My philosophy is “make sure you give them a full morsel of story every day,” so I usually grumbled whenever Flo wanted to do a single-illustration splash page, especially a basically wordless one. But not this time. The full debut of the Beast deserves this moment.

John had tinkered with certain digital techniques for years and they really came together beautifully in this design. I particularly like the bright magenta and how it gives this creature an otherworldly solidity.

I wouldn’t have believed Flo could get glitch text into the alt text, but sometimes you never know until you try!