Far Out There

(Historical Notes: Oh man, I remember this one bugging the HECK out of me.  If you’re only seeing this comic here, you need to understand that the SmackJeeves version didn’t have the space background or any of the lighting effects around the lightning or the “ZAP.”  It was just jagged red lines against a solid purple background, basically the rough draft of what I’d intended.  But then, seeing as how I’d been struggling against the color limitations of both the GIF format and also SmackJeeves’ file size limit, I doubt I’d have been able to get the effect I actually wanted anyway.  This version still isn’t perfect, but it’s MUCH better than the original attempt.  I still couldn’t do quite as many effects or traces of the space background on the ZAP frames as I wish I could, simply because I’m working around the existing art, but the overall mood of the page is a million times better.  The Cap’n looks like he’s posing for the cover of some space-themed Power Metal album.  And gee, I wonder if that space cloud might get any worse later on?)