Congrats, Eliza, you win a free anchor tour!
While I have you here! I've gone ahead and written a book, and there is a kickstarter running for it right now!
Built on the bones of a former northern England shipbuilding town, Unity City is an extraterritorial city-state fully owned and operated by worldwide megacorp Imperium International LLC. Renji Starkweather has everything he needs to succeed within Unity: confidence, a fast mouth, and most importantly, a famous aunt. But despite his coveted position within the city’s enforcers, restless Renji has never quite fit in with the company values, and when an impulsive stunt involving an airship and far too many bladed weapons sends him plummeting into Unity's buried depths, he begins to see the real human cost of those record profits.
Thrown into the path of a notorious gang of criminals named The Loose Ends, Renji is keen to help them even the score; and once an unfair gas bill threatens to leave the city's poorest freezing in their own homes, he finds himself with a chance to do just that. Teaming up with a gruff single dad on a mission, a laid-back hacker DJ, and her furious bruiser of a sister, Renji has a plan involving an audacious heist of tonight’s company Christmas fundraiser– but in order to pull it off, he’ll have to dodge his vicious former boss and avoid his terrifying aunt, all while gaining the trust of his new allies.
What could possibly go wrong…?
Cast: Eliza Swift, Henry Barber, Nicola Barber, Nyree
Comments (17)
ThoughtBubble
14 Nov 2026 – 15 Nov 2026
Harrogate Convention Centre
Manchester Megacon
31 Jul 2027 – 1 Aug 2027
Manchester Central
Oh, Nyree's door is slightly ajar in the last panel ... did she make it through? I'ld guess not, since she certainly would have closed it behind her, once she saw that none of the others would make it through it ... Not that Thea would need the door to be open to raid her anchor, apparently, though ...
It did not occur to me until reading your comment, but I hope Nyree and Nicola made it through either Nyree's or Arpana's door while Eliza was being an excellent distraction (intentionally or otherwise).
In the first panel you can see Nyree slapping her hand against her own door, presumably to open it.
Oh! I thought she was reaching for Nicola, but I see the "THMP!" now!
I think that Nyree and Nicola managed to go through the island door and are leaving it ajar either because the force of the water has pushed them a bit too far from the door to close it quickly ( though I believe that the witches don't need to be near their door to open/close them.) or Nyree is trying to get Theadora to follow Nyree to the island.
Whatever the rationale is, I do approve of the outcome of this action. Namely that Eliza and Henry are stuck together in an unexplored anchor!
I like the way you think! The position of the door and the water under Nyree's door did not stick out to me until I read your comment!
Now, that's a proper witch! Just hope the fourth Anchor isn't too far underwater.
I see the water is doing a number on Eliza's braid.
Oh dear, I hope she hasn't lost that nice pony tail tie with the question mark that Ben bought her. Looks like it is still there in panel 2.
she would fight any given witch for that hair ornament
"Wait, stop trying to drown me to death! I just realized your presence confirms my favorite conspiracy theory!"
It's like a genie granted Eliza's wish to see the fourth anchor and twisted it in the worst way.
uh oh, the water touched the 'bad' pile
Luckily for them Papa Pryce just happened to build a Platform above he Pacific anchor, and the water flowing out instead of in implies that the door opens at the surface and not the bottom.
Everyone seems to have overlooked the big question: How does Eliza even know about Theadora?
At the end of Sea Change Eliza got a report from Verity and Lei about what happened on the Good Intentions, so she heard about Thea being taken by the Fourth Anchor. In the comments on last week's page lordkobel pointed out that there may also have been a newspaper article about Thea's "disappearance", which Eliza would certainly have kept for her files.
Oh no! Mal's warning got wet! Now how is anyone going to know what it was about!?
Did she just dump them in the middle of the ocean? Or the bottom of it? If so, it seems like she's still not above wanton murder. Unsurprising. Anyone who settles on 'it is acceptable for a large number of people to die' is the kind of person that probably doesn't deserve redeeming.