Setting
The New Muses inhabit a desert region called Kokonino County . This name is an homage to George Herriman's Krazy Kat, which takes place in "Coconino County, Arizona". (An actual Coconino County, Arizona exists, but it does not possess the landmarks which Herriman gives it, most of which actually appear in Monument Valley. One of Herriman's habits was replacing hard C with K, as in the strip's title; however, he rarely altered the spelling of Coconino itself, as Gonick does.
The original Coconino County derives its name from the Havasupai word for "little water" . Gonick's revision makes the name parallel kokopelli, in which the koko- stem is (probably) a reference to a Hopi and Zuni deity.
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