OCTOBER WEEKLY VOTING INCENTIVE!!! ADDAMS FAMILY COSPLAY!!!
The Puck peoples … as members of the Addams Family? It’s one crazy family dressing up as another crazy family! And it’s happening all throughout October! Ooh, and remember, this voting incentive was chosen by special fans who donate $5 or more a month! If you want to join their controlling ranks, HEAD ON OVER TO PATREON and join the select club!
VOTE BECAUSE I REALLY NEED VOTES, MAN!!!
As for this comic…
No one can argue against the sentiment in this comic, because it’s true. I don’t mean to shut down discourse here, but there’s no counter-argument. You can say, “That’s merely a matter of opinion,” or “Some people find them attractive,” but none of those hold water. Puck’s sentiment is just the objective truth.
Also, I am getting really tired of drawing, inking and coloring all these comics with group shots of seven characters. It’s like drawing through molasses it’s so slow.I really gotta fire my writer for boxing me in like this.
and there are some narrow minded troglodytes who think that way about females…
Well, I think we can all at least partially acknowledge that the bits down there, male or female, are perhaps not the parts that resonate strongly with our values of aesthetic beauty. Sure, they are wonderful as critical components of the masterpiece that is the human body, but … yeah. I’m glad we have them, but I’m also glad we usually keep them covered.
@EG
Hmmf !
TRACEEE is a living GODDESS from every angle imaginable !
Dressed – OR – (preferably) – NOT.
I adore every last one of her BITS & PIECES
It’s not called “bumping uglies” without reason. And, Salem, Tracee’s are ever uglier because of the …um, never mind 😛
@Susan
Dubble Hmmf !
It’s really okay. It happens to lost of, um, ‘experienced’ girls. And they can be surgically removed.
@Susan
oh dear gawd
You just gave EG another hospital story line that could concern Phoebe and keep us all from a TRACEEE ARC until 2020 !
Stop It Susan, just Stop It !
😛
I’m sure the next Tracee arc will involve her being married to Satan, tho – you may never have a chance, Salem!
@Buggle
If the Prince of Darkness isn’t into “Sharing”, who is ?
You’d have to ‘deal’ with him in some respect, with that kind of arrangement…
Well, only 10 weeks until the Mary Jane references start.
Nope. Because we just got one ten weeks early! From you!
Wait a minute or another 418, a reference shouldn’t include the mention that a reference should be expected because it’s soon to come about.
@EG
TEN WEEKS from today is Monday, December 11th.
Which obviously means …..
Cat, I’mma buy you a gift card for Moxie’s West Georgia.
@pat
MOXIE’S.
That’s very nice of you ! It looks like a really fun place.
(wat’s the catch?)
4th Panel:
Daphne has slipped away to attend to – ahem – BUSINESS.
She’s out of frame. OR I just got tired of drawing everybody.
@EG
Beware, Mr Cartoonist: Characters such as Daphne can twist the fates.
As you see, she has already slinked out of frame.
You believe you’re the one in control; but that’s what she wants you to think.
As Red Dwarf put it once, male junk look rather like “the last chicken in the shop”. OTOH, Robert Heinlein as Lazarus Long compared female ones to orchids…
I’d say Heinlein was romanticizing a bit. I will simply say that the female bits are far more streamlined and far less in-your-face. And I say that as an artist who spent his youth in life drawing classes. But ‘Red Dwarf’ is always, always on the nose. Last chicken in the shop indeed.
I’d say Heinlein was romanticising quite a lot. Also, I could have sworn I typed “male g#%#tals” rather than “male junk” %-|
“I could have sworn I typed…”
Yeah, so could I. Maybe EG is afraid the site will attract the wrong sort of attention via search-bots if we use that word.
Exactly. As company bots scour pages looking for vague hints of the inappropriate. I modify comments as I see fit to avoid their rathful attention.
*wrathful
I get rid of the problem words. Sorry.
@EG
Your humble grovelling is acceptable to me.
