Over at the Johnny Bunko Facebook group, Mike Hasley of Richmond, Virginia,  asks a question that I've gotten from a few readers:  "Anyone know why in some of the frames, nose and eyes are missing? Is this done on purpose?"  

You can see examples of what he means in the top frame on page 8 and in several panels on pages 16 and 17. 

I asked Rob Ten Pas, the artist behind Bunko, to explain what he calls "the no-nose thing."

"In the case of characters who are standing farther in the background, the lack of distinguishing facial features is simply because there's not necessarily any need to convey detailed visual characteristics.

"But on other occasions, the 'disappearing nose' is just a cartoony, stylistic choice.  It's difficult to describe.  I've done the same thing with disappearing eyes or pupils; depending on the circumstance, it's generally a visual device I use to convey a blank expression or a 'taken off-guard' moment.  For me, the nose is the most disposable facial element, as eyes and mouths tend to say more, and by getting rid of it there's no anchor to what the eyes and mouth are saying.  Drawn characters need not be 100% consistent with reality (since they're already cartoons) and just like overexaggerated mouths, spiked hair when startled, and bugged-out eyes, the magical disappearing nose is just another visual dynamic (albeit maybe a bit more subtle).

"Every part of a character can be a device for expression, some by their omission.  It might be like emoticons, which mimic eyes and mouth without the nose =D"

Make sense?  If you've got other questions, fire away.  We'll answer them here.