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As for this comic…
Where could this be going? It’s a total mystery…
So. Strategies for responsibility reduce the sexiness. Good to know to be irresponsible.
What a fascinating concept. Too bad most women go with their first choice of sexy facade rather than sexy fortitude.
True. Facades should ne’er be sexy.
WHOA, Whoa whoa. Did anyone notice that Phoebe was rocking the plaid last week?
I did.
LOL !
No. Anyone else besides you.
Meeeeeeee!
It’s when the ElectricGecko DOESN’T notice something in the comic that it becomes noteworthy.
…like if somehow we spent three or four weeks in Puck’s room with a poster on the wall, yet somehow you didn’t notice it.
…or if you didn’t notice when baby gets her first teeth.
I don’t notice things all the time. That’s when problems arise.
@pat
Everyone noticed but you !
You were too busy checking out Phoebe’s boobage.
(perfectly understandable)
Please, don’t stir up simulations that have no basis in fact. I was more “d’aww” over the situation in which Phoebe was trying to lay down some boundaries, yet she gave in. The question from that is, would she have done that even if the freckles had not attacked her. Or, is she under an influence of Puck?
Are we going to see anything of Puck in L.A.? Maybe some crazy cardboard cutout in random L.A. spots. Like overlooking the sign, capital records, the U.S. Bank building, LAX, the Chinese theater, or maybe even Trevor’s trailer?
Salem, dude, try to not be so creepy.
You tell him!
Did I hear someone ask for creepy ?
Because Puck delivers !
Thank you. He’ll probably say that it’s the gimp suit.
Sandia, we’re *all* creepy here. Men and women both.
I’m not!
ME??? CREEPY? Dang Buggle, yer breakin my heart…
I thought I had passed creepy and progressed to “disturbing” a while ago!
*sigh* back to the drawing board…
I thought “creepy” and “disturbing” were synonymous…
No, not where that cat is concerned.
This is like watching a slow descent into madness, except with more freckles and rampant coffee addiction.
More like a slow ascent into radness, right people? Right?
Right!
Or plaidness! XD XD
@Dueeast
Your comment intrigued me, so I asked Professor Huhnmorder to apply his Q.C.M. (Quantum Comic Magnetron) to the F.R.E.C.K.L.E.S. on Phoebe’s shoulders.
At 1000X magnification, they look like THIS !!
There is a small tag on the edge of each F.R.E.C.K.L.E.
Even with pixel-mixacation, we could not make out every character.
We could see “PROPERTY OF SOTON”. But that makes no sense ! (or does it)
Is Phoebe’s hair taking on a reddish tint. And could this be considered — gasp! — flirting?? (Until Colin did a Colin)
Yes. And yes. And yes. Wait, there were only two questions.
I never could have imagined Phoebe and Colin flirting.
Or that I’d really like it this much. It makes a bizarre kind of sense. They may actually be, well, GOOD for each other, now that Puck-Prime has left her humanity behind for a spray-on tan?
It’s all going according to your diabolical plan, isn’t it? Isn’t it?! XD
Well, they’re not incompatible, I suppose. I think Phoebe just needs a decent human being as a partner. And I think Colin is (largely) a decent human being – though I’m not sure how much of his decency is due to his fear of Puck. So whether Phoebe would be able to keep him in line remains to be seen.
This should be an intriguing experiment…
I would argue that Colin’s family environment DID turn him into a responsible human being…
Socially stunted, a babe-repellent, and doesn’t know how to tie his own shoes, but still responsible!
this is getting creepy. its as if the freckless have high-jacked her brain and make her not only get all maternal around miranda but also atracted to colin *shiver*
Documented medical side effects of freckles, I think.
OMG
What’s going on in Panel Three is pretty obvious.
No Speech Balloons needed !
If these two were to share a fifth of Jack Daniels tonight, things could get pretty steamy !
(BTW, I can FINALLY see the red in Phoebe’s hair. Nice.)
Phoebe doesn’t drink. But Colin is probably an easy drunk.
Sadly, I don’t think Colin is the one who needs any liquid encouragement.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaand now I can see how that’s creepy.
Hey, you’ve never heard me bragging about my FAMILY UNIT.
And I’ve never seen a man bragging about HIS to any woman unless he was prepared to use it.
