A Dangling Raccoon

I woke up this morning and my left eye was a little bit better. Every day I'm seeing some improvement. Which is a huge relief. I can now read with my left eye, which I couldn't a few days ago. I'm still going to take it easy today, though, so I don't over extend myself.

Above are some pencils from Maddy Kettle. Silvio making an escape from a downed hot air balloon. In the comments for yesterday's post Gabe Gill said that Harry reminded him of an American Totoro. Which is amazing that anyone gets that! I've thought that way about Harry and Silvio all along but never really expressed it. They are sort of like animal spirits, but in a very North American vein. Something else that just occurred to me is how influenced the story is by G K Chesterton, in the way the mystery unfolds and nothing is what it quite seems to the hero. I didn't realize what an impact his work had on me until I stood back and had a good look at the shape of the story. I love these surprises.