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Annotated Chapter 4 Page 27

Jun14
by Erin Ptah on June 14, 2021 at 12:01 AM

FrithThe first panel lists one of the Rabbit’s previous aliases as “Frith.”

Readers who were in middle school during a certain decade will recognize that’s the sun-god, according to the rabbits in Watership Down.

(“Cybele” is also a deity-based name, but, as far as I know, unrelated to rabbits.)

Even though I keep making in-text references to Inspector Spacetime, Sarah Jane is from the original Doctor Who that produced Sparrow’s TARDIS stickers/poster/clothing/toys. Laura Roslin is the president in the previously-appearing-in-this-chapter Battlestar Galactica.

There’s a good chunk of DW/BSG crossover fic in the real world…and, it turns out, one single Sarah Jane/Roslin fic. Fandom, we have been deprived.

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Annotated Chapter 4 Page 26

Jun11
by Erin Ptah on June 11, 2021 at 12:01 AM

High mountain ledgeThe framing of the bottom left panel made some readers wonder if Patrick’s Former Master fell off that ledge. Nothing that dramatic; I was just bad at drawing the angle.

And, wow, first mention of the Wolf! I forgot that was all the way back in (the second-to-last page of) Volume 1.

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Annotated Chapter 4 Page 25

Jun10
by Erin Ptah on June 10, 2021 at 12:01 AM

Toph Beifong (ATLA)Not quite the first glimpse we’ve gotten of Ann’s Being, but pretty close.

The “blank greyed-out eyes = blindness” trope has gotten awfully played-out, I know. Honestly hadn’t heard anything against it back in 2011, but I’ve heard plenty of “try something else” by now. And any time I design a blind character for future projects, I will.

That said, I’m not going back and changing Walker. Not least because there are so many Significant Eye-Based Style Choices in BICP. She’s not a weird exception, she’s just one example of a trend.

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Annotated Chapter 4 Page 24

Jun09
by Erin Ptah on June 9, 2021 at 12:01 AM

Colbert Report screencapThis is one of those pages where I tried to figure out some Serious Political Commentary to insert…and then said to myself, “Wait, why am I bothering? This is a comedy.”

Then I indulged in full-on Colbert-style physical comedy. (I’ve written a whole lot of Colbert Report fanfiction, which makes for great opportunities to do that kind of wordplay, but not so much with the pantomiming. Or the crawl gags.)

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Annotated Chapter 4 Page 23

Jun08
by Erin Ptah on June 8, 2021 at 12:01 AM

Magritte's 'This is not a pipe'Another sign gag: the poster behind Patrick says “Ceci n’est pas une affiche,” i.e. “This is not a poster.”

And hey, I managed to tie the chapter’s Cybele-and-Bennett side plot into the “cats and dogs” theme! However tenuously.

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Annotated Chapter 4 Page 22

Jun07
by Erin Ptah on June 7, 2021 at 12:01 AM

Kitty kisses, captioned 'Bad day? Here, I fix it.'It’s true…cults that kill you on the introductory ritual tend to have trouble building up the membership.

Reseda Licking Things is a good character beat. Should’ve put that in the comic more often.

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Annotated Chapter 4 Page 21

Jun04
by Erin Ptah on June 4, 2021 at 12:01 AM

'Combat stance: It may not be the best fighting style, but you're a master of it.'Logically, Camellia already knows Reseda won’t be permanently injured. Or even bothered by this for particularly long.

But “the Cat is dripping blood from an upper-extremity knife wound” has enough Bad Associations that it’s pretty hard to think around.

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Annotated Chapter 4 Page 20

Jun03
by Erin Ptah on June 3, 2021 at 12:01 AM

Knife Cat memeReseda was Knife Cat before it was cool.

This was inspired by some self-defense tactic I read about, years and years ago. If you’re being threatened by a person who’s bigger, stronger, very obviously able to hurt you…make them think you’re totally prepared to hurt yourself. They can win against any rational person! They’re not prepared to handle a target who’s terrifyingly, unpredictably irrational.

(…please don’t deliberately get stabbed unless you have Being super-healing, though.)

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Annotated Chapter 4 Page 19

Jun02
by Erin Ptah on June 2, 2021 at 12:01 AM

'Intimidate' motivational posterNow would’ve been a great time for these guys to clue in that Something Is Up With Reseda.

We know from the Cybele fight that “I’m a Being, fear me” would backfire as an intimidation tactic. But “you’re twice my weight and yet you can’t break out of my grip” ought to land, right?

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Annotated Chapter 4 Page 18

Jun01
by Erin Ptah on June 1, 2021 at 12:01 AM

Plot diagramAaaaand this is why you don’t call humans “it.”

Originally I was going to have this scene happen later, spacing out the Timothy-and-Reseda development. Then I figured, well, it’s very clear in my mind right now, and what if I forget later? Or what if I never find a good time to work it in? May as well take the plunge now.

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