MAY VOTING INCENTIVE! MAY FLOWERS!
This month’s voting incentive is special! It’s tasteful and bucolic! Vote! QUEEN VICTORIA WANTS YOU TO VOTE!!!
ALSO…
And as for the comic…
FYI: Once upon a time, the real world equivalent of Canada’s Funderland had a Hanna Barbera themed children’s land, and during the mid eighties, there was a walk-through ‘ride’ version of Smurf Village. It was sort of like that ‘Small World’ ride at Disney World, only with animatronic Smurfs instead of animatronic fat kids. The animatronic Smurfs sang used to sing that inane Smurf song. On repeat. Forever. I’m sure one of the circles of hell involves being locked inside that ride with no means of escape.
In real life, the ride (and the animatronic Smurfs contained within it) departed for that great theme park in the sky a long, long time ago. It happened during that long, dark age when Smurfs held no cultural sway. But in my alternate reality version of Canada’s Funderland, the off-brand Shnorfs still frolic and sing.
Long live the Shnorfs.
About the only part of my one and forever only trip to Disneyland featured being trapped in “It’s a Small World After All”. Endless rooms of mindless animatrons gaping their yawps at us as the song repeated on endless loop – we glided through on boats (of all thing) praying for an end to our suffering – and yea verily the power did go out!
We pulled ourselves along by grabbing the walls until our boats reached a side door and safety. I never saw an official exit, and never shall.
No doubt each and every such animatronic idol is coated with ways of fear and boredom, rendering them useful ingredients in a spell to combat teen angst – hence the intent to steal.
And Tyler, like a good minion, knows better than to cross Mistress.
That’s one of the most horrifying things I’ve ever heard. I did actually get stuck on a ride at Disney World, but it was that mountain flume ride thing, I think. We were on the hill for twenty-five minutes. See? That kind of crazy crap NEVER happens at Canada’s Funderland.
There’s only one other person in the car with them… Colin.
It looks to me like Colin is listening to this. I doubt he’ll do anything about it (beyond telling Puck). He has learned to leave the females around him be (look at the trouble he has gotten into even then).
As a programmer/sysadmin by profession, I’ve seen my share of people pulling insane stunts that begged the question – why on earth would anybody want to do that? And the answer, inevitably, was – “Because I can”. So I am not wondering why Daphne would want to steal an animatronic smurf. On the other hand, she might have some interesting plans for it. Of all the characters, Daphne is the one I have most trouble figuring out.
Also, I really love the Tyler-Daphne-dynamic. They really do act like they’ve been married for years. I am not sure if I would act the way he does, if I was in his position, but I sure can’t blame him.
Daphne has her reasons. We will learn her reasons eventually. She’s not really very hard to figure out, I think. She’s motivated by only three things:
(1) A desire for money, preferably ill-gotten
(2) A sporting love of the swindle or con
(3) Her strong affection for friends and loved ones
The order and strength of these motivations vary, but they’re pretty constant.
…Is it wrong I instantly thought ‘great, 5 Night at Freddies incoming’ upon reading that she wanted to steal one of them? Probably. Don’t really care in the end, so eh…
As for those murdering you in your sleep, I’d say it’s about 45% on average. Damn buggers are evil, I tell you. EVIL!
I’m not going the ‘Five Nights At Freddie’s’ direction, but there’s a part of me that wants to. No, I’m going to keep things a little more realistic, because this is a realistic comic. Starring a fairy and the daughter of Satan. I pride myself on the realism.
To answer the three questions, no, no, and not unless I come up with a really cool idea. A long time ago (like fifteen years ago), I sort of had an idea to introduce Daphne’s birth mother as a character, but I don’t think I’ll be rushing into that plot line any time soon.
I just noticed that Daphne’s ears flattened in panel 3 when she got angry. That. Is. Adorable. (Well, not so much the way they look in panel 3, but the way they stand up in panel 4.)
I loved Daphne’s emotive ears, but Phoebe’s last week were more adorable still. Well, of course they have the advantage of being attached to a adorable space cadet instead of a smartypants teenager channeling Bonnie Parker.
Not directly, no. It’s inspired by Zelda, but great minds think alike, so … yeah. I’m actually very uninformed about the world of other webcomics, mainly because I’m often too busy making my webcomic.
