Red Moon Detective Agency

My time as part of the "Spaceship Away" team was brief and, for reasons which I won't go into, rather upsetting - let's just say that the then-editor (I have no idea if they have changed their staff) was not at all supportive of me in the face of harsh and unfounded criticism.
Anyway, it was over.  My Cream and Callisto had their day in the sun, and they got burnt!  The story was totally different from "Prey" in terms of pacing and content... it was meant to be viewed by all ages and had to fit within the boundaries of good taste.  However, one man's good taste is an old fogie's soft porn... there was no nudity, profanity or even suggestive humour... just girls in shorts.
Oh well, no accounting for taste.

Time passed, and an artist I became good friends with, John Ridgway, suggested that things at Spaceship Away were going to change, so I asked if he would contact me if things panned out.  Well, things were indeed becoming positive so I suggested maybe my new comic could fit in it, and John was keen to include it.
However, the SA editor/owner threw spanners into the works and the plan died there and then.

I had completed a chapter and a bit of "Red Moon Detective Agency" before it all went wrong, and didn't have the heart to see it through to the end.

Please enjoy the pages that I did complete: "Red Moon Detective Agency".

I HAD been planning a new comic with an American writer, but for various reasons beyond my control it never happened.  I had created character and mecha models, designed a range of uniforms and completed test renders... all for nothing.
I'm reluctant to do it again... the time spent on even a single page makes it heart-breaking when the project collapses or the initial interest dies away.

In my next series of blogs I will start reprinting my Dalek comics, based on the creatures as they appeared on the back pages of "TV Century 21" in the 60s rather than their TV counterparts.
Several stories were actually completed before I ran out of steam with the fourth one.  I tried several times to start new ones, but there just wasn't enough feedback from readers (positive or negative) to encourage me to continue.

So, next time I will give you "The Daleks"!