I remember the original of this from the American Journal of Anthropomorphics. Nice inking job and ship design.

Excellent art, Taral.

Haul! Hugos there.

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Taral, was Ken Fletcher the original captain or did you add that to this special version, too?

Ken originally commissioned the piece, years ago, so I added his name as captain then.

I'd rather have the chocolate ;9 despite that old saying, "A moment on your lips, forever on your hips."

Do you GET fat Kjolas? As I recall they've got a metabolism based on cellular atomic fusion reactions, so man, she'd have to GUZZLE that syrup. The whole idea strikes me as pretty hilarious.

Sugar is apt to make them a bit intoxicated, if in the mood. But the caloric count would be irrelevant. Caroloies just go right through, like coal through a nuclear reactor.

Yes. Clearly, you never see a fat Kjola because it's a very specific, dangerous, and personal phenomenon for their race. Obviously they reproduce asexually by fission, and if that sounds gross, childbirth ain't pretty either. All the sex? Nothing but an evolved social process. It's a fascinating example of convergent evolution that the process so closely resembles and is physically compatible with the reproductive acts of so many other races. And it explains why Kjolas are so *friendly*.

Of course, gaining enough weight to build up and split off a physical powerhouse like s Kjola requires voracious eating on a scale other races can't grasp, and probably a certain amount of radioactive contamination. Thus, chubby Kjolas are kept strictly away from the outsiders they might endanger with their eating habits. Also, since they associate it with maternality, the way other races vary in weight is considered charming.

You really get the weirdest ideas when you're awake with insomnia in the middle of the night, but they can be pretty funny.

Uh... sure... I'm sure it would get a real laugh as you attempted to untie the knots in your arms and legs after telling that.

Racist humor + girls who can lift trucks =/= 'Oh no, I've spilled frosting all over us, and while we were listening to those lovely wind chimes! Whatever will we do?'

You are a man of great wisdom, Taral Wayne.

It's a gift?

I've always admired the spacecraft on this piece. It reminds me of the C-5 Galaxies that used to fly around my home when I was a kid =0)

They still fly around here, then this is Kelly Air Field and they're now known as C5-B's.

Nice ship, better then most of my designs

"Loading the Natty Bumpo", ah yes, one of my faves as well. Always wondered what the races in the background were, regognise a teh langgi.

Phyllis was an old friend of mine as well.

Yeah, there's Teh Langgi back there, but the character with a balloon is a Xsipirit. Technically, they can't exist together, as Xsipriti are fantasy creatures.