It’s Iimi! Connections

Carl, Thea, and Chela visit the grandparents’ house for a weekend. The rest of the family is amused by Carl's passport collection. But is there another to be had? Meanwhile, Iimi and Krysta meet up with Paula and Rhea. What do they do with… Connections

Post-Comic Notes:

Mariola’s account of people being scared in 1980 was based on memories of conversations I overheard as a youth. I remember some fathers telling their sons how important it was to find places to go in case of a draft (apparently, Canada would no longer accept those who fled there). Obviously, that never happened. But it was a real fear at the time.

There’s an error in my comic that I only discovered after uploading. On page 10, I had Iimi narrating about the “người Hoa” (ethnic Chinese in Vietnam) community. That should have been “Cantonese-Hoa” (as in both the Cantonese Chinese and Vietnamese Chinese in a single US area community). I use typing shortcuts for technical terms and apparently typed the wrong one without spotting it. “Người Hoa” is used in the proper sense on page 11.

Image Credits

Cover Art © 2015 Dean Spencer, used with permission. All rights reserved.

Chapter 1 Banner Art is from Domenico Remps, Cabinet of Curiosities, ca. 1690s (Public Domain)

All Map images are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

AI Disclaimer

I used AI to generate covers and background scenery for Issues 184-277. I still use it to create logos, doodles, and symbols, simply because there are no non-AI logo-creation programs (suggestions are welcome). I kept some previously used images for consistency (iconic buildings and “historic photographs”), and I intend to replace them when possible. Any other appearance of AI means the stock art seller I purchased from misrepresented their product.

Notes on Cantonese language usage: Properly used, Jyutping has tone numbers after each syllable showing the proper tone. However, because that can make it hard to read (In a comic font, is that a 6 or a G?), I plan to remove the tone numbers except when tones are immediately relevant to the story. (Which was the case for this one.)