Shame, Colin, SHAME !!
(psst, Colin, good luck buddy)
I suggest next week Electric Gecko can both take a well-deserved break, while giving his loyal readers some long overdue titillation.
All four panels should be BLACK, with only Speech Balloons visible.
Squeeka Squeeka Squeeka Thumpa Thumpa Oh Baby Oh Baby OH BABY !!!!
Of course, the next week would show what really happened.
Like Colin repairing the Screen Door while Phoebe handing him the tools.
I’m just wondering if Phoebe is going to kiss him (or more) next or put him through a wall. Both are perfectly Puck-ish behaviors, after all!
Is there something wrong with doing BOTH?
Not really, no. But ya gotta hand it to the sentient freckled — they possess the true essence of Puck. Phoebe-Puck has a strange, interesting future ahead of her and Puck-Prime is now a soulless starlet-in-the-making.
I think Phoebe got the better deal. And if/when Puck-Prime returns, she’s gonna find a LOT of changes! o_0
I really had zero interest in following soulless Puck on her soulless journey to pseudo-stardom. That didn’t interest me at all. Remaining in this crummy house with these weirdos does, though. I’m odd that way.
But how will we know what precipitates her return to *become* True Puck again?
(oh crap, if I gave it away, just delete – delete – delete)
“Sentient freckles” – I meant to write “sentient freckles.” Now be afraid, be very afraid!
Well, I’m afraid !
(but don’t get a swelled head. it doesn’t take much)
No.
@ElectricGecko
“No”
Now I’m really confused.
And I was hoping that Phoebe was about to do something that would make her Daddy PROUD !
(her father is Satan, after all)
Please quit while you’re still behind.
@Shan
Oh, I’ve been identified as a behind before.
LOL !
(it still stings, tho. whimper)
That’s the way I’ve ever heard to tell someone to quit.
@Buggle
“That’s the way I’ve ever heard to tell someone to quit.”
Shan’s not my boss !
(I do have one, tho. And if I fail her she’s threatened to defenestrate me. I’m not sure what that is, but it sounds like fun !)
Dammit! I meant to say *best* way.
@ Buggle
I know. Stupid fnords!
So I wonder how Daphne’s gonna feel about the direction this is rapidly heading? Miranda’s pretty much adopted Phoebe as Mom the Second. Hmmmmm…
So, if Phoe-buck and Colin “bonded” (this is family-friendly comic strip, so I’m trying to be discreet), I’m betting right off that Miranda would be perfectly pleased to join the new Family Unit.
And Daphne, too !!
And will all of this lead to a Phoebe-Puck bout of selective and temporary amnesia (after a collision with the floor) to avoid unexpected news?
Or are we just giving story ideas (whether good or bad) to ElectricGecko left and right tonight?
@Dueeast
Your ideas may be spoilers, but the Lizard and I have an IRON-CLAD arrangement.
I supply the dumb ideas, and he agrees to never use them.
Works for me.
One day, I’ll use one. Just to confuse you.
@Electric Gecko
“One day, I’ll use one. Just to confuse you.”
You wouldn’t dare…
One of my pet peeves is the misspelling of “trouper” as “trooper.” Nearly as annoying as “loose” when you mean “lose.” Bah.
Okay, this one I chalked up to my Canadian/American thing, but I’ll fix it. See, I spend my Canadian life taking ‘U’s out of words to make them palatable for Canadians. So I thought this would be one of those words that Americans would de-U-ize, but I guess it’s not.
@Mark Shaw
As I read your post, you are 100% correct on both counts.
And EG is as well.
In this context, Phoebe are TROUPERS.
I personally find it a little odd, in that I equate parenting to warfare. So I really think ‘trooper’ is more valid. But the rules are the rules.
Speaking of which, my brain explodes (a bad thing), when anyone says so-and-so or such-and-such “CUT THE MUSTARD”.
Which makes NO SENSE at all !
The proper term is “CUT THE MUSTER”.
(cat is needlessly sputtering with rage at inconsequential matters …. again)
I like to think that by Phoebe simply trying on Puck’s clothes, they are magically morphing into skimpier versions of their former selves, much like how the Hulk’s boxers grow with him.
That’s so good, I’m going to make it canon right now.
