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As the heated union negotiations reach binding arbitration, Cassie and Dr. Muskiday try to figure out how to eliminate those pesky emotion clouds. Unfortunately, in a supervillain office where nobody can agree on lunch, expecting a coordinated solution might be the most unrealistic plan of all.
Transcript
Panel 1:
Cassie Cruz: “Come on… we need to get back to the office and figure out how to get rid of these emotion clouds.”
Dr. Muskiday: “Aw. I was hoping we could stay for ‘binding arbitration.’”
Panel 2:
Cassie Cruz: “Wait a minute… my cloud is shrinking! Do you think they decided to try your orgy idea after all?!”
Panel 3:
Dr. Muskiday: “Impossible. This branch can’t agree on lunch. How do you expect them to sort out tops and bottoms??”
Alt Text
Three-panel comic set in an office hallway. Cassie Cruz, a curvy woman with short brown hair, red glasses, a white blazer, and a yellow top, stands with Dr. Muskiday, a short, humanoid fly creature in a lab coat. In panel one, Cassie urges returning to the office to fix “emotion clouds,” while Muskiday looks disappointed; a pink cloud floats nearby. In panel two, Cassie reacts in surprise as her emotion cloud visibly shrinks, speculating about coworkers acting on Muskiday’s suggestion. In panel three, she dismisses the idea, noting coworkers can’t agree on lunch, while Muskiday quips about them sorting out roles; the office background shows walls, a door, and a small table.
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By far, the highlight of my attending the Pittsbugh Comic Convention this past weekend was meeting comics legend Stan Lee.
Here’s Stan, courtesy of my iPhone, but my hand was kinda shaking, so it’s not so great.
Luckily,
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Tony Miello was behind me in line, and he kindly offered to get some photos as I spoke to Stan.
See, my parents gave me a hardbound copy of
How To Draw Comics the Marvel Way for Christmas when I was nine years old.
And I carried that book with me everywhere. Vacations… family gatherings… college… There were lots of times I felt as if I didn’t fit in. And there were lots of times I felt like I didn’t have many friends.
But I had Stan and John.
And that book spoke directly to the dreams of a nine-year-old boy with a thing for cartoons.
I met John Buscema, the co-author and illustrator of the book, in San Diego at Comic Con way back in 2001 or 2002, and I took the opportunity to have him sign my book then.
Getting Stan’s signature on the book was incredibly meaningful to me.
And that’s what I told Stan. And I told him that, thanks in no small part to that book, I will be celebrating ten years of creating a six-day-a-week comic strip this February. Tony captured his reaction, to the right.
He was proud of me. The nine-year-old in me cheered.
And the forty-year-old started getting misty.
So I took my exit. And Stan went on to sign another book. Tony was yelling for me to stay for one second longer and lean in for a shot with the two of us, but I didn’t hear him. You can see my arm. That’s going to have to be enough.
I don’t need a photograph. I’ll have that smile burned into my brain for a long, long time.
‘Nuff said.
