IT’S THE JLA AS YOU’VE NEVER SEEN THEM BEFORE!
I thought it was time to pay tribute to the Justice League of America before Zack Synder takes a steaming dump on the franchise. So every week in July will bring you a new, cool JLA-related cosplay experience, courtesy of the Puck crowd! The first one’s up now, so vote for Puck on TWC and take a look!
VOTE BEFORE GORILLA GRODD ESCAPES! (Again!)
As for this comic…
We switch back to Puck and Phoebe for a spell. Which is a good thing because we haven’t seen them for a month, and I’ve noticed that the Facebook likes tend to wane when neither of them figure prominently in a strip. Which I suppose is understandable.
This comic has Puck and Phoebe and multicolor elephants. So I hope everyone likes it.
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Chapter: The Happiest Place in OntarioCharacters: Phoebe PuckTags: Canada's Funderland elephant eyebrows
IT’S THE JLA AS YOU’VE NEVER SEEN THEM BEFORE!
I thought it was time to pay tribute to the Justice League of America before Zack Synder takes a steaming dump on the franchise. So every week in July will bring you a new, cool JLA-related cosplay experience, courtesy of the Puck crowd! The first one’s up now, so vote for Puck on TWC and take a look!
VOTE BEFORE GORILLA GRODD ESCAPES! (Again!)
As for this comic…
We switch back to Puck and Phoebe for a spell. Which is a good thing because we haven’t seen them for a month, and I’ve noticed that the Facebook likes tend to wane when neither of them figure prominently in a strip. Which I suppose is understandable.
This comic has Puck and Phoebe and multicolor elephants. So I hope everyone likes it.
Great, now I’m curious why she’s afraid of elephants. Does that also have something to do with her past?
…It’s 2:30 in the morning and I’m wondering about that. Not sure if I have my priorities straight or just love Puck too much to care.
Probably the latter. OH WELL.
I’m also curious how many people are gonna hit on Phoebe (if any). That… Would be quite awkward, actually.
“Hey, you’re good looking.”
“Oh thanks.”
“Her father is Satan.”
“So you mean he’s a jerk?”
“No, like Satan. King of the underworld.”
“O…Kay then…”
If you (against all possible odds) were to use this for one of your strips – you’re welcome!
Interestingly, I don’t think I’ve ever directly depicted anyone hitting on Phoebe within the confines of the comic. I think the ensuing conversation (given her personality) would be mostly really awkward, and I doubt I’d be able to do it justice in four panels. And I don’t think this comic’s rendition of Satan is scary enough to act as any kind of disincentive.
I seem to remember her actually setting herself up for such a few times.
Like during Miranda’s birth.
She did have that ‘distraction setup’ thing going on, yeah. Maybe that counts?
I’m thinking Phoebe’s looks just render most males too feebleminded to try.
In truth, I’ve heard tell that astoundingly beautiful women, while subject to the usual stupid catcalls and hollers, are actually legitimately hit on fairly infrequently. I’m guessing most guys just think, “No, out of my league,” and don’t want to risk the 99% chance of getting shot down.
-nods- That wouldn’t surprise me at all.
In fact, In the one anime’ I follow, a major (not main, but major) character had that exact problem. She was very well-known and every guy considered her well, well out of his league.
How did she fix that? Well, she found the one guy on the planet that didn’t know who she was and really didn’t care.
It took her a while to get his attention because he was focused on the girl that introduced them. He only noticed her need after noting that other girl was crushing on a guy he considered well out of his league.
This is an established phenomenon.
Can’t be sure what it is called though, since what I THOUGHT it was called gets no Google hits.
Unfortunately for the poor super-hotties of the world… most of the men who hit on them are narcissist pricks. I’ve been friends with a few. They’ve told me all about it.
Fun Fact : It is quite easy to befriend them on average. They tend to be quite appreciative of people who don’t automatically sexualise them.
Who would win in am eyebrow intimidation contest?
Andy Rooney
Commander Spock
Puck
Batman
The Rock doesn’t even get a mention? I vote for the Rock.
I have to agree with you about the rock. Sure, he has the muscle to show, but without those eyebrows, his film career would have been much shorter than it has been… and mercifully so.
As it is, He has truly matured as the sort of actor a director/producer can depend on.
