It’s the final days before Christmas, and the girls are recovering from school. But difficulties follow them.
Pre-Comic
Notes:
“Pastoral”
in the context of the title means “a work of literature portraying an idealized
version of country life.”
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Image
Credits
Santa
on Cover is © Jeshields.
The
image on page 21 is © Henrik_Karppinen.
The
Cover of the “Defendu” book, shown on page 22, is now in the public domain
(published in 1926).
AI
Disclaimer
I discontinued using AI for covers and background
scenery after Issue 277. I still use it to create logos, doodles, and symbols,
simply because there are no non-AI logo-creation programs (suggestions are
welcome). Some previously used images have been kept for consistency (iconic
buildings and “historic photographs”) with the intent of replacing them when
possible. Any other appearance of AI means the stock art seller I purchased
from misrepresented their product.
