PUCKWATCH VOTING INCENTIVE!!! GROUP SHOT!!!
I’d planned to do more pics for July, but life really got in the way, so I’m saving the new stuff for August. So the Puckwatch thing’s still up. Remember: patrons on Patreon who pledge $5 or more a month get a personal say in what incentives are coming your way! If YOU want to put your two cents in, then my HEAD ON OVER TO PATREON and join the select club!
VOTE FOR NO HASSLE, ONLY THE HOFF!!!
As for this comic…
Hey, 400. I feel like that’s a milestone, somehow. Though I don’t know why.
Well, happy 400th, you gecko. Party?
I’ll second the Happy 400th Puck comic, Gecko old boy! If there’s to be a party, I’ll bring the steaks!
Never say you’ll bring the steaks! Steaks are expensive! Say you’ll bring the chips. Chips are cheap, and everyone likes ’em.
I didn’t say I was bringing steaks for everyone. 😉
HEY! No fair! Some of us can only afford chips. LOL.
Or jujubes. They’re valid too.
@EG
I’ll bring the Jujubes.
Half a box and Baldie is already sick of them.
@EG & SalemCat I would think that Juju would bring the jujubes. LOL.
@MviluUatusun
JuJu is too busy brushing that wonderful tail of hers. (I am so jealous)
I’ll bring Oreos! And some Peeps, if I can find them.
@Buggle
OREOS, eh ?
NO ONE will be admitted until they eat a dozen Oreos, and then SMILE for a pic.
That’s keep ’em humble !
Here, EG! I brought you a 5-pack of brews!
@Mahnarch
Oh No !
EG doesn’t drink !
What are we to do ?
You know, I’m impressed and sort of frightened that you remember that. I say that because my in-laws, my friends, my co-workers and even my own parents never, ever stop offering me drinks.
And just a FIVE-PACK ?
( cat eyes situation with suspicion )
@EG
Well, I’ve never SEEN you drink.
I’m a cat, and I’m darned good at it (should be, after 9-1/2 lives).
So when I’m not stalking TRACEEE, I stalk lizards.
Lizards live lives that are actually really boring, but that TRACEEE is sharp, catches me watching, and shooes me off (sigh).
So I settle.
Jujubes? Oh yeah for sure. Gotta live up to my name.
*goes back to brushing tail*
@Juju
Just keep brushing those wonderful strands, because, because …. you could wake up, and discover, due to bad aim – and judgement – you may have chewed it right OFF !
boo hoo hoo hoo hoo…..
(I miss you, “TAILEY” !!)
The craziest party one can throw on zero dollars!
I mean, if we all pitched in 50 cents, we could maybe scrounge up a decent casual party?
I’ll bring the veggies. Double carrots and REAL ranch drip. This flask? Uh, it has Caesar dressing for those who don’t like ranch. *takes nip* Yep, that’s real orange juice…I mean, Caesar salad dressing. 😛
@JuJu
Ok, I began your adventure, and reached the frame where a White Cat (kewl !) is sleeping.
What do I do now ?
Wow. Any doubts that anyone had about Puck loving Colin should be laid to rest after those two middle panels.
I’m suddenly reminded of the old country-western song, “Stand by your man”…
Well, she actually says she loves him, which (I think) is a first. So that’s a landmark of sorts.
:’D
Wow EG happy 400th 🙂 this comic gets you right in the feels. Puck has always loved Colin she just normally shows it by fear and intimidation.
Yeah, I felt that the circumstances warranted actual direct communication of affection rather than the usual fear and intimidation route.
Happy 400th, and the meta-humorous “punchline” and Alt-text seem appropriate 🙂
I thought, ‘Why not do something slightly different for 400?’
Awwwwww!
Just like the 90’s!
July 25th’s “Pearls Before Swine” also has the Penny for Your Thoughts line (sort of). I read both comics back to back and found it interesting.
More odd here because it’s Canada and one can no longer give pennies up here since they were discontinued.
There have been talks of getting rid of the penny in the US too, but so far, nothing’s come of it. One day, we’ll get rid of it, and have copper to use on stuff that’s more important.
