BONUS CAR WASH COMIC PREVIEW!
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As for this comic…
Phoebe couldn’t remain an idle bystander forever. She’s not the hero we need, or the hero we deserve, but … she’s the hero we got. Pray for them all.
Technically she is there as a supervisor
//www.puckcomics.com/?comic=puck-459
In reality, she is there to support Daphne. In her own mind, she is probably just enjoying the sparkle of prom, and perhaps living just a bit through Daphne (or trying to).
Doesn’t really explain the outfit though, the outfit is explained purely by Phoebe being Phoebe.
To be honest, I would expect prom supervisors to be “smart casual”, noticeable, but more part of the scenery.
Although at least by breaking up this fight, Phoebe is sort of doing her job, even if it is focused on keeping just one student out of trouble.
I think she forgot the pretense as to why she was supposed to be there. And as someone who has supervised many a prom, I will say that some of the fun comes from trying to upstage the kids. I wear a three piece with a gold pocket watch and chain. It’s a bit much. By design.
@EG
“gold pocket watch and chain”
And SteamPunk Goggles ?
No. I want to look classy, not cosplay goofy.
@EG
Well……
(dripping with sarcasm)
you oughta finish it off with a monocle
Ooh, then I could pop said monocle when I was shocked! I always wanted to pop my monocle!
Then I’m obligated to direct you to these..
http://singleusemonocles.com/
(I remembered it from an old Wondermark post. Memory is weird).
I’m not sure how I feel about that.
how dare you, those are national treasures
She’s there to supervise Daphne
That one student is more than enough to justify a full time handler.
Agreed.
“It seemed like a good idea at the time?”
Also, the vote incentive picture link at TWC has been broken for the last day or so, but that’s hardly unusual for them.
Also, I’m kind of surprised that she isn’t being trailed by several boys wanting a closer look.
Well, the panels are cut kind of tight. Maybe the scads of boys are just out of frame.
@maarvarq
“Also, I’m kind of surprised that she isn’t being trailed by several boys wanting a closer look.”
Or…
Her male classmates know enough to avoid her ?
I’m thinkin’ GFD (Girl-Faced-Dog) will eventually prove useful – like Gollum – but much uglier.
I think he’s talking about Phoebe.
As indeed I was.
@maarrvarq
Phoebe … Duh … OF COURSE ! (Kat Face Palms)
Still, I’ll bet I’m right in that no one is getting anywhere near Daffy the GFD.
Voting incentive pic works for me, consistently. Let me know if it keeps not working for you because that’s … confusing and concerning.
I haven’t had any problems with the voting link, if that helps any…
It’s probably my own site rather than TWC. My site often blinks out periodically.
Working now…
Blink? No, but her eyebrows are certainly expressive and different in each panel. All 4
I like eyebrows. They’re the best part of the face, really.
Whoopi?
@EG
Eyebrows are silly.
Go for Total Face-Fur.
Tyler is demonstrating enormous maturity here.
He is completely aware of the dynamics, and is handling them appropriately.
Yes, he capitulated to the whims of GFD (Girl-Faced-Dog) for many, many moons, but he has grown up – bigtime.
Perhaps even Phoebe has evolved a bit – and will be able to recognize worthless pukes in the future.
Daffy is so awful.
As my brain is the size (and form) of a small walnut, I’d prolly have Palestinian Terrorists storm Prom and drag her away – to an awful end.
But that is the American in me talking.
What would Canucks do with such a wretch ?
(Tune in next week)
Canadians love everyone. Always. At least when talking to them in person. We just get catty behind their backs when they’re not around.
You know, I wish SUSAN would return.
As much as I try, my Daffy-Bashing just seems – a little forced.
I suppose I’m just too too sweet, fluffy, and luvabill to pull it off properly.
Tyler-Taylor’s expression in the silent beat panel is just about the best thing I’ve seen this week.
I do love silent beat panels. Though Tyler’s face was easy to draw there. Phoebe’s face took me about five drafts.
Daphne does not react well when her schemes go down in flames, does she? She’s like her ma that way.
