APRIL MERMAIDS!!!
Okay, pizza was a bust last week, so we’re going to our backup request! MERMAIDS!!!
In other news…
First, I need to announce that this particular comic is brought to you by the good people who support me on Patreon, with a special shout-out to The Lurker, Paul Gabbard and Jeremy, who ALL became Mayor of Pucksburg for this month. (We can have multiple mayors. It’s a weird town.) It’s a title that comes with rewards, including actual original comic art getting mailed to you. If you’re interested in keeping the Puck comics flowing, and maybe gaining some fun perks, CHECK OUT THE PATREON!!!
As for this comic…
I think this may be the only comic where Puck appears in the strip, but the comic doesn’t have intro text starting with the phrase ‘Puck, ancient fairy of lore’. I could have made the caption about her, but really, with a single shot of her in the back seat of the car, I felt it unnecessary.
I initially had a different exchange planned in panel four, which had Tracee commenting that Satan smelled, and then he explained that he didn’t like showering because he couldn’t figure out how the taps worked and he couldn’t get the temperature right. I decided to go with this option, though, because it was simpler and stupider. Simple and stupid is my righteous path.
I think this may be the only comic where Puck appears in the strip, but the comic doesn’t have intro text starting with the phrase ‘Puck, ancient fairy of lore’
But of course. You already used, ‘Puck, ancient fairy of lore sits silently in the back seat.’
Which one is that?
I think I used various takes on that a few times. It just gets old.
It could have been “Puck, ancient fairy of lore, decides to hold it”
That is inspired.
It is very alliterative, which helps.
You know, not tipping your hand at the start, helps the comic reveal at the end.
Where’s Hannah?
Oh that’s rights, she’s at Puck’s. I’d forgotten, sorry.
Great Big Sea – The Mermaid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npyOOsxoA8I
I was humming ‘Mermaids’ by Flight of the Conchords when drawing it, but that works too.
The first thing I thought of was ‘fins’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UruXWui1EG8
First one I though of was this: duck://player/7-jlZTcWTlc
May bespeake my state of mind lately.
Minus the firewall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-jlZTcWTlc
The Cabal’s musings has me thinking of
“The pheun es renging”
Also, I know The Cat would approve of your incentive.
Salem? Where’s he been?
He pops in every now and then.
Lister’s Cat? Oh yes.
Expressions from a dangerous genius…
That alone would be explanation enough to avoid those locations. Is there an Arby’s that has poutine upthere? Hmm, maybe a better question would be, are there any fast food places that don’t serve poutine?
Arby’s doesn’t serve poutine. Though they should. I’d pay good money for curly fries poutine. (I do like Arby’s, honestly.)
OMG, that would be great…if we had an Arby’s here 🙁
At least you can get their ‘horsey sauce’ in the store, I could drink that straight 🙂
The Arby’s around me often doesn’t have horsey sauce. I think it may be a limited time item sometimes? I dunno.
They don’t understand the power of the Lady of the Park.
They don’t comprehend that their entire plan is being undone not because Satan is fighting back, but because of a gold digger and people who want Satan out of their house.
They’re doomed.
Evil cannot comprehend Neutral Petty.
The most dangerous alignment of all!
They never stood a chance, really.
I still can’t get over how weird it is to actually see Satan. What’s next, the hot dog/psychiatrist?
Sure! Why not? Shadows begone!
Better let him go…or have a fight later about who changes him.
Exactly. And no one wants that task.
Now I’m curious as to who is older, Puck or Satan.
Satan. Pretty sure, anyway.
Middle age, when everything heads south . . .
Including the pee.
If a drug scanner ever turns up positive on you, say you stopped a Tim Horton’s, they did sonme research and virtually all of the tables will test positive for some sort of drug,even if they’ve just been wiped down. So will most paper money, especially twenties and fifties. We had a drug/explosives scanner at the door when I was working and almost every bill that was ever tested was positive, usually for cocaine, so they weren’t allowed to test your purse or wallet.
Good to know?
Oddly enough, IRL the Ukrainians (and other countries now) have developed anti-drone tech – out of sheer necessity.
Re: TWC incentive. It’s pretty obvious who’s on the right, but I’m struggling to figure out who is on the left.
No cat tail, so it’s not Emily (although fish and cats…);
Not tanned enough so it’s not Tracee;
Not freckled so it’s not Puck;
Hanna? Daphne? Heather?
Puck on the left. I usually don’t add freckles to her legs unless I’m really feeling ambitious.
“Timmy’s”?
Tim Horton’s. A Canadian institution.
C’mon. It’s TIMMY’S Don’t you want some Timmy’s? Puck could use some coffee. Look at her, she’s fading. FADING!
Those 3 have no imagination. Good.
Hey, it’s a useful stop for all.
Except for Tracee and Daphne who have a job to do. They’re only half the car though.
The Cabal obviously never considered their airborne drones could be subject to a birdstrike. Only they had no Sully to save their assets.
Regarding Mermaids…. After a Valentines filled with chocolate dipped hotties, this was such an unexpected….disturbing…. fishy…twist. Please pass the tartar sauce.
Well, we’ll follow with more traditional takes.
I’d even take Martin Crieff in their shoes. Those birds were scary.
Puck will drop Satan off, but he’ll have to walk home. :p 😉
Don’t want to walk home through THAT neighborhood. Trust me.
Mermaids….. neat reversal. Still puts me in mind of beer batter and malt vinegar…
Maybe even some nice, shapely frog legs…
Nothing stands in the way of your voracious appetite!
Nothing….
The mermaids vote incentive brought to mind an episode of Night Gallery that was based on a story by H.P. Lovecraft.
It is somewhat Lovecraftian in its horror.
I spent a large amount of last year in 1 of 3 hospitals. Long story, can be TL;DR’d with “I went through what Colin did some 300 comics ago except mine had spread” – if you don’t get it, you *really* have some reading up to do. As a result, I haven’t been able to read Puck for about 40+ weeks because real life kept kicking me while I was down (so that was fun!)
Finally catching back up, it *both* feels like I missed a ton of amazing stuff and at the same time, absolutely nothing. I’m honestly impressed.
Also congrats on 800 comics! Now I’m curious if the wedding will be done before, at or after strip 1000.