NEW APRIL VOTING INCENTIVE! NOTHING INTERESTING!
Seriously, man, there’s nothing interesting to see if you vote. What, don’t you trust me? VOTE EVEN WHEN THERE’S NO REAL MOTIVATION FOR YOU TO DO SO!!!
And in other news...
PDF BOOKS ARE HERE!!!
I wanted to streamline the offerings in my store (which were getting a little silly), and so I’ve created two great PDF books available for digital download. The Puck Volume 1 PDF contains an exact copy of the print book (containing 200+ comics in high resolution, along with extras), and the new Puck Incentives PDF book contains all the incentive pics I ever ran on TWC from 2011 to 2014 – in high res, no less, along with commentary! You can get both books for seven bucks, or buy them individually for five. Check ‘em out at the store!
And as for this comic…
Here we are, at the start of another story arc. This one isn’t likely to run quite as long, but I have a number of funny ideas with this one. The only problem with this plan is the fact that I’m committing myself to drawing lots of difficult amusement park backgrounds over the next few months. But I think it’ll be worth it. I dunno. I hope it’ll be worth it. I’m not even sure what ‘it’ is worth, really.
I have been to Toronto over 100 times including multiple night stays and cannot even remember seeing Vaughan on the map. I have never been to Canada’s Wonderland and Chinatown area I regularly visited stops before Vaughan.
I guess a new area to visit. I have been to Hamilton more times than I have been to Vaughan except maybe driving through.
There are a couple of buffet restaurants nearby in Maple, mostly Chinese buffet. Oh, yeah, there is an Indian buffet across Jane street from the place. Hmm, what restaurants are down in Vaughan Mills? Yeah, I have a client across the road from there too. 🙂
What very specific location would I have had to have grown up in, or very specific media would i have had to have watched or read, to already have a clue what “janky” means?
I looked it up further, and it seems that no one really knows for absolute sure where it comes from, but its origin (as I suspected) seems to be the internet, or computer lingo. It (probably) started as a term for programmers and computer nerds. (“That’s some janky coding you got there.”) It then spread to apply to most other nouns, though not to people. A person cannot, apparently, be janky.
Urban dictionary, man. First definition. It’s one of those words that means how it sounds. And to be honest, it’s not a local term from here. I’ve heard it used more ’round the interwebs.
Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t this like the first time in… Right about since Miranda was born we’ve seen all main characters in the same panel at the same time?
As for them going to ‘Canada’s version of Disneyland’… This, I have got to see (well, read). Mainly as it sounds hilarious as hell.
And we could make room in the panel by, you know, having Daphne come down with some incurable condition ? Requiring instant and lengthy hospitalization ?
(Being President of the Tracee Fan Club doesn’t take much time anymore, and I heard there was a opening in the Daphne-Bashing unit. Sadly, I’m not sure my heart is in it. But I’ll give it a try.)
Well, Puck is getting there. After all, I doubt very many other mothers-to-be cold-cock their doctors and send nurses into panic during the last stages of labor.
We used to cross the border and visit what was left of Expo ’67 in Montreal…every year it seemed less of itself than before, even before they tore most of it down for the Olympics…
There are still a few landmarks left from Expo 67 to this day in Montreal, including the great theme park “La Ronde”, run by Six Flags, the domed American pavilion (now a museum), and a Casino.
Although I can see Canada’s “Funderland” as a much closer alternative to Disney World, going from Hamilton to Toronto is not much of a “trip” (more like a commute on the GO train…)
Hop on the GO Bus, stand in the aisle for a couple of hours in the overloaded bus, trying to figure out why you did not go before you got on the bus, THEN you’re there. Yeah, these are commuter buses without a washroom.
Is it me… or is Phoebe more excited about Funderland than she was about Disneyworld? Not that she wasn’t smiling for Mickey Mouse’s pad, but she’s cheering for Funderland. ^^
Also: BAD PUCK! You should be earmarking that cash for Miranda! Or for a new home away from the crack-house!
i´m fairly sure phoebe is merely sarcastic. also, we´re talking about puck here – i´m surprised she didn´t earmark it all for therapeutic hotdogs and twinkies…
Phoebe is not a Funderland type. (More on that later.) Daphne is a Funderland type. Funderland (and its real-world equivalent) is sort of like a really big Six Flags. It’s all about the rides, and usually appeals the most to loud teenagers. Disney World is really more about the mouse, and appeals to little kids and emotionally regressive adults like Phoebe.
