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As for this comic…
This story arc is taking longer than I wanted it to. But then I get another idea, a new concept, or I feel that I need to add a comic to clarify things, and, well, the arc gets longer. It needs to end soon, though. It will! I think!
Cabbage Rolls, that has to be the Irish coming out bringing with it red-hair and Chaos!!!!!
I think of cabbage rolls as being more a Slavic thing, but I guess there’s the cabbage factor.
OK, now that’s legitimately terrifying.
That’s the way we serve our terror here: STRAIGHT UP.
Panels 3 and 4 are going to give me nightmares even after I die.
Which seems increasingly likely to be rather sooner than I would have expected by the looks of those.
Mission accomplished!
You sir, are (the maker of) history’s greatest monster.
Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn
THE SLEEPER AWAKES
Oh God, we’re all doomed.
Iä! Iä! BLONDSPRAYTANTHULHU FTAGHN!
Things are getting weird around here.
http://www.everseradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/cthulhu1.jpg
Puck looks like she’s been possessed by an eldritch horror…
Actually, when you think about it, who’s actually possessing whom here?
Wait, is that how spray tans work? They magically transform blondes into monsters?
Once again, are we entirely sure of the direction of how this all works here?
They do! They also magically apply with astonishing consistency across the entire body.
And its not just because of lazy artists….?
Not exactly. It’s more just ‘visual shorthand’, as it were. But I also like the subtle implication that between this comic and the last, Tracee forcibly pulled that bathrobe off Puck and sprayed every inch of her.
To see that
https://youtu.be/p14tIBa1f70
O_O Well then… kinda dark, that.
I’ll just imagine that it spread once it made contact…
“Oh dear. This cannot end well” …
… does she get a new name, e.g. Darth Blondepuck?
That would work.
Puck Vader might be more accurate.
Puck Mutter, more likely.
Or perhaps….Taylor!
Not even the Sith would take her.
Really wondering where this story is going…I’m intrigued. I’m hoping for a good old fashioned intervention, Daphne style.
We’ll see.
Cabbage Rolls? There goes her underwear modeling contract. Unless she’s going to be working for an agency taking care of ad work for ibs.
There’s always room for a good cabbage roll. It’s like Jello.
That and plus-size models get no shortage of work these days.
Buggle, the implication wasn’t that the cabbage rolls will make her fat, it’s that they’ll make her flatulent. Most healthy foods like cabbage, broccoli, and the like tend to cause you to fart more, and underwear models don’t usually want their photo shoots to be ruined by underwear moving as you “break wind.”
I didn’t get that.
Puck FARTS:
//www.puckcomics.com/?comic=puck-41
No fart occurs in that comic.
Yet Robin chowed down an enormous wiener in the comic immediately preceding.
Quite likely smothered in SAUERKRAUT.
And Sauerkraut is CABBAGE.
The pieces of this puzzle fall into place.
And the conclusion is “Peeuw ! Stink Sauce 6000, Have some decency Girl !”
That is a reference to the terrible joke.
Even the Hot Dog itself is a number one cause of FLATULENCE according to this Web Site:
http://www.hercampus.com/health/food/6-foods-get-rid-bloating-5-foods-cause-it
“These include processed foods such as canned foods, frozen meals, chips, pretzels, lunch meat, bacon, HOT DOGS and cheese,”
And the internet is never wrong.
@EG
“That is a reference to the terrible joke.”
Ok, Ok.
That’s your story and you’re sticking to it.
In spite of the overwhelming physical evidence.
But to me it resounds of the old line “That wasn’t me; it was the dog”.
Hey, what a coincidence! It’s always my dog, too!
@Mahnarch
Yep, Puck can never be caught in the act of flatulence.
ElectricGecko is just trying to keep things classy !
Cabbages make you fart? I wasn’t aware of this trope… Then again, I don’t eat cabbage when I can avoid it, so perhaps my ignorance fails me there.
Wait… has puck and Tracey always had those fangs?
all blondes have them. they need it to suck out the blood of their men (victims) who are usually too distracted by their boobs to notice them. why do you think they frequently find unconscious dudes behind hooters? ‘drunk’ is just the cover-up excuse for anaemic!
That sounds like an … almost plausible explanation.
@Thisguy
The FANGS have been around for a while, but Robin certainly lacked them in 1998. Mebe they grew out at the same time as her bewbage.
//www.puckcomics.com/?comic=puck-4
FANGS seem to have a life of their own.
They appear and disappear (don’t Vampires have that ability?).
In this week’s strip even Tracee has them (Panel Three).