Something interesting about the Smurfs; the original french “Les Schtroumpfs Noirs” Smurf story is the precursor of the modern zombie story; In it, a Smurf is bit by an unusual stinging insect which spreads a virulent disease that turns its victims into angry, insane black creatures that hop around shouting “GNAP!” while also mindlessly trying to bite every smurf in sight to spread the plague. As the Smurfs try to contain the infection, the Smurf patient zero regains enough intelligence to disguise himself as a regular Smurf, infiltrate the village and further spread the Smurfy disease.
I check the voting incentives the day they are changed over, just to see if the Gecko is trolling us or not, like he did way back when the voting incentive was “Puck naked”, and it turned out to be Alpha Flight’s Puck instead of his character. Sometimes, like the past two months, I get a pleasant surprise. 🙂
Agreed. Troll cheesecake is disturbing. I’ll leave that to the 900 various D&D-inspired webcomics, all of which seemingly have a desire to ‘depict the fantasy world through the novel perspective of the monsters.’ Which always seems to lead to troll cheesecake somehow. They’re welcome to it.
You know, one would think that Tyler would be used to this by now. All well, it was well worth it just for panel three. The facial expressions, the effect you created with the speech panels, all are brilliant.
One would think that by now Tyler would have learned to not question Daphne. However, if Tyler didn’t question her, the story line wouldn’t be as funny and entertaining.
Tyler/Taylor seriously needs to get his b!t¢# in line. In his case I think a rolled up newspaper would be appropriate. He’s gonna need to do it off-panel though; if he doesn’t someone is likely to call PETA
I cannot abide by the smurfs. My sole exposure to them was being forced to watch them in elementary school during indoor recess when I wanted to go read but the adults wouldn’t let me no matter how much I begged. Permanent negative associations. I have the same chip on my shoulder about Popeye the sailor. Insufferable.
MAY VOTING INCENTIVE! MAY FLOWERS!
This month’s voting incentive is special! It’s tasteful and bucolic! Vote! QUEEN VICTORIA WANTS YOU TO VOTE!!!
ALSO…
And as for the comic…
FYI: Once upon a time, the real world equivalent of Canada’s Funderland had a Hanna Barbera themed children’s land, and during the mid eighties, there was a walk-through ‘ride’ version of Smurf Village. It was sort of like that ‘Small World’ ride at Disney World, only with animatronic Smurfs instead of animatronic fat kids. The animatronic Smurfs sang used to sing that inane Smurf song. On repeat. Forever. I’m sure one of the circles of hell involves being locked inside that ride with no means of escape.
In real life, the ride (and the animatronic Smurfs contained within it) departed for that great theme park in the sky a long, long time ago. It happened during that long, dark age when Smurfs held no cultural sway. But in my alternate reality version of Canada’s Funderland, the off-brand Shnorfs still frolic and sing.
Long live the Shnorfs.
Maybe if you do what she says Tyler, Daphne will let you have supervised visits with your balls.
Every other weekend for five hours.
He can take them out for ice cream and a movie.
What does the blue hue in panel two represent?
… The sky?
It represents my need to differentiate it from panel one and panel three. That’s about it.
No emotional ties between the character, their portrayal of the disable and reaction to the situation at hand or nothing?
Why would she want to steal something so difficult to steal?
Because otherwise what’s the point?
Partly for the sport of it. Partly for other reasons.
Google the words “4chan”, “skull” and “catacombs”.
You won’t regret it.
… Actually, you might regret it. It is possibly the most epic 4chan thread of all time.
Run, Tyler, RUN!!! RUN LIKE THE WIND!!!!
Damn…. too late….
To Tylers, manhood, independence, an self respect, RIP.
To be so young and lose so much at such a young age… A tragedy.
About the only part of my one and forever only trip to Disneyland featured being trapped in “It’s a Small World After All”. Endless rooms of mindless animatrons gaping their yawps at us as the song repeated on endless loop – we glided through on boats (of all thing) praying for an end to our suffering – and yea verily the power did go out!
We pulled ourselves along by grabbing the walls until our boats reached a side door and safety. I never saw an official exit, and never shall.
No doubt each and every such animatronic idol is coated with ways of fear and boredom, rendering them useful ingredients in a spell to combat teen angst – hence the intent to steal.
And Tyler, like a good minion, knows better than to cross Mistress.
