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As for this comic…
Two whole panels with nary a dialogue bubble? Hard to believe but true.
My wife concurs with Heather that Phoebe’s and Tracee’s dresses are insane. Though my wife also says that Heather’s dress is as trashy as that demographic ever gets (barring minor variations depending on the exact background and socio-economic stratum she hails from). I dunno.
I wanted Heather’s dress to look like legitimate fashion, made for legitimate rich people. I wanted Phoebe and Heather to look like they bought their dresses from that questionable place in the discount mall – even if they actually paid a lot money for them.
I think it’s close enough.
Lol Omygosh this comic is flippin amazinnngg!!! XDDDDD and super hilarious! ! ♥♥♥ I cannot wait to see how this plays out lol makes my day every week! X)
Glad you like! And thanks for letting me know. Always good to know that what I’m doing is working … in some capacity.
Are you sure you don’t prefer my stream of criticism?
Is there honestly anyone who would prefer comments like that discordant wreck of a first post to my own elaborate displays of scathing criticism?
… Oh who am I kidding? there are probably plenty who prefer that… and they’re all tasteless cretins.
No Frodo, Cast the ring into the fire TOO funny!
Everyone loves pop culture refs. I haven’t done enough LOTR refs. Gotta give the Star Wars ones a rest every once in a while.
I wonder what Puck has in mind.
I think she just has in mind a desire to hear more nasty zingers. She’s not considering the fact that a number of those zingers might be directed at her.
Alice Roosevelt quote (paraphrased)= “If you have nothing good to say about anyone, come sit by me and talk!”
There’s a certain joy in listening to the venomous barbs thrown by the nastiest people imaginable. I personally prefer to be the one saying such things, but that’s my personal preference.
That’s because you have access to all the insults of at least eight complete plays of William Shakespeare at your fingertips, and we taxpayers pay to you to have that access…
The worse part is that’s just “As You Like It”
Thou dissembling cub! Dar’st thou wag thy tongue at me?
To be honest, I don’t know “As You Like It” very well. I’ve only seen it performed three, four … six times. But I don’t have that one memorized.
LOVE panel 3….
LOL LOL LOL
ROTFLMAO
True fact: it took me four tries to get the angle of the eyebrows right. It’s hard to express “you’re such a piece of work, but I respect you on some level” with just a facial expression. I ended up trying to make the expression in the mirror and found that my eyebrows peaked in the middle of one brow. That seemed to do the trick.
I find a lot of comic artists do that. It’s easier today with front mounting cameras on cell phones and tablets, though.
Well, that’s the limit to my reference-using. I’ll look in a mirror for facial expressions. That’s it. All the other stuff can look as unrealistic as I want to be.
At least your drawings never come down with Young Blood’s Disease. Even when you did the Liefeld style voting incentives, it never looked that unrealistic.
Actually, with that eyebrow arch, you made to pop culture references in this strip. LOTR AND Star Trek. That eyebrow arch was iconic of Mr. Spock.
I can just hear Puck’s thought. “This is gonna be GOOD!” Followed by an evil laugh.
The evil laugh is mandatory.
Oh I was going to say it was Isildur but I read the alt text oops
Yeah. Only real LOTR nerds bother to remember who Isildur is. But we know the REAL score.
I could have sworn Frodo had some difficulty with that as well.
Which is why I went with Frodo. It works, and better name recognition.
Plus lets face it doesn’t Frodo actually do it? Where the other guy failed?
Frodo would have failed as well, if it hasn’t been for Gollum’s interference.
That’s why Gollum FTW.
Er, um, did you somehow remember that somewhat-obscure bit of backstory but forget the end of LOTR or something? Or is there some way in which Isildur makes for a “more correct” punchline that I’m not aware of? (And yeah, I honestly had forgotten which long-dead seeming-idiot [but remember: the Ring corrupts pretty much absolutely] Isildur was until I googled the name … all I could think of was Smeagol’s former buddy.)
