I was going to say that the Girls may need bigger guns, but if this Derringer's anything like that deceptive little gun from Men in Black, then perhaps not.

Whatever Snowzem and the Piggs are planning, it won't​ be enough to stop the Girls. Hopefully.

Great work, Rod. You really go out in building your scenes!

Very very very beautiful work !!

Is the TNA team ok? ......... What exactly happened here?.......... Giant Snakes and Scorpions? ............... Tune in next week to find out!! Terrific job Rod !! lol and love the Derringer concept! Can't wait to see what happens next!!

So tell me do the girls have their own Q that makes it more than just your typical Derringer?

They do..... Her name is Ranpha...

Dammit, I just got caught up and you threw this out there...Now I'll be anxiously awaiting the page

Dawng! Yor work is just out of this world and prooofesional! Hope that AR and G4 will be ok on their own, interesting bottom segment with the downed soldiers. Love how you develop the scenes, action and use of all props. Page 5 should be even more intestine in this new chapter. And your now realizing getting old sucks? Known that for at least 3 years. I gained 8 pounds on my last job working, now not being I gained 13 more. We'll grow old together my friend even though miles seperate us. Hope the next page is just as thrilling, Rod.

Super cool story and art!

Cool page! I can't wait to see what the girls find there! and just who attacked the base... hmmm maybe some cyborgs.. just guessing. hope to see more of this great story, and what else happens next! Too cool story!!!

Yes, Rod, retirement is one looooong, boring day after another. PLENTY of time to get caught up on your art! LOL! Honestly ... I have no idea how I had any sort of a life while I was still working. I've been retired for six years, six months, and eight days. (Dang! I wish you'd asked me this two days ago, that would have been cool.) Got nothin' to do but sit around figuring out how long I've been "work free." :D Well ... except for all the travel, the projects, the outings, the photography, the books, the games ... I haven't been bored in the least! :) It seems like there's always something going on. And I'll just bet Jo has a little list waiting for you, too! :P

Great pages,, my friend. I love all the background stuff. Terrific work!

Jeeze, Tara... If I'd asked you 2 days ago it might have been a bit satanic.... 6,6,6... LOL

Hehe - you almost had me talked out of it, but I'm still retiring!

the operations does not sound like fun. I did have my gall bladder out more than 20 years back. it went like a breeze with no problems. hope both of yours will be flawless.

I am continually amazed at your renders and detailed stories

Awesome story lines and images Rod!! As usual....I'm anxious to see what happens next!!!!!

These are classy images so well produced Rod.Now I'm on edge with this chapter..gripping my chair ..Really a nice composition and well executed..Take care cheers

Cool story and work, RodS-san!

Okay! I'm getting slow in MOA! Great scene you've created - got to watch out for those sewers....

Sound like you’re going to have a rough go and I just found out I’m one year – eleven days older than you. I hope you got my e-mail, I’m not sure I sent it to the right place.

Yep, I got it! I'll be emailing you shortly!

Man, Rod! Outstanding! Every scene and set. Wonderfully detailed and expertly laid out. Really love the inset of Arawen holding the weapon. Truly professionally well done. You have so many creative tools in your tool box and imagination. Awesome page all the way around with a dangerous spin of urgency in the final scene, my friend!

Cool! The plot thickens.

Sounds as if there is something wrong best bring in more girls maybe there is going to be lots of fists and blood

You left me hanging again!!!! Great story! Love the characters and awesome layout! Excellent Rod! Hope you feel better soon!

Fabulous as always! These Girls just keep getting into hot water of one kind or another.

I'm retired and love every minute of it..No alarm clock waking you up, no schedule..Do what you want when you want..

Another great image...Wonder what happened in the office?

Proof is in the pudding Rod. I've been gone from TNA for way too long and without looking back a single episode, I read and ogle this page and feel I know exactly what's going on...minus a few relative details I am sure:-) Love the USAF female uniform. The Major though...she's picked up the wrong hat hasn't she? I'll be poised on the edge of my chair waiting to see what slime ball thinks he can outwit our girls. Sounds like you've got a few medical issues to take care of before retirement. After all you do need to be in top shape to handle all the stresses and strains of party, party, party...hehe.

Very cool stuff, Rod

I like the details on the USAF uniform (I need to make a few things like that). Excellent work, I wonder who thumped out those poor fellows!

Yeah, getting old sucks rocks, but being retired doesn't. I'm on disability for arthritis and depression, and I do not miss dragging my arse off to make someone else wealthy.

So that is a cliffhanger ended Rod ! Amazing work on all the panels. Well, you deserve your retirement, Rod. Time to take things in a bit more relaxed way ! I am sure you will have a lot of time for your artwork but be open to the fact the first few months may be tough to get used to a less busy life.... Suddenly you have a lot more time to think about things and such and things you ignored before because of lack of time may irritate you when you have too much time on hand.... Being busy with your artwork is a good thing.... Every time I take 2 weeks off, it drives me nuts by the end on the second week because I am so used to being busy doing things....

I came back here to comment on more of your work, and I saw that I never commented on this! I could've SWORN I did---I remember reading it, I remember the last scene---what happened to my comment? Well, ok, here goes...

First, the backgrounds of the facility are fascinating and perfect, a real mass of industrial landscape stuff, with big tanks, outside wire-casings, metal fences, old decayed ugly walls, gizmos and water tanks, etc. Love the scene.

Your women and posing of them are as expert as ever, and beautiful and seductive as ever. As always, you pose them in so many configurations, you keep the action moving, the scene where Stephan is entering her car is composed beautifully, for example. Real contrasts. And of course you thicken the story with the stuff about the water and rattlesnakes, etc. (and memories of that sewer scene, which I still remember). (I once fell in an open sewer. A scene from the Keystone Cops, except it was real. I'll tell it one of these days...)

I like the vignette of Arawen (in the circle, like the old iris shots in silent films). And another big array for your background in the next scene. You really do placement of people and things beautifully.

And then the 'twist' in the last scene: An invasion. Murder/assault. Mystery. What happened? What's next...And a completely different color scheme to break out of the rest of the chapter: Greens. Another meticulously done chapter, Rod, with all your usual attentions to detail and all your fine articulation. As for not doing a lot on this recently, you've had a lot else on your mind, to be sure. And I know you've been frustrated with the number of your comments, but you get very excited and long responses from the people who know you, and it's great to see that everytime I come here. This series has fierce loyalty, which is great considering how much you put into it. (My comments have gone down too---though my absences help that a lot; I can't blame people when I'm gone so much. But still, one wonders what's happened on this site...) Terrific piece, Rod. First rate work once more. Sorry I didn't comment on this before now.