tide you over.
As always, I look forward to your comments.
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