No, it’s just that no one ever says, “Frodo, cast the ring into the fire!” Elrond says that line to Isildur. But yeah, like I said, no one outside of Tolkien fiends will remember who Isildur was.
The dark side beckons to Puck…
I think she’s already on the dark side. Just saying.
Was it the cookies or the new dark roast coffee that did Puck in ?
Don’t get me started on the dark roast. Stupid dark roast.
Darker side. Compared to these vicious harpies she’s practically a saint.
True. Though I think none of them are necessarily evil. They’re more outrageously self-serving. And I’d say Puck would fall into the same category.
As I picture the Ring of Power being cast into the depths of the Devil’s Punchbowl, I suddenly to remember that Lord of the Rings was made around Hamilton, New Zealand, not Hamilton, Ontario…. wah!!!
Too many Hamiltons. And all the others are so much nicer than ours. Though I’m not sure about Hamilton, Ohio. I think we might have a leg up on them, at least.
Nope, been there.
Errr, Puck, In a way, Heather is on your side, it is up to you in your disguise as hostess, to deploy your time-bomb (I mean introduce) Heather to Tracee and excuse Phoebe on some errand so that you both can take cover…
Yes, but using someone as a weapon unbeknownst to them is not quite the same as having her on your side. In many ways, though, it’s the best of both worlds, so it’s best to stick to the plan.
Well it is the cheaper option other than hiring Heather as a mercenary for Puck’s side, plus as with all mercenaries, there’s the constant worry that the other side has a higher bid or Heather does not jump ship after payday….
Bringing someone over from the Dark Side to…the Dark Side? Mmm.
I prefer to think of Puck as being firmly seated in the murky grey side of things. I believe that D&D dorks would classify her as ‘neutral’ alignment. Maybe ‘chaotic neutral’, I dunno.
“Yes, the daughter of MacTavish would be a powerfully ally, can it be done Lord Puck?”
Tracee: Yes.
Phoebe: Not so much. She actually looks like a… Somewhat decent dress (alright, somewhat decent COMPARED TO TRACEE. …Not that it’s hard, but whatever).
Heather: That… Actually looks like a dress you’d pay $50 for here. Basically a dress you’d wear once then forget you had. Then again, I suck at fashion so yeah. There’s that, too.
Also, I saw the Puck comic costing $74,99 on the voting incentive. Not sure if it was intentional or not but it did cause me to laugh.
I intended the $74.99 price tag as a joke. It’s a stupid joke, but hey.
You sure took your time to build up to this strip – and whatever may come next – but it was totally worth it!
I have feeling that at some point in the future Puck is going to remember this moment and realize that was the moment where she still could have stopped it all.
Well, still not sure whether the build-up or the pay-off is worth it, but … oh well. Really, I had no idea that this storyline would take as long as it did. I mean, it’s the type of story that would fit with room to spare in your average half-hour sitcom, but I guess that concept is really a rather ambitious undertaking for a webcomic. Oh well. Lesson learned. But hopefully the next few strips won’t be too much of a letdown.
I am fairly optimistic. At this point, the storyline can still end either way, Puck’s evil plan could totally work out, or it could backfire in several horrible and entertaining ways (I don’t know if plan your storylines ahead of time or just make it up as you go along, and I don’t really want to know. But from a reader’s perspective this story is still wide open. And that’s why the buildup is – in my humble opinion – totally worth it: Yes, it took some time, but now you have all these characters and the tension between them set up in such a way that is nearly impossible – for a reader – to predict what is going to happen next. Anything could happen.
Well, that’s a good thing!
Male-type fan, here, with no experience with how baby showers work, but I would like to know about who is supposed to be invited to such things. If the baby’s paternal grandmother is present, should anyone be asking questions about Puck’s mom or other female relatives?
And even if the etiquette for baby showers doesn’t cover it, I would like to know where Titania and Oberon and all the other folks from Puck’s past have gone. In the context of this strip, anyway.
