The Artwork
The comic draws inspiration from Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes, possibly due to the similar set-ups of both comics, as well as the fondness for unconventional panel structures. Its coloring style, a palette of soft blues, is one of the peculiarities for which its fans enjoy it. In contrast, Back in Time strips that depict Laurie as a little girl use a palette of soft purples instead of blues. The blue coloring may have been added to enhance the fact that most strips early on took place at night, and that the color was supposed to be a natural effect (in the strip.) In the recently released Count Your Sheep collection, Relatives and Sedatives, it was revealed that one of Adis's starting rules was that all strips were to take place at night; although the coloring has been kept with the addition of daytime strips.
The comic originally appeared in two formats: four panel full strips (which are similar in size to the comics found in daily newspapers) and semi-strips composed of a single panel with text. After Adis got a drawing tablet, the layout of the strip became more inventive.
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