Bay

Bay 1
Black ink and Letratone on illustration board.

The second of the three comic strips I did in art school (see Ziks) was the tale of Bay Bronte Woonda, who had been sent on a mission by General Deathsheads to destroy a planet.



Bay 2
Black ink and Letratone on illustration board.

On the way, they unexpectedly encounter an alien spaceship.



Bay 3
Black ink on illustration board.

Tractor drones fly out and attach to their ship, dragging them on board.



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Black ink and Letratone on illustration board.



Bay 5
Black ink and Letratone on illustration board.

The crew of the battleship have assassinated their captain and are now roaming space as pirates.



Bay 6
Black ink and Letratone on illustration board.



Bay 7
Black ink and Letratone on illustration board.

Bay bends down and picks up the severed arm of one of the robots. Then he pries a gun from the hand. Then he points the gun. You can see all of this happening above.



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Black ink and Letratone on illustration board.



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Black ink and Letratone on illustration board.

Bay's new partner for the mission is Belford. Bay is frustrated by Belford's incompetence.



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Black ink and Letratone on illustration board.



Bay 11
Black ink and Letratone on illustration board.

The bored crew of the battleship are excited at the news of the prisoners' escape, and hurry to intercept them.



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Black ink and Letratone on illustration board.



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Black ink and Letratone on illustration board.



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Black ink and Letratone on illustration board.



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Black ink and Letratone on illustration board.



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Black ink and Letratone on illustration board.



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Black ink and Letratone on illustration board.

We should pause a moment to admire the third frame on this page. I painted separately a background for this frame, took an out of focus photograph of it using a fancy camera we had at art school, which converted it to dots. This image was then copied to Letracopy, stuck over the drawing of the foreground and the appropriate sections scratched out.



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Black ink and Letratone on illustration board.

At this point we encounter some dandelion-like floating insects, one of whom is questioning the virtue of selfless devotion to the hive.



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Black ink and Letratone on illustration board.



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Black ink and Letratone on illustration board.



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Black ink and Letratone on illustration board.

The doubting insect decides to go consult the queen on the matter.



Bay 22
Black ink and Letratone on illustration board.

At this point I started using a brush for much of my linework instead of a technical pen.



Bay 23
Black ink and Letratone on illustration board.

Bay and Belford have fled to where the ship's crew dare not follow.



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Black ink and Letratone on illustration board.

Despondent, they return to the crew lounge.



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Black ink on illustration board.



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Black ink on illustration board.



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Black ink and Letratone on illustration board.



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Black ink and Letratone on illustration board.



Bay 29
Black ink and Letratone on illustration board.

The old couple's daughter has brought some friends home.



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Black ink and Letratone on illustration board.



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Black ink and Letratone on illustration board.

After the insect raises his concerns with the queen, the queen responds by listing her own problems.



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Black ink on illustration board.



Bay 33
Black ink on illustration board.

Bay and Belford encounter a malfunctioning robot attempting to bring order by arranging garbage in rows.



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Black ink on illustration board.

The robot grows frustrated as its own clumsiness disrupts its carefully wrought achievement. Then Belford's clumsiness alerts the robot to their presence.



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Black ink on illustration board.

The robot reacts badly.

That concludes the story Bay.



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