Comic #199: Gretta's Plan (Patreon)

Originally published: Aug 2nd, 2009.

Wow, 19 panels. The early days I could make these long comic pages mostly because I simply copy and pasted every character from one panel to the other and then changed minor expressions or arm movements. I think at this point I was likely planning for the big 200th comic, and I needed to get a lot of background info into this comic to make it all work.

This also marks the beginning of Narya's 3rd hairstyle in the comic run. It managed to last 30 comics or so before I couldn't stand drawing those curly ends anymore and changed it again.

I know I said #197 felt a bit out of place, but I have to admit I made it kind of make sense by including that 12th panel.

Again, this comic illustrates my plan for Donald to be a kid behind the keyboard, which I eventually described in further detail WAY later in #849.

The little girl in Horace's daycare is actually pulled from another one of my non Dark Legacy Comics from this period. Namely, this one: