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Kelly Welly poisons the well

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Well, introductions must be made. The four-panel format just happens to fit. Otherwise, not much to say here in terms of storyline or plot development. Why is Mark emoting out loud, rather than through a customary thought balloon? Is Mark breaking the conventional “fourth wall” to speak directly to us?

Art Dept. I know that Rivera has commented before about going old school and using non-digital drawing tools (i.e. pen and ink). That kind of looks like what we see in panels 2 and 3, unless somebody else drew them. The style resembles a slightly more finished version of her storyboarding technique, though I hesitate to show them here without permission. Just look her up on BlueSky where she posts. As pen drawing goes, more practice should help. As I’ve mentioned more than once previously, that her Mark Trail style appears to be an outgrowth of her storyboarding approach.

But the other question you are likely asking is “Why was panel 1 and panel 4 drawn in Rivera’s usual, digital style? Why weren’t all four panels drawn using the same style? Got me!

4 thoughts on “Kelly Welly poisons the well”

  1. Sid Stump, referred to by Mark Trail as “The Leader in AI Tech,” is not on the panel? Is there no room for “AI Tech Bro”? I’m confused about how he fits into the story now.

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    • Well, perhaps Rivera just put Stump there to trigger Mark’s AI-phobia, after Mark’s bias had been given a beatdown by those three AI-Eco entrepreneurs.

      And do we really want to take Mark’s word on who is or is not an AI authority!?

      I’d bet that Rivera excluded Stump because he was pro-AI and could offer nothing to say that was different than what the two pro-AI Graft Brothers will say. That is, if she thought about it that way. It may have been because she didn’t want to draw more people on the stage, which takes more work. Stephan Pastis likes to make similar comments in his reprint treasuries!

      Otherwise, I’m thinking he may turn up as one of the hecklers.

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    • My mistake, I forgot the name of the panel. I doubt Sid Stump knows much about “Going Green with AI”.

      Where’s the delete function?

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      • Not so fast, Whippersnapper, NOT SO FAST!

        Don’t forget that Sid had that STEM nature resort up in the mountains! Surely, he COULD claim to have a “Green” AI profile! :)

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