Forgiven.
Well as regards to symmetry…
I think God gave men silly-looking junk to keep our egos in check. (Not that it always works…)
RE: the vote incentive — if Puck is Gomez, does that mean we’ll see Colin as Morticia? [shudder]
Colin as Morticia? Of course not! That’s terrifying.
Colin as Lurch? Or Uncle Fester?
Or Satan as Uncle Fester!
One of those. Guaranteed.
YAY!
@Wyvern
I am so relived to hear that women put little stock in bawls (or lack of them).
I may have a CHANCE with darling TRACEEE after all !
YAY !!
You’ll have to strip the spikes off your tongue, then – ouch! 😛
@Buggle
I guess I have SPIKIES at both ends !
(works for Phoebe…..)
Ah, but she doesn’t have spikes in her more “vital” places. Hers are purely decorative. Yours, on the other hand, hurt.
@Buggle
“SPIKES” are synonymous with “BARBS”.
I call mine, with affection, my “SPIKIES”. I could also call them my “BARBIES”.
Even at a young age, Daphne was not a “normal” child. She was ruthless; devious.
Is it possible that when she demanded BARBIES, she was not asking for the Dolls, but for an actual PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTE that could inflict PAIN ?
Doesn’t she have claws? Gecko, get down here with some lore!
@Buggle
Good Point !
BARBS = CLAWS
Daphne GOT her BARBIES !
(poor tyler)
(Or ‘score’ tyler!)
Addams family voting incentive? Nice choice.
As for the comic, I understand their sentiment on one hand (and I am a guy) but on the other hand…
Yeah, I really don’t have an argument for it. Huh.
As for firing your writer… Good luck firing yourself. I tried it once. It did not work out well.
The voting incentive wasn’t really MY choice! It was the brilliant minds of my patrons! Though there was a heated argument for a bit between the Munsters supporters and the Addams supporters. I backed the Addams Family, mainly due to the sad fact that most people under thirty don’t know who the Munsters are anymore.
I’m over 40. Let’s see I remember Herman, Grandpa, and Eddie off the top of my head.
@Johnnyt
My vote was for THE MUNSTERS !
And I’d give my LEFT BAWL for THE KARS !
(sadly, the vet took it away long ago – whimper)
Is that you TRACEEE ?
@Johnnyt: I suggested Addams family, but I would’ve been happy with Munsters too… Either way it’s good fun.
@Salem: Admit it, You only wanted munsters because Thing wouldn’t scratch your ear….
@DLKmusic
You know me all too well….
1. If appearance is important, a prosthetic is available.
2. I have little sympathy for self-inflicted wounds. (Your writer can write his own way out of the corner.)
3. I would rather see Phoebe as Morticia – Colin can be Cousin It.
Oooh! Or Miranda could be Cousin It!
thirded! at least a womans bits are sorta half-inside and you only see them if you get up close+personal, whereas mens junk is just there, right in your face, brr….
the ancient greeks+romans agreed with this btw, huge d0ngs were considdered babaric, which is why all the nude statues like DAVID have tiny weeners.
as for resemblage: google olms, i dare you!
Agreed. As a guy who spent a large portion of his young life in life drawing class, drawing nudes, I will say this: female bits are not necessarily any more attractive than male bits, but at least they’re more streamlined and less in-your-face. You have no idea how many life drawing pics of male models end up with that front and center.
The “David” is by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1674), a RENAISSANCE artist, not an ancient sculptor. Humph
Based on Greco-Roman aesthetics, though. So it still counts.
Well, Michelangelo and the whole High Renaissance were influenced by the classic Greeks. But catch a classic Greek statue with those hands?
All right, Ms. Art Critic. Sheesh. I won’t be disputing renaissance design with YOU anymore.
@EG
Don’t say I didn’t warn you about “HER”.
Hate to admit it, but I agree with Susan on this one. Renaissance and classic art have some considerable differences.
