Rachel gave me the idea of drawing a little girl with a cape and wooden sword and I thought it sounded like fun. The girl ended up sans cape but instead received a viking helmet treatment. As I was drawing this, I was chuckling because it reminded me a bit of some of Watterson’s old Calvin & Hobbes’ drawings that were interspersed in the trade collections of his work. I have an undying love of all things Watterson so this drawing has made me happier than almost any other I’ve completed in recent memory.