NEW VOTING INCENTIVE! CAR WASH!
There’s another bonus preview image for the car wash bonus comic that’s appearing in Puck Volume Two … eventually. This one features the actual washing of cars, so check it out!
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As for this comic…
Let it be said right here that I love Arby’s. Arby’s is awesome, and (sadly) all too rare a sight ’round these parts anymore. When I was a teen, my family and I would make a semi-annual pilgrimage to the nearest Arby’s (a solid half hour’s drive away) armed with coupons. Then we would feast on way too many beef ‘n cheddars and feel awful afterwards. The awful feeling, by the way, was entirely due to the quantity of the food consumed, not the quality. On a similar level, I am going to assume that teen Phoebe’s ill feelings mentioned in panel four are due entirely to eating too much in a stressful scenario.
Eagle-eyed continuity people will note that Puck is walking Miranda with the expensive stroller that Colin’s sister Heather gave her at the baby shower – right before Heather got assaulted by Tracee. So it’s getting use!
I hope Phoebe won’t throw up at Daphne’s prom. (From the bad food and stinky perfumes.)
@ChrisH
Do all Proms have food ?
My human pet Baldie says he does not recall any.
All proms I’ve been to had a meal. But I’m sure some don’t.
Nah, we already had a barf-filled story arc. This one won’t be a repeat.
I noticed that Phoebe’s tail is much longer than I have ever realized.
It’s awkwardly long. At least four feet. Makes it hard to figure out what to do with it sometimes.
The tail does not seem subject to the ordinary hazards of tails of which @SalemCat can likely tell you. Perhaps it’s just part of Phoebe’s general-purpose Aura of Protection Against Bad Stuff.
Well, everyone needs an aura, right?
@rewinn
I chewed mine off because it got in the way.
(actually I was just hungry)
Fortunately, Puck continues to look very cute in her Argyle sweater vest.
I’m glad you approve.
Oh hey, the stroller’s around. I was starting to wonder if it was a “mentioned once, never shows up again” deal.
Puck wearing that Argyle sweater west… I actually think she fits in it. But that might just be me. I don’t know.
As for Arby’s, never tried one (there’s none here that I’m aware of). Now I want to try one.
…Curse you, EG, for making me curious.
Arby’s is worth trying. I feel like most Europeans would not like it, but I might be wrong.
and now i´d like to see phoebe´s highschool reunion….i mean come on, she is uber-smoking hot, while her nemesis is likely to have a bunch of kids and may very well look the part….not to mention that phoebe tends to wear dresses nowadays that could be rinsed out in a teacup if something where to happen to them 😉
Man, think of the water and energy savings that you could get if you could do all your laundry in a teacup! That’s smart, really.
She’s devil’s daughter. Unless her rival is angel or another demon, she just needs to wait … and then pole-dance on her grave.
Well, Phoebe’s immortality is not yet established. Though it is pretty likely, given her parentage.
please let her rival be a angel that would be hillarious
No angels in this world. Only demons. Read into that what commentary you will…
@aaron Smith
That would be kewl.
Before College did Phoebe go to common Public High School, or MONSTER HIGH ?
Private school, which didn’t go well, then public school, which also didn’t go well. The prom was in public school.
I didn’t even realize she had a tail till you pointed it out. Guess I’m not that observant.
It’s never in the forefront, really. Easy to miss.
Well, some of the sandwiches are vile, but others are pretty good. I did better switching from the roast beef classic to the grand turkey club. (I haven’t eaten a McDonalds hamburger since getting sick repeatedly on them when I was nine.)
Grand turkey club? Hmm. I’ll have to try that.
@Robert Nowall
When you were NINE !?
I remember those, too. 😛
But that was before cows were invented.
They’re much better now.
(velociraptor – yukkk)
There are several Arby’s within spitting distance of me, so going to one is mundane. So for me, Arby’s is nothing special.
Well, you are the lucky one then.
If I didn’t know better, I would have thought that Puck has a tail in the first panel. But then, she’s no angel, so I have no objection. 😉
@EG, I didn’t go to my school’s prom, so I rely on EG’s descriptions.
I am the prom expert. Which … sounds weird.
