Airways (2007) (Post 240)
Airways is one of the mango-style comic books from the Out of This World Space Sports series. This was an odd series for me to write, because it concerns team sport and politics, which are both things I'm not at home with. Because I didn't want to try to understand an existing sport, I invented my own, called 3D. The series takes place on Spacestation Nova, inhabited by Shipborn, Stationborn and Earthborn. There is rivalry between the factions, but the sport of 3D, played in zero gravity, brings them together. In Airways, Gold Team Junior is having trouble with their training. They are always tired and Nonny keeps getting headaches. Prof, the team captain, goes to his dad, Doc, but Doc is too busy trying to improve the failing ventilation system. There is sabotage from the mayor's nephew, selfishness and penny-pinching from the mayor, and friction between Prof and his dad.Luckily, things are sorted out with help from Ali, the station medic, who suggests plants as a stop-gap while the ventilation system is upgraded.
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