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One year ago, on April 16th 2024, the first page of Peregrine Lake went online. One year since we first met Bev as she drove through a snow storm and said the exact thing most of us have said in that scenario.
It took so long for Peregrine Lake to get off the ground. I first announced it back in December of 2019, and originally I was going to draw it. And then the world fell apart, and I found myself with zero ability to draw it anymore. I kept kicking the idea around, wanting to move it forward when in 2023 I jokingly suggested to my friend Ethan that they could draw the comic for me.
And they said yes, they'd love to, and I am not one to look a gift horse in the mouth.
We then spent almost a year regularly meeting, talking about my plans for the plots, the world, the characters, and all the things that would have otherwise just lived in my head. I started scripting comics, and Ethan got to work on concept art. And for most of 2023 we planned and got ready, and we hit the ground running in 2024.
And now we're here. Honestly, I love everything we've put out over the last year. Ethan's art is incredible, and tells the story in a way that I'm not sure mine would have. I love this comic, I love that you all are reading it, and I'm excited to show you what's coming next.
Because we've only just scratched the surface on how weird this is going to get.
On April 26th I'm going to be at Concinnity in Milwaukee, WI! Stop on by and say hi if you're in town!
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Garner redemption arc?
Possibly, but he might go back to his original mindset with Lynn. I think he knows damn well that dressing like a Nazi is wrong, and disrespects the US, Jewish community whom possibly have members at the said con, and everyone who even lived in the time frame of when Nazis were in power and witnessed their crimes against humanity.
Garner and Lynn have so far been on the same side during the actual con in general. I’m not sure if this is them putting aside their differences to work together when it counts, them actually learning to tolerate each other in general, or just Garner having a line he won’t cross even to oppose Lynn.
Hooooo boy. Here’s where I 100% agree with Garner but 100% go ‘Well, this busts chain of command.” Which is.. ooof.
This is where as Lynn or Ruth I go “I’m sure as heck not gonna stop you.” but step back and let Garner make his call to overrule the conchair.
I’m not sure Garner’s action busts the chain of command. We have Lynn and Ruth at the bottom of the chain, yes they’re staff, but they’re relitively new staff. When action needed to be made, they followed the chain and went to Jim, bypassing several levels of chain along the way, which given the importance of the situation and need for quick action, is perfectly acceptable.
Garner, independently, sees the same situation, and takes action. He’s a vetted staff member who’s been around a while, and thus is high enough on the chain of command to take action himself. This does not break the chain.
The break comes at Jim, who should have taken action himself, but Jim is the failed link who’s lack of action breaks the chain.
At least that’s my take on it all.
Do it, Garner. Take advantage of the loophole. Boot the Nazi.
There are times you have to say “Hell with it, morality moment” and go. Job or no job. Anything else leads down a pretty dark road eventually. For anyone sane, these moments are not common, maybe a few times a lifetime. Make sure they really ARE that hardcore important – people’d better be doing some bad stuff. But those moments are there sometimes. And for the record – yeah, this would be one of them. Big time.
I think I should point out, that we don’t know Garner’s rationale for booting the Nazi. It may have absolutely zero to do with his moral beliefs and more to do with how bad it would affect the convention and it’s bottom line. Thinking a guy dressed as a Nazi is morally wrong is not the same as realizing it’s going to effect the economics and future viability of the convention.