Yet in panels from just last week, and in the distant past, not.
//www.puckcomics.com/?comic=puck-120
Personally I think the FANGS are a good look.
Satan has ’em; Daphne has ’em, at times even Colin has traces of FANGS.
Among the major players only Phoebe seems to lack them.
BTW, for a discussion of whether Tracee has “carpet to match the drapes”, see //www.puckcomics.com/?comic=puck-226.
As the Comments there discuss, this was one of the strips that evolved hour-by hour.
Oh, for a screen-shot of the “before” version !!
Here’s the ‘before’ version: //www.puckcomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/puck-226.jpg
Never say Strong Bad didn’t do nothing for the peoples.
No, Puck had some major fangs in the older version… Didn’t you notice?
Woo Hoo !
(Here’s the ‘before’ version:)
Best post-BOXING DAY gift evah !
Oh MY….
There ARE fang pics from the old original run. It’s been a style element of mine for a long time. Check Puck #21. She has fangs in the intro pic (while smiling, even!) AND in the screaming shot in panel four.
What do fairies need fangs for, anyways?
All characters periodically have fangs in this comic. Especially when angry or evil.
So a personification of the inner darkness spilling forth right? (Sorry if I used the wrong word.)
The Blonde Polish has puck pucked into a Polish Blonde !!!
Polish polish is the best kind of polish.
I’d love to polish Tracee !
Nothing less than genuine Carnauba, either.
Nothing wrong with cabbage rolls. That said, I miss those freckles.
Cabbage rolls rock. So do freckles.
Will the cabbage rolls bring back Puck’s freckles?
No.
Darn. A missed opportunity!
See? Vampire subtext. 0_0
But what’s with the cabbage rolls?
It’s a subtle nod to a Mel Brooks skit. In addition to being some nonsense.
Ah. I don’t know Mel Brooks from Adam, so…. ^^; Yeah.
Young Frankenstein? Blazing Saddles? Spaceballs? Original production of The Producers, with Zero Mostel & Gene Wilder? You’re going to enjoy comedic literacy.
let us not forget High Anxiety, Get Smart, When things were rotten, and Robin hood…
And a host of others!
The original was a ‘stuffed cabbage,’ but I changed it.
I want more cabbage rolls I only eat about 30 of the over the last 2 days. Hopefully i can have more when i get to my Grandma’s later to day.
I have not had a cabbage roll in years. I miss them.
The BEST ones are at Staropolski’s grocery on Barton across from St. Stan’s church. Get the pierogies too….
Darn, If you actually mean Staropolskie Deli by St.Stanislaw’s Catholic Church than that puts me within the “All that remains of him is a white shadow” range of one of Puck’s more “mild” volcanic eruptions…
Hmmm, Kielbasa !!!
That place is very, very Polish. Oh, Barton Street. You are a desolate wasteland of sorrow, punctuated by some of the best stores and restaurants our city has to offer.
Wait, do you guys both live in the same city?
Maybe?
That’s the one, Jordan…
Hamilton born and raised, Tiger-Cats fan forever!
http://staropolskiedelikatacy.foodpages.ca/
No Cabbage Rolls, No Ribbon Candy, No New-England-Style Hot Dog Buns.
You poor people !
Please tell me, you, at least, have awesome Maple Sugar Candy (yum).
I don’t really get the appeal of cabbage rolls… might be because I don’t like cabbage that much.
I’m with you, Buggle. I much prefer stuffed peppers
Blech. I don’t like peppers much either… Stuffed mushrooms all the way!
Well, when they’re cooked, I find the ‘cabbage’ flavor is largely eliminated.
Au contraire, I find it is always enhanced, or made worse. Blech. :/
Merry (belated) Christmas and Happy New Year, EG!
As for the comic, I did chuckle at the fact she craves spring rolls. I also assumed that was kinda standard, but at the same time, I shouldn’t be very surprised, now, should I?
I am curious how Colin, Daphne and Phoebe will react to seeing Puck’s new… Everything? More or less? Actually just the tan. Still!
Cabbage rolls*
Apologies – friend told me he was buying spring rolls while I was posting my comment!
Merry stuff to you too! And yeah, spring rolls are good too. All rolls. Dinner rolls, spring rolls, cabbage rolls, Rick rolls.
Rick Rolls ?
I certainly can’t give them up.
Oh hey, I haven’t seen you around before… Nice avatar. 😉
I think Miranda will have a hissy fit when she sees her Mother’s spray tan.
You mean all this time Puck *didn’t* crave the suffering of others?
It was more of an incidental side effect of her pursuing her own goals before. Now it IS a goal.
