One thing or another led to another hiatus on this project — 3 months, this time.  MICE 2016, plus a big teaching job I had to prepare for in December, and travels.  Gingerly feeling my way back into the process here: going over old thumbnails and trying to remember which version I liked best.  It’s nerve-wracking to try and re-orient oneself in a project after this much time, so I am wrestling with a bit of anxiety.  A few loose character sketches, and then a couple of pencil version of page 4, which I had decided needed re-doing.  Happily, I now feel ready to proceed: