IT’S THE GHOST OF NOVEMBERS PAST!
Take a trip down memory lane as we revisit some voting incentives from previous Novembers. This week’s entry dates all the way back to 2013! It’s not new, but it’s still fresh!
VOTE FOR SUCCESS ON THE MINOR LEAGUE CIRCUIT!!!
As for this comic…
My initial plan here was to have Daphne be fully against the whole thing until offered money, but that felt … old. It felt expected. I decided to take it in a different direction.
On another front, panel four forced me to do one of my least favorite things: cover up half of a drawing with a speech bubble. See, I’m not very efficient in my work methods. I add speech bubbles as the final step, and while I do plan where they’re (roughly) going to be located, sometimes panels can surprise me with their shocking lack of real estate. That’s when things like this week’s panel four happen. I drew a full image of Daphne, complete with color and shading and everything, then I ran out of room to put her speech bubble. So now that art will never be seen. Though you CAN see it if you head on over to Patreon where I posted it for my fine patrons to see! And if you’re not one of my fine patrons… you could be! Just saying.
We were promised fireworks!
Or at least it was heavily implied.
“Patience, Grasshopper!”
😉 … 🙂 … 😛 … 😀
Exactly.
“Scoody-Doo” with a “d?”
Ah! Corrected. I’ll think of something to say later.
What error? I don’t know what you’re talking about! 😉
I’d also settle for Scooby-Droog, little brother. When you and the gang are out for a bit of the… ultra-violence.
I see what you did there.
I like how Puck and Phoebe are back in the almost safe spot to watch from.
Gotta keep out of striking distance. Always.
I am stunned.
I just scratched Baldie (to see if I were dreaming).
Nope.
REAL.
What happened to the real Daphne ?
I will not contribute to any ransom.
(mebe an ANTI-ransom)
i´d say her agreeing to play scooby is part of a cunning master plan… at the very least it means that puck and phoebe will go back to tearing into one another of who´ll get to be daphne 😉
“What happened to the real Daphne?”
Getting Scooby Done greatly improves one’s attitude.
Well, I don’t think Daphne and Tyler are there yet. But a fellow teacher once noted about a particularly acerbic student, “He’ll be fine once he gets a girlfriend.” Her perspective was that it wasn’t the “Scooby Done” factor, but rather the fact that they had someone in their lives who clearly thought they were alright. Just that factor can sometimes be a little transformative. Doesn’t work miracles. But it can sometimes make a difference.
Well the smooching is the next best thing.
No ransom demanded.
Ever thought of a “Reverse-Ransom” demand?
“Pay us the money, or we will send him BACK!”
I’m sure we can all think of some people where this would be appropriate…
The inverse of that is the basis for the classic O Henry story, “The Ransom of Red Chief”.
Smart. Very.
Am I the only one here who is hearing the alarm bells go off? RUN COLIN, IT’S A TRAP RUNFORYOURLIFEYOUFOOLYOUFOOL
Or even more terrifying a possibility: it might NOT be a trap.
I’ve no comment on any (purported) plotting on Daphne’s part…
…I merely refer you to my suggestions of 2_pages ago, which included a spiky collar & a furry bikini.
Who knows — it might even help convince Tyler to join-in!
( … I’m already picturing him murmuring “Zoinks, Scoob!”, while hand-feeding her “Scooby-Snaks”, & “Scooby-Dudettte” licking him in-return! The more people know about the original characters, the more they’ll flip their lids at the subtext of this re-interpretation! … )
P.S.:
As revenge for Colin’s (unintentional) racism, Daphne might insist on having Colin play “Fred”…
…WITHOUT_THE_BEARD!
Meanwhile, Phoebe will happily allow Puck to play “Daphne”, once she realizes that as “Velma”, she’ll never have to cuddle-up with “Fred” in any of the inevitable group-photos.
Besides, as “Velma”, she’ll get to play the “Smart Girl”, right?
I’ll readily admit that I started this whole thing with a fair degree of certainty that Puck would be playing Velma and Phoebe would be playing Daphne. But then I realized that there were some gags and plot concepts that might work better with the roles flipped. So we’ll see…
Oh hell, what if Puck and Phoebe keep switching Velma and Daphne cosplay on Colin?
“Unleashed”…? Helpful attitude *and* self-aware puns…nonononoo
But, she also didn’t say who she thinks Tyler should play. Any bets on Velma?
Nothing more terrifying than character development, I guess.
Waaait wait wait wait.. Three ladies, two guys? Now they have to go as genderbent Mystery Inc. Phoebe can play Fred, Puck can be Shaggy, Tyler can be Velma, Colin can be Daphne (hyuk hyuk) and we all know who Daphne’s gonna be. It works out perfectly.
Horrifying.
The sad things is, someone’s already made it into fan art.
Re: the voting incentive, Phoebe dear, you’re still the tastiest-looking item in frame!
