NEW VOTING INCENTIVE! 20th ANNIVERSARY BONUS COMIC!
That’s right! Puck marks its 20th anniversary this September! Twenty years ago this comic began publishing in the McMaster Silhouette! Some of you weren’t even alive back then! To celebrate, I’ve put up a bonus comic strip this month which serves as a little homage to the very first Puck comic. Vote for Puck on TWC to check it out!
VOTE FOR PUCK TO SAY, “TWENTY YEARS? HOLY S#$%, YOU’RE OLD!!!
As for this comic…
This strip reveals the fact that yes, Colin does teach at the same school that Daphne goes to. I personally doubt this ever causes any real tension, mainly because I suspect that neither ever actually acknowledges the other in any capacity.
And as a veritable veteran of prom supervision, I can reliably relate that yes, supervising prom kinda sucks. But it’s a special kind of sucks that almost verges on rewarding. It’s a weird experience, attending a special night that is not your special night in any capacity – to be surrounded by other people’s excitement. It’s like attending the wedding a total stranger’s wedding.
Congratulations on 20 years as the 21st Century’s answer to “For Better or For Worse”!
I do love Lynn Johnston’s work, honestly. Her balance of narrative, humor and awe moments was natural enough to feel effortless, but it really was a balancing act. If I can manage a fraction of that, I’m happy.
One of these days I need to get my hands on some of Johnston’s work to study it. Schulz thought very highly of her. From what I can tell, I don’t think that Schulz really liked any comics after Walt Kelly passed away, aside from Johnston and perhaps a couple others.
She’s one of the greats. Her early to mid era work is classic. It went a little heavy and off the rails near the end, but worth a read. I’m fairly sure I learned most of my pacing tricks from her.
And Johnston could draw, unlike some popular cartoonists of her era *cough*(Guisewite)*cough*. 🙂
She could. I admire her style: cartoony enough, but with a realism that made the slice-of-life stuff more resonant.
She also makes great use of her text, 3D emphasis and crazy word sizes, ‘fonts’, and shapes. A Great Strip!
Two adult supervisors, Colin says. Phoebe, sure. Puck . . . Colin . . . all right, technically . . .
I feel this way about a great many “adults”.
i beg to differ – supervising a prom might suck, but watching daph reducing her blonde competition to tears? now thats something i´d pay to watch!
also, yay for phoebe´s gravity-defying top, just where do you get all the ideas for her clothes? i hope daph will get such an awesome outfit for her big day as well 😉
Well, yes. There IS the blood sport element of this particular event.
This Phoebe outfit, I have to say, is actually physically possible. Unlike the last one. Generally speaking, I get the ideas from her clothes by imagining real clothes and just cutting holes out of them. But this one takes a slight bit of inspiration from Imperial design in Star Wars. Not sure why. I just thought it looked cool.
Re the incentive . . . once again, Miranda is totally the cutest!
I do try to make that kid cute. It’s a challenge, though, because drawing cute baby types is NOT my strong suit. They have weird proportions that are easy to get wrong.
Maybe Miranda should supervise.
She’s the only vaguely responsible one.
You know, scientifically, I think that only two, nay three things suckered more than supervising prom(s).
1, the aforementioned Dyson vacuum cleaner.
2, the aftermath of an F5 Tornado and all of the TP sold out for 20 miles. That’s roughly 33 1/3 Km for you Gecko.
3,
WHAT IS 3?!?!?
#3 was sucked into a black hole.
Number three is this joke, eh?
Well, leave it to me to ruin it.
How do you expect to ruin science?
If this takes place in PA, I can guarantee that a background check would be required. The most innocuous tasks involving the school demands that you pay for your own investigation. I think that sucks harder than the aforementioned Dyson.
I can assure you that the same laws apply here. And even worse, the background check required by the school board is a deep dive type that goes beyond convictions and reports on everything you were ever charged with, or if you’ve ever had any sort of run-ins with the police. If you have, then forget it. And yes, you have to pay for the check yourself. I am skipping over this legal roadblock for the sake of narrative convenience, but it IS a thing.
I suppose you skipped few other legal roadblocks related to six centuries old fairy getting legal identity as well …
I skip a lot.
Puck must be there! Every prom should have an ancient fairy in attendance.
Agreed.
And a representative from Hell.
Because well, its prom.
My understanding is that usually the “representative from Hell” role is subcontracted to student volunteers, of which there is never a shortage
You have a good understanding.
When I read the word “Dyson” I immediately think of Dyson Swarms (also called “Dyson Spheres,” especially in older science fiction). My mind wanders to other sorts of megastructures –Ringworlds and Rama shells and the like. What would a comic strip on the Ringworld be like? Perhaps “Lil’ Abner” should have been set on a Dyson Swarm. Perhaps Pogo should have taken place on some sort of exotic outer world.
