Episode 5.6
– Thanks for reading this new episode of Ghost Kiss! This was a short story (just 6 pages) but I think a lot happened! We got to see Mya’s entire supporting cast again and meet her father. You may remember Lester Freamon from his appearances in Modest Medusa or (more likely) as one of the main characters in HBO’s The Wire. In the Ghost Kiss/Modest Medusa universe Lester got married, had a kid and left Baltimore to live in Portland. This is also the first appearance of Mya’s cold weather costume, which is just her normal outfit plus grey leggings, a hat and a custom Ghost Kiss jacket.
By the way, Lucky Strike is the name of an excellent Chinese restaurant in NE Portland. The Pepper Chicken bath was this house specialty, a super spicy dish that could make your eyes water just smelling it. Super tasty, but super spicy. Sadly, Lucky Strike closed their doors last year, but in this alternate version of Portland they’re still open and doing well!
– Did you know that Ghost Kiss stories appear in every issue of Combine? Combine is quarterly a sci-fi anthology that I help publish. Each issue is 80+ full color, large format pages and features new chapters of Ghost Kiss and 3 other awesome science fiction comics. I’d really appreciate it if you’d check out Combine. The magazine is available by subscription through Patreon, and I’m trying hard to get about a dozen new subscribers so the project can start breaking even. We offer subscriptions through Patreon starting at $5/issue for digital downloads and $12/issue for the magazine delivered to your door. You can check out the first issue for free or subscribe here. back issues are available in discounted bundles from our online store. If you like high quality comic anthologies, sci-fi comic, or if you just like Ghost Kiss I hope you’ll check out Combine and consider becoming a subscriber! Thanks!
You know, it’s not fair that Chester knows alot about Mya’s life but she knows nothing about him.
It really isn’t.
Having a radio implant in your head that you can’t switch off seems fairly horrible.
Yeah, I imagine it’s awful. The steep price of being a superhero though.
Radio/itsy bitsy bomb
Very likely.
Do note also that in addition to audio, Chester is also reading her texts as she gets them. That’s not related to the implant at all, and unlikely to be anything she agreed to.
Is Ghost Kiss over? It’s a great comic but, it’s been more than a month since the last update.
Unfortunately it’s about 3 months between new updates. My work on Modest Medusa and The Magical Land of Yeld keep me super busy, and when I’m not doing that I’m often working freelance jobs to pay the bills. Sadly I just don’t have the time or money to produce Ghost Kiss more often. The next update (I update full episodes at a time) is scheduled for late April/early May.
late April/early May of 2028
If we’re lucky.
If I had a job like Chester’s, monitoring a superhero all the time, I’d have a bit of fun with it too! Not too much, just to tease them from time to time and maybe cheer them up when possible. So far, Chester doesn’t seem to be overdoing it.
And now I want some outrageously spicy chicken.