Aardvarkian Splendor Cover Progression Part 4

Benjamin Hobbs:

When last we saw the cover of Aardvarkian Splendor (in stores August 2023!), the drawings in the background were drawn by me. While they didn't look good, they looked better than the stick figures this cover needed:

I asked Chad Lambert, writer of this issue, if he wanted to do the drawings. 

Soon, a package arrived at my door, with this inside:

And behind this note were these drawings:

I took the ones most fitting for the cover and this was the result: 

Next Week: Aardvarkian Splendor Cover Progression Part 5!