Shephard nods. "Only it ain't animated photographs or nothin'," he says, "it's animated drawings. You ever draw the same picture on a dozen pages with only a li'l bit of a change on each one? That's your basic cartoon, only the ones kids watch've got a lot more color'n detail'n shit."

"Wait 'til you git a little farther in. The flyers start fairly soon- the little ones, anyways."