Original Commentary
Originally, in the second panel, Brisbane said "If we got pet food, the landlord would know we have him." That is true. However, Kimberly's response doesn't make any sense whatsoever in that context. I considered declaring that it was a national holiday or that the buses didn't run that day so that they couldn't just go to a convenience store and buy pet food. But that seems a bit much. No point using a sledgehammer to drive a plot. And yes, Brisbane is waving his hand like that because he just got bitten. This comic follows Friday's, chronologically. Sunday's comic is an intermission - Terrence

Modern Commentary
Neither Brisbane nor Kimberly have had a real pet. They have no idea what they're doing.

Now, brants have theoretically survived in the wild for millions of years so it shouldn't be that difficult for this particular one to sort itself out.

You can see this in panel 3...- Terrence

Original Commentary
Kimberly is losing her touch- back in the day, she could come up with a little white lie without even batting an eyelash. Unfortunately, since the closing of the Minerva theatre, she's gone a bit soft.

I almost forgot that Lola's apartment had the purple striped wallpaper, but at the last minute I went and researched it because having her place be the same blue as Brisbane and Kimberly's place. It's her place, of course she's going to have it customized. -Isabel

Modern Commentary
Tuna omelettes are indeed a thing. I mean, you can put just about anything in an omelette if you want. I'm not the omelette police.

I've never had one. I've never seen one on a menu. The recipes I see online for them are for folks who are very specific about their protein-to-carb ratios.

Any of you ever had one? - Terrence

Original Commentary
Is that a purposeful avoidance of naming the species? Yes. Hopefully it doesn't come off as too contrived. And it's not that Lola is just sitting around waiting to die. But pets can live a long time, and if she outlived her pets, she'd probably adopt more. There aren't many other people Kimberly would volunteer to adopt animals from/for - Terrence

Modern Commentary
Brent loves strangers. He's the friendliest little thing to everybody except Brisbane and Kimberly. Especially Brisbane.

Or Brent is smart enough to know not to mess with the landlady. That will get no-pet rules enforced really quick. - Terrence

Original Commentary
That little critter almost looks happy to see Brisbane, doesn't he? ... More than likely he's just staring at that can of Tuna Kimberly is holding.

So what are Lola's feelings for Brisbane? I doubt they are as dubious as Kimberly is making them out to be (more of that whole 'Kimberly enjoying messing with Brisbane's mind' again).

And I'm sure the only thing keeping Lola from being one of those ladies with 20 cats is Arthritis. -Isabel

Modern Commentary
And Kimberly slips back into old habits for a moment there...- Terrence

Original Commentary
So the creature does not meow or purr... or at least we haven't seen it purr. One this for sure- the little guy isn't cold...

Some animals can be rather picky, for all Kimberly knows, it could be the bowl which it is snubbing. I'm sure Kimberly is annoyed and wondering why she was the one to feed the pet (the pet more than likely wanted to bite Brisbane so much that he had to leave the room... he really does seem to like his flavor). -Isabel

Modern Commentary
And the first burr! I don't think we'd even named these things at this point. That blue little guy is Brent the brant.

They're more like cats than rabbits, in part because we have cats. Buttons, our first and oldest cat, has had phases where she'd only drink water if we poured a cup for her and held it....- Terrence

Original Commentary
This is one of the first jokes we came up with in this arc - that it would only eat carrot-and-tuna sandwiches cut diagonally. Now, mind you it did steal a bunch of carrots a week or so ago. That's because it was really hungry then. Now, it's only kinda hungry - Terrence

Modern Commentary
We write a lot of things like that. Come up with a good payoff and figure out how to get there.

About half the time, I end up cutting the foundational joke. Either it doesn't quite fit where we ended up or we come up with a better payoff.

That's how writing goes. Have to kill your darlings sometimes. Can't always just keep things for sentimentality.- Terrence