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As for this comic…
Hey look, it’s that chick the comic is named after! Funny that.
Oh, and in panel four, the thought bubble is coming from Puck, not baby Miranda. I’m not going to start up one of those ‘Look Who’s Talking’ gags where we hear the baby’s thoughts, though the concept is terribly tempting.
Nice.
In the worst possible way!
Puck didn’t tell them that they’re Miranda’s grandparents.
Didn’t really get a chance.
Even if she knew, she would still stand by her statement.
Very true.
‘Sides. With the kinda impression they made on their arrival, they deserved some turn around. And you know Daphs is the one who will hand it out. With seconds.
I agree. Rudeness right back atcha!
Yep. It’s Daphne.
As for the thought bubble, I figured it was Puck at once (mainly as it’s green).
What I DON’T get is how Puck managed to get Miranda back from Colin’s mother…
No wait, Puck took Miranda back a while ago didn’t she?
…Still not sure how she pulled it off.
Color-coded bubbles come to the rescue once more! And the secret to getting babies back from overly possessive grandparents is wait until they poop their diapers. Most pass off at that point.
Thank Gawd Bob Saget’s not included!
Anyway, cute. And I’m sure the grandfather will just adore Daphne. They have a lot of the same abrasive mentality going for them. The granny… Not so sure about. She’s one of those passive/aggressive abrasive people. The kind that think they don’t smell like the rest of the human race. And generally don’t take kindly to being told otherwise.
This could be about to get rather interesting.
Well, this is but a preshow before the main event! As dysfunctional the current situation with Puck and Colin’s family is, throwing Daphne and Phoebe into the mix makes things so stupidly dysfunctional it’s almost beyond comprehension.
Now that I’ve seen how she handles old people, I’d love to see how Daphne handles small children.
Answer: roughly.
Babies were made to be shaken.
Well, since Puck a.k.a. Robin is kinda Daphne’s mother, kinda, and since she’s kinda in a relationship with Colin, kinda, that would kinda make these old geezers Daphne’s grandparents. Kinda.
On the other hand, Daphne can take refuge in not being biologically related to any of those people.
You’re right, of course. On all counts. Though I think that all parties involved would want to deny any form of relation.
As a child of divorced parents, I view this differently. Even were Puck and Colin married, Colin would not be Daphne’s father; he’d be the step father, and thus, called by his first name, and not “dad”. Same way with Colin’s parents to Daphne; step grandparents, thus called by their first name and not by the title.
At least, that’s how I came to understand things when my parents divorced when I was 12. But since I saw the divorce coming a mile away by that point, so I made those distinctions really quickly at that point.
And yes, I know that Puck isn’t Daphne’s mother by biology, but she took on the role of mother in the first strips, and thus, she’d be “mom” in Daphne’s mind, whether she calls her that or not.
I think, given the whole adoption thing, and the fact that Daphne was already sort of jaded and cynical by that point, that she never exactly imprinted on Puck or any of the other crew as family, exactly. It’s more of a friendship bond — maybe a sibling bond of some sort, but yeah. I doubt Daphne would ever, EVER wish to or actively call Colin’s parents her grandparents.
Daphne would claim that, wouldn’t she? But I think the birthing storyline showed more about Daphne than you intended.
BTW, did you know that Burger King bought Tim Hortons? They’re also planning to move their headquarters into Canada, to save on corporate taxes. That also means that Burger King will start having Tim Hortons coffee in their restaurants, and will likely open Tim Hortons in the states now.
Yay! My favorite coffee chain merging with my least favorite burger chain! Joy! But seriously, it doesn’t sound too bad. Yet. From what I’ve heard, they’re keeping the companies separate and Burger King is remaining in the States. BK just wants to exploit a tax loophole where they can funnel cash to the sister company if needed to benefit from lower taxation, or something like that. Tim’s wants to exploit the BK network to expand in the States, which they’ve been trying (and failing) to do for a decade. I don’t think it’s going to happen, though. The U.S. has the most competitive food market in existence, and to establish a totally new brand when an existing brand (Dunkin Donuts) already has huge market share is … unlikely.
Anyway, they keep dreaming the dream, though. Tim’s used to be owned by Wendy’s (my favorite burger joint), so it’s not the end of the world. It’s happened before. I just hope some of that BK suckage doesn’t spread over to Tim’s.
Well, Burger King, if my memory doesn’t fail me, has been owned at times by PepsiCo and by a British consortium, and only recently (comparatively) has been spun off. This move does strike me as a tax dodge—given the tax rates, I can’t blame them—and, as such, is neither the first nor the last time a company will do something like this.