I have to say that as an action star, I love Dwayne Johnson. Yes, he’s been in some stinkers, but I’ve never seen a movie with him in it where he’s been the reason it stank. ‘The Rundown’ is still one of my all-time favorite action movies, even though not many people talk about it.
nice to see others with the same opinion. Mr. “Rock” has earned some respect exactly because he has grown beyond the ‘meat service’ aspect other ‘beefcakes’ have fallen into.
I know of many ‘actors’ who could draw some lessons from him.
Now, if only his agent were better at selecting scripts…
I vote for Wilburrrrrrrr…..
It’s a name that, to misquote Wilde, inspires an absolute trust.
Batman? how would you even know?
That was my question too. You can’t SEE his eyebrows. I mean, the comic versions sometimes cheat and make his brows sort of visible through the costume, and Adam West had those nice painted eyebrows, but Batman would not be my vote for eyebrow king.
“Some days you just can’t get rid of a brow.”
Puck’s also now a MOM, not only the eyebrows matter.
Phoebe will soon learn to be afraid of the Eye, the Clicking of the Tongue, and the Stamping of the Foot. Soon afterwards followed by the Full Name Invocation VOICE OF COMMAND!
I’m not sure Puck will pick all of those up. I think you need some sort of motherly intuition or something. Something she lacks.
Ha.. no motherly intuition needed. Just have a toddler. The Voice comes automatically as soon as they can outrun out. Which happens about 2 weeks after learning to walk. I should know.. I had 4 in 5 years..
Being male, I am not aware of the intricacies of the voice. But as a dad, I am intimately aware of ‘the yell’. I do it well.
I am not a father. I do, however, have a lot of experience dealing with dogs. The voice and the yell come from the same experience of dealing with something that doesn’t quite understand you but is still obstinately refusing to listen. I once scared away a girl scout when I used the voice on one of my dogs. I’m surprised the neighbors have never called the cops when I use the yell.
Yeah, I’m pretty sure it’s the same yell. Dog yells and kid yells. They come from the same well of intense, overwhelming frustration and madness.
I’m afraid of rides too, just like Phoebe. And I end up getting on the rides anyway because of a woman who wants me to get on the ride, just like Phoebe….oh no…am I Phoebe?
Know what frightens me a lot?
Deep water… especially when I see a HUGE, indistinct shadow moving in it.
Deep Water is one big instinct shadow. Limited light-penetration and all that.
I think there are probably worse things in the world than being Phoebe if you are.
I have a Phoebe-friend, also known as “Space Cadet” whom I am very fond of. She is also very pretty and has a good figure, but I don’t think even Mer could pull off that top Phoebe is wearing.
It’s a physical impossibility, even with liberal usage of double-sided tape. I’ve drawn it a few times thus far and found myself wondering, “Is this a top? Really, does it qualify?” I don’t think it does.
well this universe has Satan and his daughter depicted, why not have clothes with tiny antigrav generators at strategic points
Yeah, let’s go with that.
I think you are giving up way too easily.
If the black bands were elasticised (the bottom part more than the top) and perhaps with a bit of underwire breast support, I think it might work.
I’m sure something could be done. It’s actually the arm portion that I don’t think would work on this costume. Double-sided tape would be a requirement.
Have you been there? I am afraid of the lines, not the rides.
Try going on Mother’s Day if it’s open then. Some years ago I just happened to go to a major amusement park on MD and the place was so empty I could get on any ride in less than five minutes. One roller coaster was so barren of customers that when the ride ended they asked if we wanted to just stay seated and go around again (we did — twice). Apparently moms don’t choose to go to the amusement park on their special day.
I’ve had that before. It wasn’t on Mother’s Day, but it was some sort weird day where the park was virtually empty. I ended up going on twenty rides in a row and feeling ill for the rest of the day.
Lines serve a very useful purpose: giving your stomach time to come down from the last ride. Ever been to an amusement park with no lines? It’s not a pretty scene puke-wise.
I don’t know… I once went to Canada’s Wonderland and it was pretty busy but then died out suddenly and unexpectedly and my family basically had the park to ourselves for around 3 hours. We rode rides over and over (our favourite roller coaster, Dragon Fire or whatever it’s called) and we were fine afterwards. A bit dizzy, sure, but fine. Maybe we just have unusually strong stomachs.
You come from hearty, tough-gutted stock.
