Thanks for sticking along on the ride – Isla Esmerelda is almost here (or rather they’re almost there)!
“There’s A Moon In The Sky (Called The Moon)” -or- The Road to Isla Esmerelda (pt. 9 of 12)
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Canine Comic Capers for All Ages by Dale Martin, Cartoonist
Watusi the Talking Dog 
Hey Dale! Another beautiful night shot! Love the moon! & the Watusi flashback was especially funny this week! I also liked the breakfast cereal reference! I feel like I’m cheating reading this already when I haven’t been to bed yet, but I guess it is officially Wednesday! Can’t wait to see what happens once they arrive in Isla Esmerelda. Great job! -Brien
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No problem – it was a pleasant surprise to see how many people read the strip early in the day. Makes staying up to get it posted worth it!
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Watusi as a puppy is always cute! His head is so big and his body is so little!
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Thanks, tho sometimes it’s hard to remember to draw him as a puppy, especially when all you see is his ears and head. So far, I haven’t had to white out any whiskers, tho!
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I guess this means that there will be (at least) a third night panel…while Emmett and Watusi solve immediate problems in their flashbacks? Three night panels in a row? That’s got to be a cartoonist’s challenge!
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Dawn is right around the corner – and with it the first sighting of Isla Esmerelda!
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Nice job, Dale! The third panel of the night sky is very well done. But why is there no night sky in the fourth panel? It’s knit picky, I know.
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There’s no night panel, because the story Emmett is telling takes place during the daylight. Guess my storytelling failed ya there – hopefully it will read better in the side-by-side print format.
It’s been kind of a challenge to not think in spreads and turns of pages, but hopefully each strip still has some sort of payoff for the online reader as well.
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It’s wild how you are juggling three stories at once! I agree with Dano, it’s a challenge but you’re handling it so well. And Tom Cherry is right, Watusi as a puppy IS cute!
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Glad the three-part storytelling hasn’t lost anyone. It looks like I’ll even be able to resolve them in the same amount of time!
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