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This isn't a four panel.
This is a six panel.
Cuz I like it that way.

Seriously now. Some of my favorite Calvin and Hobbes strips were three panels, or two panels, or five panels. And on a very rare occassion Mr. Watterson would have an open 'moment' at the end.

When I was drafting the idea for this conversation, I sketched out the expressions and general motions as the conversation took its course. By the end there were over a half-dozen panels I'd drawn out and more I could extrapolate on.

I tried to pare it down but it didn't have the same panache. I wanted there to be this moment between the two of them, a silence for Mars to reflect, and act.

While it isn't a Sunday comic, and it's not quite a normal strip, I hope you enjoy it none the less.

After all, life isn't always funny, or cruel, or ironic. It can be kindhearted from time to time, and I like to remember and remind people of that.

So thanks for stoppin by!
~Gear

Here's to you !! [link]