just realized that percival & pooch (whom I've p much completely ignored up til now cuz they're p innocuous) are supposed to be owned by Tatsuya? kind of a "hi i'm cartoonist jon arbuckle and this is my cat garfield" situation

Lil' Evil here is a character whose whole bit is that he wants everyone to think he's scary & evil but no one takes him seriously, so i think this is supposed to be commentary on the rampant islamophobia of the Bush years. I'm not sure this really works.

The Secret Sisterhood of Spooky Shit, a bridge story between The Matriarchy and the Sisterhood. (this one also includes a quick Matrix reference, since that's one of Tatsuya's ironically enduring obessions)

The first appearance of bad ass little girls on big wheels, later to be a recurring motif in the sinfest terf years

i really hate to bring up the "rotten egg" stereotype about transphobes but that tatsuya keeps doing stuff like this