Wow, life has kept me off the computer for about a week. What an amazing set of updates.
Nick, outstanding work on your layout and illustrations for the story itself. Yet again, you've followed your vision through well beyond just some cool ideas or a fantastic illustration or two, and delivered a fully-realized set of pages in the style of the time from which the story hails.
Seriously. Holy crap, man. My hat is off to you, and I may need to pop off the top of my skull, as well, to pay proper homage.