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on Jan. 30, 2008

This page contains one of my all-time favorite panels – the one with the hostages. In my original plans, the panel was to be a long horizontal one showing all the hostages lined up side-by-side, but I was feeling daring and decided to attempt a whole different angle. I figured I'd give it a shot and could throw the paper away and go the easy way if I couldn't pull it off. I've never had so many characters in a single panel before, and the perspective was scary… It took a long time, but I actually succeeded – and seriously surprised myself. I'm so happy for taking the more difficult road.

I blindfolded everyone, so I could show the robbers' faces. Now we can tell them apart. ;-) Oh, and keep in mind that Violet is not *just* a lawyer. She's a prosecutor, so criminals aren't very fond of her.

Peipei: Wise indeed. Yuki's name is very well-known (and feared) in criminal circles.

amanda: Poor Tristan has been responsible for preventing more criminal acts than committing them lately. He's in the wrong business. lol

LanceDanger: Thanks from my sister. :)

Tantz: It certainly is. XD

n_y_japlander: At least she won't be facing any of it alone. A woman from the program she's with picked her up at the airport, and she'll start training for her new job soon.

trevoramueller: She didn't expect to run into Tristan. They used to be partners. Other than that, no one would recognize them. ;-)

JNP: Technically, they aren't robbing the place but using hostages as leverage after robbing a bank. (I know it wasn't really obvious before.) Still, very poor planning and bad luck. ;-)