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Sweet Humans and Creatures! Welcome to the third installment of WRASSLIN’ CENTAURS, the epic kick-ass comic. When we last saw Jerry Spellman, Centaur former-almost-supermodel, he’d been accosted by his landlady, Mrs. Harridan, who demanded the past three month’s rent he owes her. (Catch up on Episode 1 and Episode 2 here.) Let’s see what happens next… (This episode is rated MC for Mild Cussin’.)
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The extras on the cupcake that you might have missed…
On the first page, fine art fans may catch Jerry doing his impression of Edvard Munch’s The Scream, which is my favorite painting of my mind.
Second page, top panel: The bus number is made of sacred numbers in Greek mythology: 3 is harmony, and there were three Fates; 7 means perfection and was the number sacred to the god Apollo; 9 is the number of divine completion, as well as the number of Muses. The destinations are New City, where we are now, and Ionia and Doria, the neighboring cities flanking New City. In Ancient Greek architecture, there were three styles of columns: doric, ionic, and Corinthian. In this world, Ionia and Doria are column-making capitals, and fierce rivals; the motto of Ionia is “We make the best columns,” and Doria’s is “We make BETTER columns.” Faraway Corinth doesn’t even bother getting involved in this. They’re too busy making the fanciest columns.
Fun fact: Jerry moved away from New City for a while and lived in Ionia, where he went to college for one semester before he was discovered by a modeling talent scout. He recently moved back to New City after his breakup with supermodel Esmé.
Also in the top panel: the manhole cover is a tribute to Mother Medusa, whose significance in this world was explained in the Extras in Episode 2.
Special thanks to Mariko Abe for helping me with the perspective in the city scene. This required the question “How tall is Jerry?” to figure out the height of other things in relation to him. (Answer: 6’3”. I think about these things.)
Second page, bottom panel: Math nerds will get the pizzeria name, and the price of a single slice. Also, check out the stripe on the barber shop pole.
My husband calls that top panel of Jerry walking through the streets of his neighborhood Jerry’s “Stayin’ Alive” moment.
LOL! I see the parallels!
When asked if Jerry would be able to get the late rent money to his landlady by the end of the day, 67 percent of you said “Hera yes!” Meanwhile, 33 percent of you realists said “Hades no.” Who will be right? You’ll have to stay tuned to find out…
This weekend, I’ll be at MOCCA, the comics fest hosted by the illustrious Society of Illustrators, handing out WRASSLIN’ CENTAURS zines. If you’re going, find me and get you one!
Questions? Comments? DMs for Jerry? Likelihood that our handsome hero won’t encounter further trouble before he gets his coffee? Speak, sweet Creatures and Humans!
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