He’s not licking B.C.’s face in panel 6, Joe, he’s licking the rock surface. They are different rock faces in panels 3-6 than in 8-10. He’s walking away from the first in panel 7, and sees a similar silhouette thereafter, but this time it is his head’s shadow sticking out atop a cave entrance.
If B.C. had been standing at the cave’s mouth and sniffed at and licked in the face by a dinosaur in panels 5 and 6, it would make absolutely no sense for him neither to be visible nor to react until panel 10.
If Gronk were licking any part of the shadow other than the small projection cast by his own long-necked head, his neck in panel 6 would have to be angled DOWN rather than up, unless you imagine that he has climbed into a hole in the ground for that panel only. In addition, it would mean that his head has inexplicably grown to an outlandish degree, judging by its proportion to the shadow. Finally, if the sole joke is that the dinosaur licks B.C.’s face and then gronks at him in disgust, Gronk’s postures (feet raised, indicating walking) in panels 7 and 8 are unnecessary at best and misleading at the very least.
He’s not licking B.C.’s face in panel 6, Joe, he’s licking the rock surface. They are different rock faces in panels 3-6 than in 8-10. He’s walking away from the first in panel 7, and sees a similar silhouette thereafter, but this time it is his head’s shadow sticking out atop a cave entrance.
If B.C. had been standing at the cave’s mouth and sniffed at and licked in the face by a dinosaur in panels 5 and 6, it would make absolutely no sense for him neither to be visible nor to react until panel 10.
If Gronk were licking any part of the shadow other than the small projection cast by his own long-necked head, his neck in panel 6 would have to be angled DOWN rather than up, unless you imagine that he has climbed into a hole in the ground for that panel only. In addition, it would mean that his head has inexplicably grown to an outlandish degree, judging by its proportion to the shadow. Finally, if the sole joke is that the dinosaur licks B.C.’s face and then gronks at him in disgust, Gronk’s postures (feet raised, indicating walking) in panels 7 and 8 are unnecessary at best and misleading at the very least.