Im sure it will be totally worth the effort EG. I gotta admit iv’e become such a fan I could be happy sitting here watching the whole Puck gang watch paint dry. On a side note do you figure all the cheap locally brewed beer would factor into Milwaukee being a happier place than Canada?
I actually just chose Milwaukee because I was trying to think of the least happy place in America. I could have gone for Detroit, but that felt like a low blow.
If you’re seriously alluding to the real thing, Funderland is about an hour NORTH of Toronto (on a good day). Also, I highly approve of St. Lucia for a spa vacation. My wife and I had our honeymoon there and it was amazing, but I can see MANY ways for Puck to have… misadventures…
Fine. Vaughn. Vaughn is special and totally not in any way connected to the massive mega-city directly next to it. As for Puck in St. Lucia, let’s just say that I don’t think I’m spoiling anything when I say that I doubt she’ll ever get to that little slice of paradise.
Okay, the new vote incentive ? Totally boring. I thought you trolled us by saying it wasn’t anything interessing, but boy, was I wrong… Gotta keep checking at it, maybe I’ll “get it” if I stare at it long enough.
Well, there’s always the future. Sometimes we just need to make room for the classier things in life. Like flame-breathing robot tigers and loincloths.
It must be noted that the real life equivalent of ‘Canada’s Funderland’ is a really nice amusement park – the best in Canada, without a doubt. My version will probably play up the potential for bizarre sequences.
![Canada's Funderland slogan: "The happiest place in Canada - which makes it slightly less happy than Milwaukee!"](https://puckcomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/puck-279.jpg "Canada's Funderland slogan: "The happiest place in Canada - which makes it slightly less happy than Milwaukee!"")
NEW APRIL VOTING INCENTIVE! NOTHING INTERESTING!
Seriously, man, there’s nothing interesting to see if you vote. What, don’t you trust me? VOTE EVEN WHEN THERE’S NO REAL MOTIVATION FOR YOU TO DO SO!!!
And in other news...
PDF BOOKS ARE HERE!!!
I wanted to streamline the offerings in my store (which were getting a little silly), and so I’ve created two great PDF books available for digital download. The Puck Volume 1 PDF contains an exact copy of the print book (containing 200+ comics in high resolution, along with extras), and the new Puck Incentives PDF book contains all the incentive pics I ever ran on TWC from 2011 to 2014 – in high res, no less, along with commentary! You can get both books for seven bucks, or buy them individually for five. Check ‘em out at the store!
And as for this comic…
Here we are, at the start of another story arc. This one isn’t likely to run quite as long, but I have a number of funny ideas with this one. The only problem with this plan is the fact that I’m committing myself to drawing lots of difficult amusement park backgrounds over the next few months. But I think it’ll be worth it. I dunno. I hope it’ll be worth it. I’m not even sure what ‘it’ is worth, really.
Where’s Canada’s Funderland?
Toronto.
Vaughan, actually. Vaughanites could get very annoyed at you if you lump them in with Toronto.
Well, I don’t want to anger Vaughnites. They’re a dangerous bunch up there.
I have been to Toronto over 100 times including multiple night stays and cannot even remember seeing Vaughan on the map. I have never been to Canada’s Wonderland and Chinatown area I regularly visited stops before Vaughan.
I guess a new area to visit. I have been to Hamilton more times than I have been to Vaughan except maybe driving through.
Vaughan is north of Toronto proper. It’s now a mostly soulless suburb area. With a huge amusement park in the middle.
Sounds SWEDISH.
I’m IN !!
Do they have all you can eat poutine?
Only if you have an ‘all you can pay’ wallet. Amusement park prices apply, man.
There are a couple of buffet restaurants nearby in Maple, mostly Chinese buffet. Oh, yeah, there is an Indian buffet across Jane street from the place. Hmm, what restaurants are down in Vaughan Mills? Yeah, I have a client across the road from there too. 🙂
What very specific location would I have had to have grown up in, or very specific media would i have had to have watched or read, to already have a clue what “janky” means?
