I don't know that the finish of a book has a smell, but if it did, that scent would be wafting through the studio today. Page 22 is done! There are only eleven panels left to draw, color and script now.
Mark's trying to make Abby feel better, and offers up a trip to San Francisco. I have on many occasions mentioned by chocolate "habit", although some would say "problem." And one of my favorite chocolate dens is Ghirardelli's, based in that city. I've been to any number of their soda fountain/ice creameries, including Las Vegas, Chicago, Orlando and San Diego, but there's none quite like the SF one. It's kind of got the feeling of the Soup Nazi's joint from Seinfeld, except slightly more charming.
I think I'll have another page done tonight, and then page 24 the night after. Then the book can go on proof to the Secret Society of Super Reviewers while I try to do the cover for #6, so that I can run an ad for it in the back of the issue.