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As I posted on the V, where those annotations were from:
>>>The headline from the front page of the Guardian - 'headless horror in haunted hospital' - a reference to the beheaded Galahad, perhaps?<<<
Nope. Grant didn't write this headline, I made it up on the spot as a silly "News of the World" style tabloid headline. No significance to the narrative.
>>>The date of Tyree Plantain's death is 9.13.03, as displayed on the CCTV recording. Is this significant?<<<
Not in the slightest. Random numbers I chose when doing the artwork.
>>>The 'Ghost Pirates' article appears to mention The Authority (although it is almost certainly a truncation of 'the authorities', but it remains a curious possibility).<<<
Absolutely not a reference to The Authority, simply the partly-obscured word "authorities."
>>>>Behind the stranded Guardian-Mobile is a Pumpkin Taxi - contrast to the 'Gypsy Taxi' in Zatanna and to the Pumpkin Taxi being joyridden by the Deviant Ones in Klarion. Is this a Cinderella reference? - In the DCU, New York is referred to as the "Cinderella city", with its two "ugly stepsisters", Metropolis and Gotham, grabbing all the attention.<<<
Grant explained the Cinderella City stuff to me and suggested the name Pumpkin Cabs for the taxi company. It was our colourist Moose Baumann who appropriately decided to colour them orange.
>>>The map of the secret tunnels looks more like the London tube map than the New York one... or more like a spider's web, perhaps.<<<
No significance other than me being a slightly crap cartographer.
>>>Perhaps Edward J. Lincoln of the Newsboy Army (#49 - 7x7) is another unsung hero?<<<
The name Edward J. Lincoln and his Newsboy Army membership number were both invented by me, and have no significance.
>>>>A skeleton in the House of Croatoan is holding a tattered red flag in the background of the pirates' fight, which is a possible link to Lancelot on the first page of Shining Knight #1.<<<
Nope, just a random detail I threw in.
>>>Do the grave markers at Jake's father in law's funeral have any significance? The names are [?Ge?]rrard, McLeod, Shannon, Murray, Bluth and Christine Taylor...<<<
The names Carraro, McLeod, Shannon, and Murray are the surnames of all the people with whom I share my studio (Kagan McLeod and Steve Murray are also caricatured in the comic). Bluth comes from Arrested Development, which I was watching at the time I drew that page, and the particular episode was guest starring Christine Taylor (Ben Stiller's wife).
Sorry to rain on the parade, I just found it amusing that so many random details I threw in are being studied for their significance...  |
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