That’s one of the most horrifying things I’ve ever heard. I did actually get stuck on a ride at Disney World, but it was that mountain flume ride thing, I think. We were on the hill for twenty-five minutes. See? That kind of crazy crap NEVER happens at Canada’s Funderland.
Oh, sure it doesn’t.
Y’know, you can just see the other car right behind them. Bold move, making them first into Funderland…
Well, it’s supposed to be a road, so there’s just traffic behind them. I’m assuming they’re not at the park yet. But maybe they are. I dunno.
It *is* a red car behind them…
It’s probably Phoebe’s car, yeah. But they’re on their way, on a road. I think.
There’s only one other person in the car with them… Colin.
It looks to me like Colin is listening to this. I doubt he’ll do anything about it (beyond telling Puck). He has learned to leave the females around him be (look at the trouble he has gotten into even then).
I don’t think he’ll even bother to tell Puck. Hear no evil, see no evil, don’t get punched.
As a programmer/sysadmin by profession, I’ve seen my share of people pulling insane stunts that begged the question – why on earth would anybody want to do that? And the answer, inevitably, was – “Because I can”. So I am not wondering why Daphne would want to steal an animatronic smurf. On the other hand, she might have some interesting plans for it. Of all the characters, Daphne is the one I have most trouble figuring out.
Also, I really love the Tyler-Daphne-dynamic. They really do act like they’ve been married for years. I am not sure if I would act the way he does, if I was in his position, but I sure can’t blame him.
Daphne has her reasons. We will learn her reasons eventually. She’s not really very hard to figure out, I think. She’s motivated by only three things:
(1) A desire for money, preferably ill-gotten
(2) A sporting love of the swindle or con
(3) Her strong affection for friends and loved ones
The order and strength of these motivations vary, but they’re pretty constant.
…Is it wrong I instantly thought ‘great, 5 Night at Freddies incoming’ upon reading that she wanted to steal one of them? Probably. Don’t really care in the end, so eh…
As for those murdering you in your sleep, I’d say it’s about 45% on average. Damn buggers are evil, I tell you. EVIL!
I’m not going the ‘Five Nights At Freddie’s’ direction, but there’s a part of me that wants to. No, I’m going to keep things a little more realistic, because this is a realistic comic. Starring a fairy and the daughter of Satan. I pride myself on the realism.
Plus a whatever Daphne is. Do you know? Do you care? Do you plan to tell us?
To answer the three questions, no, no, and not unless I come up with a really cool idea. A long time ago (like fifteen years ago), I sort of had an idea to introduce Daphne’s birth mother as a character, but I don’t think I’ll be rushing into that plot line any time soon.
RE: The vote incentive – I don’t think Queen Victoria would have approved of Puck’s apparel.
Sure she would. Queen Vicky knew a good thing when she saw it!
I just noticed that Daphne’s ears flattened in panel 3 when she got angry. That. Is. Adorable. (Well, not so much the way they look in panel 3, but the way they stand up in panel 4.)
I love emotive ears. It’s a terrible failure of human physiology that we don’t have them.
We have eyebrows. Not only can I emulate feline language using my eyebrows instead of ears… but I can do it to an extent that cats understand it.
I loved Daphne’s emotive ears, but Phoebe’s last week were more adorable still. Well, of course they have the advantage of being attached to a adorable space cadet instead of a smartypants teenager channeling Bonnie Parker.
‘Adorable’ is never an adjective I’d ever attach to Daphne, so that makes sense.
Great! Now I have the silly song from “Small world” etched in my brain.
Better than the Smurfs theme.
oh great. You had to mention that. Now I have the smurf theme in my head.
Only one thing to do… find that silly little song “Dumb Ways To Die”.
Is Daphne’s shirt inspired by Diesel Sweeties?
Not directly, no. It’s inspired by Zelda, but great minds think alike, so … yeah. I’m actually very uninformed about the world of other webcomics, mainly because I’m often too busy making my webcomic.
Does that means that everyone around Daphne’s hearing the “Your health is at a critical level” beeping?
Let’s hope not. It’s the one critical flaw of ALL those games.
FYI, my mind goes more toward the snorks than the smurfs from “the Shnorfs”.
Which has its own set of horrors, but I digress.
Which were their own underwater rip-off of the Smurfs, right? Maybe the Shnorfs will be somewhere in the middle.
Great, nsfw characters forced into a children’s cartoon. No wonder she wants one. To make it tell the horrible truth about it’s origins.
