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This is why I love comics. No words can do justice to the image Jake drew on this page. Here you can read why I had asked Jake to draw, but really what I wanted was exactly what he did draw.

I had originally though the countdown would be best in numbers (10, 9, 8...) but when I saw it lettered, it had a really strange feel, so we switched it to spelling out the numbers (ten, nine, eight...). Part of it was that last balloon. A single "1" felt like it was not a word -- it was too lone...

This page has the important Pasconian line "It's all my fault." A lot of the stories that I write have this line, because I'm obsessed with characters who struggle with the culpability surrounding their lot in life. In other words, characters who blame themselves for things that are bigger than t...

Yes, in panel two I give Jake about three different options of what to draw! Not usually a good thing in a comics script. But even early in this book, I really trusted Jake. I think he pulled it off.

In the description of panel one, I suggested to Jake that he wait until the end to draw details of Sama's room. Jake outdid himself with nicely subtle touches like the growth chart that's shaped like the Butterfly Tree, the robo penguin toy (Broom!), and the tiny snail (one of MANY that Jake drew...

I knew that I didn't want the insects to salute each other in the same way that an America soldier would. I wanted it to be more ... involved. I practiced a lot of gestures during the day (which means a lot of people looked at me like I was insane). Eventually I came up with this two-handed insec...

CAUTION: Spoiler! In the script I refer to the Cloud as "her," but if you pay attention in the printed manga, the Cloud is never called her, him, he or she.