At this point, since several people have mentioned how much they enjoyed Chyou (a fact that surprises me a bit), I think there's a not unreasonable chance she'll make more appearances - artists and time permitting. If you don't mind my asking, what is it about Chyou that makes her stand out to you specifically?
Side note, Chyou was always intended to join the Group X organization all the way from ATOCS1 when I was brainstorming it.
Also, "Cobra Commander" is an homage the original author of the inspiration for the Group X series. I hope that if he ever stumbles across the series (and reads it), he'll see it as me honoring his work. Who knows.
As mentioned before, this isn't the end of Group X as a whole but intended as the blockbuster "introduction" to the Group X world. I've already been brainstorming a one-of series, and the script is in the final stages. As far as collabs with Celestin - I'm planning another series which is somewhat related to both Group X and ATOCS but only partially. Celestin is working on another project, or so I was told, but I still need to work on developing the script.
And as far as Victoria/Emily/Lydia, maybe they'll return some day because yes, their story isn't quite over yet.
As far as the pacing, I do wish I had more space to tell out a more detailed story. Both the beginning and the ending needed more fleshing out, but I think this was about the best that could be done in 40 pages. From what I could gather the current pricing model is already a bit too high for a lot of people's tastes, so charging extra can be a bit burdensome. For the middle, I justify it as Lance thinking too much with his c0ck and not enough with his head, something Mistress X yells at him about. He was thinking too much about the payoff and not the consequences of his actions.
Also, who's Nicole?
