Rhapsodies

One of the most difficult and frustrating parts of these stories is trying to fit all the fun world-building into 10 to fifteen strips. For example, I’d imagined the goblins being part of the war on Christmas storyline. Ultimately, it saved time to have it be one big misunderstanding where a quick surrender let them go home. However, I needed an asset for them to be going after in the first place.

This was a challenge since what kind of treasure would a city of greenhouses have? Since I’ve been having Drosselmeir in the background, it was nice to choose something else from the Nutcracker.