LOL her side-eyeing was so effectively conveyed, that even I was punked for a moment there.
This should be GOOD. 😮
It’s a special type of expression. It does strange things.
It’s the dreaded “LOOK” all husbands learn VERY QUICKLY and VERY EARLY in their marriage to fear
Just thinking about it… Shudder, shudder, shudder.
Something interesting about the Smurfs; the original french “Les Schtroumpfs Noirs” Smurf story is the precursor of the modern zombie story; In it, a Smurf is bit by an unusual stinging insect which spreads a virulent disease that turns its victims into angry, insane black creatures that hop around shouting “GNAP!” while also mindlessly trying to bite every smurf in sight to spread the plague. As the Smurfs try to contain the infection, the Smurf patient zero regains enough intelligence to disguise himself as a regular Smurf, infiltrate the village and further spread the Smurfy disease.
That’s excessively disturbing.
Agreed, but I decided to ‘google’ it.
H.A.’s description doesn’t come close to the horror.
“Hitokiri” if you please, since utilizing initials makes it look like you’re laughing at me.
And I just utilized the basics of the story. Yes, there’s far more.
That actually sounds familiar – I want to say they retold that story in one of the old Smurf cartoon episodes.
Found it: “The Purple Smurfs” http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0873387/?ref_=ttep_ep16
I just wanted to say that the robin in Puck’s hand in the incentive picture did not go unnoticed*. Nice bit of wit, there. 🙂
*Well, honestly, I didn’t notice until today. For some reason, the bird in Puck’s hand was not my initial focus. 😉
I check the voting incentives the day they are changed over, just to see if the Gecko is trolling us or not, like he did way back when the voting incentive was “Puck naked”, and it turned out to be Alpha Flight’s Puck instead of his character. Sometimes, like the past two months, I get a pleasant surprise. 🙂
Yeah, that’s two non-trolling incidents in a row. That means it’s time to troll in June!
No troll cheesecake please. The very concept is … disturbing!
Shnorfs cheesecake OTOH ….
Agreed. Troll cheesecake is disturbing. I’ll leave that to the 900 various D&D-inspired webcomics, all of which seemingly have a desire to ‘depict the fantasy world through the novel perspective of the monsters.’ Which always seems to lead to troll cheesecake somehow. They’re welcome to it.
It’s amazing what one can notice when one looks at the same picture over and over again. And over again.
You’re right. For example, I didn’t notice until now that in the fourth panel Tyler seems to be… um, protecting himself (and understandably so).
There’s so much to discover!
You know, one would think that Tyler would be used to this by now. All well, it was well worth it just for panel three. The facial expressions, the effect you created with the speech panels, all are brilliant.
Speech bubbles* …my bad
I think he is used to this, but you still can’t help but express that initial blast of disbelief in some fashion.
One would think that by now Tyler would have learned to not question Daphne. However, if Tyler didn’t question her, the story line wouldn’t be as funny and entertaining.
And if Tyler didn’t question her, I wouldn’t get a chance to drop this necessary exposition! The ends always serve the means. In goofy comics, anyway.
It also adds to the anticipation for the new comic to be posted.
Puck as a scythe slayer would be awesome as a vote comic.
Tyler is so whipped.
There is really no excuse for him being so spineless.
Pity Tyler.
He thinks the way into Daphne’s nethers is by kowtowing to her every command.
This is not the way of the world.
Though it did work for Colin.
Poor thing.
Not the best role model, really.
Tyler/Taylor seriously needs to get his b!t¢# in line. In his case I think a rolled up newspaper would be appropriate. He’s gonna need to do it off-panel though; if he doesn’t someone is likely to call PETA
I cannot abide by the smurfs. My sole exposure to them was being forced to watch them in elementary school during indoor recess when I wanted to go read but the adults wouldn’t let me no matter how much I begged. Permanent negative associations. I have the same chip on my shoulder about Popeye the sailor. Insufferable.
Well, I think we all feel that way about the Smurfs. Though Popeye, I like Popeye. To say nothing of his chicken.
@EG
I LOVE the Smurfs !
Well, only the episodes where the Brave Cat AZRAEL and his sidekick, the “Evil” Wizard GARGAMEL persecute the tiny Blue Parasites.
Well, he is the brains of the operation. It’s certainly not Gargamel.