As you can see, this script landed on the page in near-final form, with minimal fiddling as it was worked through the strip production process. The bulk of the work this week involved inventing how Bensington Butters and Akkolade (particularly Akkolade) look from multiple angles. This is not what I am good at. At first I feared Akkolade could not be drawn from anything other than the angle at which he has existed for twenty years, but a few anxious experiments finally yielded a lower lip, an extra chin/neck flange, perspective on his very large glasses, and a continuation of his little hairstyle-type thing.
Can anyone tell what Ray was thinking with this logo for The Echelons? I feel like he recently saw a motel lounge's matchbook from the 1960s.