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As for this comic…
Well, the end of the world is clearly at hand. Because this happened.
Out of the mouths of babes.
Hey, if anything comes out of the mouths of babes that is not puke, I’m happy.
Considering that you already had that happen to both Puck, Colin and their respective armpits. . .
How much would it cost to get you to sign my copy of Puck volume one?
It would cost you nothing beyond the shipping to get me to sign your book, but the shipping would be insane. It costs at least $10 to $15 just to ship anything like a book over the border. One way. So that would be an estimated cost of $25 in pure shipping. THAT is why I didn’t have that option with the book. It would have made the book twice as expensive for my American readers, and I wouldn’t have made a red cent off the exchange either.
You could sign a piece of paper and mail it to Pat.
And then Pat can tape it into the book, like they do with pages that get replaced in encyclopedias and stuff.
THAT could be done for a few bucks!
I honestly don’t know why, but I was actually NOT expecting that!
It seemed like the best way to get Puck to change her mind about her hair color.
I honestly don’t know why either, because the last comic pretty much called this one.
IKR!!!! I’m so ashamed of myself… I’m a better troll than this, Really!
It’s not the hair color that surprised me… It was Miranda’s reaction
Oh. Well then, carry on.
well of course he´s siding with miranda, her crying saved him from voicing his own shock at pucks new looks – and unlike miranda, he would´ve paid dearly for it. come to think of it, he might be carrying miranda as a sort of passive self-defense….or hoping to get an awesome biceps too 😉
Guys can carry around kids every minute of every day, and it does NOTHING for their biceps. Nothing. I know from experience.
That’s because women get superpowers from having kids. Also from our monthly astral journeys to Hell. Hence, the super strength.
Now Peya Luna, you understand why men wear those papooses that let the child hang off the front of the parent. Children are great bullet proof vests.
On completely different news, I can spell papooses correctly the first time. So go me.
Those things are a ticket to back strain, man.
It’s like “Vertigo.” But without the Herrman score. Or the spirals.
Or without the Nun. Can’t forget her.
I never watched Vertigo. And by ‘never watched Vertigo’, I mean ‘never was forced to watch Vertigo in film class’, because really, when else do people watch those old Hitchcock classics?
I tend to go on long-term movie marathon things. A couple years ago I watched all of the Classic Doctor Who serials (in order and insomuch as they exist). I’ve watched all of the Universal Monster films in order, and now I’m working on all of the Kaiju films, all of the classic live action Disney films, and all of the Hitchcock films.
Studying artforms outside of one’s chosen field can help one make better art, of course. I think that silent films, black and white films, and ballet can help a comic artist envision composition. Written short stories and films are avenues to examine fiction in short form. And reading comics of a different genre than one creates is useful for a variety of reasons.
Hitchcock films, at least after his silent period, have a great sense of composition, momentum, and suspense — all tools that comic creators use.
In this case, Puck is going through self-metamorphosis that reminds me of the Carlotta Ghost in “Vertigo.”
Eventually there may be spirals. And a tower. And possibly a Nun. Or a Schmorf. Probably a Schmorf.
My watching/reading/consumption of all other media is limited by the fact that 85% of my (admittedly compromised) free time is spent doing this comic. I can listen to music and half-listen to dumb podcasts or shows while working, but that’s it.
How about a Schnorf driving a DeSoto? Remember Jimmy Stewart’s DeSoto?
I dunno, I watched “The Birds” with my grandmother once, and I enjoyed it.
but to be fair, there is no real plot or ending – we get no explanantion whatsoever why the blasted birds go nuts. vertigo damn near put me to sleep…but rear window and dial M for murder are awesome, marnie is good too.
True.
Eh, skip “Vertigo” and go straight to the Mel Brooks parody, “High Anxiety”.
That’s WAY more my speed.
but you miss half the jokes in that movie if you’re not up on your hitchcock!
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Dissimile
Now does the carpet match the drapes?
No.
What are you guys talking about?
Upholstery and fabric patterns. But use locker room talk.
Oooooooooooooooh. No, no the carpet wouldn’t match the drapes. That would mean going to some ridiculous lengths, and getting some funny looks from the salon people…
Who does that? I mean, easier to remove the carpet than go to the trouble of getting a carpet of a whole different color.
