I decided that the whole backstory of Heavy Metal, i.e. the fact that Métal Hurlant came first etc., *really* didn't matter in this context. The panel, anyway, was clearly inspired by the movie, as McNeil states it was "viewings of Heavy Metal."
The reason why I found this fact relevant was mainly because it showed that there was *some* influence from European comics on Finder. There aren't many direct traces of that, so I had to make do with this fairly obscure hint.
Re: Métal Hurlant and Heavy Metal
I decided that the whole backstory of Heavy Metal, i.e. the fact that Métal Hurlant came first etc., *really* didn't matter in this context. The panel, anyway, was clearly inspired by the movie, as McNeil states it was "viewings of Heavy Metal."
The reason why I found this fact relevant was mainly because it showed that there was *some* influence from European comics on Finder. There aren't many direct traces of that, so I had to make do with this fairly obscure hint.