That's the change I mentioned earlier. Kimberly had, previously, reveled in the Brisbane's mistrust. Now she wanted someone to trust her.

So, yes. The conflict that Brisbane saw as "We stayed out too late and I ended up sleeping in her bathtub and seeing her naked" is restated as "Your reasonable paranoia has ruined the romantic evening I planned, and circumstances wouldn't even let me salvage it as a pleasant breakfast". As you've seen from my notes, I had originally planned on emphasizing the first one and adding wacky hijinks to it. That's what would've happened if the giant machine went down the wrong path, and it took a while for me to adjust the direction it was headed in.

I had moved from Gainesville, a college town, back to Broward County. I was used to there being all kinds of places open late within walking distance. There were several times I'd head out at 10 PM looking for food and not able to find anywhere open in twenty miles. That's what inspired this.

This is how it had to end. Not with a great explosive romance, but with two people being comfortable with each other. Not marriage. Not sex. Just comfort. But being comfortable with someone is rare and special, especially for Brisbane and Kimberly.

After Unlike Minerva ended, I didn't think I'd ever do webcomics again. I figured I'd served my time and was a free man. Or at least that's how I remembered it. Then I checked the dates (and saw the crossover a few weeks ago) and noticed that Spare Parts began a few months before Unlike Minerva ended. It surprises me that I started one series while trying to finish this one, and I'm glad I didn't take the easy way out and abandon Unlike Minerva to work on Spare Parts. I still distinctly remember the feeling of not having a webcomic to work on, even though that hasn't happened at any point in the last ten years.

About a year after Unlike Minerva ended, right before we were going to move to California, Isabel shows me the first arc of You Say it First that she just wrote. It was amazing. It transformed the comic but left the characters intact. I wrote the second story, and we've been working on it together ever since.

    

So long, it's been good to know you Where we are and how we got there Unlike Minerva: Under Siege When Peter met Nina A Talk No Sleep Blues A journey Unlike Minerva presents a Fairy Tale Meanwhile... Love Nina Again Meanwhile at the Theatre (Art Week) Something Else Vaudeville Clearance You Must Learn All Night Long Emily Partnership Peter's House Guest week Prince Belac Mercury Ghost Hunt Sorcery Hodges Nina Haunted Library Videogenesis One Page jealousy Tripwire 2000 Actless You Get Brighter Ryan in Disguise (with glasses) Kiranga Spycraft As transitive as a verb Sofia's Descendants Sofia vs. Caleb Kimberly vs Brisbane The Impressive Trap The Tell-tale Watch True Love Cheap Laughs Meanwhile in France Prelude