O Human Star rerun! http://ohumanstar.com/comic/chapter-1-page-24/

Heightwise, Sulla is around 5'10.

O Human Star rerun! http://ohumanstar.com/comic/chapter-1-page-23/

Here’s Sulla! Aside from sharing sounds with the name “Alastair,” “Sulla” is the name of a female robot in the play R.U.R., from which OHS and Chapter 1 both get their titles.

O Human Star rerun! http://ohumanstar.com/comic/chapter-1-page-22/

In retrospect I think this is the meanest Brendan ever is to Gimel! I guess Brendan has a reputation for lacking grace under pressure, but jeez.

O Human Star rerun! http://ohumanstar.com/comic/chapter-1-page-21/

Sulla did absolutely paint that mug for Brendan.

O Human Star rerun! http://ohumanstar.com/comic/chapter-1-page-20/

Panels 5 and 6 are still some of my favorite lines of dialogue I’ve ever written. Talk about economic! storytelling!!!

O Human Star rerun! http://ohumanstar.com/comic/chapter-1-page-19/

At this point I had NO idea Gimel would be such a spiritual backbone of the story. He was almost window dressing at this point.

O Human Star rerun! http://ohumanstar.com/comic/chapter-1-page-18/

The Pinsky house interior! Lots of concrete, lots of chrome, lots of blackboard paint, something that looks spendy, cold, but not unlived in.

O Human Star rerun! http://ohumanstar.com/comic/chapter-1-page-17/

I tried to nail down their height difference early, though it’s not as consistent over the comic as I’d like. They ended up around 5'8" and 6'1" - Brendan’s eyes at the level of Al’s mouth.

O Human Star rerun! http://ohumanstar.com/comic/chapter-1-page-16/

Speaking of voice actors, though, Al is easy. She has always sounded like Ron Perlman.

O Human Star rerun! http://ohumanstar.com/comic/chapter-1-page-15/

And here’s Brendan. I’m curious what he sounds like in readers’ heads - for me he always had a boyish Michael J. Fox-style voice, maybe with a bit of Anthony Rapp thrown in.