Canada.
No, not “Canada”. I live an hour away from EG.
I looked it up further, and it seems that no one really knows for absolute sure where it comes from, but its origin (as I suspected) seems to be the internet, or computer lingo. It (probably) started as a term for programmers and computer nerds. (“That’s some janky coding you got there.”) It then spread to apply to most other nouns, though not to people. A person cannot, apparently, be janky.
Language is fascinating.
Urban dictionary, man. First definition. It’s one of those words that means how it sounds. And to be honest, it’s not a local term from here. I’ve heard it used more ’round the interwebs.
Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t this like the first time in… Right about since Miranda was born we’ve seen all main characters in the same panel at the same time?
As for them going to ‘Canada’s version of Disneyland’… This, I have got to see (well, read). Mainly as it sounds hilarious as hell.
I don’t try to get all characters in one panel very often. Panel’s too tight for it.
Pshaw !
ALL the MAJOR characters ?
Tracee is not here. (though I heard her name)
And we could make room in the panel by, you know, having Daphne come down with some incurable condition ? Requiring instant and lengthy hospitalization ?
(Being President of the Tracee Fan Club doesn’t take much time anymore, and I heard there was a opening in the Daphne-Bashing unit. Sadly, I’m not sure my heart is in it. But I’ll give it a try.)
Don’t go to the dark side, man.
At least it aint Action Park in Jersey. Or as EMTs called it, Traction Park.
I’ve heard of that place. It’s that legendary on the injury front.
Well, Puck is getting there. After all, I doubt very many other mothers-to-be cold-cock their doctors and send nurses into panic during the last stages of labor.
Still, even Puck wouldn’t go that crazy park in Jersey.
True. Puck lets the occasional soul free to tell their story. Action Park showed no such mercy.
We used to cross the border and visit what was left of Expo ’67 in Montreal…every year it seemed less of itself than before, even before they tore most of it down for the Olympics…
There are still a few landmarks left from Expo 67 to this day in Montreal, including the great theme park “La Ronde”, run by Six Flags, the domed American pavilion (now a museum), and a Casino.
Ah Expo: that leftover of the nation-building binge that occurred in Canada in the late 60’s. It … predated me.
Yeah. And they only finished paying for the budgetary boondoggle that it was not to long ago.
Hey, man. Celebrating your country in extravagant fashion is expensive.
I guess so do I.
With the pamphlet: “so you’ve decided to settle for Canada…”
Second line: “You realize it’s colder and not as much fun up here, right?”
Although I can see Canada’s “Funderland” as a much closer alternative to Disney World, going from Hamilton to Toronto is not much of a “trip” (more like a commute on the GO train…)
Hop in the car and you’re there. Not much of a trip. More like an outing, really. Puck’s cheaping out here.
I will disagree, sir! It’s rather “Hop in a car, spend hours in gridlocked traffic on the 403, and THEN you’re there”! 😉
That’s part of the fun. It’s your first line of the day! Then you get to your destination and… MORE LINES!
Hop on the GO Bus, stand in the aisle for a couple of hours in the overloaded bus, trying to figure out why you did not go before you got on the bus, THEN you’re there. Yeah, these are commuter buses without a washroom.
But I’m not really dirty, so why would I need a “Washroom” ?
Ohhhhh. Never mind.
I just noticed the background feature our Ancient Fairy of Lore at her low ebb, watching a soap opera.
Now she’s *in* a soap opera!
(Did we ever learn who the “Ha! So Long Sucka!” guy was?)
*** Once again, the pictures tell the story
Panel1: GLOOM!
Puck: Idea!
Panel2: HAPPY!!
Puck: Ooops.
Panel 3: DRAMA
Phoebe: WTF?
Panel 4: WHIPLASH
Puck: Guilty explanation
Daphne: Yay
Phoebe: Boo
Colin: Staying outta this
Miranda: What fools these mortals be
Visual storytelling at its finest. Said the humble man.
