One of the most fun things about writing these Department of Minor Nuisances Scenes is that they are able to provide blatant exposition simply because they are for all purposes standing outside of the box of the comic and looking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I worry that I might be endorsing creationism in this strip… or at least intelligent design. It wasn’t intentional, honest! The biases of the Celestial Bureaucracy’s Research and Development Department are based on J.B.S. Haidane‘s observation that if there was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mr. Zhu should really stop talking about the Butterfly Effect. Way too many of his colleagues keep taking it literally.
A quick update regarding Fedya’s cigarette supply I’m kind of embarrassed that it took me this long to realize that shoelaces would be part of the department’s jurisdiction.
This is Mr. Pu’s second appearance, the first was during the start of the Gage’s Lucky Day storyline. Even though he’s pretty much just been a prop so far I definitely want to do more with him. I like the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Ben Joseph debacle was first mentioned back in 2007. Apparently it’s what happens when a Case Triple Eight is left to it’s own devices.
The musical number was a jazz medley that started on Lincoln Blvd and proceeded up Fifth avenue ending with a grand finale in Veterans’ Park. The most memorable part of it was the amazing solo dance routine by Mrs. Grace Palmontela, age[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