Come on. Halloween kisses. They’re industry’s greatest creation.
For a lady as fashion-forward as Phoebe, why oh why is she wearing WHITE past Labour Day?
It’s never past Labor Day in the Puck universe, seemingly.
Did your autocorrect cause you to misspell “labour”?
I default to American spelling on this site most of the time. I’m just a national traitor like that.
Actually, it is spelled that way on any calender I’ve ever seen (all USA calenders)
Phoebe’s got plenty o’ nothing,
And nothing is plenty for me!
Has it occured to them to go as Scobby, she’ll have to ONLY wear a collar ?
Remember, remember, the-uh-Tenth of November.
The Scoobie Treason and plot!
I see no reason
The Scoobie Treason,
Should ever be forgot.
Sadly, I only have the one nationality, so I can’t help Phoebe celebrate. But going from Hollowe’en to Thanks Giving and then to Christmas is kind of a weird tonal shift. Or maybe that was just my family, because we went in for a formal dinner.
I am solidly of the opinion that the Canadian Thanksgiving setup is better. The September/October stretch is a bit of a boring one with no real excitement. Putting Thanksgiving there provides a bit of a break and something to look forward to. The American version is just poorly placed, right between Halloween and Christmas. There’s ALREADY enough going on in that section of the calendar! You’re going to have a huge holiday meal soon enough; why have two within little more than the space of a month?
I don’t know why we settled on late November. We had several durring our early years as a republic and they were usually, but not exclusively, in November, but we didn’t do them on a regualr basis until the 1860s or so.
I like the piling up, but that might just be because I’m used to it. I do recognize that for some, the tone whipsaws back and forth a bit. Well, for me.
Canada used to (mostly) be November too. The government moved it to make room for Remembrance Day (our version of Veterans’ Day) to allow that somber day the proper time and respect it deserves. At least that was the thinking, from what I’ve gathered.
Interesting. We once tried to move Thanksgiving by one week. It was a mess. Although doing it by a larger increment might have made it better.
She’s plotting something. We don’t get to see her plot often, it’s usually on the side of the main story.
This’ll be fun!
Everyone seems to think so.
Which might mean the truth is even scarier. She might … NOT be plotting something.
I think she’s plotting something to do with Tyler.
Well, it’s time she can spend with him, right? That’s worth something.
Plotting to spend time with Tyler’s still a plot.
Noooooo-wait what?
O.K., that could be interesting too.
By the way, her in Pannel 3, is that the first time she’s had that expression?
In ref to panel three: Uhm… Maybe? Every drawing is a fresh drawing, so I don’t really keep track. Not sure whether panel three is bad or good from the sounds of your inquiry.
It looks like character development, is what it loos like.
🙂 I’m for it.
Character development?
Is that allowed??
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Is Tyler really going to be such a hard sell? Unless he really dislikes Scooby-Doo (… there must be someone who does, although I don’ t know who …) I’d’ve guessed he’d jump at a chance to go party with Puck and her crew … so long as Momma Bear doesn’t find out… which might be a problem …
I don’t think it’ll take much convincing.
*snaps fingers*
Body snatchers makes perfect sense.
More likely than character growth, certainly.
what is this phrase you speak of?
REALLY???
do you TRULY think a body-snatcher has a chance to operate against ANY of this group (except Colin and Tyler)?
against Tyler that’s a hard maybe…colin yes easily.
puck or daph they would be wearing the body snatchers as a new minx skin coat.
They’re fresh out of lead characters. Who will Tyler-Taylor play?
Well there is 5 characters in the Scooby-Doo gang and unless Colin plays both shaggy and Fred then there is a part for him.
as the girls have decided he is shaggy that leaves Fred, which i could see our boy Tyler rocking a ascot like a pro for a few hours
Agreed.
Well, Colin is either Fred or Shaggy. But that still leaves one male role up for grabs. Which one is yet to be determined.
Is he too short to go as a Harlem Globetrotter?
I would say so.
Absolutely love the Daphne artwork in panel 3!
Agreed
Thanks! It didn’t come easily. It’s actually really had to get close-ups to looks right sometimes. Not sure why.
I note that Miranda has an interesting teething toy.
I had a friend who would chew his NES controller. He eventually got down to the circuit board.
I like the new Daphne. 🙂
Hey, sometimes any change is a good change!
I agree.
In fact, I was tired of the constant trouble with the old daffy.
Just occasional trouble from her is MUCH better.
somehow, I suspect the others can (will?) fill up the opening here.
“Locked in a trunk” huh?
heh.
heh heh.
hehehehehehe
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
https://tenor.com/bafEU.gif
Comedy gold.
Dammit. That link is dead now, and I really want to know what it was. Clearly at the time I thought it was F-ing BRILLIANT!
Maybe it was the trunk scene from The Hangover (2009)?