Mark Trail , recycling through the years

 
 
[Mark Trail, revised, May 10, 2014; May 14, 2015; April 28, 2016; October 15, 2016.]

The key revisions to today’s face look pretty slapdash: elevated eyebrows, a blue swash for a forelock. But that left ear never changes. Don’t mess with perfection.

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All OCA Mark Trail posts (Pinboard)

[Swash : “an extended flourish on a printed character.” It’s a metaphorical swash, on a comic-strip character.]