Man, this is taking a while to get to the end! Between vacations and how the story is panning out (it's taking a few more pages than originally planned to get through the end) it will probably be closer to the fall/year end before this is all done. I guess that's not a bad thing but I'm very eager to get Space Pawdyssey printed and I'm not doing that until the first story is finished.

Poor Rowan just seems to get the short end of the stick in terms of her character. She's got some of the more glaring flaws and I struggle with her a bit more than the others. I do have some big plans for her and her insecurity with Toby ties into some of that larger plan. She'll become more and more central to the story as it goes along especially once her father, Victor, gets introduced. Eventually I would like to tackle a big story with him but I don't know how that will pan out in terms of time but we'll see. I just LOVE how Victor has panned out and I'm eager to show him off to you guys. He encompasses a lot of what I consider to be the "ideal villain". You'll also meet Sarah after this story -- Connor's former second in command and his mentor. She's older, upbeat, full of life and joy and speaks her mind. She's what you'd get if you stuck a hearty Newfoundlander in space. She'll be joining the crew as well!

I do know that once this story is done I'll be taking a bit of time working on an interlude and reworking some things for the next big story. I really want to rework the art -- find new looks for each character, tweak them, and design some proper reference materials now that I have the hang of it.

At the end of the day I'm proud of this work. I'm proud of the 79 pages of story I've done. I'm proud of my characters and the growth of my art. I have a TON of room for improvement and so little time to work on the comic but I'm so very glad I decided to just do it.

So what do you guys think so far? What would you like to see more of? What would you like to see happen with these guys?