Yeah, but the problem is, unlike an ordinary carpet, the carpet we’re speaking of doesn’t stay removed, and it can get painful when it does come back. And even if it doesn’t match, it can still complement the drapes.
True. I mean, I’m not totally down with this modern craze with color coordination. Nor am I totally down with the modern prejudice against the classic carpet.
Unless it’s a shag rug.
For “reasons” meaning, I don’t know why, the blonde hair and ears are attractive. You have to watch Hitchcock — the man was a genius — the films still hold up. Don’t watch his early ones, though.
I’ve watched some Hitchcock, but not much. It’s an ‘appreciate it in film school’ experience for me.
Have you seen Rear Window? If not, you really should. You don’t need to be a film student to appreciate it.
Like all those classics, I’ve seen sections but not the whole thing. The only Hitchcock movie I’ve seen front to back is Psycho. And I watched it in film school. (Okay, animation school. The dumb people’s film school.)
I have seen “Rear Window,” “Psycho,”and “North by Northwest”, all on TV. My bf had a framed original poster of “Rear Window” in his kitchen/breakfast room, but then he gave it to his son to put in his bedroom at his mom’s. So now I am out of luck 🙁
I can’t imagine anyone who would not enjoy NORTH BY NORTHWEST.
I Drove North by Northwest once…. Ended up near LAX…
Didn’t enjoy it much…
I agree with Colin and Miranda it looks like Puck sold out.
She’s gone Super Saiyan! Or Super Sonic! Super Sonic Saiyan!
Well, she’d need an up do for that.
Well, who knows, if the all-powerful God, Lord Gecko wills it…
By that, I mean you could totally give her an updo.
I don’t understand Colin’s attitude. I think Puck looks great either way so what’s wrong with a little variety?
Now by “I don’t understand” I absolutely don’t mean “He must be wrong” or “This is implausible”. To the contrary, I don’t understand most of what happens IRL. So this is kinda realistic, to me anyway.
To be honest, I do think the blonde hair looks quite nice. But for those of us who dislike change, ANY change is a serious problem.
What if she’s looking to much like Miranda’s aunt? And she’s having flashbacks to the baby shower?
Too shiny, should have gone with a “duller” blond.
Miranda translation: who is this strange person
Why go blonde and go dull? You want it to shine like … some … kind of shiny thing!
Shine like the Human Torch going super nova! With pretty much the same collateral damage.
at first glance I thought it was Colin’s sister lol
And you could be entirely forgiven for that.
Mea culpa. I thought it was Heather come to visit, and wondered about the “beautiful people” part. I showed this to my bf and he said Miranda is having “stranger anxiety,” which it seems is doctor talk for: “I don’t recognize this blonde woman. It must be a bad person come to kill me! Or, worse, Aunt Heather! WAAAA!”
Babies especially don’t like it when a familiar face is somehow changed. For instance, guys who grow beards can sometimes make their kids cry. It’s a disconcerting blend of the familiar and the unknown that weirds them out. And weirds us all out, I guess.
Don’t psychologists call that “Uncanny Valley” or something?
YES!!! Right. I always apply that to the creepy Japanese robot phenom, but it works here too.
-snorts- She looks like someone smeared caramel on her head! LMAO
Is that not a valid form of hair dye?
It’s a valid form of hair *destroyer,* yes
She kinda looks a little like the blonde bimbo that knuckledusted that other blonde bimbo at that party, or maybe she looks like the blonde bimbo that got knuckledusted by that other blonde bimbo at that party. Or a combination of the two.
Please tell us Puck isn’t turning into Tracee/Heather!
Going blonde must, in some way, be accompanied by a transformation into some amalgam of Tracee and Heather. It’s Blondini’s Law.
Huh – I’d love to see Puck knuckledust someone while blonde! That was the only time I actually found myself liking Tracee!
I come here periodically to catch up. As I clicked the back button to resume from a few strips ago, my half second view of this page led me to believe it was Colin’s sister coming to visit. The crying, screaming child only reinforced that perception.
How ironic.
These are dark times, my friend. DARK TIMES.
‘The end of the world is clearly at hand. Because this happened.’
I laughed way too hard at that comment.
I have to say, she looks like a pale Tracee so I’m curious how Daphne and Phoebe will react to this (I can’t say I blame Miranda’s reaction – I’d probably have wondered who that was, too).
