NOTES
- Legends say that the sky sliggans were created by the Dark Unmentionable Holocough, in Perceptive Times
- Zaz’s description of Eldlyfe clears up his inspiration even more so
#260
#259
NOTES
- Eldlyfe formally introduces himself to Steptung as an Agratian Ascendant
- Eldlyfe’s sword is always bent unnaturally at the hilt, as seen in panel 4
- “Moor locks” is a reference to H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine
- Cornelius still has the picture of the young unicorns
#258
NOTES
- Clockwork automatons similar to Waywardo are visible at the top of panel 3- carrying black paint and a brush?
- Nefaria is Karbunkel’s mother? How could that be possible, unless childbirth is not necessarily physical in the Beyonding? Perhaps it can be done by belief alone?
#257
NOTES
- First page of 2016
#256
NOTES
- Karbunkel and Vurka hear Shiraadh before she “makes her entrance”
- Shiraadh is cordial to Vurka, even though she’s furious at Karbunkel
#255
NOTES
- Eldlyfe has no feet, and numerous thigh pouches
- Steptung is lying to Eldlyfe, and doesn’t even remember Pepperdingus’s name
- A sky sliggan is visible in the distance, in panel 5
- Unicorn decoys, commonly used by sky sliggan hunters, can be seen at the top of panel 6
#254
NOTES
- The color palette of this page was inspired by the 1982 Activision game Chopper Command
- The digits on Essul’s archivist badge correspond to the page number of his first appearance, the volume numeral of the art reference books, and the page his reference art appears on in that volume
- In panel 6, the phobe symbol is used, to indicate 5,000 phobes (dollars)
- Five thousand is also the cited death toll of the “Cloud Concourse Calamity” (panel 8)
#253
NOTES
- Karbunkel’s mother is in Bonehenge?
- Was Shiraadh trying to look like Darkana?
- Refusaleth obliterates the Cloud Concourse (panel 8)
#252
NOTES
- The Cloud Concourse (panel 1) connects Drymouth and Midiria across the Regatian Ocean, high up in the Kerpallis Wester
- Another Cloover appears in panel 3
- Who is that in the upper left corner of panel 4?
#251
NOTES
- Karbunkel is secretly visited by a messenjerk, who is (visually) inspired by Charlie Callas
- Room (page) 252
- Messenjerks typically commit suicide after delivering their message, so that it can’t be extorted from them; the messenjerk’s scroll compresses into a long blade to do the job (panel 5)
- Karbunkel has changed into his “diplomat” outfit (panel 7); is Vurka reading the same paper seen in #207, or is it just a coincidence?
- Karbunkel’s Keep is visible in panel 8