NEW YEAR’S VOTING INCENTIVE IS LIVE!
I felt like the New Year and the new decade needed to start with a little bit of class, so … here goes! Vote for Puck on TWC to ring in the new decade with Phoebe. In … some sort of style.
VOTE TO SIP THE FINEST OF DISCOUNT SPARKLING WINES!
As for this comic…
I went through the entire process of posting this comic, uploaded the file, and was just about to hit the ‘publish’ button when I realized that Hannah was not wearing her crown. In any of the panels. This has happened before to me, in multiple comics, with multiple other characters. I had to add crowns ‘in post’ to numerous previous comics, on Tyler, Papa Shnorf and Phoebe. Adding Phoebe’s broken crown in post was a bit of a challenge, but whatever. This, though, was a close call. Not that it matters, I guess. I mean, I guess she could have taken the crown off. Where’s the fun in that, though? Hannah is the type to wear her crown with pride.
On that note, I finally (FINALLY) added Hannah to the character list. Her picture might show up as a blank for a little while, even though I have uploaded a picture for her. (It has something to do with CSS updating and website memory or something or other. Just trust me that the picture will show up eventually.) Also, when the pic DOES show up, you’ll see that I pulled it from panel two of this comic … before I added the crown. So my crown omission lives on in one form.
And …. shipping Hannah and Kevin starts … now!
Just kidding. But we know from her own testimony that Tyler – however pleasant – is not her speed.
Meanwhile – this is a nice way to resolve the “Dispairing Daphne” scene. She may not understand *why* Hannah is being nice, but she may find being on the receiving end of it … educational.
Kevin looks like he’s cut from the same cloth as Tyler. So probably not Hannah’s type. And I find it interesting that everyone is attributing far more malevolent motives to Hannah than I was expecting. I mean, we already established that she’s a nice girl in a weird situation. And suddenly people are expecting her to be a villain here.
Some men just want to watch the world burn.
That must be it.
Might be because she said herself that Tyler wouldn’t survive dating her.
Well, she’s a wild one. But that doesn’t mean she’s evil.
I may not have been clear; I don’t think Hannah’s being nice just to be evil. It’s may be that niceness is puzzling to Daphne in general, and more so when it’s directed to Daphne in particular. She may not have a lot of experience with that, thanks to her prickly personality.
It’s easy to be nice to the nice, but to be nice to the nasty is the true test of niceness.
Well, Hannah is nice to all. Though I think she knows how to handle the prickly, which is important when dealing with Daphne.
“It’s easy to be nice to the nice, but to be nice to the nasty is the true test of niceness.”
Say that with 3 times fast with a mouth full of bubblegum!!!
But tongue twisting aside, there is both truth and wisdom in that statement…
Oh Darn…
Why darn? (And why am I suddenly thinking of that movie ‘That Darn Cat’?)
@EG
Daffy is on the mend.
Darn Darn Darn
That darn cat, always being negative.
@EG
I have a new middle name !
Salem D Cat
I like it !
Vote for Puck on TWC to ring in the new decade with Phoebe in the best sort of style!
I’m glad you approve. On a scale of 1 to 10 in terms of how happy I am with a drawing, this month’s voting incentive is an 8. That might sound like a low score, but the most common score for me is 4, so…
I would kill for some Fruit Loops, now.
Same!
My daughter eats Froot Loops – or Froot Loop-like cereal – every day, and the constant exposure to the product has made me largely immune to its draw. I feel the need to eat a tiny bowl of it about once every year or two, just to remember why I’d never want to eat it for breakfast.
What about peanut butter Cap’n Crunch?
You don’t follow your nose to it.
No, but I remember that you said that you can’t get it up north. It just seems to be very prevalent down here in the states.
@Jesse
YABBA DABBA DO, MAN. YABBA DABBA DO !
(BTW, scientists have discovered Neanderthals really said that)
I find it fascinating that though the Flintstones have almost fully faded from pop culture relevance (a fact that saddens me), their product tie-ins seem to still be going strong. Fruity Pebbles is still readily available on American shelves (though not up here in Canada, sadly), and Flintstones vitamins are still a thing. Even the kids eating the Flintstones vitamins no longer even recognize the characters.
Pop culture is weird.
A show about 1960s gender norms and product placement for kids is fading away? Huh.
I know. Crazy, right?
@EG
Fred & Barney will outlast Luke & Darth.
There’s even a Jody Call (a chant to help you keep time as you run or march) about Fred and Barney. It’s called Pebbles and Bam-Bam. It happens to be a running cadence.
“Pebbles and Bam-Bam on a Friday night!
Trying to get to heaven on a paper kite!
Lightening struck; down they fell!
Instead of going to heaven they went straight to hell!
Dino the dog was on the bone
While Fred and Barney rock the microphone!
Yabba! Dabba! Dabba-Doo!
