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@DialHForHagai See, I'm thinking -- and I appreciate that this is something of a tall conceptual ask -- there's a two-page version of this joke in the style of these narration-driven pages that perfectly sticks the landing
The idea of Lady Hawthorne usurping and repurposing the Lavender Jack iconography was originally going to be a much bigger part of the season, surviving into the final comic mainly in the form of Lilac Jack:
An early, and ultimately dropped, element of LJ S3 was that there'd be a line of cheap state-sponsored Lavender Jack merchandise, including a silent propaganda film and these adorable little bastards 🥊
I am not going to get better at answering emails and I will keep posting nonsense like Punisher Tintin, and if you’re on board with that then friend, I’m on board with you. See you next year 🥳🍾
I’ve got some very cool stuff in the pipe, both things you’d expect and things you very much would not, and I so, SO want you to see what we're cooking up. Fingers: crossed.
But I also got Vaxxed three times over, saw my friends more regularly than I ever did before, and hugged my ma for the first time in a year. I’ve done the best work of my career and expect to become increasingly more tremendous in the years to come 💪
Health wise — just between us chickens — this year was rough. I was diagnosed with ADHD, and my bipolar disorder went all SWAT KATS on me now that it had a copilot. A search for the right pharmaceutical regimen began in January and never really ended, eating up weeks at a time.
I had the opportunity to draw a FLASH GORDON strip for King Features, a total thrill and another reason @teaberryblue will forever be in my good books. We took a peek into the mind of one of Ming's Dragonmen, and lemme tell you, I think we just might’ve learned something