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Hi team! New comic up. 

This took longer to draw than I expected! I really struggled with a number of the panels - as you can see from the images above. 

The script also took quite a lot of fine tuning - getting the language just right. Some comics come relatively easy - but this was not one of them. I guess I was writing outside of my comfort zone to some degree. 

I used text from the Dead Sea Scrolls on some of these illustrations - from a piece of them that I saw many years ago while visiting the Vatican. I actually copied out a few lines that I liked from the original on display - which I ended up using in this comic - all these years later! It was weirdly satisfying. 

Hope you enjoy. And feel free to ask if you have any questions!

SB

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Mike Dillion

Go Scott, go! Another winner.

Aaron

I've been digging your work for about a year now, since Gates. This one got me to become a patron (my first ever)! Glad I did, these bonus panels are amazing! Your storytelling and art are just what my brain craves for. Keep up the great work, it's always a highlight of my day when a new Bad Space email shows up in my inbox! Now to work my way through the post archive...

badspacecomics

Thank you so much Aaron! My patreon support is what makes these happen, so that means a lot. Also Gates is one of my favs too. I really want to do a series based on that one, like quantum leap, but where i regularly get to kill the main protagonist 🤣

Stephen Abdallah

Great use of the old text. That's a really thematically satisfying move.

badspacecomics

Thanks Stephen - it was super fun to research - and was quite interesting too - with the idea of god going back to logos - word, and reason. I love that stuff 😍

Stephen Abdallah

Me too! I'm powering through lots of apocrypha right now. Mostly it's just very silly, or anti-semetic... But there are some cool moments. Eg. When Satan is asked to worship Adam he say "you want me to bow down before that which is dust into flesh? When I am fire from fire!"

David Vance

Your content is incredible, as always. I light up every time I see you've had a new post. Love the way you make very conceptual ideas feel so personal and emotional in the space of only a few panels. It seems like a really tricky needle to thread, but you do it very well. I'm working on a comedic scifi comic project, and continue to look to your work as a benchmark of how good it can be. Keep it up!

badspacecomics

OMFG. I love that so much. My original ending for this story actually read “…we, his breath and his dust,” before I changed it to “We, the word of god”

badspacecomics

I actually think Satan might be my favourite character in the bible. He kills a lot less people and doesn’t appear to hate women quite as much. Not a popular opinion though, I know. 😬

badspacecomics

Wow, David, thank you. I love comedic scifi - I still consider Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy one of the best books ever written, and Rick and Morty is currently me and my partner’s favourite show. But damn, it is hard to write, so kudos to you! Would you ever share any for a quick look? I’m fascinated and you’ll get nothing but encouragement from me.

Stephen Abdallah

Hahha, he's barely in the bible tbh, but when he makes an appearance it's pretty great. But he appears a lot in all the medieval bible fanfic.

Cai

You really know how to hit the cosmic notes. Chills!

Cai

You really know how to hit the cosmic notes. Chills!

badspacecomics

Aww thanks Cai! Going back to a bit more straight forward space horror for the next one i think. Need to draw a spaceship. 😆

dylan

just a little bit late responding here, but that’s what happens when it’s sunday night and you’re going through old patreon posts. i share you enjoyment of satan, at least how he has come to be portrayed. have you read mike carey’s original run on dc/vertigo “lucifer”? i recommend it highly.

badspacecomics

One of my favourite comics and a definite inspiration for this! Such a terrific series! Have you read any of his books as well? His done a couple of bangers!