October 27, 1997

JoBell, the Patron Saint of Eagle Square. every sunday afternoon, after the flea market closed it's doors for the weekend, she would set everything back the way it should be.

October 20, 1997

i really should have kept a better copy of this for myself... i have a bad habit of giving away the best prints and keeping the duds, and this is a sterling example of a dud. this comic was printed on 80 year old blueprints, found in the (no longer there) Providence Cold Storage building, located just behind the (also no longer there) Silver Top Diner.

in story continuity, this installment takes place just before the October 06 episode; the Mystery Twins exploring the exterior of the Food Parade building before venturing inside to find the dog's body

October 13, 1997

i have, in the past, been accused of being a "fattist". i assure you, nothing could be further from the truth. if anything, i have a wholesome respect for the full-form.


below, please note a brief figure study, "JoBell Pushing a Barrel", by a young Brian Ralph, in the upper right corner.

October 06, 1997

i met this dog in the old Food Parade building on Harris Ave. it's skin had stiffened and glossed to a leathery sheen, head had been removed, and it's hindquarters and legs had been twisted 180 degrees from where they naturally should have been. a hobo had propped up his mouldy mattress just an arms length away. wicked, archaic symbols had been smeared on the walls, floor to ceiling, in thick, blackish house paint.

from the original sketchbook: