Once again, the text doesn’t mesh with the picture. In panel 1, Mark can’t wait to see the sanctuary, even though he is standing directly in front of it.

Yeah, this is starting to look like a rehash of the Tiger Touch Petting Zoo (or whatever it was called) story, run by Tess Tigress. Of course, Tess didn’t have a kid assistant who looks like he works part-time at a 1940s soda fountain, or possibly as a stand-in for Randy, the smart-alecky marionette on Pee-Wee’s Playhouse (panel 4).

Jules Rivera isn’t much for subtle buildups in her stories, either. Mark and Happy jump right in with innuendo and interrogation. Well, maybe just Mark at this point. It’s not that they don’t have any justification, but from a story-building angle, it would be nice to have them lead up to the drama, to try and break down the defenses they must know Gail and Guyler have prepared.

Mark, especially, comes across as presumptive and arrogant,  as if he knows anything about keeping gorillas or what the “code” mandates. Of course, the sanctuary will not meet code! That’s a given. And Guyler probably wishes he actually was pouring malts about now. In fact, I’d love one, myself, with lots of malt.