Latest scratchings on the drawing board:
I saw an image like this come by on Twitter with some pulp magazine or comics covers, I forget which. I liked the movement and energy in it, and even though I had only seen it in passing, I thought I'd try to re-create it.
I am pretty satisfied with it - and Coco said that she really felt the space, and the movement of the bodies, and the tilt of the deck.
So, maybe moving the needle an inch forward...