Are you just going to name her ‘Puck’ in the tags as usual or name her ‘Blonde Puck’ (referring to a specific arc)? I’m curious.
Well, she’s still the same character, so there’s no new tag. When she gets into a transporter malfunction and splits into two different people, THEN I’ll make a new tag.
Fair enough. I can live with that.
Evil Spock?
Evil Kirk.
Evil Uhura
I’d like to third their sentiment… Yecch!
I imagined most people would be on the side of justice here.
After a motion has been seconded, it is up to the chairperson of the floor to approve or disprove the motion by offering/not offering the motion to be a main motion on the floor.
I think… sooooo…… point of order?
Rinsing the bleach out of Puck’s hair and putting out a trail of bait for her freckles.
You can’t rinse out bleach – her hair is simply *bleached* now, blonde until it grows out. Sad…
Douse her in borscht. Failing that, pour two cups of ketchup on her head once a day.
The f**k is borscht?
borscht is Russian Beet Soup… and it stains worse than red wine.
Isn’t that more purple?
I forgots about the red wine.
Yeah, but we don’t want her to have *purple* hair. Maybe a nice henna….
Ack! The light! I’m blinded!
Wrapped up like a deuce, another runner in the night.
I imagined freckles flying back into Puck’s face, embedding into her skin with satisfying sound, as her hair grow red once more. At the end, Puck opens her eyes dramatically and says “I am whole again”.
Like that Ironman armor. Only cooler.
this is just wrong…. she looks nice but it’s not Puck… poor Miranda
And therein lies the problem. Exactly.
Oh dear! Now Miranda has the only red(ish) hair in the household! Her mother barely resembles her anymore! Puck, can’t you take a hint? When your own baby hates your new look, it’s a bad sign!
(Also, don’t mean to be nitpicky, but Miranda’s shirt changes from lavender to white in the 2nd and 3rd panel…)
Must be a “Mood”-Jumper .
Huh – that *is* where her mood goes from confused to crying. I didn’t notice…
I can’t see the difference on my monitor, because … whatever. It’s very hard. You must have a screen with a higher contrast. I’ll see what I can do.
Actually, I can see the difference. I just goofed. I also forgot Miranda’s freckles, AND the words on the label for her overalls. Sigh. I obviously don’t gots my head in the game.
Awww, it’s ok Gecko. 🙂 You just need more coffee and skittles.
Sad admission: coffee has started to give me migraines. I’m switching to decaf and I hate myself for it.
Sad admission #2: I’m getting fat and can no longer indiscriminately consume Skittles. I’m down to 15 Skittles a day. Seriously, I count them. And I hate myself for that too.
D:
I discovered sad admission #2 when I was in the hospital.
I was getting my sponge bath and I tell the nurse, “Well, at least I’m not a big, fat guy” and pull my robe off to reveal my big, fat belly.
“Where the heck did this come from??!!”
You could always get sugar-free candy – I’m told that because you associate the sweet taste with the energy rush, then it works the same without making you fatter.
I’ve also heard that those who eat sugar-free anything (with various low calorie sweeteners) actually seem to have a worse problem with weight gain, because the sensation of sweetness seems to fire up the body, but the lack of calories sort of confuses it, so the body’s like “I’ve gotta get my calories SOMEWHERE!”
I prefer moderation in all things. It’s never, ever been wrong.
Although, to be perfectly frank, I’ve never quite seen the appeal of skittles…
DEPORT ALL SKITTLES !!!
This would never happen with a Glass Tube CRT monitor.
They never lie.
I am honestly always amazed by the differences between different LCD monitors, especially when working with a pure RGB color palette like I do. My comic can appear wildly different depending on the machine you’re looking at.
When the internet was new, I had a boss who insisted that I make our organization’s website use the same green that she saw when she printed a webpage. She correctly pointed out that the green on her monitor was different from the green on her printer. No matter what I did, this was true.
This was after the gig where a retailer had the brilliant idea of scanning color swatches and mailing the images to manufacturers on another continent to match. Now to me and to a lot of guys one pale yellow looks pretty much like another, but to merchandisers there is a huge huge difference – even I knew the project was doomed to failure.
The genius who had thought of the idea was a grandson of the founder – his hair was perfect! – so I soon shut up and took the paycheck. The project was officially a success because the organization had learnings.
