Whatever you say, Urfin Jus.

Usually, I'll reserve complicated backgrounds like the one in the last panel for establishing shots, but showing the background at this moment was narratively important in this case.

When I first started this comic, I drew a map of Emerald City based on existing maps of Emerald City to use as a reference. So, I can tell you exactly where our heroes are, though you can probably guess from context clues if you're clever. I've already shared the map on my Patreon, but I haven't added it to the Extras page. Maybe I'll show y'all the map in a future update?

The streets of Emerald city are concentric circles with straight lines connecting the streets. That one rectangular building is actually the museum that keeps popping up in the background, just from a different angle. The animal neighborhood is just one block clockwise and one block towards the city wall from here. The ball-shaped house is based off a John R. Neill illustration from Wonder City of Oz.

In my original thumbnails, I had drawn an Oz Cream shop here, but wisely got rid if i after consulting my map and seeing I had placed the museum to take up an entire city block.