@Hitokiri Akins
Professor Huhnmorder informs me the US One Cent coin has contained negligible Copper since it became 97.5% zinc in 1982.
He hoards old pennies, as he tells me each is worth 3 cents in copper scrap value alone.
(I don’t see foresee him getting rich this way)
Yes, I was aware that pennies have been mostly zinc, but I wasn’t sure what the percentage is or when it went to that. Amusing that it went that way the year I was born.
But the fact remains that the US govt could save a LOT of money on simply not printing pennies and using the metals on something more important.
I was just on US soil for the first time in decades today. It was at a tourist attraction right across the border where they accepted Canadian currency. I paid with what would in Canada be considered exact change, though they made a point of giving me two American pennies. Yay?
Just seems like a waste to me.
@Hitokiri Akins
The US should eliminate the Cent, AND the paper One Dollar (actually cloth), and institute a TINY dollar coin.
No larger than a Dime – and perhaps hexagonal and gold in color.
Hah !
They should issue the $1 Coins with President Trump on one side, and (former) President Obama on the other.
That way everyone would be equally happy and unhappy, and it could just happen.
Dear God, no! That could start a war!
Honestly, I haven’t carried cash for almost a decade now, so a change in denominations won’t change how I operate in the slightest.
This is one of the finest pages in the whole comic.
Glad you feel that way. I like to stick to the trusted and true most of the time, but every once in a while I’ll try something different.
Seconded!
Thirded !
Fourthed
I like it E.G. None of the coffee craziness, just Puck and Colin and the extension of a split $50 bet.
Is that going to be a punchline of basis for next week’s script? A life affirming road trip back to the paper dungeons of McNiven’s roommate system in order to track down a roommate for the fifty bucks?
The guy may feel down and out ever since losing that bet. But to see a hottie like Puck still married to a pre-pubescent wookie with severely damaged original equipment may help the poor guy to quit working for Hugh “Polar Bear” Rowland.
It wouldn’t be much of a road trip to the old university campus. Like, a twenty minute drive at most. But yeah, a funny thought where these crazy antics end up. Just like life!
That would be a good place to end Volume 2!
Wow, either I came up with a good idea. Or I totally (90%>) guessed some story line.
Now to sweeten up my tea. And before some dork says it, no it is not jodie.
Hey, I can actually comment this time – apparently! (Tried on the previous comic and it kept crashing…)
Happy 400th comic.
As for the comic, I’m surprised to hear Puck say she loves someone. That said, it’s cute and it made me smile.
That commenting problem might have been during the ill-fated period where I switched to PHP 7.0 and it apparently broke the commenting section of the site. Anyway, it’s fixed now. And glad the comic is smile-worthy.
I’m sure that Colin’s cancer is not deadly.
Aw, they didn’t say something funny.
Daphne is bringing THE CAVIAR
I’m guessing this storyline that actually pushes them to go through the ritual that is the wedding ceremony? Nothing makes you realize what you haven’t done more than a life or death scare.
@Hitokiri Akins
Let’s HOPE so !
Thirded!
Shh. Don’t spoil it!
CONFIRMED!
Puck: +1 for loyalty, +1 for sentiment, -1 for taste 😛
Oh, happy 400th, also
What, you don’t like the flavor of sappy? 😉
Um, no. Not when it is directed towards a specimen like Colin. I am as capable of saying sappy things to my bf as the next person. Him, if I get a “sweetie-pie” out of him once a year, I am doing good. His pet name for me is…no, I refuse to post it.
@Susan
(I’m betting it’s Ms Schroeder)
Thanks!
4th wall is bending a little. And yay, more fluff! 😀
Fluff for all!
Yay for FLUFF !
(on each 400th comic. ok, each 100th)
*plays in a field of polyester fluff*
@Buggle
Better than MARSHMALLOW FLUFF !
(so gross)
Note to Colin: Lance had a kid after TC, you can too if you really want. One of his nicknames was “Uniballer” when he was on the TdF. And I still have the yellow wristband I got from my local bike store when they first went on sale.
