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I do a comic called FINDER. I read a lot of pop science and get it all wrong, which is why I write fiction.
Jan 14, 2021 11 tweets 3 min read
Nobody had “makeup” for a long long time. No lipstick, no eyelashes. Rose was a bruiser in a ball gown and still earth-goddessy (I always remember her having a gap in her front teeth when she doesn’t!) Naturally Pink had a swan’s neck and full lashes much later in the evolution. It’s exactly like Alison Bechdel talking about how strange and slightly dangerous it felt ti design her Dykes cast after having spent her youth and childhood exclusively drawing male figures. Years into the strip, a few male figures were introduced...