Page Commentary No. 240

Brellom: Guess which character I most enjoyed colouring on this page.

Gunwild: I'm not good at guessing things!

Brellom: It's Dr. Botz, the best character in this entire show.

Psu: I thought it was Wolfstar.exe.

Brellom: Panel 5 is one of my favourite images that I still use Botz's face as an emoji. I think you did most of that because it was such a specific aesthetic.

Psu: It was important for the joke! Anyway, I think we gotta mention that we basically had this joke ready since we started doing the "heist introductions" in this story.

Gunwild: I bet Dr. Botz wouldn't want to stoop to using a slug-throwing gun or 3.5in floppy. The dress might stay, though! Psu, will that or something like it ever be a pinup?

Psu: Well... fancy dress femmes fatales are a thing we do for the pinups, sometimes. We haven't had a Botz appearance in a long time and she's like everyone's favorite character. Maybe we SHOULD fix that.

Gunwild: You know, in the UK, "fancy dress" means a costume, like a Halloween costume. It's a sign, we're always doing pinups in costumes!

Brellom: Do it this next month or I will be forced to do it, except really badly and probably more socially inappropriate. So you have to, or else you will be letting the universe down. Also thats true. Probably

Gunwild: Psu's right though, we knew that "The Traitor" joke was gonna happen... I wish I'd done better making it clear that she was gonna betray our heroes, not just the bad guys... still good though.

Brellom: It's cerebral. It will be interesting foreshadowing on a second reading.

Psu: A lot of people really started rooting for her to join the crew. I kinda got in on that too, but we can talk about that later. The short story though is that she is PROBABLY a bit too evil, still.

Brellom: Look, enemies are just friends you haven't made yet. What is Cassiopeia Quinn if not a story about evil bad people who do good things sometimes?(edited)

Gunwild: She'd have to apologize to the adorable people she's tried to enslave, first!

Psu: She's done that MULTIPLE TIMES. And man... if she found out there was a complete village of android ice cream vendors near by...

Brellom: That just means she's passionate about her job! It's a great character trait!

Psu: Well... that's not a BAD argument. But didn't I say we should talk about this later. I wanna point out how clever I was for showing how the map Botz is looking at in panel 5 is showing a maze where Wolfstar is breaking through the walls. And the laser eyebeams in panel 6 are rad.

Brellom: They are, in fact, red.

Psu: That red dress is awesome. Maybe we should draw it again. Or maybe the "heist universe" is worth revisiting somehow.

Gunwild: Could be a poster for her evil solo spinoff crime movie!

Psu: Do you think we can get a cool comic artist to make a guest strip out of the heist versions of the characters? It'd have to be set in the 80's. Lots of cool dark shading.

Gunwild: Okay but you have to stop me from stealing jokes from Moonbeam City.

Psu: I don't think I've met anyone that loves Moonbeam City as much as you did.

Gunwild: You probably never will!

Brellom: Its okay, I didn't watch that so I won't notice all the stolen jokes.

Psu: This sounds like a very good idea for a comic that might not actually ever get made...

Gunwild: More pinups in this style might though!

Psu: Well... I didn't really have an idea for this month's pinup yet so... maybe that's something our patrons might like?

Brellom: You're welcome, patrons.