Original Commentary
And yes, it was indeed only a dream. I'm not sure how many people saw that coming. I was emboldened by other webcomics that have had sudden genre shifts - if they could do it, then there was the possibility that I could. But that's why Kimberly is so awfully unconcerned, for instance, and why there are some odd transitions.

We have some vases that look just like that. They really do add color to the room - Terrence

The vases came from IKEA, and are actually right in front of my drawing area, I was told to draw a random looking thing- and these things are pretty random looking. -Isabel

Modern Commentary
I've never cared much for the "Suddenly, it's a different genre. Everything has changed. It was only a dream -- OR WAS IT?!"

So I figured, my best option waas to play it entirely straight and hope that my disdain showed through.

It was not a good option. I was in an Unlike Minerva state of mind, I think.

And this storyline...it's even worse than that.

As I've mentioned, we've had a variety of ideas about how to bring Nina back; one of them started with Brisbane getting lost in a dream, meeting Nina there, and realizing he has to - and wants to - go back to the real world with Kimberly.

This stupid meaningless one-week filler story just nixed that. We couldn't do that seriously after doing this. Isabel pointed this out to me after this ran, unfortunately. I would've burned this if I had realized. - Terrence