Welcome back dear readers!
Well, this day has been a long time coming. Our grand finale has arrived and our epic adventure with Jette Jones and her intrepid crew has reached its conclusion. When we last saw our fearless heroine she was facing off against the dreaded Goddess of Darkness in mortal form. Now, permanently anchored to our universe, she can wield her full power! Also, there’s a monster. A really BIG one. Danger abounds. Our heroes are divided, their situation is grim. Can Jette turn the tide?
Only one way to find out and that’s to dive straight in to Jette Jones #25!
If you’re reading this part I’m going to assume you’ve finished the story already. There could be spoilers ahead. I’m don’t know for sure, I haven’t written past this sentence yet. Considered yourself warned.
So, connie and I hope you enjoyed Fate of the Stars pt 8 and, moreover, that you’ve enjoyed all 25 issues of Captain Jette Jones, Star Ranger! We’ve had a lot of fun getting here and we certainly hope you have as well. I think I can safely speak for both of us when I say that the journey we’ve been on with Jette and company these last several years has been one of the most meaningful and delightful experiences we’ve ever had.
We LOVE these characters, our girls, and we love creating fun, sexy and dangerous adventures for them. So, some of you might be wondering: is this the last Jette Jones adventure?
For now? Yes.
Forever? No.
There’s a few loose threads that we intentionally never tied up. There’s already been talk like “one day we need to come back and tell XXX story!” I don’t think connie and I could put down Jette forever if we wanted to — and we most certainly don’t want to. But, we both have other projects that we really want to get cracking on and so now is a great time to step away from Jette and do just that.
We’ve got some fun ideas for things to do with the existing stories in the near future. I’m planning an extensive behind the scenes look at the humble beginnings of the Jette mythos. And there’s lots of fun artwork to share that’s been created over the years but never quite made the cut. We’ll keep you posted on all that.
For now, we just want you to know that we deeply appreciate each and every one of you who tuned into these stories and had fun along with us. Thank you for your feedback, sharing your stories and for letting us know you enjoyed our little space opera.
Speaking for myself now, I want to say that working with connie k has been the most fun I’ve ever had doing anything creative in my life. Full stop.
We were friends before all this but the synergy we developed working on these stories was something I’ve never experienced. I’m a skeptical person by nature and I’m telling you that there were times that our non-verbal communication bordered on spooky. It’s like reading a person’s body language but over text chat. I don’t know how else to describe it. There were times that we just KNEW what we were both thinking. Truly remarkable.
It also helps that we were laughing our heads off, sharing stories, music and movie recommendations the whole time. It feels a bit like a fun-filled roadtrip that we’ve been on these past few years and we’ve finally reached our destination.
I look forward to doing it all over again one day!
8 Comments
N
Quick repeat of my thoughts left under the story:
I have never been that into the Jette Jones series due to the ‘happy endings,’ the adventure serial style and the aesthetic descriptions. Just not into Retro Sci Fi that much.
However, I must grant that the series is a massive achievement and that the final arc was quite enjoyable, though I lament that we didn’t get enough time seeing the brainwashing and transformation of characters. As a whole this last release felt a bit rushed. I would have prefered more time in the heads of the characters.
Still, I must admit I am relieved that it is over. With this chpter of the project done, I am looking forward to you returning to other projects. I certainly hope there will be more dronification or Impero Research Institute stories. I can barely wait for Decisive Results 2 as well!
After you experimented with AI image generation tools for the cover images of Jette Jones, will you be using the tech in future projects?
Best regards from a fan from Germany
callidus
Hey there, first up apologies: I mistakenly deleted your other comment thinking it was an accidental re-post. Sorry about that. Thanks for your kind words despite Jette Jones not being your brand of tea. I am actively working, even now, on one of the projects you mentioned and I’ll look forward to sharing more about that in the near future.
To answer your question, yes I will be using AI tech in future projects. I’ve been noodling on a blog post about the topic of AI tools and how I see them in relation to my work. Thanks again for the comment and thank you for reading our Jette Jones finale!
N
Hello,
thank you for the reply. No problem about the other post, I just wasn’t sure whether to comment under the blog post or the gallery itself.
I am happy to hear that more is coming and I can hardly wait!
Madboy7931
If this is a tease for some DR 2 news then I’m SUPER excited 🙂
callidus
Stay tuned…
Rajah Dodger
I’ve been following Jette for – wow, two years! Can’t thank you enough for this massive engaging story!
callidus
Thank you so much! Connie and are so glad you were along for the ride with us!
bethany
Congratulations to you and connie k on an incredible achievement, and I can’t help but marvel at the amount of imagination and creativity that went into this. More than that though … I love that you’re so proud of it, because you should be. I’ve heard from so many writers (and yours is often literally a thankless task) who seem to end being miserable by the time they finish their tales, so to hear that you both had this much fun is absolutely wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing this with us! I’m looking forward to Jette’s return (whenever that may be) and while it’s not my primary reason for writing this, I do want to insert a teeny tiny little plug for more Compliance and Acquisition, which is quite high on my list of favorite mc stories, bar none.