Objectivity

Messing with the basic "one page wonder" format, by telling two distinct life stories over two pages, but intertwining them. Mercalli & Richter independently came up with scales for measuring earthquake intensity. Richter's is the better known in common parlance, and more objective, but both have since been superseded.

The strip was originally commissioned for a disaster relief fundraiser anthology, although I don't think it ever got released...