There's elements of my personal history in the way Duncan relates to his family and to life -- and the same with Bob and Mallory. If you watch closely on later pages, you will notice that Duncan and Sadie move and gesture in similar ways, as do Mallory and Bilgewater (yes, another of my in-jokes)
…and that Sadie looks very much like a certain artist, and Bilgewater looks very much like a certain writer…
I laughed a great bit a the name of the ‘engagement calendar’ i may miss alot of the humor but there is so much more to go around that i still cackle.