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Hello again! Back to our Monday/Friday schedule. And that was the last hiatus ever. I mean, there's not very many pages left at all, so I can't possibly find room for another one! Right? Right?
Also, no, they're not all in the room with her when she opens her present. A certain amount of time passes between panels five and six. Comics are magical that way.
-Joe
EEEEEEEEE it's trapezius! I love that guy! So glad he made it! :D
I think I see that hired goon guy she hit with coffee in the crotch way back when.
Would be funny if there's a scene where they're talking and his crotch is still stained, sort of as a memento.
Oh, he's not the type to enter a lady's house with stained trousers. It wouldn't be civil!
Aw. Gee, Spark. Don't worry... I won't be far. Zebra Girl will always be here too, and one day, maybe I'll be back! Until then, we'll always have the good times.
I can't help but Wonder what the gift is. I know crystals no witch or wizard but she has shown a aptitude for and a natural insight into Magic
I would guess that it's a snazzy dress reminiscent of the one in the prophetic dream sequence here http://www.zebragirl.thecomicseries.com/comics/485
Clothes do make sense, given the part about the second puberty.
Eyyyy that guy who got chopped up by Betty, with his tiny regrowing limbs.
Heyy, what do you know, they DO grow back. I wouldn't even have noticed at first. I think the other guy's regaining his eyesight too.
To be honest I first read it as one of those pages like in Hellboy where unseen spectators can just see everything the hero does for whatever reason. In any case, I expect Zandra to pull her best impression of fabulousness in the next page :D
I really am so unbelievably happily that the hired good achieved his omphalos!
Do you believe in magic in a young girl's heart?
How the music can free her, whenever it starts.
And it's magic, if the music is groovy;
It makes you feel happy like an old-time movie!
I'll tell you about the magic,
and it'll free your soul!
But it's like trying to tell a stranger 'bout rock and roll
It hurts, to have her come back to her friends - her family, really, especially since we haven't heard about her mom since the earliest comics - only for everyone to be scattered away from her like that. It was always going to happen eventually, but for it to be so soon...
I'm curious who the other speaker with a single word bubble in panel 1 is. Also, that hand in the top right? Beautifully rendered. Plus, Mike's hair is totally on point.
I'm going to guess there's a baby/puppy involved here an someones gonna be a Demonic Godmother
Not enough time for another hiatus? Don't sell yourself short, Joe. If anyone can require one over a few pages, we all know it's you. ;)
Aaand expecting magical and impressive dress. Would make a great, final page; but I'm holding out for something to do with Chalk.
1) I want to declare that my guess for the gift is a halo t-shirt, or some garment based on it.
2) "Mike" has such big, prominent hair! I like to think that while his current form is quite short, the hair is so big that the total height is the same as his original height.
T-shirt was my first guess. Hopefully something acid-proof.
Awesome Awesome Book! I hope you continue to use this world DC Marvel style and do other P.O.V. Joe or get stuck Like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle did with Sherlock Holmes and have to revisit her!
You're very, very welcome, Jonathan! And, who knows... maybe I will!
Zandra mentioned needing a new outfit, and Crystal loves cosplay and sewing. It's that.
Anyway thank you Joe for these many years of comics. (I've been reading since the first month of ZG, loved seeing each leap of your artistic evolution. ZG has always been a favorite, and still is.) ♡
Thanks so much, Leorale. It's been my honest honor to serve!
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