This falls, I think, into the same category of question as “Why isn’t Colin’s dad freaked out by the horns and tail on Phoebe?” A valid question. Answer? Plot convenience, mostly. Let’s call it trope; that makes it sound classier.
ROFLMAO…. TItania WOULD bring an interesting dynamic to the baby shower, that’s for sure!!!!
maybe, but that is NOT in Puck’s plan.
Neither Titania or Oberon (if the are THIS Puck’s parents) would leave much of the 2 bitches.
Uhm, in what universe are Titania and Oberon Puck’s parents? I can certainly state that there’s NO Shakespearean basis for that. Please don’t tell me it has something to do with that Disney show that everyone keeps telling me I need to watch.
Agreed, no Shakespearean basis, just speculative mayhem… but ohh, the speculation, and OHHHH THE MAYHEM!!!
Too interesting for me. If I had to choose a celebrity guest, I’d choose Elizabeth Taylor, but I don’t think my brain can handle (or write) that awesomeness.
More than one child, never EVER had a baby shower. This could almost (but not quite) get me to believe in some stupid religion. Seeing were this is going and yes “THROW THE RING FRODO!”
Well, you dodged the bullet.
There are some advantages to being me…not many but some.
Mentally, I see Heather’s dress imprinted with “THIS SIDE TOWARD ENEMY”
I can add that in post, if need be.
somehow that fits..
couldn’t claim more.
Your pun is mine.
Mr. Gecko
I just stumbled across your comic on another site and have read it from start to finish in the last two days. (coffee is my precious)
I noticed you asked a question as to why you write this comic in an earlier strip and thought to myself, for the excat same reason why we read it. It’s fun, very interesting and addictive!
Keep up the great work!
Sic Itur Ad Astra
Well, thanks for letting me know that I have addictive properties. Gonna hafta get a warning label on me!
Oh, hey, I think I’ve seen Daphne’s shirt before. Continuity! A lot of shows/comics/anything with characters who wear clothes seem to have a problem with making them wear the same clothes twice. Either that or they wear the exact same outfit every time. So, good balance. Plus, that shirt is fantastic.
Also, really enjoyed this one, especially Puck’s expression in the third panel. Thank you for continuing to feed our craving for this comic 😛 🙂
Daphne NEVER wears the same shirt twice. This is a new one, though there was another bad 90’s movie meme before with the “I was frozen today!” shirt. It’s always a new one for each new day in the continuity. Although someday I might run out of ideas….
Well, when you reach the point where Daphne wears a “Han shot first!” shirt, it’s time to start referencing some James Bond movies considering the number of times Colin escapes certain doom at the hands of Puck, you have a ton of material…
She wore a ‘Bea Arthur Shot First’ shirt years ago. “Han Shot First” is WAY too mainstream for her.
Ah yeah, that was my bad. I went back and checked the comic I thought it was on and it just got mixed up in my head. But I doubt you’ll run out of ideas, there’s an endless amount of material for you to use out there.
Endless material, but finite brain matter.
You do know you opened yourself to some very snide remarks with that statement, right?
Well, snide away! I don’t mind.
well there is the old Arabic saying “The enemy of my enemy is my friend” and Abraham Lincoln said “I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends”
So maybe Puck is off on her own path of destruction.
Orchestrating an incendiary interpersonal conflict always gets dicey.
I’m becoming so fond of Colin’s sis! Her privileged aura of nastiness is kind of a turn-on in an odd way.
I strangely understand where you’re coming from. I think that, on some deep evolutionary level, both men and women find attractive people who fearlessly (and at times cruelly) dominate others. It’s a good drive to fight against, for civilization’s sake, but I think it’s nevertheless there.
OMG! THIS! I love your comic so so so much, but this strip this week made my DAY!
Good! If I can make someone’s day, then it’s all worth it.