– Commentary –

Craig: Is Marcus inspecting the saucer in panel 2?

J.D.: *shrug*  Maybe he’s just looking at something other than Ignatius.

Craig: The name of the restaurant, “Zimmo’s”, is a reference to a role-playing character I had waaaaay back in the day.  Like, 1993.  He was a prank-pulling pixie rogue.

J.D.: I remember him.  He always resented the powers-that-be requiring him to go on quests.  He delighted in making fools of them, and then talking his way out of it somehow.  You were cruel to your GM.

Craig: I was in Springfield, Massachusetts — gosh, I guess it had to be about 1997, and I remember driving down Main Street and seeing a big building with the giant words “Hall of Justice” on it.

J.D.: It was the courthouse.

Craig: Well, yes, no doubt.  But as kid who grew up on Superfriends, I couldn’t help but feel like something was *very wrong*.

J.D.: Springfield’s courthouse was constructed before the invention of Superfriends!  I think.

Craig: In any event, since our story occurs in the city of Springfield —

J.D.: — though not necessarily Massachusetts —

Craig: I couldn’t help but include the Hall of Justice in our fair city.

J.D.: Though yours is a Hall of Justice parking sign, as opposed to the engraved stone of the actual building.

J.D.: Sometimes it’s sad to have the dialog in a panel.

Craig: What do you mean?

J.D.: I remember doing a lot of work on panel 1 and it was this beautiful setting and scenery that is largely obscured by the conversation taking place in the panel.

Craig: Oh yeah, that’s right!  You can’t see it, but behind Ignatius’s words there’s an ad for the local radio station that says “Wake up Springfield!”

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