One of my biggest comic influences is Bill Watterson, and one of his favorite things to do was use Calvin & Hobbes as an excuse for him to flex his illustration muscles, filling entire panels with super-detailed dinosaurs and monsters.
Suffice to say, I understand the appeal! These couple panels here were a ton of fun to draw.
So far, everything that we've soon in the Smithsonian is based on actual exhibits that either currently or at one point existed within their walls. I will fully admit that they never had a Megalania exhibit (to my knowledge), but I had to give Iggy his chance at the spotlight!
Also, this page marks another first: It's the first time where our daughter (currently 7 years old at the time of this page being published) assisted Whitney in coloring the page! She took over and colored all of Iggy's appearances on this one (which Whitney then cleaned up, hehe). When she saw a new page had been scanned in, she insisted on helping, so chances are she'll have a hand in future pages as well after this point.