Yabba-dabba-dabba-dabba-dabba-doo!
Yabba! Dabba! Dabba-Doo!
Yabba-dabba-dabba-dabba-dabba-doo!”
One of the better Jodies out there. Sometimes I miss being in the army… other times I’m sane.
As an English teacher and a poet, I have to say that Jody has a really rough, messy rhythm that bothers me. But I approve of the content.
I’m guessing “trying to” is shortened to “tryna”.
Took a while for panel 3 to occur. I still don’t feel a craving for that stuff. Fruity cereal was never my thing.
Still, interesting thing to see about how these two carry on.. I don’t smell gunpowder, though. Not even nitroglycerin.. what’s the deal here?
Why would one smell gunpowder? Why is everyone expecting disaster? People are far less trusting than I anticipated.
It is the smell of anticipation itself. The proverbial (and sometimes literal) powder keg, just waiting for a match. Or , just a strong reminder that it’s a no-smoking area. As for the second part.. dare we dredge up that answer?
So for the next generation we have Tyler, unless black girls take that name (along with Madea and Perry), Daphne and Hannah showing up at McLovin University in Hawaii.
In the follow-up series “Puck: Hawaii Adventure”. How very Disney Channel.
I’m not sure that the Disney Channel would allow for alcohol to be conveyed in soap containers unless some adult was wondering about the blue liquor unless he’s just down a glass of it.
I just thought that I’d be on the CBC, maybe the Teens at Night channel.
First: Way to go, Kevin!
Second: I thought Daph would be drinking the non-diet Sprite, since it’s New Year’s and all…
Third: Who cares about Froot Loops! Tim Horton’s is releasing Timbits cereal…
Phoebe is a teetotaler. Also, Timbits cereal? I haven’t seen that yet. Sounds like it’s promising too much…
I hope Pheobe is not drinking the essence of Puck in the incentive.
No. No actual sprites involved.
Hannah keeps in touch with others with the help of her friends.
Like that Beatles song.
KEVIN! Don’t you know a quiet, sobbing lady want’s to be left alone???
What, she doesn’t? Man, have I been playing that wrong.
Anyway, Hannah to the rescue! Is Kevin one of her friends?
When you are a teen boy and you see a girl you kinda know crying somewhere, you take action … by telling some girl about it and hoping she does something about it.
Well, it could be worse than Hannah.
Yes well, under the circumstances Daph, you’re excused falling for Hannah’s line.
State of distress and all.
Perhaps a change in deodorant…
Crafty.
Hygiene. Always an issue at that age.
@Robert Nowall
Brilliant !
Next Arc: Daffy succumbs to a PIMPLE INVASION.
Misery (and hilarity) ensues.
I’m just back from visiting Computer Hacked Hell. This strip was a nice pick-me-up. It’s nice to see a kindly resolution – at least between the two girls.
We’re here to give you the feelgoods! Some of the time, anyway.
Man, Kevin must also be depressed. That was a good cover-up from Hannah. ;p
He doesn’t look it. In fact, he looks downright merry!
I read several, like 50, of your strips on webtoon’s on a 12.9ipad. Looked fantastic. You got a real lol when I suddenly scrolled to Puck immersed in a tank of coffee that probably wouldn’t of happened but for the format. Not sure there’s anything to mine here yet, but seems like there are ‘format influencing content possibilities” as the years and technology go by. Just a thought.
Thanks. I actually really am enjoying the possibilities that the format unlocks. For one, Webtoon enables me to upload the comic at a very high resolution (about 4x higher than it’s posted here) which is nice. And I do like the ‘scrolling down’ function on the level that it reveals each panel one at a time. Honestly, I don’t think the format will influence the content from here on in. Rather, I think the format just … works with the existing content a little better. The fact that it hides the subsequent panels from view just jives with my style. Also, the fact that my panels just happen to be the exact size and dimension of a mobile screen, that’s … serendipitous.
Also, though I’m not loudly proclaiming this, the versions of the color comics that I’m posting are slightly enhanced from their originals. It’s nothing crazy, but I’ve been gently altering some of the comics to just bring them visually in line more with later comics. This most often involves small changes to the faces so they look less wonky. I’m happier with the results. If the panels are going to be huge, I might as well make them look their best.
I’ll be hopefully putting up one or two panels a day for the next long while until I’m closer to being caught up. Hopefully I’ll build a decent following over on Webtoons in the process.
” It’s nothing crazy, but I’ve been gently altering some of the comics to just bring them visually in line more with later comics. ”
ARUGULAH !!!
The lizard is threatening to go FULL GEORGE LUCAS on us !
Lucas forced Greedo to shoot first; the Gecko has already removed the entire Arc where Robin rolled the “Woman in the Wheelchair” over the edge into the Rapids of Niagara Falls. And the subsequent panels where the voracious Monkey-Bears satiate their hunger in a bloody frenzy !
