What is up with Mara the Amazon? With her prematurely gray mane and adult stature, she’s practically dwarfing Mark, let alone Rusty… Poor Rusty, who just seems to be shrinking away? And did they really just say what they said in unison? “Honored?” That’s unlikely. And weird.
Who introduces a friend that way? “Famed Archaeologist?” Who apparently was only really looking forward to seeing Cherry!! What ever happened in the Trail backstory? We may never know… Perhaps Cherry is absent on purpose- too painful for both of them…
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And what’s with Mara’s head and neck? They almost always seem to be on separate planes, as if the head was stuck on the front of the next, not the top; or as if she is always craning her neck forward, as Cherry sometimes does (ex. strip for May 29). https://thytrailbedone.wordpress.com/2018/05/30/what-is-she-rustys-babysitter/