With the posting of page 13, I am officially halfway through Chapter I of Under the Apple Tree. Since Drunk Duck’s page uploader is down until tomorrow I figured I’d mention it here, as well as some historical tidbits about the comic so far. I’ll post the page up there once everything’s available again.
The current scene features Kennebunk High School, where Maggie is the newest student. The building was built in 1938 so it would still be pretty shiny and new when she came to town in 1943. Back then there were only a few hundred kids so the main brick building was enough, but by the time I attended in 2001 there were two larger additions added on that make it look quite different than it should in the comic.
The main building is what you see in the comic, and that extension in the back was added much later. There is also a large wing behind the original that extends far out to the opposite side. As I have no references of what the school grounds looked like before those were added, I kind of had to make up what it looked like. I assumed there was much more green and trees.
