I’d taken this and Someday Hero out of my RSS reader when it became apparent there weren’t going to be any new comics for a while. When Jarrett came back, I decided to be cautious and not re-add them quite yet, just in case this was merely an Elvis sighting.

Turns out Elvis has left the building once again.

What I love - The art and design: Very well done as always. Those bottom four panels are all very strong - the second one is really well done, and I love the rendering of Martin the Moose, especially how his antlers sag when he gets startled - great expression and line-work there.

What I hate: The lack of word balloon tales. The color coding isn’t doing it for me. I find it confusing and distracting that I have to try and sort out who’s saying what. I can never tell if someone is thinking something, or saying it, or if it’s a sound effect at a glance. Obviously after I look at it for a second, I can sort things out, but the fact that I constantly have to sort it out is distracting and takes me out of the experience.

One other issue that might not matter: Personally, I feel like the top two panels are unnecessary for a webcomic. Were this a print comic that hadn’t appeared for a while, I could see using the ‘previously on’ to catch readers up, but on the web anyone who needs an update can hit the ‘previous’ button. Just my opinion though, and some readers might disagree.

Women in the mounties?? whatever next?!