Bittersweet Candy Bowl

91. Dial Tone, page posted 3/11/16

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Author commentary

Veronica: God, Lucy’s expression in panel 8.. what a tragedy.

Not in terms of the art, it’s just a tragedy for her to try to make light of Mike being someone not worth picking, but we all know how she feels about him. It’s almost like she’s struggling to make that joke because she doesn’t want to become too vulnerable to him. Especially right now. When he’s pining for another girl.

Comments from around the web

That hit me right in the feels man. Dammit Taeshi why you gotta be like this! *sigh* it’s been how long since Lucy has been in the picture and now you’re throwing us for such a weird loop!

Facebook: James N Tori Gumbert March 11, 2016

aaaaaaaa i miss seeing lucy so much she’s such a cutie ;-;

Twitter: tinyarchangel_ March 12, 2016

Aaah…that IS an interesting flashback for both characters…

Tumblr: blackbearthoughts March 12, 2016

Just finished binging through the first volume of BCB.
Took me like… 3 days to do? Damn.
While the pacing and art quality was all over the place it’s still pretty charming watching the art quality gradually improve throughout it, and actually reading Volume 1 really does give Mike’s actions in the later chapters (specifically December, which still apparently people are still salty as FUCK over) more understandable and justifiable. In fact it makes the conflict leading up to December seem more neutral, like taking either Mike or Lucy’s side in it is justifiable but also able to be argued against. Kudos to Taeshi and Souppy for not making it completely black and white. (Although one thing I have noticed is that people who favor Lucy tend to be a hell of a lot more volatile.)
Does kinda suck that all that is missed out on if you just skip Volume 1 and […]

Tumblr: rumblrbumblrgumblr March 12, 2016

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I’m literally going panel by panel over this shit right now.
I could be doing something far more productive.
I’m such a fuckin nerd.