Amanda's height is almost the same as Todd's in panel three because she's standing on a higher plane of the ground than he is right there. Or because I didn't want her to disappear too much behind the couch. Feel free to pick the answer you like best.
Original script for Panel 3 had Andi gesturing towards Amanda with a "See? This is what I'm talking about" expression, but upon actually drawing it I was afraid it gave the impression of Amanda being "tricked" into a flip-out, which was not a desirable message, so I modified it to a facepalm.
In earlier strips Todd's head and Amanda's head were drawn very similarly, but over time Todd got a bit longer and more... adult-y. Obviously they resemble each other but it felt strange after awhile to draw a late-twenties man and an eight year old girl with exactly the same face shape. Some things stayed similar between them, though.
Those German lessons are coming along well. Incidentally, those of you who read my other project The Adventures of Sue and Kathryn may recognize a scene here. :3
When i was a kid, studying foreign languages was mostly done to learn creative insults.
I thought about using this part to re-create the scene where Selkie is surprised by the racial differences between Todd and his parents, but it makes more sense to me that Andi would want to prepare Amanda for it ahead of time to avoid awkwardness.
Could be worse; Selkie could have done a celebratory screech.
Panel 2's original dialogue was funnier to me, but made no sense in context: "Dads, permissions to unleash Hells?" "Nei Li Selkie Smith, there will be no unleashing Hell."
Todd’s turn – – – – – Fan Art update! I received two drawings from Zippy Kitsune: First is a drawing of Amanda: And this is an original character of hers, a sarnothi warrior: Thank you for sending these, Zippy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Pretty big script change for this strip. Originally had Amanda making fun of Selkie for (presumedly) being in trouble due to a Parent/Teacher Meeting, but after thinking about it while penciling it made more sense to me that with all the info running around her head she'd take the opportunity to ask Todd some of her questions early.
