Colin and Puck continue to chat at the bar in this strip. Yes, that’s supposed to be a bar in the background. (Don’t ask me what I was thinking when I drew that. I really don’t remember.)
This strip also contains the only explanation provided for Puck’s apparent sex change. In Shakespeare (Midsummer Night’s Dream, specifically, for those of you not big on the Bard), Puck is male – the trickster servant of Oberon, the fairy king. In my strip, Puck is female and likes to wear plaid miniskirts. What’s the connection? Beats me!
As you can tell from the pixelated profanity in panel three, my comics contain some off-colour language that wouldn’t fly in a family newspaper. I never once got a complaint when it ran in the student newspaper, though – and it was delivered door-to-door throughout surrounding residential neighbourhoods! For the sake of peace and a PG rating, I’ll blur the naughty words and you can creatively fill the void with your own profanity of choice. It’s not that hard to figure out what they’re saying, really.
I’ve always thought it was so cute how “sh!+” is censorship worthy in the English speaking world. The French equivalent is such a benign way to swear in the French language, nobody would ever be offended by it.
Ah, but profanity is never necessarily connected to meaning, especially in English. The words just possess an inherent level of vulgarity, regardless of literal meaning. Which is why there are so many words for feces, but only a few register as profanity. It’s a weird language. Even weirder is the fact that some English words are insanely vulgar in some countries, while they’re only mildly profane in others.
I can’t help but notice that the giant mug of beer that Puck was drinking in the last strip has vanished. And now it would appear as though Colin is drinking an iced tea with a lemon wedge. A visual representation of their future relationship perhaps? NAH! That would be overthinking this.
@CH
Wow !
That’s actually quite revealing.
Robin is chugging jinormous Mugs of Brew, while Colin is sippin fruity little Girlie Drinks.
(Colin is such a lightweight he carries rolls of dimes in his pocket so he doesn’t get carried away by a stray breeze)
My high school English teacher played puck in a community play. She was very good at it.
That’s a cool high school English teacher. I’m not that cool.