I’m not sure whether Ardaic is probing Caneghem’s feelings in panel 1 or not, but I am sure that Caneghem knows better than to show any weakness to anyone who might use it against him, and telling Ardaic anything is […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Apart from a brief flashback, this is it for Pardo’s appearances in Guilded Age. Flo deserves credit for the deep irony here, that Pardo was the one who instigated this “altruist conspiracy” and has now, like Robespierre, become its victim as it’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As we started preparing to (oh no, spoilers) say goodbye to Pardo, I did my damnedest to reconcile him and Iwatani as they were here with the very, very different versions of them that showed up in their respective first speaking roles. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Flo’s script for the first panel includes the detail that Pardo lost not only work friends and extended family, but illegitimate children as well. That’s a bit of a wrinkle in his generally benign character…but we don’t know what his […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I struggle with how kind to be to this chapter. For me, Chapter 38 is a lot like Gastonia. Viewed from within, there’s a lot to enjoy about it, a lot worth admiring. But there’s something rotten at the heart of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
