“Hi, I’m Mark the Journalist” Really!? What happened to “Hi, I’m Mark Trail”? Has Mark’s reputation plummeted so much that he is forced to identify himself in relation to a magazine for teenage girls? In Texas!?
Mark can sure be a real yenta. Why is he so concerned about Jess being husband number five or six? I mean, who cares!? If Mark was really concerned about Jess, wouldn’t he be more interested whether Jess knows about Tess’s corrupt past?
While I’m on this subject, would a bunch of teenage girls really be interested in women who hunt wild pigs? Just wondering how this topic got linked to Teen Girl Sparkle, rather than one of the other 16 magazines in Bill Ellis’s publishing empire. Perhaps Jules Rivera is being lazy or just can’t afford to spend more time on the strip. She came up with the concept of Mark working for different magazines when she took over the strip in 2020, but has more less abandoned that plot device, without really exploring the possibilities.
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Two things today.
In the first frame, there are two beams that support the roof at the sides of the ridge joint, allowing for a door between them. In the fourth frame, there is a single beam supporting the roof, placing the door on the side, with a new door suport.
Second, why is Mark so far from the door in the fourth panel? He stands close enough to knock in the first, stands back for the open door in the second and third, and stands way back near the pond in the fourth.
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Things change before our eyes? Well, perhaps the Trailverse has its own laws of physics. I suspect that the apparent carpentry alteration was more due to mistakes by the colorist. But again, sometimes hard to say in this world!
But a good point about the changing position of Mark viz-a-viz Jess and the cabin. Perhaps Mark was so gobsmacked by the revelation of Tess’s marriage and Jess’s future that he had to walk away to focus on his concerns, for fear of affecting Jess. Otherwise, I’ve got no idea, either!
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