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It was important to me in this storyline to do a LITTLE damage control with Audrey as a character. I’d allowed her to get TOO negative and it was reaching the level where her attitude was going from funny to annoying. So showing her actually having a good time where she WASN’T being mean or controlling to Bernard helped, and having her openly thank Dandy was another step in the right direction, I think.

Interrogation

Everyone keeps wondering what happened on Dandy and Maryweather’s date, so I knew this strip was important to put a bit of a cap on the evening for both couples. As for just what Dandy is smiling about in the last panel, I’ll let you all ponder it.

Dandy’s not telling ME either. ;)

Fundamental Changes

I was really struggling with a decent way to elaborate on just what suggestions Dandy made. I knew the suggestions, in and of themselves, weren’t overtly hilarious. As I was beginning drawing this strip, the initial script had Dandy and Maryweather essentially discussing, at length, that they had a good time. I was drawing the first panel when I realized that I could have Maryweather mention Audrey and Bernard’s date and have a more meaty conversation AND get that info out there. The last two panels here are pretty much what I originally wrote, so you can see that my original opening panels weren’t at all essential to the strip.

Sometimes, the answers just pop out at you.

The Cloud of Death

Okay, this is a tasteless gag that I’ve wanted to do for a while now. Seriously, this HAPPENS! You bend down to drop your pants, let one slip and end up sitting down where your head is right where you just fumigated. It’s a cruel but horrible reality.