Author: Matty Boy

A bilious and vitriolic cartoonist living in Atlanta, who pines for the days of great fantasy comics. You know, before everything was a corporate icon, and before cartoons looked like advertising for breakfast cereals.
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#44

July 4, 2010

NOTES

  • Plagiarists make up a negligible percentage of the population of the Beyonding. Still, they are so vilified, their influence and presence are trumped-up, to scare, coerce or control people
  • “Plagiarism” is heretical; claiming to know the methods of Plagiarists is as damning as being one
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#43

June 27, 2010

NOTES

  • The basics of maniplacation are explained
  • Who was controlling Daemir, and for what purpose?
  • “Plagiarist” is used; “plagiarism” is not (see next page)
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#42

June 20, 2010

NOTES

  • In the Beyonding, if it is witnessed that you freed a unicorn from captivity, then that unicorn will grant you a single wish, if you put your hand on its headstone (and if your intentions are pure)
  • First mention of “maniplacate”
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#41

June 13, 2010

NOTES

  • In the first two panels, Prosecutor Irata obliquely explains that unicorns can use foul language without negative repercussions, while “lower beings” (subdivines) cannot
  • Again, I based Radish-Hoof’s general attitude upon my own
  • “I’m so angry I could blind people at random”; hence the laser-pointer keychain, in the stables
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#40

June 6, 2010

NOTES

  • Yes, I based Radish-Hoof’s personality on my own (although his voice is angry Jim Norton)
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#39

May 30, 2010

NOTES

  • First appearances: Irata, royal prosecutor, and King Reclinus V
  • Anyone who assumes a more restful posture than the King is sentenced to death automatically
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#38

May 23, 2010

NOTES

  • Friggo reappears, with book detector, in panel four
  • Yla takes a shot in the arm, which hurts more than she lets on
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#37

May 16, 2010

NOTES

  • The guard in panel one is inspired by the “angery” emoticon, from the mid-2000s
  • The floor of the bowelyard is based on the floor of the temple from the beginning of Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • What could have erased Daemir’s memories?
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#36

May 9, 2010

NOTES

  • First appearance of Friggo, Insanus’ “loyal courier”
  • Insanus has a borderline-abusive relationship with his creations, which, as you’ll see, is secretly shameful to him
  • Reaching sky islands isn’t easy, especially if your wings are small
  • What does it mean if you set a unicorn free?
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#35

May 2, 2010

NOTES

  • Insanus’ island is visible in panel one
  • This is how the Question Squad interrogates suspects; they push you onto the ledge of a high tower, and bombard you with inquiries, relevant or not
  • Highest-ranking members of the Question Squad (known as Questioneers) speak only in questions