I can’t even find TRACEEE selling her soul to the MAMMAGROW GUY anymore. Just Robin (and compared to TRACEEE, Robin did not strike much of a bargain.)
(sad cat – sad cat)
Not to worry – give us another glimpse of Emily the Cat-Girl and all is forgiven.
Honestly, I always have Lucas there as an example of what NOT to do. So for one thing, I would never surreptitiously replace all the old comics with new, updated ones and make it so people can never have access to the originals. The comics on this site remain untampered. Also, the changes I’m making don’t involve any new assets. So I’m not drawing new pictures. Rather, I’m just subtly altering or moving existing assets to make them look better.
The temptation to redo the original 80 comics with new art, in color, is a real one for me, but only because I worry that the crude art and colorless content acts as a barrier for new readers. People might see an ad, or see a snippet of a new comic, and they think, “Hey, I’ll check out this comic. It looks good. I’ll start at the beginning!” And then they click on comic #1 and think, “Ew.” Still, the lack of time on my hands keeps me from doing this Lucas-style redo.
@EG
” Rather, I’m just subtly altering or moving existing assets to make them look better. ”
Do not you dare !
TRACEEE’s assets are fine just where they are.
😛
I am mostly talking about eyes and facial features, not the assets you’re worrying about.
You really are totally invested in this strip and that’s why the quality shows.
I’m glad it seems like that. I just do what I can. If it keeps other people invested, even if it’s a small crowd, I’m happy.
HA HA GOT EM
I’m sorry
Has any Web Comic ever made it to the BIG SCREEN ?
I nominate PUCK !
(imagining the Gecko building himself a backyard Money Bin, and rolling about in that funny-colored Canadian “Play Money”.)
That will never, ever, ever happen. Ever. Only few webcomics have ever even made the transition to the small screen, let alone the big screen. Axe Cop was one; One Punch Man was another. Movies? Unlikely. The dude who wrote ‘The Martian’ was actually a webcomic guy. But I digress.
she has a superpower…the ability to interact effectively with any clic.
Now that … that is accurate. That’s a legitimate super power.
That is a superpower. My brother had it. I did not. *sniff*
Tragic.
Hannah claims Tyler is too innocent for her, but maybe Daphne is just right.
Daphne isn’t her type either, I think. Though lots of readers do seem to want things to head in that direction. Not sure why.
Think of the chaos they could cause together!
Also Hannah seems cool, I’d like to see her more frequently.
You likely will. Everyone seems to like her.
Snark. All the snark.
They are made for one another in the Heaven where they keep pointing out that you’re actually in Hell. I don’t ship Hannah & Daphne, but they could end up as besties, and Hannah maaaay even be a good foil for Robin.
Heh. ^_^ I think Hannah may be my favourite among all of your characters, EG.
Think of the chaos they could cause together!
Daphne: “You can SMELL sorrow? Holy shit! I have a *literal* dog nose, and I’m a total misanthrope! Schadenfreude is my favourite high! You’d think if anyone could manage that, *I* could! SO jealous right now!”
Hannah: “…Okay, 1) I was kidding, and 2) feeling less and less sympathetic to your suffering the longer you talk.”
That is a valid alternate dialogue exchange.
Is that a Terezi reference?
Given the fact that I had to Google ‘Terezi’, no.
OK.
I am sadly very unschooled in the world of webcomics. I do wish I had more time to read a bunch. I’m … just always busy making this one.
Both you and Puck have benefited from your not being influenced by other webcomics. Very few are as funny as the Sunday comics page and most settle for pleasing the Doonesbury crowd with morally relevant B.S.
Well, good to know I somehow benefit from my isolationist tendencies.
@EG, I take it you refer to “With A Little Help From My Friends”? It has a line “What do you see when you turn out the light?” It could be appropriate for Hannah.
Hey, good point.
Actually as someone with a legally blind mother, I can attest to a certain enhanced faculties. If my mother could hear you she could hit you, from across the room, between the eyes. And she did indeed have a sixth sense involving sorrow and such things. I miss her, and yes Hannah is evil. Anyone that reminds me of my mother this much is bound to be a little evil. Which is not a bad thing. Evil is great when it’s on your side, and even evil can be kind. Hannah for now is on Daphne’s, just not sure why yet. Maybe because she thinks Daphne could be fun.
I gotta say, it means a lot to me that someone who grew up with a blind mother says, “Yeah, this reminds me of her.” Means I’m getting something right.
Oh indeed, Daphne and my mother would have gotten along well. Hannah has that, “I may be blind but that doesn’t mean helpless attitude” down pat. Also Hannah is obviously just as mischievous. She just had no idea that she was poaching, of course neither did Daphne. Next Hannah will slap Tyler up the head and call him out for being dumb. Or just remind Daphne that, by virtue of being a dude he is dumb.
@EG, thanks. I am a HUGE Beatles fan. 🙂