But wouldn’t she have to change the cut of Puck’s clothes to suit her? I would’ve thought the cutesiness wouldn’t be her style.
They magically change, just by Phoebe wearing them.
Ooooh.
The F.R.E.C.K.L.E.S. are gravitating towards Phoebe’s brain stem.
Annnnnd I am now shipping Phoebe/Colin. And whenever Puck comes back, Phoebe/Colin/Puck is all good too.
There are so many comics already exploring a similar unique three-person relationship dynamic out there, though. I’d never want to wade into those crowded waters. Even if it would make the internet happy.
The Internet is never happy. You should know that by now.
This, Colin, is why you get coal in your stocking!
Every year!
So, Colin is now getting hit on (supposedly) by Phoebe.
I’m gonna go ahead and assume it’s due to the freckles. It’s probably the freckles. Like, 99% chance it’s the freckles.
Still, it did make me laugh way too hard.
Gotta be the freckles! That sounds like an ad slogan for some reason.
Their weird family unit seems a little better than Colin’s own weird family unit…
@Robert Nowall
Oh, are we now referring to Colin’s enormous (allegedly) responsibility as his FAMILY UNIT?
Because the term does seem appropriate.
And Miranda could use a brother.
*snorts*
BAOW CHICKA BAOW WAOW
Freckles and plaid make all comics better.
Agreed.
Well, not *all* comics. Certainly *this* comic…
Hm, Phloebles and Colin. Disapprove. You can do much better, Pheeb. Sneak over to Judge Parker and hit on Sam.
Well, Phoebe could always do better. But I feel we’d be saying that no matter what.
Phoebe is under the influence of Puck’s freckles. Her priorities have obviously changed. And somehow I imagine her giving Colin many very stern talking to’s without actually rearranging his insides like Puck would. I’m digging the Phoebe/Colin shipping vibe here!
@Dueeast
A stern talking to ?
We saw Phoebe try that two weeks past with Daphne.
My point exactly.
Wait, what if Puck came back to secretly check on Miranda out of guilt and then found Phoebe and Colin in a creepily intimate relationship?
What if?
Isn’t that a fun question?
You have a disturbing interpretation of the word “fun”.
I can respect that.
Yes.
http://tinyurl.com/gtfuswy
Is that a HINT?
I never know.
You’re just making things up as you go along, aren’t you?
That is the definition of fiction, yes.
As a consummate reader and writer of fiction, I would normally whup your plebeian butt to next Tuesday for saying something like that, but what I mean is that Gecko isn’t planning things out in advance.
I plan things out in advance, but am not committed. So if I come up with a better idea (or someone else does), I sometimes change it as I go along. Usually the stories get wackier than I originally planned.
I know.
But as a consummate reader and writer of cheap shots …
EG is a Master of Illusion.
His ignorance of the future is none but a confection.
He’s had this tale entirely scripted since he was a teenager (so VERY, VERY, VERY long ago).
Have any of us come up with a better idea? Yes or no?
(I’m not asking for details…)
Well, case in point: this story arc didn’t originally contain any Tracee appearance whatsoever. But many people mentioned Puck’s growing similarity with Tracee, and I thought, “Why not?” So I found a way to include her.
Yes.
I was asking Gecko…
That’s what you get when you don’t specifically direct your interrogatives.
Answer’s still yes, he’s pre-emptively answered that question in past comment sections, though …
(The truth is out there!)
THIS is what happened last time Colin made the moves on Phoebe.
Yes but now Puck is a soulless hollywood ghoul and her freckles have relocated. Phoebe-Puck might give Puck-Prime a run for her money (if she, uh, ever cared to return?)…
@Dueeast
Ooooo – Soul-less Hollywood Ghoul – that’s Good.
I believe at this point there’s no “Puck” left in Robin. And she needs a “Hollywood Name.
“Robin” is no proper name for a Ghoul.
Puck-less Robin will probably create a soulless Hollywood (ghoul) stage name like “Blondonna!”
Did I just strike brilliance or what??
BLONDONNA
OMG, that is so cool.
Catchy, too !
In Typical Hollywood Branding fashion, I was thinking…
“Robynn”
No last name needed
Perfect!