I also had a kid after TC. And Colin could too, though he won’t. Because the house is already too crowded.
Hooray, no more pregnancy arcs. Let Puck be Puck. And, let me say that one of the boys is capable of putting out enough little boys to repopulate Chernobyl in like a week. Well, forty weeks, anyway. 😛
It is not the size of the army that matters but the ferocity of its troops.
And the army marches on its stomach, so you’d need to feed them a *lot* of radioactive granola.
The punch line that is no punch line.
Very zen!
The sound of one joke clapping, as it were.
Zen clapping is all good and well, but where’s the applause going to come from?
Us, from a distance, as we appreciate this rare moment of serenity.
Cancer surviver here. Thanks for handling this with a great combinaion of humor and serious
I’m trying. It’s a story I think I can tell because I’ve been through it, like you. Thanks for the vote of confidence.
Ok, Ok – Off Topic.
But I just get very excited when I see someone that reminds me of TRACEEE !
I’ve also learned a new word, too – DAGMARS.
Here is DAGMAR and I in a former life.
And here is a CADILLAC with awesome
TRACEESDagmars.Yes, that is actually what Car Designers call THEM !
Oh, Oh –
And here I am, in yet another life, with Sabrina Norma Ann Sykes ! (and her dagmars).
(I’ve not always been a Black Cat, you know)
My, but the fashions were different back then… Dagmars are considered somewhat undesirable now, as I understand it.
@Buggle
ARUGULA !!! UNDESIRABLE ? HERESY !!!
As President of the TRACEEE FAN CLUB, I am revoking your membership – forthwith !
@Buggle
I do feel bad having to expel you, so I’m giving you a little Fluff as peace offering.
(I think the guy looks like Colin)
I was never even in the Tracee fan club, so thank you?
And are you sure you don’t prefer spherical dagmars? That’s all I see these days, even when the ladies in question aren’t supposed to be wearing brassieres.
O-M-G
They even made DAGMARS with Rubber-Tips.
Car Designers called them PASTIES.
How did I not know this before now ?
That’s just inappropo.
@EG
I’ll bet that now you’ll never look at old cars again in quite the same way.
Link isn’t working for me
Nevermind it is now! How naughty! 😛
Holy Cow !
Detroit did not overlook INVERTED versions, either !
Not to overlook the Two-Tone Paint, the Wide White Walls, Engine Exhaust Ports, Side Vent Windows, and those darling little GUN-SIGHTS mounted right above the Headlights.
(drool drool)
I’m betting TRACEEE is the love-child of Frank Sinatra and Dagmar.
Hmmm … HMMM ?
@SalemCat
Let’s see (doing math in head – very difficult) – TRACEEE would have to be Dagmar & Frank’s Grand-Daughter or GREAT-Grand-Daughter.
So who were TRACEEE’s parents ?
And does she have sisters ? Mebe a TWIN SISTER ?
That would be SO HOT !!
I bet her twin sister is a flatchested brunette, who does macrame for a living.
@Buggle
Nothing some dye and silicone can’t fix !
I suspect Tracee is the love child of Johnny Depp and Gweneth Paltrow. That would account for the blondness and the anencephaly
@Susan
Anen-something ?
EXPELLED !!
(that leaves me as the President, and ComedyHobo as honored member of the TRACEEEE FAN CLUB. It will have to do.)
If NATALIE ZIGAL is looking to be an Honored Member of the TRACEEE FAN CLUB, she is SO in !
I dont see any Johnny Depp in her…
I don’t recall submitting an application. I did send one to the Tracee Haters of the World, but they were over their chartered limit. A thusand, IIRC 😛
@Susan
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR………..
I’m a board-certified member of TNS (Tracee Neutral Society) and you can’t expel us from a club we’ve never been in.
@Buggle
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR………..
This dramatic turn and character growth is making Puck more endearing in a way I wasn’t expecting strips back.
I’m loving her ride or die approach to her man. Colin deserves that.
They might not be good people, but I feel that they’re at least loyal people. At least they’ve got that.
That’s nice. Thank you.