I see the Blue Fairy poster as a reminder that it took the Blue Fairy magic to turn Pinocchio into a real boy… And there’s the question of Al being a Real Boy (real man) since there were all the failures Brendan has been referring to.

I’m really hoping for the return of the beard, actually.

Yeah that was my idea as well, she thought she was found out…also in the beginning when she first meets Al for a few panels she looks just too happy for meeting him, also given that she knew him from pictures. I don’t think she’s a too great liar as well and that those are moments where it shows…but I don’t think she would have all it needs to bring Al back alone, I think Sulla was only a helper to someone who also thought of bringing Al back at first. I can’t imagine it beeing Sulla’s idea but maybe she “ispired” this other someone to think of it

actually…
…i wonder if these particular androids are capable of generating their own synthetic hair strands, or if. . . . .

i mean that i am cursing about this comment form not having an “edit” or “delete” feature.

:-D

it’s a full circle: that said poster still serves such useful functions, all of these years later.

at least, this is how i choose to interpret that panel.

What do you mean?

Nnooo!! He already lost his beard. Don’t take it all away! ;-)

LOL