@DLKmusic
Robynn is pretty good, but when you’re going for soul-less ghoul BLONDONNA beats Robynn to a quivering, bloodied hill of entrails, which are then wolfed down by a pair of freckle-less claws, while blonde air dances above, nearly but not completely shielding the viewer’s eyes from the sanguine spectacle.
you have a point, SalemCat, but in hollywood, your stage name is how you market yourself, not how you are… a Robynn, she would get all the parts of the sweet innocent girl that is horribly abused by a male dominated society until she finally breaks… and everyone would love her. As Blondonna, at best she gets the part of the supporting actress that is trying to steal the heroine’s boyfriend/husband.
Hollywood is all about illusion… Lord knows it doesn’t reflect anything close to reality!
@DLKmusic
This time you’re just not seeing
BLONDILLA’sBLONDONNA’s potential.The HOTTEST shows on video right now feature Zombies, Vampires, Demons, Serial Murderers, etc.
I mean, her and TRACEE could play a soul-sucking Tag-Team of EVIL.
Remember, the best actors assume roles they actually personally identify with !
The freckles seem to have accentuated it, but Phoebe seems to have matured a lot in the last couple of story arcs. Maybe mature isn’t the right word, but she’s not the clueless airhead she used to be.
Or am I just imagining it?
Umm …. Wat ?
Sorry, every time I glance at Panel Three, my mind (what’s left of it), wanders away.
IMHO, that Stance and Smile are Simply the Sexiest Phoebe we’ve seen yet !
Very much a modern-day Marilyn Monroe.
(Did Phoebe’s mom, Elizabeth Taylor, know Marilyn ? They were contemporaries.)
You might be onto something. I think she’s growing into a reasonable adult with a certain layer of flakiness over top.
She’d make a great mother.
AIEEEE !! IT’S THE END TIMES !!!!
Women are getting freckles tattooed on their faces
The End Times? Or the beginning of a New Age?
(singing) It is the Dawning of the Age of Freckalius, Freckal eeeee usssss
How long before Top Web Comics sports a new Comic ?
FRECKLES !!!
Let me be the first to congratulate our new OverLords, and to curry their favor….
H….uh. Wow. That…. that almost went somewhere odd.
🙁 It looks like Colin has truly given up on Puck, as Daphne suggested.
It might still go there.
Dang…..
You let the Phoebe out of the (can’t say “bottle,” she doesn’t drink), um, knitting class?
The freckles have a destiny — and it’s with Colin! (No one ever said they had good taste)
Phoebe Unleashed! It … doesn’t sound very terrifying, honestly.
Not terrifying but Colin might dig it and get the wrong idea.
So, if he said he was really sorry to Phoebe, would she forgive him and start flirting again? I’m just curious.
@Dueeast
Apologizing to women for stupid jokes never works.
What does work is a joke that is actually funny !
If Colin could get Phoebe to laugh, well…..
Colin can never get a woman to laugh – on purpose.
F: “Sexual tension….”
M: “Wow, I could use that to get other girls!!!111”
F: “…has died, never to be reborn.”
Oh Colin. The universal male.
He manifests the stupidest part of us all.
I can’t beleive I’m actually defending Colin’s stupidity here, especially after my “coal” comment earlier, but…
Being with Puck, he has been a platonic friend with Phoebe for a long long time! His brain still needs time to shift gears after Puck has left and realize Phoebe might be available.
Then, there’s also the whole “out of his league” thing…
Phoebe has always been very concerned with fashion.
And unlike her former boyfriend, I’m betting Colin would have no qualms at all about Phoebe dressing him.
He was NOT a boyfriend. They went on one date.
Exactly. You are a smart man.
Well, yeah, good point After years of being conditioned through passionate love and blunt force trauma to keeping Phoebe solidly in the friendzone, Colin is not slimy enough to skid over the line – even with an army of freckles in train.
Although one *really* wants to know how far those spots go ….as the World’s Best Valentine’s Day Voting Incentive demonstrates, Phoebe’s not shy about increasing the acreage available for absorbing light and raising freckles.
P.S. How far afield may Phoebe go to find Mr. Right? That nice Kaf Tagan over in “Schlock Mercenary” may be available.
@rewinn
But, but, Phoebe is not really, Phoebe anymore.
She is now Phoe-Buck, a creature who has settledfor Colin before (and may again).
