One of my favorite parts of DRIVE are the “found documents” littered throughout the story. It’s such a fun chance to flesh out the world and show a slice-of-life from the perspective of industry, or literature, or politics, or college-type admission pamphlets, or introductory school-age maps, or reference materials, or intelligence communiques, or in today’s installment…a snippet of military life.

When I first started DRIVE, an early reader told me to skip these weird documents, and just stick to the comic…and I wrote back to him that these are as much the comic as anything I’ve ever drawn.

ha ha ha I’m so glad folks liked today’s strip. There’s been a crazy-huge demand for today’s strip as a print…so here you go!


[LINK: http://sheldonstore.com/products/print-the-process-of-drawing-explained ]

One of my favorite things about DRIVE is inviting in artists to tell stories set in this universe. It’s so fun to turn your creation over to other artists…and see what kind of stories they tell!

And today we begin our third “Tales of the Drive” story…one I’m SUPER EXCITED for. It brings together two of my favorite artists, and the resulting story came out delightful as HECK.

• Our Eisner-winning writer is Ryan North, of DINOSAUR COMICS, SQUIRREL GIRL, ADVENTURE TIME, and more. (Twitter: ryanqnorth)
• Our three-time Eisner-nominated artist is Tony Cliff, of DELILAH DIRK AND THE TURKISH LIEUTENANT. (Twitter: TangoCharlie )

Over the next 15 weeks, they tell the story of how the pacifist Veetans beat the entire Tesskan armada in one week. You’re going to love it. (And as those 15 weeks go by, make sure you check out their other work I linked to above: These two do amazing work.)

And! Because a few panels had some fantastic tucked-in jokes, I’ve pasted in close-ups, below.

I put together a neat HD wallpaper…and put it up for all the Sheldon backers over on Patreon. It’s a small thank you for all the kind readers who help make Sheldon happen.

Click [HERE] to snag it!

Our second TALES OF THE DRIVE story, CUTE THINGS, has been moved in the archives…so that you now read it straight through! Each time a story ends, I’ll be moving around the archives so that the story can be read without interruption. So the story now begins HERE.

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I really want to thank Christopher Hastings for writing and drawing, and Anthony Clark for coloring, such a great story. It was super fun to read…and the character designs were such a fun take on DRIVE.

Please check out more of their work!
– Christopher Hastings is the artist of Dr. McNinja, and the writer on Adventure Time and Marvel’sGwenPool. He can be found on Twitter at: drhastings
– Anthony Clark is the artist of Nedroid and Back. He can be found on Twitter at: nedroid

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As you know, with all the TALES OF THE DRIVE artists, I’ve specifically told them I don’t want to give them notes, edit them, nitpick them, or tell them what they need to write. My philosophy is: Pick people who create incredible work, and trust them to do wonderful things in the DRIVE universe. And it’s worked so wonderfully, so far: Dylan’s story, and Chris’ story, are both so unique to their voice…and I find both stories DELIGHTFUL.

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And on Monday: We begin Ryan North’s and Tony Cliff’s story, “That Time the Veetans Defeated the Tesskans FOREVER

Not that you can’t ask me questions *here*, but just FYI: The kind moderators over at the Reddit Sci-Fi/Fantasy subreddit have invited me on during Artists’ Week — to introduce DRIVE to new readers, and answer any art questions you may have.

I just posted the intro thing: Come on by and axe quextions!

Hey, Patreon supporters!

Just for fun, I made a mock-up of the DNA AllKey that’s issued to Drive Corps students when they join up. It uses a couple different baked-in technologies to check the identity of the holder before unlocking access to the Drive.

Click through [HERE] to check out the full design!

….The AllKey was first mentioned waaaaay back here🙁http://www.drivecomic.com/archive/110302.html)

Because it looks awesome at a large size, I turned the last panel of today’s strip into a free wallpaper for Patreon supporters of DRIVE. You can grab it here.

Not a Patreon backer yet? Jump in at the twenty-five cents level, and see how you like it! You’ll also get every strip early, more wallpapers, sneak peeks and behind-the-scenes commentary, and the energetic comments section…where I spend a fair chunk of my time!

Try it: at $.25 …I guarantee you won’t even notice it.

DRIVE readers: I’m making a huge pivot in my career in 2016, to put more emphasis on DRIVE…and I’m asking for your support.

If you love DRIVE, and love where the story is going…but haven’t yet supported DRIVE on Patreon, now is the time. Take a second and kick in at the 25-cents level (type “.25” into the pledge box). At that level, you won’t even notice the tiny credit card charge. BUT: If a few hundred of you do it, your direct support of the strip will make a huge difference to DRIVE in 2016.

AS A BENEFIT TO YOU: You”ll get access to all the behind-the-scenes artist commentary and images, early first-looks at every strip, and the awesome, friendly reader’s-comments-section that I devote a lot of time to. Plus, you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing YOU’VE MADE THE COMIC POSSIBLE.
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Here’s how your Patreon support helps:
1.) Right now, DRIVE has a schedule of two strips a week: One from me, and one “Tales of the Drive” strip from a guest artist. That’s been AMAZING, but you and I are both clamoring for more. But for me to up my DRIVE output, I need to reduce my output –and income — on my strip SHELDON. Which is where DRIVE’s Patreon comes in: Your support fills that gap.
2.) I’d really, really want to produce a beautiful, slick, fun-to-read collection of “DRIVE: Act 1”. It’ll include the entire run from the first strip, to when the Machito leaves the planet Slaughter. Your Patreon support helps me devote the time to edit and lay it out.
3.) There are a ton of side improvements I want to make to the DRIVE archives, the site, the new Wiki, and more: And your Patreon support will make all that possible.

If you’re not familiar with Patreon: Watch the video, below, then click through [HERE] to support the strip!

And thank you!

Perhaps you’d forgotten, as it’s been [four years since it was last mentioned], that the Vinn apparently have bioelectrogenesis?

SO HOW’S THAT FOR A FOUR-YEAR CALLBACK???

Also: I’ve never drawn lightning before! Oh man lots of exciting things happening around here. 🙂

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Reminder: If you haven’t yet pledged at the twenty-five cent level on Patreon…please do! Just type in $.25 at patreon.com/drive — and you’ll be directly supporting the story you love!