original_post:_10/5/2000______Emily makes her first appearance, and we also have the first look at Max from the front. Max's little hair tips start out really tiny in the early strips, but the heads are also huge. I was always trying to figure out the right look for the characters. These early strips has Emily's ponytail up WAY too high on her head. A female friend eventually pointed out that unless she was an eighties cheerleader, that probably wasn't a good choice. For a while, I wasn't sure where I was setting Max's drawing table. The idea of a studio didn't come 'til later. This is also when I realized that putting the URL and my name was probably a good idea.