Both states of the panel one kitchen are based on my old Inman Square apartment.

The ray gun in panel two is important in future pages. I’m no Jack Kirby or Wally Wood at creating new science fiction gadgets, so had to research. The results from old toys and television shows didn’t seem right. Luckily I stumbled on Greg Broadmore’s Doctor Grordbort’s Contrapulatronic Dingus Directory of steampunk props. The online catalog has high resolution photos of their various gadgets. The ray gun used here is the “FMOM Industries Wave Disrupter Gun“. This stroke of good luck gave me more time to tirelessly research the bondage scene.