Page 108 – Oh Snap…
…so, we’re just going to accept that this thing somehow collapsed itself down to the size of a softball WITHOUT weighing 500 pounds AND simultaneously replicating incredibly elaborate mind-manipulating technology. Okay? Good.
Seriously, though, can you believe this thing? The Big Surprise really turned out much freakier than I expected it too (granted, I was TRYING to come up with a creature like the stuff Gerald Scarfe created for The Wall, but what were the odds of THAT working)
Also, I am SO glad this page was only two panels (and less than ten words). This Christmas surprise I’m cooking up has me running WAY behind on normal pages. I think it’ll be worth it, though, not to get your hopes up or anything…
(Historical Note: As much as I still like how this page turned out, there really should have been TWO panels up top rather than just one. There’s an awkwardness in everyone apparently pointing BEFORE the Cap’n says anything. There needed to be one panel of him asking what’s up, and THEN a reaction panel where they all point. Because, you know, clearly the most important thing on this page is the comedic timing of when people point at something)
re: hovertext: …and La Faulx (perhaps the most popular character to have never actually existed in the strip at any time in the first place)
re: author comment regarding technology: It’s got a little MSWindows-like sticker on it that says “TARDIS Inside™”
I really do need to come up with some appearance for La Faulx, if only as an easter egg for really long-time readers.