@ChrisH
Angels are forbidden to have TAILS ? Who knew.
And … and SNAKES are ALL TAIL. Their evil is legendary.
TAILS ARE BAD (Case Closed)
I am hoping Stephanie is there and has had so much work done she has a permanent grimace!
Nah, this is a new prom. New experience. New problems.
… Dangit. Now I want to know more about this Stephanie person.
Just your typical evil girl, I’m guessing. I do have a full back story of sorts for teen Phoebe that may or may not ever come to light.
Beef ‘n’ Cheddar rocked, but the chocolate shake was my favorite.
Never had it. That sounds like a dangerous combo, stomach-wise.
I think that would be more of a halter top then a vest.
??? Phoebe is wearing a sorta halter top, though it doesn’t qualify because it has sleeves. Puck is wearing a straight up sweater vest.
Arby’s curly fries are awesome. They’re how I was turned on to french fries with the lightly seasoned potato starch coating. No more plain potato french fries for this guy over here. I don’t think I could handle them with melted cheese without wondering about how “heart healthy” that would be, with a bacon double cheese burger.
Then again, who wants to live forever?
Best thing about Arby’s (IMHO) are the potato cakes. they’re not something you normally find in fast food chains, and I like them a lot better than fries!
Of course, you don’t find Roast beef in other fast food chains either, so there is that!
(I love Arby’s)
I don’t think they even have potato cakes in Arby’s up here. I’ve never seen them. But I might just be missing them.
Well, living forever is never really an option, but if the question is “Who wants to be an old person for slightly longer?” Then the answer is probably not me. Bring on them curly fries!
@EG
Well, living forever is never really an option
IT’S NOT ??!!!!
OMG OMG OMG….
Will, Nursing Home, Burial Plot, Bucket List, Coins for Charon, My Pyramid, plan for Pyramid “Companions”….
So much to do !
@EG, why is Puck speaking instead of thinking in the last panel? It reads like a thought, not a comment.
i think because shjes trying to give pheobe a hint to shutup
Because that’s a mistake. Which I will fix. Thank you for noticing.
@ChrisH
Good Catch !
Fortunately I can just go over to Patreon and see the uncensored art.
Honestly, it’s a sign of how tired and worn out I’m getting. That’s some pretty basic stuff I should have caught. But didn’t.
Phoebe will most likely out shine most of the girls at the Prom.
Phoebe may make Daphne mission easier or not.
More on that next week.
Is there anything that pisses off Girls at the Prom, more than an older well-endowed Prom Chaperone who all their dates leer at ?
Was there a later “Private Prom” thrown for Phoebe by he Dad?? Attended by only the finest damned and chaperoned by Sigmund and Tracee? The “Only the finest for Daddy’s little ‘girl'” mentality brought to its ‘logical’ extreme…
I think that Satan was largely a negligent father who took relatively little interest in his daughter’s upbringing. I doubt he’d go to the trouble for her, and Phoebe’s not the type to demand such things.
Canadian Satan (Mel to his friends), actually threw out Phoebe’s Baby Picture !
The fact that phrases like “Because, y’know, Arby’s” and “I’m so hungry I could eat at Arby’s” can be spoken unironically makes me wonder why Arby’s is still a thing.
Because Arby’s has a certain magnetic hold. I cannot escape its inexorable lure.
@EG, you’re welcome. I look forward to more of Puck’s thoughts on many matters. 🙂
Phoebe had the meats. It’s a real condition.
If we are to accept Urban Dictionary as a medical source, yes. It is.
Gecko, I’m curious. What is the average total time per strip from start to finish?
It varies depending on how many characters the comic contains, and whether new backgrounds need to be drawn. Fast comics with simple layouts and fewer characters still take me about ten hours from start to finish. More complex comics with new backgrounds take me 20 hours or more. This one took me about three hours Thursday, three hours Friday, six hours Saturday and six hours Sunday to finish. So 18 hours. Plus an hour or more of posting the comic and plugging it on social media. And that’s not including the three hours of tech support nightmares I had to contend with yesterday and today in regards to keeping my website functioning.
So average total time per strip? Simple answer? Way more time than any sane person would ever spend for something this stupid.
I didn’t go to mine either.