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http://TheHeroesOfCRASH.com Fashion's more fun with sight gags. Lana's less inhibited than Mags (not that that's a high bar to set), so it's no surprise she's willing to go first. She's even willing to look a little silly in an outfit or two. But will that help Mags feel more comfortable? Despite my mom having worked in the fashion industry, I've never been a fan of fashion, myself. I don't see why there needs to be a set of rules for what does and doesn't "look good". I wanna wear my Hawaiian shirts and Ninja Turtle tees more often, dangit! Unsurprisingly, this meant I needed a little outside help to figure out some good outfits for Lana to wear. I googled fashion for her body type, which helped me figure out the three nice outfits in the montage, but I also borrowed elements from outfits I've seen before. Lana's white dress is partly inspired by one of the dresses Tiana wears in The Princess and the Frog, specifically from the "Almost There" dream sequence and Facilier's illusion. In the swimwear panel, her wrap's pattern is inspired by the outfit worn by Lilo from Lilo and Stitch, while the hat may be subconsciously taken from Jessie from Between Failures (See my webcomic links) and/or Connie from the original Steven Universe opening. Her ugly dress was just me trying to do the opposite of her nice dress - there's lots of frills, lines, and colors to contrast with the simplicity of the dress in the previous panel. Lana's snow outfit was given a pink hue and poofball on top, because I wanted it to look like the kind of outfit you put on a five-year-old that makes them incapable of moving in the snow, and NOT like an insensitive caricature of Inuit people. I've used costumes (like sombreros and fruit hats) in much, MUCH earlier strips that would give me pause today, and I certainly don't want to mock a minority's culture in the form of a costume for the sake of a gag. That being said, I'm pretty sure lederhosen is fair game. I believe that I have some German ancestry and I KNOW I'm half-Jewish, so if anyone gets to make fun of German culture, it's me. Of course, fans of the strip would remember that the outfit in the next-to-last panel is that of Battle-Axe Beatrix, the rude, axe-wielding teacher at C.R.A.S.H. I had initially considered other characters' outfits for this gag, but Beatrix's outfit was DESIGNED to look ugly.

http://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook.php?id=886 The discussion for this sketchbook began in the following post http://community.910cmx.com/index.php?/topic/4426-patreon-saturday-november-25-2017/

https://www.patreon.com/posts/cool-off-and-be-15548871 Elliot looks really cute like that. And that ending - I really hope there's a sequel comic! (I have to say I was really surprised to come to the forums and find there wasn't a thread for this comic yet, when it had been up for hours. What, there isn't anybody on the forums with nothing better to do than check for updates 24/7? )

https://egspinups.tumblr.com/post/160036240210/comic-goth-elliot-bedtime-before-anyone-asks Surprised no one had posted this already. Ellen's reaction in the last panel is priceless, it is canon that she finds the goth form "disturbingly hot". I'd also consider this as Elliot getting payback for the times Ellen's made things awkward for him. So...this could be canon?

https://www.patreon.com/posts/sequence-6-foot-7176950 Well, she looks pleased with the result.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/sequence-susan-5699629 I must say I also like the second stage, but am wondering how Dan would work that hair into the comic. 4th stage looks like she's pretty much accepted the fact that things like this are going to happen to her and she might as well enjoy it. Either that or she's thinking "At least people will stop calling me lanky."

https://www.patreon.com/posts/april-sequence-5374088 The moon apparently moved behind some clouds.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/4927880 In order: 1) Hello. 2) Here we go. 3) Aww yeah! 4) Looking good. 5) Hi there.