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Orsak describes how Captain 'Cuse, a superhero strip set in Syracuse, NY, began in the Syracuse New Times in 1982 as a way to sharpen his skills, eventually expanding into the larger Syracuse Herald-American. Peyer joined as writer after two and a half years when Orsak found plotting a challenge, and the two discuss how they deliberately planted a fake kid sidekick (Salty) who turned out to be an alien monster, delighting in frustrating comic-book fan expectations. They discuss the strip's use of real Syracuse landmarks and people as local color.