Influences and Background
Clugston has stated that her own personal experiences from high school have helped shape the series, with a scene surrounding Bleu's attempt to mascot for her school being almost identical to her real life experience in school. Manga has also affected the series, with Clugston listing Rumiko Takahashi and Adam Warren as influences. The Mod subculture is prevalent throughout the series, with Christine Feldman writing in her book We Are the Mods that the series reconceptualized Mod feminity.
Of the series, Clugston initially had difficulty finding a publisher to carry the work until the series was noticed by Jamie S. Rich and got picked up by Oni Press.
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