Air Raid Robertson

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Flights of Fancy Part 4

Air Raid Robertson

on Dec. 31, 2010

I hope you all had a fun and safe New Years. I also hope that you aren't hung over to the point where you can't enjoy reading comics at this moment. Actually, since I'm typing this at 3:00pm on Dec. 31, I'm also hoping the same thing about myself.

So, this strip obviously changes the tone of the plot significantly. I really like this idea and I've been looking forward to executing it. Whenever Dr. Strange, The Spectre, Dr. Who, The Living Tribunal, Adam Warlock, or some other such cosmic guardian shows up in a mega-crossover all the other characters seem to take him at his word right away.

I've run into a few crazy hobos who rant about stuff like this. I never entertained the notion that they were onto something, but maybe if they had a kickass flying teleportation device I might've listened. People with cosmic treadmills usually seem to know what they're talking about.

The gag about the shoe in the final panel was a last-minute addition. I was discussing the page with my sisters and it organically grew into the concept of The Interloper thinking that random pieces of garbage were cosmic gems of massive power. I thought this was a hell of a lot more amusing than my previous idea, so I went with it.