Moya in all her glory, illustrated by Ornella Greco.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of one of the most ambitious sci-fi TV shows of all time: FARSCAPE.

To celebrate the occasion, BOOM! Studios put together the FARSCAPE 25TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL, a comic with over 60 pages of stories, retrospectives, and glorious art. I wrote a tale called “Do Leviathans Dream of Biomechanical Sheep?" Moya is asleep at the wheel and the crew is left to figure out how to wake her up before they crash.

The main draw of the story (as always) is the art and this one is illustrated with buckets of charm by Ornella Greco. I tried to fit in as many characters of the sprawling cast as I could and Ornella captures the heart of each one beautifully.

Farscape 25th Anniversary Special #1 Cover by Steve Morris.

If you’re a fan of the show, I hope you’ll give the comic a shot.

If you’ve never followed John Crichton’s journey through a wormhole before, Farscape is currently free to stream on Tubi and I cannot recommend it highly enough. It is a joyously weird show filled with puppets, made-up swear words, and a surprising amount of alien flatulance. While the puppets are some of the finest creations made by the storied Jim Henson Creature Shop (I once got to see the Pilot puppet up close and it was a sight to behold), the main draw of the series is its ability to time and again push its characters to the brink in devastating, surprising, and deeply satisfying ways.

They truly don’t make ‘em like this anymore.

(Editor’s Note: On Farscape, things are rarely “alright.”)

News from the Writing Desk

The past few weeks have been busy with crafting new pitches and dusting off old ones to see if they have any life in them.

Writing pitches is a strange process--you spend a few weeks falling in love with an idea and then…most likely nothing happens with it. Typically, editors want to see a handful of pitches to choose from so even if you’re lucky enough that a publisher wants to move forward with one, that usually means three or four others are left abandoned.

That said, there’s something energizing about diving into different genres and characters for these intensive bursts. Even if nothing comes of them, the process is worth it and you usually learn a thing or two about your writing along the way.

Part of why I’ve been so focused on pitches is that I officially started scripting my next graphic novel this week. There’s nothing to be revealed at the moment, but an official announcement should be coming soon. In the meantime, I’ve got 224 pages to write by mid-November so I better get to it.

Thanks for reading,

Cam
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