And thus ends chapter 4, I think. Next week, we leave Kirby and Frankenstein’s creature to their odd-couple arrangements and see what’s happening with Connie Carter, Girl Detective. Expect to see her friend Freddie and prepare to meet her dog Watson.

I’m sorry to admit that there’s more than a bit of me in Kirby. I think I’ve missed a lot of signals in my life by being distracted, shy and oblivious. It’s a good thing Maggie sent signals that could be seen from Mars.

The name of the coffee shop may be a bit hard to make out except for the second to last panel. They’re in Apollo’s Coffee. Though I was never a fan of the 70s Battlestar Galactica, I figure that if Starbuck can have a coffee chain then Apollo can as well.

When you consider that the Creature was built from cadavers, Kirby’s reaction doesn’t seem too unreasonable.

I love doughnuts, but I guess not as much as I like staying on the skinnier side. I decided to go with the more traditional spelling, though the name of the doughnut shop is “Donut Hut.