Escalation

This is the end of this sequence, but not the end of this theme. Smudge's competitiveness will resurface from time to time.

Here we see Smudge's wall in context for the first time. It's a garden wall separating Smith and Jones' post war dwelling from the Victorian semis on the other side of the divide - not unlike the view outside my own living room to be honest, except in my case there's a small stream and a thicket of trees between my house and the garden opposite.

The church is a transplant from Tunbridge Wells. It's St Mark's C of E Church in Broadwater Down - I picked it because it has a very tall steeple. The churches in Hastings tend to be much older and stumpier, with low towers rather than steeples, and that would have ruined the joke.

The final think to note today is that if subscription rates keep rising at the rate they have been for the past couple of weeks both Snow Sez and Smith will probably break the 400 subscriber barrier on GoComics. As of now (12.20am) we're both at 396 subscribers... Not that I'm counting of course.