Not that he wasn’t already on Watusi’s bad side, implying that Watusi– an emancipated dog– is just someone’s pet is bound to be bad news for Vice Provost Kitsch!!
I’ve been planning to use that line all along, and this turned out to be the right place for it! Just how long have I been planning to use it, you ask? Well, judging by this sketchbook entry, from the very beginning:
And while I’m giving you a peek behind the curtain, I also want to acknowledge a swipe in the third panel– my homage to one of my favorite W.W. Denslow drawings from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz:
As always, thanks for reading (especially to the end of this “behind-the-scenes” section)!
Watusi the Talking Dog 
I very much enjoyed the behind the scenes info. Thanks for the peek!
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Glad to do it!
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With such an amazing mustache, I can’t believe Kitsch hasn’t twirled it yet while he cackles with glee!
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I thought his mustache would be too stiff and bristly to twirl around … but that would give me something else to do with his hands! hmmmm…..
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