Page Commentary No. 278 (Patreon)

Gunwild: One of the best Nizka shirts ever, no doubt.

Psu: Nizka is looking at the words Peia just said in panel 3 and checking if the logic tracks. Oh hey yeah, we should probably sell that shirt. That'd be a good-un. This is a super pleasant page. I also always liked the idea about hiding your stuff in plain sight. There's an old New Jersey axiom I learned as a kid, "Drive it like you stole it." If you don't wanna get noticed, follow the rules!

Brellom: New Jersey sounds like it used to be a lot scarier...

Gunwild: There's so much extra detail on his page that Maks even has a scoop of "Mint-n-Metroid" mixed in that I'd never seen until just now.

Psu: It's a strange and daring flavor! The mint really cools the Metroid down into a pleasant digestible state.

Gunwild: I'd like to have enough ice cream in a bucket to get my hair in it.

Psu: I think this is one of those pages that really captures the overall feeling of this general vague "arc" for Cassiopeia. Overall our characters are at a peaceful status quo and we get introduced to a bunch of new friends. And new flavors. It's also the kind of thing that is more... intrinsically us I think. We like action a lot but we love it when we can make the world feel a little more like someplace you wanna be. And what's nicer than getting free fresh hand churned ice cream with friends?

Gunwild: Yeah, sorry I don't have much to say about the writing here, aside from I'm glad I got to rely on the art to sell the cute ideas!

Psu: Any page where we can give Nizka a new fun shirt is still a good one. On technical art stuff for the page, I should have planned out where Ashley is running to if I needed to have her yelling "YAY!" I don't like having to use balloon tails to dodge other characters... That's a very bad way to design a page! But Ashley's running pretty fast so it was hard to catch her...

Gunwild: I'm pretty sure it was my idea to make sure that Mr. Shnouf had a free hat. I've been on a lot of tours of confectioners and ice cream factories and bakeries, and the only thing cuter than a kid getting to wear a free hat is a kid making sure their stuffed animal gets one too.

Psu: Huh, I forgot about that little detail. Man there's a lot of those on this page, aren't there?

Gunwild: Everybody's doing something or emoting! Sounds exhausting.