Volume 4, Page 1

(Click to enlarge) For Volume 4, the appearance of The History Clique changed drastically. I upgraded my drawing materials to give the comic a fresh look. Colored pencil and standard 8.5" x 11" paper made way for Prismacolor art pens and acid-free 9" x 12" drawing paper. As a result, the cartoons are crisper and brighter than ever with vivid colors and neat, precise text. There were several other upgrades as well - in particular, notice the change in text style for the Quotes. It has been changed from the normal cursive (which I was told was hard to read) to a more legible basic script.

As for the first three cartoons of the volume, they are another round of Quotes as usual. "Nappy Quote #7" features Poulet leading an army totaling two soldiers - one soon-to-be-decapitated soldier and one pig. "Wellie Quote #7" is a real quote from a real situation (sort of). At the battle of Waterloo, Wellington's forces were attacked by the Imperial Guard. After the Guard was quickly but gloriously defeated, a British soldier commented: "The Guard came up very well", to which Wellington replied, "Yes, and they went down very well too!" However, my favorite cartoon from this page is "Nelly Quote #7". By the way, the hard-to-read sign on the French officer's back says "Kick Me".