Little Dee

December 13th, 2010 | by christopher

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I have no idea what made me think of Miss America. Or where I came up with that name. But the scenario deserved a good non-sequitur.

War Pig

December 13, 2010 at 1:27 am | #

Ah, but is Ted really asleep or just pretending, and wanting to shove Vachel head first in a vase to shut him up?

I’ve often wondered how sci-fi /fantasy/sword&sorcery authors come up with names. EE “Doc” Smith alone had to come up with dozens of alien names in the Lensman series alone in the days before computer-generated names. Has to be tough to do. Personally, I cheat and use a book which has lots of names of people throughout history in it. Sometime I merely poach and sometimes I combine.
Harena

December 13, 2010 at 2:24 am | #

Panel 3 continues to make me giggle every single time I see it! ;D
christopher

December 13, 2010 at 10:04 am | #

@War_Pig, I have several baby-name books (or in recent years, I mostly just use baby-name websites) if I want meaning or origin of the name to play a part. For Spacetrawler, I just make stuff up that sounds funny. For Little Dee, I don’t remember where I got Dee. Ted I named after TEDdy bear. Blake after William Blake. And Vachel, I think I may have just looked up names which began with “V.” :)

@Harena, that is totally in the high pitch falsetto queen of England voice.