Here Be Voodoo

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There is a lot, WAY too lot, things happening in this first panel.

Deafpot is Peepers and Talkative other ‘sister’ and is, as its name imply, deaf as a pot, which mean it can’t always manage it’s voice volume.

Oh, and one other detail, Peepers, Talkative and Deafpot were inspired by the Three wise Monkeys… You know. Them.

Guess which is which. You have three try for each.

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Teddy’s pocket is bottomless, indeed. He can put anything in it, as long it can pass the opening and is not alive.
A sojourn in the endless void tend to make the living a tiny bit bonkers.
And I admit, I’m a big fan of the dolls’ running commentary of the situation.

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In case it’s barely noticeable: they are brothers.

(And yup, that’s one of Guilemma’s scalpel. Teddy sense of propriety is a bit stretched.)

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What a pighead…
And you’d notice that despite the flaming morsels, he is still standing

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I wanted to put a link toward the Wizard of Oz song: Ding dong, the witch is dead, but I’ve been told that my gallows humor was NOT de-dramatizing the situation.

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Yes, Teddy has thread and needles in there too. In fact, before he left for the Pit, Doc Patch filled his pocket with all the tools he could ever need. Doc was not going to let its « son » go without the maximum possible precautions.

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Eshu’s fans, rejoice ! He is… errr, better?

And I solemnly swore to never ever make a character design cool but hard to draw.
Baby Mojo is a NIGHTMARE to draw.

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Well, I’ve been serious for ten pages, that’s my limit, I can’t last longer.

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Mama Brigit is her husband moral compass.

He has trouble following human’s morality, it change a bit too fast from an immortal point of view.

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Look, about the clikety clakity bones, I really hesitated with adding the sound effect thinking it was creepy but…

Oh well, in for a penny, in for a pound I guess.