Xan and Shanna may have had a bumpy start, but what saves them here is mutual devotion to the work of information-gathering. Shanna sets terms for her continued presence and Xan immediately meets them (possibly looking a little chastised as […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Xan pretty well won over the readers here, and I hope this also finally buried the last of the “she’s just doing it for the moneyyy” sentiment about Shanna. I hope, likewise, that you can tolerate my griping about that […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For those not in the know, Sketchies was my first project with Flo. Originally meant as a video series, it was retooled into comics form, most of it with artist Ryan Estrada. Xan is a refugee from that series. He might be […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“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…
