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9 thoughts on “542 – Catching Up”

  1. Keith

    Some friction, but yeah. IRL, I’d like these two…they should have kids. 😉

    1. Dawn

      I might have to draw out what their kid would look like. First thought is that their kid would look like Ongo Gablogian from “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia”

    2. Scarsdale

      He’s pushing 60, she’s maybe 30, more likely less. Chuck is most likely shooting blanks, and besides, he’s talking to her like a baby sister than a love interest.

      1. Keith

        Up in these hills, sometimes family is all y’gots. 😉

  2. ConcordBob

    It is really hard to have a favorite character, as there are so many good ones. But I think Rosa is my favorite. Chuck is a good accomplice in sneaking work, but not much for romance. Uugh.

  3. Otaku

    I mean, if they don’t have at least an inkling of what’s going down, I’m actually disappointed in Clearstream. If anything, I’m starting to wonder if they caught on and realized “Wait, we can use this.”

    Because of course they can. 😉

  4. Dr. Norman (not a real doctor)

    I’m way ahead of you – I’ve been waiting for you to catch up. From November 2020:
    I would hope for nothing less – her and Chuck have the potential for a great deal of positive mischief.
    Speaking of which, I received the email notifying me that my order for the NSFW “Chuck and Rosa Finally Do It” (age verification required) limited edition hardcover is going to be delayed due to the pandemic. I think it’s really cool that you’ll be adding some additional stretch goal goodies when it ships – thanks for all your story and art.
    As for the inscription, ” We owe it all to you ” will be sufficient.

  5. Crazyman

    Partners in crime! 😈

  6. TKG

    A crime so perfect she went full on wall-eye!

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542 – Catching Up
Posted on April 9, 2025 by Dawn

The cover story

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Clint
Well, here we are at our latest cover week, otherwise known as the-break-that’s-not-really-a-break before we get started on the next chapter. I suppose we’re peculiar in that we use a placeholder in the episode we’re currently working on, then at the end of the arc is when we debut the cover and shuffle it into its proper position. I think this all started because we used a cropped version of Dawn’s original drawing as the cover image for our sneak preview, but then a few months down the road when we started seriously entertaining the idea of self-publishing a full print comic, Dawn was ready to do something different, so she created an all new illustration. These covers tend to be Dawn’s jealously guarded refuge from my occasional micromanagement tendencies. We still talk about them, but I tend to have limited review and input compared to the week-to-week story pages… so it’s less a matter of getting individual details correct than the artist getting “set free” to put together something that looks cool. It’s not unheard of in comics, for sure, as there’s been many a cover promising a hero lying limp at the feet of a gloating villain that you don’t find anywhere in the comic itself. I do still meddle occasionally, because I like to maintain a symbolic connection to the content even if, for example, we still haven’t seen that exact photograph pictured for Issue/Episode #4. So I asked for a spattering of old zombie blood and composed a caption signifying better times (and oddly enough, confirming that Memorial Day is still celebrated, which would have been much more timely in a real world sense had it occurred on this week’s cover instead!). There are also times Dawn herself still decides to solicit my help, which is how we ended up with a Texas flag draped on Issue 3 rather than just something more generic. Nothing is a complete vaccuum, and probably stronger in the end for the give and take. Heck, I remember for Issue 2 we took some time to let all you readers help us decide which concept to use. Today’s cover is unique in that we’ve had the idea of it percolating for months. It’s entirely possible that I’ve had it on my brain at least since the end of Issue 3, where we saw The Exec (a.k.a. “Sir”) pontificating on how a clever person could “stack the deck”. This is a man who is literally playing with peoples’ lives, so I loved the idea that we might show him holding up a hand of poker with the cards representing some of the dramatis personae he’s worked to bring into conflict. Nicely thematic, right? But I wanted to wait until we finally brought Muriel and Suzie into confrontation– and here we are! This is probably the most specific I’ve ever gotten with a cover idea so far, but as I started blathering on about various details Dawn reminded me I was treading her sacred turf… so I scaled back to merely dictating who should be what face card and left the rest up to her. And with that “dealt” with, it’ll be time to move on to Episode 6. See you then!