RING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH PUCK!
Celebrate the New Year and the end of 2020 with Puck and Phoebe!
As for this comic…
Jeeeeeeee-sus. I honestly can’t remember a time that a single comic took longer. I finished this strip less than an hour ago, after working on it steadily for many days. And it doesn’t look like much, does it? Just a standard comic; nothing special. But the number of characters per panel always makes for a longer process, and this one has a lot of characters. Then I realized last night that none of my pre-drawn images of the book shelf behind the couch lined up with the angle this comic required, which means I needed to put in another five hours drawing, inking and coloring the book shelf from a slightly different angle. (You might ask, “Why did you do that? Surely the other image would have worked,” but trust me, it looked weird and it was distracting.) Anyway, it’s done.
When brainstorming ideas for this comic, I had to ask myself a question: what movie or TV show would engross Puck, Phoebe AND Miranda? I mean, Puck and Phoebe don’t exactly see eye-to-eye on much, and Miranda’s a toddler. But then it came to me, like a bolt of lightning. BUELLER. It was the only answer. Though I’m happy to hear your better suggestions in the comments.
He looks the part, you have to give that to him.
I personally think he’s a natural Fred. But that’s just me.
he may look the part, but at his core he´s still a shaggy – it takes more than a different shirt and a shave to turn a lazy, nerdy gamer into a preppy jock.
That’s why it’s cosplay! It’s the effort that matters!
There was an entire year-long story arc where a simple change of hair colour completely changed Puck, so…
It wasn’t a year long! It was, like, two thirds of a year.
rounding error
His pose, that smile…he’s a Shaggy. No doubt about it!
He’s trying. He’s trying for Fred So hard!
Yeah, for some reason, he just WANTS to be a supporting player.
This is a good comic. The attention to detail shows. I especially like how Phoebe and Miranda are locked in on that TV, and how Colin just fades over panels 2 to 4.
That voting incentive is disturbing, though.
A 1×3 stick is way too light. Shoulda used a good solid 5-iron. 🙂
It is very precise and extremely disturbing.
Actually, it seems kind of disturbing and frightening. (Actually I thought I posted that earlier but I can’t find it.)
Hmm. So I did post earlier.
It was flagged as spam for some reason. I found it and rescued it.
You’re a good egg like that.
Boomstick, Bueller…. what’s next in this sequence?
Find out next week,
Same Puck channel,
Same Puck time.
Now here comes that cat, Salem with a Magic 8-ball response.
He does look the part of Freddy.
And while I like Phil Collins (moreso in the role of Genesis drummer and singer), there are certainly a handful of songs I can stand to never have to hear again. That was one of them.
The dreary, slow, depressing side of 80’s Phil Collins is my least favorite side of Phil Collins.
I was an adult in the 80s, and the only good things about the 80s were that it was more fun being 40 years younger, and the music was a big improvement over disco.
But Phil Collins is not something I miss from the 80s.
I will readily state that ‘Sussudio’ is a bop and I will listen to it every chance I get. But the rest of 80’s Phil Collins not so much.
Still love those Phoebe outfits.
And yes, Colin looks about 10 years younger.
I’m glad you like the Phoebe outfits. Because let me tell you, every time it’s a new day in the comic and Phoebe shows up, I let out a big sigh and think, “What the hell is she wearing today?” It’s a lot of pressure.
@EG
Phoebe should have dyed one horn Black just to match.
That’s worthy of an award, good sir. But no. She never messes with the horns.
Wow. Is Colin going to need to take is I.D. picture again for school?
No one will recognize him! Muah hah hah!
Mine, is an evil laugh! HA ha HAAAAAAaaaaaaaa! Still working on it.
I can’t remember, has Collin always had timing issues? I ask because I always have. Not for a friend.
The most evil laugh in the multiverse is THIS one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_IDGrKZ0Rs
No argument here.
Don’t we all have timing issues?
There are degrees
Maybe they can cosplay “Ferris Bueller,” and he can be Ben Stein.
Everyone wants to be Ben Stein, right?
I used to and then he went weird.
Where’s the “like” button?
He looks like a scrawny Fred.
Puck now has the upper hand on who is Daphne.
Interesting. In what way?
Well, now Puck “has to be” Daphane since she “must” be paired with Fred (Colin).
I suppose that’s a potential approach…
Are we assuming Fred has no taste?
How could that man have taste with an orange ascot?
Love, LOVE, L.O.V.E. the expression on Puck’s face in the TXC incentive.
Glad you approve. Hard to nail the “adrenaline after the kill” expression.
Clean-shaven Colin is going to take some getting used to.
He’ll wait.
Hey, he doesn’t look bad! But he has critical audience.
Don’t we all?
@EG, well, they could watch ”Teletubbies”, Phoebe could eat a bit of sugar, Puck could have a bit of grass (which is perfectly legal in Hamilton), and Miranda would just love it. 🙂
Teletubbies? I am not a fan. And I speak as a HUGE fan of many shows for little kids. Teletubbies is bottom tier watching for the half-baked. I recommend Yo Gabba Gabba instead.
My goodness.. what have you done?
It’s like someone shaved a Shaggy and cleaned him up.
(I did actually shave for new year’s.. so not like I can judge. Happy New Year, btw).
Cy does know his cosplay, though. Props.
Woo! Someone gets props! Props are all I ever wanted.
You.. you’ve earned them.
She isn’t wrong you don’t interrupt the Bueller.
Exactly.
Also, Puck looks especially adorable in panel 1.
Nice of you to note.
Is this the 1st time Miranda’s seen Ferris Beuhler?
They’re raising that kid right!
Also love Daphne’s modern-kid TV-watching style: while messing with cellphone, possibly texting
At Miranda’s age, it’s the first time for most things. And the modern way of watching TV with today’s youth is to mostly not watch TV and watch Tiktok or whatever instead. It’s a thing I’ll never understand.
I finally surrendered on keeping up with the newest social media when Tiktok arrived and I hadn’t really mastered Instagram. I figure I’ll wait 6 months and catch the next platform, sort of like the bus.
Or be like me and fail to figure out ANY of them. Facebook is still confusing for me. And Tiktok is my official cultural checkout point: that moment where pop culture goes to a place that I can’t follow it to, of even comprehend. Even Vine I saw the appeal. I wasn’t watching Vine, but I saw how someone could. As for Tiktok, I’ve seen what it has to offer, and I’m just so very confused. I. Do not. Get it. Nor will I ever.
Lets see if Miranda can recognize her father or just scream at the site of his face.
Next comic.
Damn the Internet any way, It was supposed to read ”sight of his face”.
Oh sure. Blame the Internet.
Who will Tyler play? Is he ready to play Shaggy? I want with bated breath! 😉
That’s the role that’s open. And honestly, I think Tyler would make a good Shaggy. The fact that he’s got that scrawny teen boy build makes him particularly suited.
Not beard breath? O.K.
Despite what Cameron says, it is NOT possuble to stop the great Ferris Bueller.
Indeed. Unstoppable.
Although, if they are really watching the parade float scene, I would have expected to see Puck and Phoebe dancing, while both Miranda and Daphne look at them with the “WTH are you doing??” expression. That’s what my kids do when I dance to Twist and Shout.
Spoken like a true parent.
What’s wrong with thar? I dance along to it. You know whsat they say “dance like nobody’s watching”
The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way. – Josh Billings
Regarding Puck’s service in the voting reward, I appreciate it, but it DID take here 366 days to do it, and oh my god, it’s TWITCHING!
Well, she does say she only thinks she killed it. 2020 may well be unkillable.
If it breaths it—–oh.
🙁