
I appreciate the fact that Rivera was able to telescope Rusty’s departure from the story in such an efficient and encapsulated fashion (panel 1). It’s a technique she should employ more often to keep a story moving along. And how Mark was able to get somebody else to pay for Rusty’s airfare and expenses for doing nothing more than hanging out should earn him an award for his powers of persuasion or maybe just bald-faced deception.
Anyway, Sammy Spotter seems a bit melodramatic, which is to say, annoying. But I love how he and Mark just showed up at the lion mansion without having any special equipment or even an obvious plan. Hmmm, I suppose they will just have to wing it?
In other news: Cherry’s concurrent story of a collection of kittens suddenly appearing from out of the bushes is mirrored in a video I just found on YouTube. Truth and Fiction meet? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lN2MAvsOEnw
