Galaxion

Galaxion is a science fiction comic book and webcomic series written and drawn by Canadian Tara Tallan (née Jenkins).
The story follows the crew of an interstellar ship, the "Galaxion", as they test a new experimental hyperdrive engine. The story's narrative presents the "Galaxion"'s geologist Aria Schafer's point of view.
Versions.
There have been three versions of the "Galaxion" story.
Around 1993, the story first appeared as one half of a photocopied, digest size flip comic book "Salmagundi".
In the late 1990s the story was relaunched in a self-published full-sized comic. There were also two "special issues": a shorter 99 cent special and a "flip book" with Amy Unbounded by Rachel Hartman. The first six issues were collected in a graphic novel, "Galaxion: The Graphic Novel Volume One". This second version of "Galaxion" made it to eleven full issues but ceased publication in 1999 as the demands of parenthood pulled Tara away from the drawing table.
In 2006, Tara launched a third version of "Galaxion" as a bi-weekly (later weekly) webcomic, originally hosted at Girlamatic. The comic went on hiatus in August 2018 
Characters.
Note: This describes roles of the characters in the webcomic version of "Galaxion". The roles have been different in earlier versions. For example, the print comic shows Scavina in command of the "Galaxion" from the beginning and Zandarin leading the Survey Contact Team.