Can I just say that I adore the fact that Buddy literally looks towards the reader when he says “I HAVE TO WRITE IT DOWN. YOU CAN'T TRUST THE DRAWINGS. READ CAREFULLY?”
It's like he's saying:
“I'm literally looking atcha from inside a DRAWING where I'm writing my story ON THE WALLS… Y'think something mayyyyy be a tiny bit WRONG, here…?”
The full, original quote is:
“You've got to read carefully. Words have never really been my thing. But I gotta use them, 'cause you can't trust drawings.
You can't TRUST the drawings.” ~ Daniel “Buddy” Lewek, Dreams Come to Life, Pg. 1-2
This isn't even the only time he says something similar about having no choice but to write his story rather than draw it. On the very next page, we see him explicitly describe a comic panel he might draw and then repeat himself:
And that ain't the only time he mentions the importance of needing to describe all five senses for us. He does it quite a few times, including:
Why don't I see anyone talk about the fact that Buddy basically outright says many times, “if you ever find an illustrated version of my story, it was made explicitly against my wishes with intent to deceive you. Pay very, very, very close attention to exactly what in this written version it contradicts & how it contradicts it, 'cause it's important?”