Well, if she wants it, she can start with the suffering of what’s-er-blonde in front of her…
There IS historical precedent for blonde in-fighting within this comic.
Why stop there? Make her a redhead.
Oooooooh! What if Tracee went on that “ride at Disneyland” and dyed her hair red?
Well, I had my fill of cabbage-y foods from my Irish side of the family, so my brain read “cabbage rolls” as “Victory Rolls.” This way, I get to imagine Puck as a World War 2 Pin-up character with retro hair.
Buy war bonds, and punch Hitler in the face!
That sounds very satisfying, actually.
Cole slaw and Colcannon, yes. Cabbage rolls no. That’s for me. My bf develops a most dysosmic complaint when he eats cabbage.
Dysosmic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysosmia
The cabbage roll thing is probably a left-over from being a red head
A little of it sometimes sticks around.
I was actually expecting an entirely different outcome to the spray tan… ie: because it wasn’t a free will choice, Puck would turn Ginger on Tracee’s arse. this was why I kept pretty quiet last comic.
Of course, now that I see this is going in a different direction, I’m half expecting a un-brainwashing team to abduct her at this stage, and even then I’m not sure it will help!
Personally, I figure Tracee’s bit off more than she can chew, and created something not even she can control. The Fae are not ones to be messed with lightly…
10$ says Tracee’s a succubus or something. Or this is a dream sequence.
It does seem a little out there, even for this comic, doesn’t it?
LOL, Geck… After Papa Schmorf, I’m not sure ANYTHING is too far out there for this comic!
(well, maybe Ninja’s)
Which is more dangerous – the Blonde Fae, or the Ginger Fae? And against whom is the danger they present?
Cabage Rolls: the most evil of foods. Also binged the entire archives. Love this comic.
Evil … And caloric! Glad you enjoyed your archive dive.
Hey, that rhymes!
Evil, caloric…po-TAY-to, po-TAH-to
On a totally unrelated theme, does Miranda know she has already been SOLD to Mamagrow-man ?
//www.puckcomics.com/?comic=puck-64
I forgot about that weird title-card…
ARUGULA !
That’s some VOTING INCENTIVE.
If Tracee looks good with TWO Legs, she looks even better with EIGHT !
It was the worst of times, IT IS THE BEST OF TIMES.
Happy New Year !
I didn’t even recognize Tracee in that – I was struggling to decipher what character it was until I read the description!
@Buggle
Do you recognize Tracee here ?
//www.puckcomics.com/?comic=puck-245
Pretty hard not to…
The characters do all have slightly different face shapes, noses, etc. But in cases like these, the ears are a dead giveaway. Tracee’s almost the only female character with human ears in the comic.
Huh. I never thought of that…
Gotta agree, SalemCat! This is totally Kewl, and bodes well for the Incentive Series…
I still Vote Puck as Maleficent
Well, keep voting and find out!
*must* not* comment* about what Tracee is gonna do with all those legs…
Go running?
More “Kissable” areas ?
Heh.
*Must*resist*urge*to make*dirty*joke*
Is it a LIMERICK ? Concerning a certain Island south of Massachusetts ?
Yes Yes Yes Yes…..
Foul-Mouthed women are HOT !
Except, you know, Madonna.
Ewwww…..
The transformation is complete…Let me grab a bag of popcorn, sit down and enjoy the fun! I cannot wait to see Daphne’s reaction alone lol
Autobots, roll out!
i’m a special type of blonde: Irish i burn even when i have sun screen on. :3
Oh, the blonde Irish. A special type of blonde. And a special type of Irish.
i’m Irish and German that’s is why i don’t like the beach i get hit with sun burn even on my scalp because of my hair ( i didn’t mean to sound arrogant or anything ^^; sorry i just mean i’m not a bottle blonde or bleach, sorry :< ) and getting a tan just doesn't seem worth it to me, either it leads to Cancer some other skin disease early wrinkles and the possibilities of looking like a leather bag. but that's me :3
I get you. My wife is the same (only Scottish). She burns in record time.
i thought my dad was supposed to look like a strawberry until i was 7 years old…. ^^; he worked outside a lot
Another desire or the recently spray-tanned: a towel.
Well, yes. In real life. Though this stuff seems to be the magic type that doesn’t readily stain.
For reasons I can’t specifically pin down, I really like Puck’s look in panel 2… like a monkey poking its head up out of the bushes. I can almost hear the “ook ook!”
(Don’t read too far into that. It just struck my funny bone, that’s all.)
Your mind operates in unique ways…