It’s Iimi! The Paper (Trail) Chase

When Iimi and her group members try to discover what happened in the event suspected to have occurred between July 10^th and July 17^th, 1898, they keep running into the same block. It’s clear that something happened, but the event itself is hidden quite well. When they go to the History Department at Woodhill Community College, will they get the answers or… The Paper (Trail) Chase

Pre-Comic Notes:

It’s Inauguration Day today (so we should pray for the country and our President). However, given that the comic needed to be created before that date, the event is not addressed in this comic.

Post-Comic Notes:

Mrs. Garza’s story about a racial divide in the parish church was adapted from an account told to me by a long-time parishioner when I worked for a parish in Kentucky for a year. It's been modified to reflect the differences between California and Kentucky at that time.

When Father Peter Sheppard mentions ugly history forgotten by most, this was inspired by my research for the Tri-Cities. I was looking for real California towns of about the same population level to understand what level of services were plausible and the history of how they developed. One of them, about a hundred miles from where I live, turned out to have had a racial incident in the late 19^th century… something I had never heard of before.

That incident became the basis of the account the girls were told… and that they’re skeptical of. It reflects my skepticism of the account I read. It seemed a bit too benign for the time. It was also very contradictory.

Image Credits

The lockpicks on page 17 are © 2015 Dean Spencer, used with permission. All rights reserved.

 Some images used in this comic were AI drafted by the author using NightCafe and then edited by the same. No copyrighted artist names (living or dead) were used in the prompts or for “AI training.”