The brilliance of David is that everything is out of proportion if you view it from a distance, but if you are right in front of it, looking up, everything is in perfect proportion.
Interesting side-fact… Michaelangelo’s biggest critic was DaVinci, and DaVinci’s biggest critic was Michaelangelo… Only thing bigger than the collective Genius of those two was the collective Ego’s!
i know that David is far younger, i merely picked it because its the most widely known statue in the style i was refering to…..or can anyone (except maybe susan) name a male statue genuinely from roman age?
Uh, good point.
Discobolus. 2nd Century.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discobolus
(err: challenge accepted?)
Why is the doctor calling Colin “Shortly”?
He’s not calling Colin “shortly” he’s telling Colin he’ll be back shortly. Was that a joke?
Yes. Yes it was.
Because he has examined him pre-op?
At least he didn’t call him late for dinner!
Badum-tiss
@rewinn
Shorty ?
But Colin seems to be of average height in every strip since the very beginning.
Kat is Konfuzed.
If Doc was calling Colin “Shorty”, it wouldn’t have been his height he was referring to.
@markm
Ohhhh……
(cat pretends to understand so as not to be thought a fool – but still clueless)
I don’t want to bring unneeded speculation into this whole debate, but I think we can garner that Colin would not be referred to as ‘shorty’ in that regard. Puck has willingly stayed with him for a while. I’m sure she has reasons.
@EG
Whew !
Better Dill than Gerkin.
But it’s quite unprofessional to make such jokes where the patient can hear you, just like you don’t use “Another one bites the dust” to time CPR, no matter how perfectly the rhythm fits.
Actually, I have never known or heard tell of a doc who would make deprecatory remarks about a patient’s equipment. But when size is, um, at the other extreme, the nurses giggle about it in the female dressing room afterwards. “No wonder his wife is smiling all the time.” Etc.
@Susan
Well, there was this INCIDENT
Erm, am i the only one who noticed that Pheobe is sporting some SERIOUS ‘desert beast of burden’ toe? Certainly a noticeable “bulge” if you ask me lol
Nope, not the only one.
Uh, no? I didn’t notice it and I drew it. It may be your eyes misinterpreting the lines in a way I didn’t intend. But those shorts are pretty dang tight.
In the words of a friend, “designed so as to leave no doubt as to the sex of the wearer.”
Poetically put.
So what does that vaguely v shaped line above the space between her legs in panel 3 represent?
The ability to see the general shape of that area is NOT the same as a ‘desert beast of burden’ toe.
@EG
I’m with you, buddy.
I’m not like the others.
I have seen “desert beast of burden toe,” and that is definitely NOT a “desert beast of burden toe,” Phloebeles has too much class for that.
Well then my apologies. I appear to be ignorant. Still a noticeable bulge though.
Additionally (as i appear to not have the ability to edit my comment) The appearance of a “bulge” from tight shorts (or something with that in mind) is the literal definition of “desert beast of burden toe”. Unless of course all these comments are just sarcasm and a big joke and “yes” it was all intentional.
A desert beast of burden has two toes. A bulge simply means tight pants. A desert beast of burden toe means that, in emulation of the animal, there is a certain … division visibly present.
@Brian Tumbleston
Heh Heh Heh.
This week the poor widdle lizard is working overtime modding nawtie comments.
‘desert beast of burden’ – haw haw !
I try to modify with a sense of humour.
That’s pretty much how it is.
See? I have good support here.
Colin…will only have one ball.
Causing…him to cry and ball.
Yucky…but if he’s schmucky,
He’ll go from one ball, to no balls, at all.
That limerick is pretty shaky. Though I’m not going to do any better, so the crown of laurels goes to you.
You might remember the Colonel Bogie March from “Bridge on the River Kwai.” It had words they didn’t dare use when they made it—some of which are right here.
The history of the “One Ball” song is worth a read – nothing to do with Colin of course https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Has_Only_Got_One_Ball
He didn’t. He had an undescended one. It’s different. Though visually similar.
