I played around with a slightly different way to connect the word bubbles in this page. It does not give as much of a pause in the flow of the dialogue so I don’t think I will use it exclusively but it does let me have a stronger hand in the direction of the flow of the word bubbles ( like in panel 3 where it lets me break the standard top to bottom rule). It was interesting getting it above the shadows which are above the people yet still going behind Sparky’s hair. I should get better at that with more practice although I suspect it will always require a few extra steps.