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Rick – this is an awful lot of information for one panel; do what you can, discard what doesn’t work.
New angle, from overhead PEGASUS, maybe medium or even a longshot. We’re re-establishing moment, here, Rick.
We can see GISELLE and DRUM, still atop the mainmast. They’ve stopped kissing, and GISELLE is holding onto DRUM by the BELT, as DRUM leans out to try and find another shot to take.
Below, we can see CREW scrambling in the rigging, clambering up to the sails.
Below them, we can see the movement on the DECK – DRAKE is looking up while other CREW put out the fire. The GUNNER is sprawled.
SABRE and WEST are on the QUARTERDECK with COFFEY. SABRE has climbed up onto the railing, balancing and pointing towards the cloud of smoke, which may, or may not, be in panel. WEST is reaching for her – he really doesn’t want her to fall.
The BURNING FLYER is spiraling away, past the port side of PEGASUS, now in a deep dive.
The TWO REMAINING FLYERS are buzzing about, still, one to ship’s port side, the other two to ship’s starboard – starboard of the ship being the direction of the smoke cloud. The FLYERS are FIRING on the ship; SHOTS chewing up DECK and hitting CREW.
NO COPY.
Wonderful panel. Such anticipation! You’re killing me.
I wonder if there is such a thing as an aether life saver? Would it just be a vest/ring with starwood?
Does anyone use such a thing? Because floating forever in the aether would be just as bad as falling forever.
However if you just fell overboard or out of the rigging or a plane then you could be rescued.
Erich’s just waiting for his shot. I wonder if Giselle even needs to hold Drum’s belt. I get the feeling he could balance there by himself just fine. West wants so badly to snatch Sabre back in but knows she’d have his ears if he did. And Drake, so calm and collected, toasted hand and all.
I like West’s fatherly-worried expression in the first panel.
Giselle is one strong lady!
hahaha ….Calm before the storm .
Awesome moment. And once again the script compared to the comic illustrates clear that there isn’t a storyteller and illustrator here but two storytellers, one using words and the other images. That relationship must be one of the things I like most about this comic and the fact that it’s so clearly visible… not that I don’t love the story and setting aswell 🙂
Drum and Giselle are the ones that fascinate me. She smooched him good and now he is depending on her and she is supporting him. There is a match.
Love the expression on Sabre; it reminds me of Beany of ‘Beany & Cecil/Time for Beany’ fame. Good stuff
I can’t believe that no-one’s noticed what an excellent job the artist pulled off here. Not only did he carry the weight of the story for this post, making a perfect choice as far as what frames just won’t fit and had to go, he even thought to include one not suggested to remind us of the belly-gunner. Kudos!
Can’t agree more! There is so much going on in this one panel. Not only action and pacing wise but tension, reflection, humor and whimsy are all captured in this one collage of images! Easily one of my favorite, so far…