Relish

Let's take a look at the creation process for today's cartoon. My original note says "eat something with relish. a banana split with relish sounds horrible." OK, so I knew that I wanted to play with the word relish and compare/contrast between its meanings. However, the concept did not feel right for a four panel strip. So, since I do have a birthday party on Saturday, I decided to use that theme for my wordplay. I also wanted to be sure everyone knew what the definitions were, so I added an explanation in panel four. Once I did that, I knew Mr. Blue would say "relish relish." That led to Mr. Green's common sorry-I-mentioned-this type final response.

And that's how I get to my completed concept.