Daphne’s outfit usually brings me back to reality, though.
You are lateral thinking personified.
Maybe Puck IS set on Ringworld! The comic has multiple human-like species. And there is a Map of Earth which presumably has a Lake Ontario. Have I discobered a secret?
Sure? I was never a big fan of the Ringworld stuff. (Which is another way of saying that I never really encountered it until recently, somehow.)
@JWMcC
As I abhor multi-unit dwelling units, let alone DYSON SPHERES, count me out.
I would prefer to live in a TeePee Village next door to a Costco.
Sideboob Phoebe *gasp*
She’s a delightful lady with a good heart and amazing talents, and just the ticket for maintaining order in a crowd of hyperhormonal young men. I don’t know how the young women will react.
Phoebe has a very nice looking sideboob and front boob. I’m sure the young ladies will be completely thrilled with Phoeb’s supervisory presence and feel not at all threatened. Or jealous. Or overshadowed.
I’m sure they won’t either.
I’m not sure maintaining order is really Phoebe’s strength.
Technically, turning all male heads[*] to face one point … or two points … is a form of order. But it’s the form of order that leads to disorder, so never mind.
[* plus or minus LBGTQ% – assume that’s a wash]
they will call her a slut to her back and snicker at her and probably try and embareass her which probably wouldnt bother her at all, just better hope her dad never shows up… we dont need rufficoladas at a hs prom
@aaron Smith
You have damaged my EARS with the “S” word.
Naughty Naughty.
Chaperoning really cuts down on your ability to misbehave.
Then your not doing it right.
It’s a shame, really. I’ve lived this tragedy for a long, long time.
I could deal with all of that except the Chocking clouds of perfume, that’s a deal breaker.
Often it’s actually the choking cloud of boys’ “body spray” (which is the kids’ way of saying ‘cologne’) which is the real killer. Unlike the girls, the guys have never learned about moderation.
For the most part I’d agree, although I have encountered women who literally bathe in perfume. Grown men tend to put a light application in my experience.
I’ve always had an extremely strong sense of smell, so perfumes and colognes have always been overbearing to my nose. Which makes dating unpleasant at times, since I’m wrinkling my nose when my date is wearing perfume when I forget to tell her about it.
Personally, I think that people are fine after a shower and deodorant. It’s cleaning off bad smells, rather than trying to cover them up.
On the same page here. Perfume is not needed. Not if you’re clean.
Especially when you consider that perfume came about because people weren’t bathing often enough.
People who aren’t dirty often have a subtle and pleasant smell, particularly after light exercise such as dancing. It might not be everyone’s preference but it can be unconsciously attractive, IMO
@rewinn
You’ve not smelled DAPHNE.
Kudos for Phoebe’s lastest improbable shirt.
I really can’t wait to design Phoebe’s improbable prom dress. I have ideas.
We all have ideas… 🙂
@Paul
“ideas”
Purrrrrrrr
Watching the trainwreck unfold from the sidelines instead of being in the thick of it? Not sure if that’d be entertaining or horrifying.
Entertainment is in the eye of the beholder.
“It’s like attending the wedding a total stranger’s wedding.”
Are you speaking from experience when saying this, EG?
Because it sounds like you’re talking from experience.
Since we don’t have anything *resembling* a prom here, I can’t say whether or not I’d care to go to one.
So now I’m curious how terrible it will be for Daphne and the others.
…You may or may not have me hyped about this arc.
I kinda hope that I don’t hype the arc too much. That always leads to disappointment.
YO GABBA GABBA! Man, that’s been bugging me. The song was like something from The Wiggles, but you said it wasn’t, and since then I’ve been gnawing on that particular bone, until just now.
My head is a weird place.
You are the first and only person to get it. Bonus DJ Lance points for you, sir.
I am in year 27 of working at the same high school and I can relate to the joy of supervision of dances — I must have missed on the “reward” portion at some point. I have now seen the children of some of my first students graduate — it’s a wild ride.
Glad someone else can relate. Someone else out there shares my unusual path.
And inability to go to bed at a reasonable hour, too! It’s past 11:00 PM for me here and 5:30 AM comes a might earlier with each passing year.
Whoa, wait, it’s just after 10:00! Yay!
5:30? Yikes. That’s for the dogs. I wake up at the FAR more reasonable time of 5:45. Glad I’m not you.
@EG
5:45 !!
Wait … that’s Canada-Time.
😛
They use metric time in Canada, don’t they?
100 minutes to the hour???
@rewinn
Betta than California-Time.
Those lazy “B”‘s are three hours late for everything.
I like that the damage will be family wide… Raises the stakes.
Well, that’s one way to look at it!
Who will take care of Miranda if everyone else in the house is at the prom?
I wonder.
TRACEEE !!!