I just noticed Miranda is playing with a rubber ducky! How cute!
I always run out of things to draw Miranda doing. I mean, she’s usually kind of restrained.
You could always have her putting something in her mouth or nose that she’s not supposed to as a gag. (If you want something anecdotal, I put a quarter in my nose as a toddler)
@Buggle
A quarter up yer nose ?
(Snicker)
When I worked in the ER, I watched the doc take beans out of noses, roaches and candle bugs out of ears, and (wonderful day never to be forgotten) a fishhook out of some fisherman’s earlobe. There are a couple of others that the bots wouldn’t like, so I am omitting them.
Thank you for self-editing. Despite our collective curiosity.
I’m NOT curious. Thank you ever so much, Susan.
@Buggle
Did you get your Quarter back ?
Or was it retained for “Scientific Purposes ?”
(read – a cup of Tim Horton’s)
@Buggle
You should have had it gold-plated, and set under a Glass Dome like Scrooge McDuck’s old No. 1 Dime.
Yeah…never understood why some guys think they are so awesome they need to send pics of their junk. It ain’t sexy, rather it’s proof the universe has a sense of humour, and it’s warped. After all, the reaction most honestly seen when someone gets their first look is laughter.
@Sleel
Yeah !
If you don’t have little spikes on your junk – you got nuttin’ !
Ew
Yep. Talk about putting your worst foot forward. I mean, it’s not their foot, but still.
At least they’re not putting their “foot” in their mouth. 😛
(Feel free to delete if I ever go too far – I don’t know where and when to stop)
@Buggle
“I don’t know where and when to stop”
That, to me, is an endearing quality.
“There was a young man from Nantucket…” (rest of post deleted)
Aw, shucks!
or….
There was a young man from Nantucket
Who kept his mackerel in a bucket
He caught them while fishing
Their tails were a-swishing !
But thinking of Tracee must Tuck It.
@EG
Please remove my first Limerick.
My 2nd one is just so fine !
(Tail twitching in Pride)
Glad Daphne didn’t agree , if she had they all could have stared at her and then turn and look at Tyler.
If I had a fifth panel, that would have been fun.
You could have made a bigger one, underneath the four other panels, with all them staring awkardly…
@Buggle
Within PUCK the Fourth Wall can be broken, but the FOURTH PANEL – NEVER !!
What about the end of Season 1 of Puck?
@Buggle
NEVAH HAPPENED !!!
The cat ignores the truth when it contradicts his narrative.
If the MEDIA can do so, so can he !
HAIR BOW ALERT – HAIR BOW ALERT
After I suggested the HAIR BOW in the FAN ART looked like a messed-up ear, EG retorted Robin wears a HAIR BOW in that exact spot – frequently.
And indeed she does. In ALL FOUR PANELS this week.
It can truly be said the cat Can’t tell a Bow from an Ear !
See? Told you.
By the way, the hair bow has long been a source of slight marital discord in my household. My wife hates the bow, has long hated the bow, and hates that Puck regularly wears bows. She says it’s an infantile style choice and insists that grown women should never, ever wear bows. I disagree. We will never see eye to eye on this front.
I agree, Gecko! Bows should be for all ages. 😛
I called my mom. She said I haven’t worn a bow in my hair since I was six. And I hated it then. (Her words, not mine. I honestly don’t remember)
You and my wife would not agree on all things, but you’d see eye-to-eye with her on that.
Aren’t you your writer?
You caught me.
Maybe Puck’s watched one too many horror films where this protuberance is eerily insinuated in some form or another.
Especially the 80s 😀
Yeah, there’s so many protuberance movies from that era to choose from.
The sideeye the surgeon’s giving the crew.
Is Phoebe going to work after this? Or is this support?
She’s going to work after this. She has a reason.
I’ve read later on, and I get it now. I was being unreasonable.
Has anyone determined which movie?
There are a few easy candidates.