As for Daphne and her, ahem, parentage—yeah, it’s not likely she’d even call Puck “Mom,” much less refer to any of the other characters by the roles and titles they’re [kinda] falling into. (Can’t recall if she ever did call her “Mom,” offhand.)
Just because she doesn’t actually call Puck “mom” doesn’t mean she doesn’t think of her as such.
Burger Kind claims there’s no tax motivations, but given the fact that this sort of thing can and has been done by big companies before (it’s called an inversion scheme), I think it’s pretty obvious what they’re up to. Tim’s thinks this deal is going to take them places, like the pretty young singer who marries the slimy old music biz exec, but I have a bad, bad feeling about it. Oh well. Combined, they’re now the third biggest fast food company on the planet behind McD’s and Wendy’s. And I guess in this world size does matter.
I can’t blame the companies. They’re answerable to their stockholders or owners or whatever; they’ve got to maximize profits and getting a better deal on tax rates will help with that. I can blame the local / state / country governments that inflict such high tax rates that the companies are driven to do this…
I just read an editorial that expressed something like that. Apparently Obama chastised Burger King over the phone for this, but the real answer is to alter America’s tax laws to make this not be a viable loophole. Mind you, getting anything done in American politics is (I’ve heard) impossible, so…
… Wendy’s is big? Since when is Wendy’s big? I never even heard of it before the first time I visited Canada. And even then it seemed like some inconsequential little side-business thing.
Third biggest fast food chain in the world, actually.
Family doesn’t work like that.
Parents switching relationships to other people doesn’t automatically grant family status to the other people, nor their relatives.
I can already feel the love pouring forth.
Add tequila to the love and everything gets better.
Hmm-hm. Now “nana” will hate the kid for who she is, and “gramps” will probably think she’s ethnic and hate her for that. =_=
And just wait until she meets “auntie”…
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So, el casa del Puck has walk-ins from the nearby nursing home on a regular basis? … Better that than walk-ins from the nearby crackhouse.
I’d like to think they get walk-ins from both. It’s that kind of neighborhood.
I love the little things that make these strips of yours so special to me. EPSOM SALT? And half of too. 😀
So the elderly wandering in at any moment are common place huh? Heheh
Deal Dawg seems to have weird sales on strange things. In an earlier comic, it had a half-off sale on baking soda. And yeah, Puck lives in the type of neighborhood that’s rife with annoyances. There are worse places to live. I guess. But not many.
Puck: “Daphne, these are Miranda’s grandparents.”
Daphne: “I thought your parents were dead.”
Puck: “They’re Cole’s parents.”
Daphne: “Cole has Parents?”
Puck: “And a sister you just have to meet.”
Oh, and just wait for the sister. JUST WAIT!
I look forward to that strip. “Wait . . . Colin has parents? Wait . . . Colin has a last name?!?!”
Poo, meet Fan.
Poo and fan were made for each other.
Sh plus what?
What will Racist Dad have to say about Daphne? Something interestingly backward, no doubt.
The possibilities are endless, but I can’t really pluck a good one out, so I’m probably going to let that one ride. Let’s just acknowledge that he’s probably thinking interestingly backward things.
And I can’t wait for him to meet Satan’s little cupcake.
As for Daphne’s and Phoebe situation, remember that in the old days with large farming families of “Ancien Regime” it was common to loan or outright give away children when help was needed and also boys and girls often decided to move in and get themselves “adopted” by the family of their best friends…which is still happening today more often than one would think.
Well, I don’t think Satan’s following tried and true tradition here. Of if he is, it’s the tried and true tradition of selfishness!
Hoo boy! It’s Daphne and Phoebe versus Bossy and Bigotry. This’ll be like a WWF tag team match or a mini WWIII only no nukes.It’s about time for these old farts to get set back on the heels of their orthopedic shoes. Under the O, oh, crap!
The parents are just a sideshow, though. There’s the main event coming soon.
Does Puck Vol.1 include the vote comics?
A few, but not many.
Daphne, manners, dear. Okay, waste of breath, right.
BTW I just figured out the “Third Wall Breaking” of Daphne’s saying long ago that her butt was “a work of art.” And, no, I am not blonde
Well, she said it was aesthetically pleasing, not a work of art, which means I think you can be forgiven not figuring it out, because I don’t think it was there. It probably should have been there, though, because that’s kinda funny!
Technically, Legally, Puck could just kick Daphne out on her rear, right ?
I guess, but is it legal in the heart? NO. And isn’t there a ‘common law child’ thing that exists? Maybe? I dunno.