Page Commentary No. 105

Psu: I remember we went on quite a while about the inclusion of the last two panels.

Gunwild: This is a good one. Did we argue over it or were we just not sure what to put in them?

Psu: I think we weren't sure about the necessity of them, or what they added. I can't recall exactly what the hubbub was. Or maybe it was missing the point by adding a twist there. But I think it seemed appropriate to say that both of them work really hard in different ways. I think it's worth wondering if this says the night owl has a worse life because of slow habits but maybe they just operate at different speeds.

Gunwild: Probably why one is in the military and one is very not. I do like that we included this small bit of Cassiopeia working on her speeder well before anything else suggest we're gonna do a racing chapter.

Psu: We knew we were going to do the race so I started wondering what things I could slip into the background. I know I've tried doing that with other in-between sections of this story. Anyway, I'd like to point out a number of the things invented for this page. In particular the watermelon pillows and Manitoba. I actually drew the waterfall and picked the name Manitoba before I knew there were wilderness and waterfalls in Manitoba.

Gunwild: There are! Alas, they account for only a small portion of Manitoba. So a real-life Manitoban commented like "Wow I thought it was too flat around here for that." But Maddy has probably never been in person, so let's forgive her for letting an ambience screensaver only show her a little bit.

Psu: Speaking of screensavers, have people been noticing the Flying Toasters yet? I think we've gone through a couple years of comics and haven't actually mentioned the flying toasters.

Gunwild: Oh yeah, maybe not. Audience, go look through our comic and see that every once in a while, roaming around on people's screens, are flying toasters similar to the ones from the famous After Dark series of screensavers from the 1990s.

Psu: I actually think they're living creatures on the same plane of existence that Skript Kitty is. They're just like computer pigeons. They go around.

Gunwild: So majestic.

Psu: Can you tell what peia is holding in her photo on panel 4?

Gunwild: No. If I knew I have forgotten.

Psu: Me neither, she's got bra straps and no neck collar thing.

Gunwild: Prolly cuz it's the past!

Psu: Well anyway, more important addition. I'd really be happy if people recognize the duck in panel 5.