Screen 1
ONE:
Interior Captain’s Cabin.
SABRE stands at the edge of the table, breathless, holding the TUBE. Glaring at it. Hair mussed. She’s clearly been trying all manner of means to open it, to no avail.
1. SABRE: Open, blast you!
TWO:
All at once, a flurry of action, as SABRE bashes the TUBE repeatedly against the side of the table. Hair flying about.
Comedy!
3. SFX: WHOMPWHOMPWHOMPWHOMPWHOMPWHOMPWHOMPWHOMP
4. SABRE: OpenopenopenopenopenopenOPEN!
THREE:
Past SABRE, tight FG, if we’re putting her in panel at all.
Focus on the DOOR as it flies open, an alarmed WESTFIELD THANE entering.
5. SABRE/off: Stupid blistered maggot-fed—
6. WESTFIELD: Captain?
Screen 2
ONE:
Reverse, past WESTFIELD, to SABRE. Hair in her face. TUBE in her hand – she’s been bashing it against the table trying to get it open, though that may not be apparent yet.
It’s that moment of pause after exertion. Her jaw is set. She does not like being vexed by this tube, and aye, she is vexed indeed.
1. WESTFIELD: There a reason to tell for the commotion
you’re makin’?
2. SABRE: Westfield.
3. SABRE: Why, yes. Yes, there is.
TWO:
SABRE holds up the TUBE, smiling. Brushing hair out of her face with her free hand. That smile has wattage.
WESTFIELD is taking the TUBE.
4. WESTFIELD: That’d be the case you stole from the
Regent?
5. SABRE: One does not steal that which was ill-
acquired at the first, West.
Makes sense Sabre’s a spoiled brat in her way.
She’s certainly used to getting her own way, I think it’s safe to say.
I think OpenOpenOpenOpenOpenOpenOpenOpenOpen is my favourite moment so far.
Her ALMOST apologetic smile, indeed a smile with wattage, pays off the whole page, and confirms her as our hero. Stunning work by Mr. Burchett.
(The Rant of Many Opens is also pretty danged sweet.)
I don’t think I’ve ever seen an artist draw as wide a range of expressions as Rick. I’m not just saying that!
Love the gun rack too.
Great to get to know Sabre a bit more. We’ve only seen her as enigmatically super-competent until now, so it’s really fun to see her in a more leisurely context.
thief that steals from thief?
Love her reaction
Petulant, ain’t she?
The gun rack IS pretty sweet.
In the last frame, anyone else see Alan Hale Sr.? Just a touch?
Best part (for me) of being as a plasma physics conference all week:
Two installments of Lady Sabre waiting for me.
Life is good!
Just caught up with the story, and I like what’s been happening!
Art is wonderful, story is intriging.
I have to say, I do read a comic with more use of facial expressions, but it’s more “cartoony” than this one is. I really appreciate your using a variety of expressions in one of the more realistically drawn comics. 
I like that while Sabre is yelling OpenOpenOpenOpen the Tube might be responding NopeNopeNopeNope