Book Three, Page 43
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Posts Tagged ‘Boo Berry’
Book Three, Page 10
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Book Two, Page 19
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Book One, Page 26
NOTES: The whole layout of this page was an intentional callback to page 5 (go take a look!) from the vision of Crunch in the flame like Buzz Bee in the scrying cereal bowl to the frame around the central characters (lucky charms instead of Celtic spoons and bowls). And here we finally see Lucky [...]
Book One, Page 13
NOTES: This page, heh, this page gets a lot of comments. The idea of torturing Snap, Crackle and Pop in ways that play off their names was one of the first that occurred to me when I was coming up with the story. It was sick, I know, but it was very me. For years [...]
Book One, Page 12
NOTES: What originally drew me to Count Chocula (the character and the cereal) was my love for Dracula (the character, NOT the cereal). Long time Drac fan right here and, as such, I’ve always loved villains with a highly romantic self-image; the kind of guys who will, on any given night, step onto a parapet [...]
Book One, Page 11
NOTES: The “sleeping king” is a classic fantasy trope that predates even the Arthurian romances. So, yeah, it’s good enough for BOTG. Ditto torture scenes. And hopefully a few people get that it’s Boo Berry sneakily leaving the scene in the last panel. I was never really sure if that was clear enough.
Dramatis Personae
CAP’N CRUNCH The most noble of men and an inspiration to all Horatio Magellan Crunch, born and raised on Crunch Island long ago, has discovered many wonderful treasures in his years on the Milk Seas. One such treasure was the Fountain of Youth which, along with a diet rich in the elusive mineral Crunchium, has [...]
