The word balloon in panel 3 gave me a lot more pause than I expected. How were these new attackers making their demands? Were they just talking to themselves? Were they broadcasting to Jayd over the comm in the Mosquito? Were they broadcasting in a way that Roka and the crew would be hearing it on the Khoruysa Brimia as well? Would the various ship-to-ship comms be automatically on? If it were over a comm system, I would probably want to use my special balloon shape to convey that, as opposed to a directly spoken balloon.
The comm balloon made the most sense, but it just didn’t register the intent as much as a yelling balloon. Ultimately, I decided to go with what looked best and not really worry about all those other questions. It didn’t really matter who was hearing their exclamation since no one directly responds anyway. And I didn’t think readers would ultimately give any of this a moment’s thought in the process of getting caught up in the action.
Until I bothered bringing it all up here, like a dummy.
Sky is someone so wanted! Awesome story! I love to see the rag tag runner crew rescue her. I totally ship Bocce & Sky. They make a cute couple. 🙂
I guess it’s nice to be popular! Well, maybe not in this case with Sky. Ha.
The word balloons work – that’s all that matters. Panel 5 is a nice perspective.
I’m really happy with panel 5 too. I think I forgot to send the note to Wes, my colorist on this page, that both ships were firing, so the blasts needed to be in two different colors. I almost forgot myself when I got the page back. But it was a quick fix to change the color on some of the effects.
Now I want to know all about Zyra.
Ha ha. 10-episode backstory on the origin of the phrase “Zyra’s nebula” coming up!
I was too wrapped up into the action to notice. Now I am wondering who hears what.
No worries, just have it figured out when the animated series hits this point. 😉
It hit me that we saw some mysterious figures watch Sky flying earlier in the story, but after checking I see they are dressed differently. Who else is after Sky? I’m telling you, it’s getting too crowded in the reward business.
Good eye! I can say that those hooded characters who witnessed Sky flying are tied to these characters. But yes, they are different characters.
cool ships!!!!!
Thanks!! Ships are some of my favorite things to design for the series.
First they want to destroy her and now they want her given to them.
There is a bit of a conflict there.