A nervous Black Cat puts the whammy on Alucard.
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…and the cat screams out the name of a fourth claw-wielding character from the Phantasy Star series.
I swear, I’d have made it yell “Rika” if cats could say “Rika.” I am such a nerd.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Strangers in Paradise influenced my use of text on this page.
Keri’s outfit splits the difference between Ranma 1/2 and Minor Domo from Excalibur: Mojo Mayhem. I loved Minor Domo.
I also loved Nei, the tragic character from Phantasy Star II. So…
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When I drew this page in the 90′s, I had seen Robot Carnival on the Sci-Fi channel. The film made a powerful impression on me, and this is the second time I drew a reference to Robot Carnival in Lore.
The Sci-Fi channel recently changed its name to “SyFy.” Pity.
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