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.
Read more about this topic: Kokopelli & Company
Famous quotes containing the word setting:
“May we two stand,
When we are dead, beyond the setting suns,
A little from other shades apart,
With mingling hair, and play upon one lute.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“Love is at the root of all healthy discipline. The desire to be loved is a powerful motivation for children to behave in ways that give their parents pleasure rather than displeasure. it may even be our own long-ago fear of losing our parents’ love that now sometimes makes us uneasy about setting and maintaining limits. We’re afraid we’ll lose the love of our children when we don’t let them have their way.”
—Fred Rogers (20th century)
“something far more deeply interfused,
Whose dwelling is the light of setting suns,”
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)