Delectation! We viewers have been treated to another morsel of your brainchildren in action. – There’s a unique sense of anticipation and mostly comical suspense in this scenario of mutual misunderstanding. To this one, “Chairman” Treco almost seems fearful in its constant shouting and repeatedly unsuccessful orders. For one who resorts to telephony so absolutely and has such a wide ambit of command, Treco seems rather susceptible to misinformation. It shows quite a limited *grasp* of its personnel and resources despite how proudly it flaunts its power and the difficulty of challenging or retaliating it. It brings the nature and extent of Treco’s business network a little further into question for me over time. (Lope’s media-exaggerated hostility may be a factor as well.) It’s a bit like someone playing a real-time strategy with access to great resources, yet with only the ability to view a minute region of the field in the past and a lack of context. – I happily await the (anti)climax, whatever form it may take. The nature of the situation keeps it pleasantly unpredictable for me. I think Hat, ever the opportunist, could stand to gain handsomely from meeting Treco if the latter doesn’t know its effects. Hat may have a criminal past (“not the fops again!”,) so perhaps they’ve already been in touch and never realized. >Hat may not be reliable in Lope’s life, but does __it think of itself as a friend to Lope__? Manipulation isn’t always easy to identify, and the Hat displays that well. It generally seems to intervene when it or Lope are in danger or separated, and may be possessive of Lope though also willing to abandon it. – I hope we eventually get to see Lope and M.S. Meepmire physically meet–perhaps they could bond a bit over their pleasant natures despite frequent maltreatment. I quite like Meepmire’s consistent reasonability despite the ceaseless demands made of it. It may not be respected or heeded, but doesn’t lose itself–how sweet. – The Meeps’ bowtie reverence takes ever funnier forms, with a display case (Jest: does that make it a taxidermied bow?), plaque, and flashy wallpaper. But they haven’t yet resorted to bowtie pasta, bow-shaped spectacles, or a fan/propeller with bow blades. I wonder if they prefer reeled cassettes since they store info in “ribbons,” and like string instruments because of the bow and fiddle. A bowtie-shaped sprinkler would be… …a rain bow, while beasts of burden are equipped with *rein* bows. __Art and visual minutiae__ – This one always appreciates getting to see objects and characters from different perspectives. A rear view of Lope’s faux horns and their attachment is always welcome. – Each stretch of the comic seems to have a few stylings of its own. We’ve been treated to nareless Lopes more often, and for some reason, it just looks a little smaller to me in general. I’m happy to see it so calm. – I like that the receptionist and Treco have similar seats. – One can’t claim this facility doesn’t have a diverse *body* of employees. Even monopeds are welcome! (are its glasses invisible because of the viewpoint in panel 11?) – [playfully] That red door is quite insistent! But anyone who began above and first descends might be confused. Knowing this world, it’d have a message for that. – The use of rasp in panel 12 is witty – [playfully] It stands to reason and humor that the Pringles figurehead would have some power here. Was it allowed even without a bow? – [Curiosity] Is Fah, as seen here, in Brubaglid’s name, and perhaps a few other instances, a formal title? –Thanks for the treat, and pleasant endeavors to you– Reply
thank you for the in-depth analysis! I did forget to draw the glasses in one frame. A bowtie ceiling fan is an appropriately terrible idea but I probably do not have enough space here to cram in evidence of one. I may have to condense lope’s size in order to fit the details into cramped interior frames. this whole page felt cramped to me, however, which is perhaps the fault of simply drawing over my draft sketch rather than starting a fresh sketch. I thought of “fah” as a formal title and remembered using it previously but not where. a long time ago it was established in my house that “rasp” actually meant “grasp” due to a character on our cheap dinoriders vhs tape at one point saying something like “I have you in my grasp” and this being conflated with the name of a snake-headed crony “Rasp.” And when I was in first to third grade I shared a concept with another student about a “Rasp Machine” robot that stole 50 cent cafeteria brownies (curiously similar to the little debbie brownies that would be common in a few years) while repeatedly saying “RASP…RASP…RASP…” Nobody needs to know that; ultimately it is funny to me that treco uses an improper word, though anyone else finding it funny without my personal sense of context is also beneficial. Reply
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