“You take Ethereum, right?” I’d forgotten this wrinkle, that Xan actually shows Shanna some respect right from the start, mixed in with the caution and seeming contempt. He’s not much for the traditions of classical news media, but he does […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This scene was inspired by my visits with Flo, which also took place in Philadelphia, and where she then resided had a similar buzzer-lock system. Flo obviously never played this kind of game with me, but the power dynamics of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What a pleasant man! (That close-up of his smile… really does the job there, great work on John’s part.) Otaking pointed out that the thirty-dollar charge paralleled “thirty pieces of silver,” and man, I wish I could say we had […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Presenting real-life people in your comic is obviously kind of fraught, at least if you don’t want your reality to collapse in a pile of meta or broad comedy. If they’re your friends or friendly acquaintances, you want to at […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m pretty pleased with the work I did here, the more so since Flo didn’t carve it up as I was expecting she might. She may be closer to Joel’s life experience overall, but the sensation of coming home full-handed […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
