Posts Tagged ‘Dee’
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Ted’s temper is shown a little bit here, although it later rather mellowed out.
I was particularly proud of Blake’s line in this one. Not only to show his earnest/clueless nature, but also because it gave us a visual to imagine — that of Dee sitting at the bottom of the lake not swimming at all.
In real life this would not be funny at all. Just so’s you know.
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Right understanding (through explanation) that his idea won’t work, wrong in understanding that the same reasoning applies to similar ideas.
Pebbles are still a good idea.
A second wing flapping moment I’m proud of. :)
I wonder what it is about going down river, that there MUST BE A WATERFALL for any story to be exciting.
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Dee is a lot more scared than she is in later strips. Perhaps parental separation anxiety was more acute back then. Hrm.
My, but Dee is strong in panel #3.
I liked playing with this concept, that to make someone bug off, you participate with them (unwittingly to them) to build their deliverance. :)
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She totally looks like a muppet, to me, in the third panel (and I openly admit that the Muppets have been a big influence on me).
This strip came from the idea that something coming back like a swing actually is a complex concept and requires some foresight. Blake was the obvious choice. :)
This strip easily could’ve been Vachel/Dee as a rose/botanist, bunny/taxidermist, kitten/bulldog, candy/young child, etc etc. Pick something cute and harmless and find what hunts it.
But I think the net makes this choice the best. :)
“see ya, toots.”
snort.
Also, that’s the problem with taking on others emotions, when the “others” emotions change you’re kinda at a loss. :)
My favorite part of this strip was coming up with things a kid would promise to do, to convince a parent to let the kid keep an alligator.
This strip also begins the ongoing tension between the alligator and Blake.
The idea for this came to me when I was thinking about how kids like to bring pets home (though usually, fortunately, they’re small things like caterpillars). Alligators seemed more Dee’s speed.
And I never stopped being amused by the blurred line of animals and sapient animals. The Alligator is merely an animal, until Ted addresses him in the last panel.
