Is Kimiko the main character of “Dresden Codak?
” Initially, she wasn’t going to be. She was just going to be a character I threw in once in a while because I like having someone that I can use to vent my weird world view. Then I realized that the way she acted, the character she became, worked very well for the strip. She talks a lot, which is good because there’s a lot of heavy ideas that come up in the strip, but at the same time she’s kind of presented as a bit of an explorer which allows me to jump to different worlds and whatever. I really don’t want to have a comic that’s appealing mainly because of its cast. There’s nothing wrong with that, people do it, but I’m always afraid people will come back only out of continuity and “what are the characters doing this week?” Even with this big story, I wanted to make sure that the universe itself and the ideas presented are kind of the star of the show. It’s helpful to balance. I should also point out that despite the fact that the “Hob” story is rather epic, there isn’t really an ov
