So as some may have guessed, if you've read Treasure Island, you might have noticed some differences so far in what I am making versus what the late and great Robert Louis Stevenson made.

Thus far I have shown a few things, aside from the obvious fact that the characters are talking animals.

1. Dr. Livesey is a woman: This reasoning was because the original book is a massive sausagefest and frankly felt like this story needed a woman's touch somewhere. I don't care if it is not historically accurate because neither was the original book. As one may recall, there is no such thing as Skeleton or Treasure Island nor was there a pirate named Captain Flint. As such, I made Livesey a woman and she is still a doctor and a magistrate. I'm sure some hyperconservative is thinking this shit is woke or something. It's not. I just didn't want to have the whole story have literally no women in it whatsoever. Speaking of which though.

2. Isreal Hands is also a woman: Now this one is just because I wanted a female pirate, which did in fact exist on several accounts. Isreal is a main antagonist in the original book, being a huge obstacle Jim has to overcome. As such, Isreal was chosen to be the one I wanted as a woman so there was some sort of merit to making her so. She does present herself as a man and hides the fact that she is a woman to all but her own pirate group.

3. Jim is an orphan and is a little older: This is because I wanted Jim to be a teenager and thus a little more capable. He's only about two years older than the original. The biggest difference between him and book Jim is the fact that Jim Hawkins is an orphan in my comic. While the original lost their father due to illness, his mom was still alive throughout the entire book. I felt this would give Jim more sympathy as we get to see him grow and go from bumbling busboy to capable sailor.

All said, these differences are not going to be very consequential to the story and if you haven't read the original novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, this comic is actually going to be fairly close to the original in terms of story beats and whatnot. I aim to be pretty faithful to the source material while having my own spins on a few things.