Sigh. Double triple sigh.
She reminds me, I suspect Colin and the baby of heather.
I suspect as well.
….I still don’t know what this mean…
Puck is looking hot. I have to say i liked the straight red hair as well. Colin should be taking her to bed to show her how much he approves. Regardless if he does. Because anyone that knows women knows the are constantly seeking positive feed back.
This is probably why i am single lol i don’t do platitudes.
It has to be the *right* positive feedback, Ace
How About…”You look Beautiful no Matter how you change, because i love you. It will take time to adjust to your new looks but for now the baby is frightened of you, and i am getting Heather flashbacks.”
Smooth.
That would get the squiggle-eye from mebecause it sounds overdone and faintly sarcastic. “Smells of the lamp.”
Someone should offer a platitudes course. Might help some praise-challenged guys.
So ElectricGecko, I see what you’ve done. Will Colin be wearing a shirt with Evil Otto next? One of my favorite arcade games there.
Maybe. Quite possible.
The only arcade game I know of that has an actual death count, two, maybe three players died playing Berzerk.
“Gosh Kosh.” Goulash?
That’s a continuity deep cut. Daphne (when little) always wore Gosh Kosh overalls.
Now *that’s* a heck of a throwback.
Right HERE !
//www.puckcomics.com/?comic=puck-9
See, SEE, even a creature that sleeps 19 hours a day can still CONTRIBULATE (that’s a word, wright?).
Gosh, Daffy has changed from a sniveling rugrat to a larcenous, emotionally abusive teenager. How soon they grow up
Ah, but don’t forget, she was a sniveling, *emotionally abusive* rugrat. That has never changed. Truly, the potential to be a delinquent was always there – it has simply now appeared, like the metamorphosis of an adorable caterpiller into a vicious, poker-playing butterfly.
Yep. Just took her thirteen years real-time to age seven or eight years.
Well of course, that’s how time works!
Does “Agha babu!” mean “I know that is really Aunt Heather! Save me! ” in baby talk?
It sure does !
“Agha Edda” ! “Agha Edda” !! WAAAAAA !!!
Having compiled an exhaustive informal poll of one redhead with freckles, I have been able to come to an interesting conclusion.
Of those individuals polled, 100 percent were female. Of those females, 100 percent had red hair. Of those females with red hair, 100 percent had freckles.
Of those individuals polled, the situational premise of Daphne startling Puck looking for the Miranda resulting in Puck’s dermal pigmentation suddenly clearing up was explained.
Of those individuals polled, the following question was posited. If you were able to, would you lose your freckles?
100 percent of the individuals polled immediately said, “Yes.” However, upon circumstantial introspection, 100 percent of those individuals polled hesitantly stated, “Maybe.” When pressed for clarification, 100 percent of those who responded still said, “yes, maybe.” while they also added, “I’m not sure.”
The results of this poll shows that while 100 percent of the individuals informally polled might want to lose their freckles, they were immediately unsure.
Thank you for pursuing truth through the accurate lens of rigorous scientific method. I think we are all a little closer to the truth now.
No one asked the FRECKLES how THEY felt !
If I were a Freckle you’d have to drag me back, kicking and screaming.
Actually, my bf tells me that a skin curette works nicely
As I’m looking at the 2nd panel upon Puck’s reveal, I can hear that harp sound effect going perfectly in line with the golden glow emanating from her head.
Would’ve been a no-brainer to add if this strip was an animated show 😀
Animated ?
Amphibian.Com is a cute little strip that appeals to IT people (heavy on computer-related puns).
One thing I enjoy about it, is in many (but not all), episodes you can click on different elements and they respond.
Wow really? I’ve got to check that out.
It’s a very simple strip, written with pure code.
Puck is ART – Amphibian.com is NOT.
Very clever, though.
Lol I’ll keep that warning in mind when I go there. But I cant argue the differences; I much prefer ART, too.
I try to communicate the sound effects through pure visuals. I really do.
I generally hate sounds on Web Pages anyways.
Especially unexpected ones that get people FIRED.
Well it works, E.G. So keep cookin’, man.
I see that Miranda’s wearing Daphne’s hand-me-downs.
Everything comes back eventually.
I have never felt closer to Colin.
Well, I’m glad you can bond over this.