You can sort of see us (mainly Phil) hitting the structural limits of our quest to make Best more likable here. He’s capable of sympathizing with the victims of Gastonia’s racism and hypercapitalism… up to a point. But the belief […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So here’s the other end of our Swamp Thing parallel. Like “Metagaming,” “The Anatomy Lesson” begins with a plutocrat CEO, General Sunderland, explaining things to an impressively educated confederate, Jason Woodrue, as they walk together to a secret part of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Even I’m shocked to go back to this early page and see just how sassy Carol is with HR here. She clearly did not become HR’s trusted confidante by misreading his overall needs. So… he must like things between them […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I wrote this page, but Phil replaced my obvious “straw journalist” with Adam Sessler, who would do X-Play until 2013. (Edited, see comments) Escape from Cyberia was not intended to be a Chekhov’s gun. It just would have seemed a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Christ, where to START. There’s a fine balance in HR’s first on-panel interaction with Carol. He thanks her for keeping him mindful of his schedule, which is a pretty basic job for an AA. That’s a lot friendlier than his […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
