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My original idea for this announcement was to create a traditional illustration for friends and family to decode via symbols and metaphors. My wife encouraged me to do a comic, which I think was the better call. Her initial pitch was to feature Doctor Science Cat, a popular character from Reading Days which was a

So this project took a while. At first I wanted to make a single illustration or painting, likewise with layered metaphors for friends and family to ponder the meaning of, but my wife encouraged me to do this. I’m glad she did, because it is more… us. Anyway, I warned her that it would take

9 minutes? That’s an awfully short time to bake something… WHAT COULD IT MEAN!?

This is the centerpiece scene, so to speak, with “little peanut” being our preferred metaphor. Have you guessed what I’m getting at yet!?

So the idea here is that I’m layering as many metaphors for the thing I want to announce as I can. Some of the dialogue here is a last minute addition. I was pitching Partner’s dialogue to my wife as a joke and found it too funny not to include.

I have something very important to announce the only way I know.