And in the pitch of night, bargains and truces were made.

Oh, and I just noticed. A nice little anticipatory write-up of the upcoming Little Dee book by Gary Tyrrell over at FLEEN. Thanks, Gary!

The truth be told.

I find this similar to relationships. Sometimes it’s so easy just to apologize, try to bridge a gap, be the first to extend the olive branch.

True, when you’re the ONLY one who ever does it, it can become a desturctive force.

Little worse than “banal.”

I must have been reading a lot of Harry Potter at the time.

Nothing is ever that easy. At least not in fiction.

“Frogging” is a knitting/crochet term, meaning to undo the work you’ve done.

It was interesting trying to write really good lyrics for Foul Ducky-Duck, and then to write even better ones for Vachel. This strip nails in it every panel.

Oh, and I think that library card was based on mine from the Timberland Library in Olympia, WA.

Ha! I’d forgotten that i had Vachel come back. He’s (I’m) such a softie!

I took a trip to Puerto Rico the year I drew this. I think right after my trip to Ireland, which was mostly very sad and bleak. But I look back and laugh. That’s all you can do.