[blog] Year 3, Comic 23 - Cup II - Summer with Jack
★ Notes on Year 3, Comic 23 - Cup II - Summer with Jack ★
☆ ☆ ☆ NOTES ☆ ☆ ☆
✓Uh. Wow. I had no idea Bitty was so torn up about coming out. And neither does Suzanne.
✓Where is Bitty in the first panel of this comic? An undisclosed guest room with a PICTURE OF THE SAMWELL BRIDGE and A FRAMED #1 SAMWELL MEN’S HOCKEY JERSEY. Clearly, he is visiting his secret boyfriend: renown curling star Zach Jimmermann. Anti-potatomann shippers are using every one of Bitty’s vlogs in their conspiracy essays.
✓ Awww, Jack getting teased by Bitty in front of their closest friends and teammates! Alas, personal displays of affection. Mr. Zimmermann is going in for the hug, while ERB is committed to loosing his chirps and utterly destroying L’Sweetpea. I wanted to show how every part of Bitty’s life includes him and Jack as a couple—every part save for his relationship with his parents.
✓ How did ol’ Justin “Randy Andy Ransom” Oluransi survive this party?? Oh, you know, lots of nervous scream laughter. Tater isn’t really sure what Ransom or Holster’s names are anymore and by this point he’s too afraid to ask.
✓ Okay, but back to the issue at hand—Bitty didn’t just hang up, right? I don’t think you understand—that’s his Mama. His Momma. One does not hang up on one’s mother South of the Mason Dixon line without inviting searing retribution. Right right right. Okay, Bitty hmmm probably texted that his phone battery was running low—after explaining that the Boys had really gotten out of hand—at this Kegster that was apparently happening after graduation? He’s awful at lying. While Dicky can assure her that he’ll sort out the flight stuff as soon as the Stanley Cup is decided, Suzanne knows something is up. She also knows that dealing with her son is best done face to face. That way, he can’t do that little non-confrontational shuffle of his and shimmy out of a hard talk. Honest to God, him and his father are escape artists when it comes to anything resembling a tough conversation.
✓ Bittle would never leave a pie unattended. Imagine walking in on a dark kitchen and seeing a lattice in shambles and hearing sniffles down the hall. Jack was bracing for the absolute worst.
✓ Jeezy creezy, Jack, pulling out the “bud” in THIS moment? Ah. “Bud”. An endearment Jack reserves for pets, young children, and crying things.*
✓ Well—what’s gonna happen? Is Bitty going home to Georgia or not? He has to talk to his parents…Well, we’ll find out! But first some hockey. I hope you like the Providence Falconers, lots of action, comics without speech bubbles, cliffhangers, and the Stanely Cup Finals.
☆ Up Next: 3.24 - “Seven Games”
☆ ☆ ☆ NEWS ☆ ☆ ☆
Not much news! We’re trying to get Check Please: Year Two up on the store before the end of the year…and keep your eyes peeled for an itch.io sale!!
The next update should be on Friday! The beginning of Year Four will be March. It’ll be an update of three or four comics, but the long wait is the cause of having to outline the entirety of the last volume of the comic for 2018…
And in case you’re wondering what conventions I might be at in 2018, a tentative list: Emerald City, Toronto Comic Arts Festival, Anime Expo, Small Press Expo, New York Comic Con, and many other places once Check Please: Volume One from first second hits bookshelves in the Fall!
Thank you so much for reading! See you soon!! ✓
*A Brokeback Mountain-ish reference!