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I love panel 3. Ty has grown up with Phoebe so to him she’s not dressed voluptuously, she’s just the same old Crazy Auntie Phoebe Being Inappropriate…. and she knows it!
Yeah, I guess this whole comic and the joke don’t really work if you don’t know the dynamic of these characters well. But knowing these characters, it was the only exchange that made sense.
A chaperone’s lot is not a happy one.
Undaunted woman in blue …. Righto!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzSTTTCOHr4
I have no idea what that was, but it’s terrifying.
I think it’s Gilbert & Sullivan – A Policeman’s Lot Is Not A Happy One (???) I could be wrong, of course — I frequently am.
Yes, “A Policeman’s Lot Is Not A Happy One” is one of the most cheerfully daft songs ever … and Phoebe might take its lesson to heart.
“Pirates Of Penzance” is unabashedly silly fun. The less abashing the better. So many great songs: “I Am A Pirate King!” “The Modern Major General” and anything Linda Ronstadt sings – it doesn’t matter want.
OK, now back to our story I suppose.
[EG]:
You can’t recognize this? … Seriously???!?
I’m shocked! Shocked, I say! That was CLEARLY “The Pirates of Penzance”, with a cast which includes Kevin Kline, Linda Ronstadt, & George Rose.
Still, it’s not a flawless rendition of the “G-&-S” operetta. I never liked their conceit of comparing the policemen to the “Keystone Cops”:
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_Cops]
But of course it is.
I’m not a Gilbert & Sullivan guy. I’ve seen Topsy Turvy. Know a little bit of the Mikado. That’s it. I TOTALLY did not know there was a ‘Pirates of Penzance” made with Kevin Kline and Linda Ronstadt in it. I grew up on Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals instead. My mom had a thing for those.
Wicked – check
Phantom of the Opera – check
Wizard of Oz – check
Christmas Carol – check
My Bucket List of professional Stage Plays in First Class theatres is pretty much fulfilled.
But PIRATES OF PENZANCE might just get me into an orchestra seat again.
As for Hamilton – if I have another three or four lives I might fit that drivel in – under duress.
Along with ANY Hockey, Basketball, or Baseball game.
SNORE
My wife is one of the few women on Earth who hates musicals. That means I am not dragged to them. I am thankful for this.
It’s not. But it can be an entertainingly miserable one at times…
Awkward moment in panel 3.
Awkward moments are the BEST type of moment!
I like how Tyler goes from “Well, there she goes…” to “Wait, I should ask why the hell an adult who probably never attended this school is here” over the span of two panels.
I’d say I feel bad for Hannah as she’s blind and has no idea who he’s speaking to (referring to Phoebe), but at the same time, that mental image made me smile, so… I’ll call it a win.
I do feel bad for Hannah. I also don’t really know what to do with her in the panels, but I try my best.
She could casually clean her nails with a stiletto pulled out of her cane.
That might be unexpected.
Right now she looks like a goldfish, nothing to do but gawp. What if she is a really nice person but with a bit of Arya Stark in the House of Black and White?
Considering how she’s been acting like a pure unmitigated c#$% and t@#$waffle, I’d have no problems with her shanking Daph at this point. She’s been barely tolerable as a borderline tsundere/dendere this whole time. She’s pretty much crossed the line to unmitigated @$$hat at this point. Dripping at that.
I like the sense of motion with Daphne in panel 2. As an observer only, that seems to be very hard for a lot of artists to pull off. Stilted characters knock me out of the suspension of disbelief while I’m reading. That, OTOH, was a smooth push aside by Phoebe.
Motion is really, REALLY hard to draw. The imbue the character with a sense of dynamic energy is a big challenge, and it gets bigger when the character has realistic proportions. That’s why many comic artists go toward a heavily abstracted style: it’s easier to give it a sense of life. On the other end of the spectrum, that’s my big problem with lots of those CGI ‘photo-realistic’ comics made with premade human-type models. They often come across as very stiff and unnatural. They lack that sense of life.