Is it me… or is Phoebe more excited about Funderland than she was about Disneyworld? Not that she wasn’t smiling for Mickey Mouse’s pad, but she’s cheering for Funderland. ^^
Also: BAD PUCK! You should be earmarking that cash for Miranda! Or for a new home away from the crack-house!
i´m fairly sure phoebe is merely sarcastic. also, we´re talking about puck here – i´m surprised she didn´t earmark it all for therapeutic hotdogs and twinkies…
Daphne is cheering in earnest. Or maybe ironic earnest. I really don’t know anymore.
Phoebe is not a Funderland type. (More on that later.) Daphne is a Funderland type. Funderland (and its real-world equivalent) is sort of like a really big Six Flags. It’s all about the rides, and usually appeals the most to loud teenagers. Disney World is really more about the mouse, and appeals to little kids and emotionally regressive adults like Phoebe.
Ack, sorry. I got the names mixed up again… I meant Daphne was more enthusiastic about Funderland… ^^;
I consider the name mix-up to be entirely my fault. Including two very Greek names in one comic = recipe for confusion.
Nah, it’s me. I only check out Puck’s tales once, twice a week and I have a lousy memory for names.
Im sure it will be totally worth the effort EG. I gotta admit iv’e become such a fan I could be happy sitting here watching the whole Puck gang watch paint dry. On a side note do you figure all the cheap locally brewed beer would factor into Milwaukee being a happier place than Canada?
I actually just chose Milwaukee because I was trying to think of the least happy place in America. I could have gone for Detroit, but that felt like a low blow.
Whoops meant to say Canadas Funderland
If you’re seriously alluding to the real thing, Funderland is about an hour NORTH of Toronto (on a good day). Also, I highly approve of St. Lucia for a spa vacation. My wife and I had our honeymoon there and it was amazing, but I can see MANY ways for Puck to have… misadventures…
Fine. Vaughn. Vaughn is special and totally not in any way connected to the massive mega-city directly next to it. As for Puck in St. Lucia, let’s just say that I don’t think I’m spoiling anything when I say that I doubt she’ll ever get to that little slice of paradise.
Funderland? Made me think of Fundy. Which got me to thinking of Screech (love the stuff) which got me to thinking of seal flipper pie.
I have too much sense to try it but some day, when I have an unsuspecting visitor with me, he’s gonna get to try it…
Bay of Fundyland would be way more scenic and full of character.
Seriously? Wasn’t Puck in massive dept before?
People in massive debt seldom use sudden windfalls of cash to pay down their massive debt.
using a windfall to pay a dept would be a sensible thing to do.
when was the last time you saw Puck do anything sensible with Dafne’s encouragement?
‘Sensible’ is the opposite of Puck. And probably the opposite of every character in the comic.
Okay, the new vote incentive ? Totally boring. I thought you trolled us by saying it wasn’t anything interessing, but boy, was I wrong… Gotta keep checking at it, maybe I’ll “get it” if I stare at it long enough.
😛
Well, I might just have to make this one into a free downloadable wallpaper to facilitate such staring.
with Puck, Daphne, and Phoebe as female role models, I am beginning to worry about Miranda
I was worried about the kid before she was even born!
This may just be the nerd in me, but I was expecting to see Phoebe in a skintight ski outift for the vote incentive. Stupid sexy Flanders.
Well, there’s always the future. Sometimes we just need to make room for the classier things in life. Like flame-breathing robot tigers and loincloths.
This tiger is awesome. The cheesecake is nice, but the tiger… the tiger is the best.
How about having Puck and company go to the Bone Church in the Czech Republic? It’s open everyday except Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
LOL when I read the phrase “JANKY”, I knew ahead of time this substitute theme park was setting up the potential for bizarre sequences ahead.
Should be fun…
*grabs popcorn*
It must be noted that the real life equivalent of ‘Canada’s Funderland’ is a really nice amusement park – the best in Canada, without a doubt. My version will probably play up the potential for bizarre sequences.
… At least I have chicken.
I get the joke ! 🙂
I don’t!
Oh my whiskers.
Leroy Jenkins !
You’re the lizard that taught ME about that meme.
Oh, when the Student schools the Master……
Now I get it.