Black Cat puts the whammy on Chris.
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Archive for August, 2009
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Pluto’s backstory mixes Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Black Cat” with bullies.
Pluto’s meows reference three of the four claw-wielding characters from the Phantasy Star series — Myau, Mieu and Nei.
I also tried to draw Rudo and Anna from Phantasy Star II in the upper-right panel. I am such a nerd.
I remember a few hangouts in high school: bowling alley, mall, parks, Taco Bell (“Toxic Hell”), Big Boy’s, and a little “hole-in-the-wall” Chinese restaurant that had affordable combo specials for young teenagers.
The above setting is loosely based on a Big Boy restaurant from my high school memories. I should find a way to work that tiny Chinese restaurant into the comic.
Axl’s computer mentions OS/2 on the desktop. Either OS/2 means something different in the future, or Axl’s hacking through an antique.
I used OS/2 Warp for only a few years in college. I liked the operating system, but I had trouble finding third-party apps. I finally moved to Windows NT 4.0 in order to learn LightWave 3D.
I drew this in the 90′s. Today we have electronic ink, OLED displays, and Microsoft Surface. By the time I finish this comic, folks will think it takes place in the past instead of the future.