Puck’s transformation into Robynn was characteristic of that of a vampire – Phoebe’s transformation into Phoe-buck was like that of a scientist being eaten by his own creations.
What is it Gecko and the horror movies lately?
ARRRGH! With! What is it *with* Gecko and the horror movies! What is wrong *with* you, Past Me?!?!?!
@SalemCat OMG yer right. PLUS – Phoebpuck has already been accepted by Miranda. Isn’t it really Colin’s duty to alleviate any confusion his child may have?
Respect the freckles!
Not as stupid as my ex-bf when on Valentine’s Day, he bought me a box of chocolates that he had clearly bought on sale, said, “Whoops, I forgot you don’t eat sweets,” and then ate them all watching sports on TV. He now goes with a waitress at the local tavern. Poor girl!
That man puts the ‘K’ in klassy. Wait…
The Puckening continues.
HEY FANS !
I know I’m preaching to the choir here, but I’d still like to stress the importance of VOTE FOR PUCK EVERY DAY.
The Electric Gecko creates this comic just for fun, and one way we can all make it fun for him is to VOTE EVERY DAY so he knows he is appreciated.
And if you can become a PATREON for $1 a month ($1 !!), at least we can cover the cost of his daily Coffee at Tim Horton’s.
And believe me, the content he publishes on Patreon is really worth that buck !!
Amen Brother, You TESTIFY!!!!
Well sir, now you speak like a true gentleman. It sounds so much nicer and less desperate when you say it than when I say it.
Okay, okay I did. Note to EG: Phleebes looks classier nude than that awful voting incentive on Exiern. Blech!
I try for classy. When it comes to cheesecake, I have decidedly vintage tastes and tend toward the quaint rather than the crass.
Never change, Gecko.
Although I am a genuine FREE SPEECH beastie, the cheap sleazy stuff is a turn-off. Big Time.
I can’t even recommend Top Web Comics to my children, as there is so much I would have a real problem with them reading.
The CAT has KITTENS?!?!?!
@Susan Schroeder
I couldn’t agree more.
Straight-up Pr*N is a really cheap way to fish for votes.
EG may tease, but always keeps it classy and clever.
This is one of the funniest things I have ever heard for so many reasons.
PS: So, female nudity’s OK but if it’s man, it’s not. Bit of a double standard, I think …
Sigh. That is NOT a supportable stance, even within the logic of the comic. If a male character is, though magic or science, converted to a female, that doesn’t allow us to deem the ensuing picture an example of the male form. I mean, there’s little left to the imagination here, and I can testify that the picture is not of a dude.
Twas but a joke my good man. If I really wanted to cause trouble, I could have directed people to the vote incentive of Sean’s brother John …
(no ambiguity there! and no lots of other things either!!!)
… though mind you given a major character trait that’s been ongoing is that the character in question has been quite insistent on reasserting his identity … despite the visual cues to the contrary, he would be rather cross with a certain lizard at the moment.
Those tails grow back, right?
… also on the subject of jokes, you kind of borked the set up for one but never mind, it probably wasn’t going to be funny anyway, given my track record …
It’s what I do. Ruin jokes. Some would say I’m a professional.
I’m just going to say it: Puckified Phoebe is the perfect combination of the two.
If the freckles bring just a little bit of Puck’s intelligence over and we might as well rename the comic. 😉
I’m not really sure I’d say Puck is the more intelligent of the two. She’s more cynical, more jaded, and sort of has the trappings of someone who’s more intelligent, but she also displays moments of serious poor judgement. Phoebe, on the other hand, has the trappings of a ditsy goofball, but her judgement’s often pretty sound.
I do agree, though, that combining them would get a pretty complete package.
It’s true, intelligence is not the word I should have used. “Down to earth nature” I think would more encapsulate what I was going for. Phoebe can be very haute.
That works. Very nicely.
@ElectricGecko
“I do agree, though, that combining them would get a pretty complete package.”
COMPLETE PACKAGE ? Are we talking about Colin again ?
snicker – snort
(sorry, channeling Bemis & Butthead again – creepily)
NO channelling Beavis and Butthead…. BAD cat! BAD! BAD!
@DLKmusic
But, But, But ……
(I just said but – snicker snicker)
DRY FOOD ONLY FOR 3 DAYS, CAT!!! Care to make it 4?
