“Venetian blind closing” is a very difficult action to convey without motion. I don’t think this works. Incidentally, you’ll also notice a mistake between the last page and this one: on the previous page the blind was closed.

I’m going to try to put up next Tuesday’s page on Christmas instead as a little treat for all of you. It will have villains! In the event it’s not ready in time, I will post something else. See you then!

Soundtrack for Panel 2:

Decide for yourself.

Well, so much for selling it MISB on eBay.

I still think Issue 7 was a disaster but I’m not above referencing it, apparently.

With the appearance of Stephenson, the gang’s all here (except Kindler, obviously).

Astor’s hat is a genuine pre-war Bross and Clackwell, absolutely irreplaceable.

The botanical side of me really enjoys doing pages like this one.  In fact,  maybe I’ll turn Sunrise into a comic about people who explore the jungle,  just so I can draw the local flora.  (I kind of missed a bet with Yucateca.  I could have drawn a lot more interesting foliage,  but laziness took precedence.  I’m trying harder now.)

That’s all for the flashback,   folks!  Whew.  I should note that the Galileo is the second ship which Robinson lost.  The first may be discussed some other time.  Anyway,  now we know why Robinson hates Astor so much,  which is why I put you through this.

Also,  a side-note:  I know I often cite The Adventures of Tintin as an influence,  but really this comic has very little in common with it.  If you’re one of the Tintin fans who thinks that Tintin is overly emotional in the scene where he thinks that Captain Haddock has just been vaporized,  well,  I’d say you probably won’t like this comic.

And regarding the melodramatic side of today’s episode:  I realize that having the Galileo get blown up accidentally by a firework is really melodramatic,  but I wanted to stress the fact that there is no conceivable way the Captain could have averted the disaster.

Anyway,  thanks for reading everyone,  and have a happy holiday.  New comic should be  appearing on the 26th if all goes well.