Page Commentary No. 317

Gunwild: We may have talked about this one out of order. Anyway, Throwing liquid at a person holding some kind of electrified weapon is always a delight to me.

Psu: Oh you're right, we went right to the next page talking about the whole secret plot. Well that's okay. Electricity plus liquid is one of those rules has helped me out in so many video game puzzles. Ya know looking at this I don't think we've done an action scene in a long while.

Gunwild: I think so too. This is a pretty good one though. See, we didn't need some long movie about a moody scientist to point out that the laws of physics are only on your side until someone uses them against you.

Psu: What movie was that from?

Gunwild: Oppenheimer, but I dunno, I still haven't seen it yet.

Psu: Oh yeah. Well sorta. That is one of the takeaways from that film, as well as realizing that progress without conscience can lead to grave consequences. Just like the consequences of bumping into and bothering the anti-hero on their day off.

Gunwild: In real life, watch out under coconut trees, falling coconuts hurt a lot of people every year! Lark's species is pretty thick-skulled, though.

Psu: Look, you're generally not supposed to interact with a coconut in that way.

Gunwild: Yeah, filling it with booze which you then drink will go to your head fast enough. By the way, someone commented recently that they wondered if Wrenn, sneaking around in the Nutirition Bar, is old enough to drink. While it's not that kind of bar (although that misunderstanding is the exact kind of joke I love to make), I think she probably is on her home planet, which would have a drinking age comparable to Space-Canada or Space-Europe. But drunkenness can be a little different for part-alien people... and not come from the same source, either!

Psu: Huh, I happen to be drinking a bottle of... looks at bottle Mistic Lotta Colada which is just a non alcoholic pina colada flavored sugary drink. It's nice... This is quite a tangent. Let's talk about the page. I kiiiinda would draw the action on the bottom panel differently now. I wouldn't have Feti's back leg lifting off the ground for the bottom panel. That's more of a thing for when she's chucking the glass. But if you do find yourself smashing someone on the head with a zoconut (which again I generally don't endorse) you should try it use both of your feet on the floor for better transfer of power.

Gunwild: The same applies for throwing a good punch, and I do endorse you hitting someone in the head with a foreign object rather than your hand if possible. Feti's a swordfighter, she's gotta save those hands.

Psu: Think she'd rather hold a drink than a sword?

Gunwild: No, but unlike Maddy she doesn't seem set on bringing hers everywhere while off-duty. N-not that it'll be a plot point or something...

Psu: Well, that was a thing about being on this nice vacation planet. No unauthorized weapons even if you're regency. That's why we got Skarf and Lark here with a foot gun and what looks like a USB charger mixed with a hairdryer.

Gunwild: Before we go, any tips for our audience on how to draw a really convincing thrown glass?

Psu: Oh yeah uh... Sometimes i'll break the fourth wall of panels just cause it's fun. But on a panel like this, it's a very easy way to make an object look like it's moving through 3d space.

Gunwild: It's still frosty!

Psu: I could use a refill of my Lotta colada...

Gunwild: Throw it onto your desk!

Psu: No!