But you’re not Salem’s owner – you’d have to contact Janet and Baldie.
@Buggle
“But you’re not Salem’s owner – you’d have to contact Janet and Baldie.”
While that may be technically true, from a certain point of view, and though I prefer to identify them as MY PETS, right now Janet and Baldie have custody of my old body – a regular cat.
At times I’ve snuck back “home” and peered in, and they seem to be right pleased with “me” now.
“I’m” very well behaved. “I”sleep in Janet’s lap, don’t tear up the couch, and never have Litter Box “accidents”.
(“accidents” – snort :))
So as a 9′ inflatable cat, my regular crib is the LAB, where Professor Huhnmorder keeps my internal batteries fresh, lest my 9′ airy body deflate (oh, I hate when that happens).
And as far as the “Channeling” goes, I heard a new “rattle” inside me a day or two ago.
I fear I’ve contracted “Bluetooth”, and the Doctor is pairing me with his VHS Collection of 1990’s TV.
(sigh)
Oh crap, I caught him plugging in his BETAMAX. this can’t be good….
Now I have an odd compulsion to straddle a motorcycle and hurtle over a Shark Tank.
Eyh !
But then who’s inhabiting your old body?
@Buggle
“But then who’s inhabiting your old body?”
No one, really.
It’s just, you know, A CAT. Who follows anything Baldie and Janet suggest.
Much like Robin, who lost her soul, and became completely controlled by TRACEE. (I’ll bet Satan was following the situation and knew exactly when to send TRACEE in to reap the goods.)
It’s as Dueeast observed, Robin has become a soul-less ghoul – BLONDONNA.
Anything that remained was transferred via the F.R.E.C.K.L.E.S. to Phoe-Buck.
I prefer “Blondezilla”. The biggest, baddest Blonde in h’Wood. Other than Gwenyth Paltrow, but then she is nutso-totalio
BLONDONNA vs BLONDZILLA…
Tough Call, Tough Call.
I suppose it really depends on what Roles her new Agent, TRACEE (the terrible), manages to land ROBYNN (which is an awful name, more suitable for a stripper than an upcoming Hollywood Mega-Star !).
UndeadShe-Beast, bent on ripping flesh and draining fresh blood straight into her gaping maw ? BLONDONNA.
Space AlienShe-Beast, bent on ripping flesh and draining fresh blood straight into her gaping maw ? BLONDZILLA.
BTW The Ultimate Voting Incentive references a Marilyn Monroe pose that my limited search skills have not found. Can you do a fan a solid and point to it?
(Or is this part of the Patreon benefits? That would be fair.)
The Marilyn Pose is by Phoebe, and right now is FREE to those who vote.
Marilyn’s original pose.
Come on, friend, give EG a buck, even for one month.
Phleebles is also showing that she has a better figure than Marilyn, with perfect hips and waistline. Makes Marilyn look dumpy, if you ask me
Well, I don’t know if there is such a thing as ‘perfect’ in terms of human proportions. But I disqualify Phoebe on the account of being drawn, not born. That’s unfair.
Oh, this is just Susan being Susan.
She’s a lady who speaks her mind, and we love her for that !
(even when we disagree)
For those of you that decline to give EG a Patreon buck ($1 a month), I’d just like to make clear it’s ok with me.
And it’s certainly ok with him.
I, and other devoted fans, BEGGED him for years to set up a Patreon account. He consistently refused. It’s just not his way.
But he finally did. And a dollar a month is so little.
But, I’m done with my pleas this month, and promise to do my best to not beg on EG’s behalf again until Summer – at least.
It can get tiresome very quickly, and EG seeks, above all, to entertain. And not to annoy (that’s my job).
Thanks To All !
How about having Colin and Phoebe watch the John Candy movie Canadian Bacon together. It’s about the Americans intent on starting a new cold war with Canada.
This week’s strip kinda reminds me of when my kid was a toddler…if I took him to the zoo, a mall or just the park, he was the biggest chick magnet a guy could have.
It’s the weirdest thing that doing the usual fatherly duties with your kids could be such a turn-on to women.
That being said,
Poor Colin…just can’t quit while he’s ahead.
Well, responsible men are strangely an endangered species, it seems. It’s a seller’s market.