Notes:
I'm not sure why I had Phred's elbow pop out over the edge in panel #1
... it really doesn't serve any purpose, and thereby really does serve
to weaken the impact of all the other places I used that trick for a reason.
*sigh* All things in moderation.
The rest of the
page I like very much. From the sharp, spikey background elements in panel
#2 through more tones-as-layers in panel #3 and 5, and more interesting
uses of borderless images in panels 4 & 5, I think I DID use all these
tricks VERY purposely. And for that reason they seem very effective to
me. Plus, I like a page that ends in a punchline.
"Antarian cricket
beast," was the pet name my roommates and I had for the bizarre insects
that crawled around the plumbing in a basement apartment we rented during
my final year at university. They appeared anywhere there was water, and
since all the water pipes seemed to sweat all year round, that meant they
were EVERYWHERE. Although they LOOKED like they were biting bugs (with
large, ugly pincers on their tails) no one in the apartment ever was stung.
Oh ... and for
those of you keeping track of the "cameo appearances," panel #3 has Bob
Burden's Flaming Carrot, Charles Schultz's Snoopy, and a nearly unrecognizable
mouse made popular by Mr. Disney.
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