16: Silly Balthazar, Maps are for Kids!
Jeremy: This strip took much longer to draw than I thought it would, but I am really happy with the result. It’s the first strip where you (the reader) actually sees the Bros’ van in its entirety (add parts of panel 1 to parts of panel 2)! I am really pleased overall with everything. Especially the “store-designed” window sign. Such lovely fonts! What a fantastic color scheme! Everything really “pops” and “flows”! Also, misused quotation marks, on a misspelled word, CAPITAL LETTERS, the color red, and then underlined to boot? Now that is sure to get the point across 😉
And… I’m done. But yeah, I am proud of today’s strip. The long time spent was well worth it 🙂
Jeff: And even with the supremely awesome badness of all that, it’s The Map that really gets me, here. As any parent of a Dora fan can tell you, this little guy is about as close to losing his mind as he is thick. While his song does have a verse, the chorus and majority of it consists of him singing, over and over, “I’m the map! I’m the map! I’m the map! I’m the map!” And with his bugged-out eyes, and the fact that apparently Dora won’t talk directly to him, but only through you, the viewer… I’m wondering about some sort of nasty childhood for the guy.
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