For my part, I try to do what I can to keep things dynamic, though it’s something I struggle with. I am, however, proud of panel two.
@EG
But if you had friend that could do the Puck cast in “CGI ‘photo-realistic’ premade human-type models” for a Guest Strip that would be so awesum.
I don’t have any friends.
@EG
O M G
Visit Salem and my Human Pet “Baldie” will buy you a LARGE Pizza, and a Soda or two.
THAT’s a FRIEND.
@EG
If you’re looking for MOTION, just check out LITTLE LULU or NANCY & SLUGGO.
And then do the exact opposite.
Jeez – Once Upon a Time standards were really pretty low.
Well, standards in any medium build over time. Great comic art in the 30s was subpar comic art in the 50s was laughably bad comic art in the 21st century. I mean, even looking at the art output of one dude. Kirby’s work in the 40s is way cruder and simpler than his work in the 60s – 80s.
Well, by the 80s, Kirby wasn’t pencilling literally half of Marvel’s comic output personally. Every month. As well as plotting most of what he drew.
Well, true. But even his stuff in the 60’s, when he WAS penciling most of Marvel’s work, was light years ahead of his stuff in the 40’s. Artists evolve. And feed off each other to raise the stakes.
[SalemCat]:
Yes, because “Once Upon A Time”, the tools for communicating in the format of the “Sequential Art”-medium had not yet been invented. Lacking a formal line of research, each artist just experimented, & made note of what worked-or-failed.
For example, just consider how “The Yellow Kid” had to make-do, before the invention of the “Word Balloon”!
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yellow_Kid]
Bad girl Daphne! Bad girl! (Whaps her on the nose with a wet, rolled up newspaper.). (This may be racist or speciesist, but she deserves it.)
:p
No arguments here!
I wonder whether anyone has ever tried it…
Much like the Knights Who Say “Ni!” …
… “None have lived to tell the tail!”
( … no, that’s NOT a “typo” … )
“There will be Pain.”
“There will be Suffering.”
“Finally, You Will Die.”
( … it’s a “Narn Thing”, you see … but don’t take my word for it – just ask any Centauri … )
It really says something about Daphne’s behaviour when a literal half-fiend is showing better manners. =_=
Well, Phoebe’s behavior is more wholesome than most people. Her outfits are not, but her behavior? Generally good.
Poor Phoebe! She’s a sweetheart, really, so much, I’d like to pat her on her head. (With her permission, and very carefully, of course.)
:p
Just watch for the horns.
Bless Hannah and her sunny goldfish-face for putting up with Daphne’s presumed bullying over the years.
Sunny goldfish face. Best description ever.
I have not been able to come up with anything to say for several weeks – I am exhausted and have a killer headache, so I will just say this:
heheh boooobies
Any contribution is greatly appreciated. Especially that.
I went to a health store recently and bought some CBD. (It’s meant to help with insomnia and anxiety.)I almost bought a kind designed for dogs. Maybe it would help Daphne. Something needs to be done.
I had a snappy, fun, entertaining, and entirely family friendly comment that got edited!!!!!
Arrrggggh! maybe I should just go back to profanity! it seems less likely to get censored!
It got edited or trashed? If it’s edited, it’s my doing. If it’s trashed, then it’s my spam filter. And I apologize.
Just a little follow up on my last post- CBD stands for Curing Bad Doggirls.;)
Of course it does.
her eyes are higher up kid.
That’s a veeeeeeeeery revealing evening gown
Well, Phoebe operates in a very different fashion sphere completely divorced from logic. She’s also kinda trying to relive the past that never was because she never went to her own prom. So a little bit of overcompensation too.
Phoebe’s line at the end was the absolute most Phoebeish I can imagine. : )
I try. It felt right.
(mouseover text: “This whole exchange must have been weird for Hannah. I mean, she didn’t even know Phoebe was THERE until now.”
I’m sure she’s fine, if understandably confused. She’s somewhat used to not knowing people are there, and this is a crowded place.
You really want to freak her, suddenly talk after two minutes of total silence in a place she thought she was ALONE.