"The last panel originally called for D.Z. to toss the guitar onto a pile of other instruments. I thought it was excessive and cut it. Hopefully the parallel to old civil rights-era racism and hatred came across cleanly enough. Probably not, but what the hell, you know now. Stop the hate!"
WRITER’S NOTES (November 3, 2008)
"The last panel originally called for D.Z. to toss the guitar onto a pile of other instruments. I thought it was excessive and cut it. Hopefully the parallel to old civil rights-era racism and hatred came across cleanly enough. Probably not, but what the hell, you know now. Stop the hate!"