Category: Notations

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• First full appearance of the Besmurchins
• Would the Lost Book really be blank?
• Whose sword is that?

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• The Entry Pedestal covers with moss after deposit
• Corny drops another “D-bomb”
• What’s that in the trees?

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• Corny opens the Lost Book, and the strip turns to color!
• The Entry Pedestal to the Beyonding is visible behind Corny- this is technically the “Nearest Point”
• Corny’s first words upon entering the Beyonding include “damned”; this will be relevant later

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• The poster on Corny’s bedroom wall says “rapetosaurus”. The narrata border cuts it off inappropriately

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• First appearance of Corny’s stepsister Daizee, who was inspired by Pete Bagge’s style
• Daizee’s shirt has a Heartbreaker symbol from John’s Arm: Armageddon (2008)
• Mr. Barham, a teacher at my high school who came from England, made the “rubbers/erasers” gaffe one day, and everyone lost it

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• First appearance of Cornelius’s biological father Thurburt, and his stepmother Kaandra

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• Mr. Hoarke is based on Emil Jannings from The Last Laugh (German, 1924)
• The Spunks apparently like to force Mr. Hoarke to read to them
• The “deprecated textbook room” in Corny’s new school is notoriously untidy

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• Spunks (panel 1): Seth, Fibs, Puke; (2) Seth and Marfa; (3) Laquifa
• Corny’s new school is known for its gang problems and unusually deep toilets
• Corny’s sweater-vest is based on Martin Lickert’s from 200 Motels

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• First appearance of Cornelius Crispin Coddler
• Cornelius probably sounds like Adrian Edmondson
• The football jock in panel 4 was meant to be voiced by Patrice O’Neal (1969-2011)
• The gang in the last panel is called “The Spunks” and is based on Jack Black’s gang from NeverEnding Story III (1994)