Panel one of page one of chapter 4! Yes, I am drawing chapter 4!

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The opening scene takes place at a pawn shop. I modeled it after a real pawn shop in Independence, Missouri, the suburb of Kansas City where I live. It’s super seedy, but certainly has character.

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Apparently the mounted heads of wildlife on pawn shops is a thing here. There’s one with a moose head on the other side of town.