I picked up a set of French curves on clearance at Wal-Mart and I really like them so far, but they`re taking quite a bit of adjustment to not make my curves look so disconnected and out of place. I inked Sunday`s comic today, and I can already see an improvement. In a few weeks, the word balloons should look a lot better.
I have repeatedly said that the characters in this strip share little more than names with their real-life counterparts. However, I really like writing for Mary, and I`d like to think that a good bit of her real-world counterpart shines through in the character. At least, I hope so…her real world analogue kicks ass.
–Two years later (one year and 50 weeks, actually) I still think this is one of my favorite jokes.