“The eyes are the windows to the soul”, as the saying goes, but the eyebrows are the large WARNING signs posted near them.
I couldn’t have put it better myself.
*snicker* yep, your bff is scarier then every phoby you have….and i second (third?) the idea of phoebe dating someone…so far, we´ve only seen plenty dudes being transfixed by her ‘assets’. its time she gets someone for reals. can you imagine satan giving some guy the speech? and how would tracee react, especially if phoebe´s dude is hot – cause satan, for all his money+power, isn´t all that studly. most of all though, i have trouble to imagine what kind of guy would be able to handle the insanity thats phoebe´s home life, with puck, crackistan ect. and NOT run for the hills 😉
Maybe another “legendary creature” type. Someone who has already has experience with crazy living environments, in any case. A newbie could be interested, but maybe not in the long run.
Or you know, maybe they (why being so assertive on the gender of Phoebe’s conquest ? Let the others dream) would be born in an actually really boring circle, and while at first fascinated by the exotism, they would stay because they like how lively the group is.
I think, given the scenario, that whatever guy Phoebe was dating would need to come from a background even more daunting and messed up. It’s the only way.
My vote for the perfect guy for Phoebe is a D&D nerd that hasn’t seen daylight since 2001.
I seriously doubt Phoebe would second your vote on that one.
What, no sexy Riddick for Phoebe ? I’m slightly disappointed…
Hey, I resemble that remark!
Actually, I am thinking that her beau would be some form of angel. You know, with all the white robes, 7-foot wingspan, harp and halo, but can appear human when he wants to. His primary purpose in meeting her is intelligence gathering (so what if his boss is omniscient?), but then starts falling for her as a person.
“Hey, Daddy! I met the really great guy. I mean he is really Good! He makes me feel all tingly and warm inside whenever I am near him. You just have to meet him!” So what if that is his aura purifying her?
I would nix that merely on the fact that I’m never introducing a character who has wings. Wings are hard to get right, man. And they’re a ton of work to draw.
I have a concept for a potential mate for Phoebe, but it’ll be a long time coming. And even then, it might not happen because that’s the sort of thing I fear doing wrong in the comic: introducing a new major character. It runs the risk of being a shark-jumping point. And the requirements of the character would be hard to work with.
In the worst case scenario (he’s boring and everybody, you included, hates his guts), you could get rid of him and merely change his status from “main character” to “focus of this specific arc”, and getting Phoebe to dump him.
The world you set up is solid and pretty adaptable, so I wouldn’t worry too much about the sharks.
Why not make Phoebe’s potential mate be a jumping (blue) shark then, if the idea does not work you can make the character bite the biscuit for being out of water…. and get away with “Jumping the shark” with a literal “fish out of water joke”…
Yeah, there’s so many opportunities to jump the shark every day. I think, personally, the ‘jump the shark’ moment will be when I introduce the talking car. (Seriously, that’s a plot arc that will one day occur.)
Well, Puck does have two eyebrows…the people with just one eyebrow aren’t as scary?
No, they’re not.
Huh. I do believe this is the first time I’ve felt genuinely sorry for Phoebe.
Well, that’s gotta be worth something!
Is it just me, or has Pheobe’s shirt gotten even more revealing since the last time we saw it? It seems like there’s a lot more visible midriff than on the previous strips with that shirt, but that could just be due to arm placement.
Maybe. It’s slowly, slowly getting smaller with every passing comic. Catch it before it disappears altogether!
If the white part continues shrinking, her top may soon be “X” ?
A striking look, no doubt!
If I got onto a plane without fainting and/or puking, then proceeded to not hyperventilate the entire ride, Phoebe can go on a roller coaster without puking.
…
I hope. Probably not, though.
So you got through the flight? Yay for bravery! And now you have Europe as your prize.
And quite the prize it is! Though, everyone I stay with seems to think that when I say ‘no’ to a glass of wine or cider I really mean ‘yes’. 😛 The architecture is amazing, in any case.
I’ve heard they’re the same way with peas on the other side of the pond. There’s no sense in telling them that you don’t want peas with your meal, because you’re getting them anyway.
You could say she almost got pucked up.
Almost. But not quite. Puck has never actually attacked Phoebe in the comic. Hard to believe, but true. It may happen one day, but not today!
Well, at least Phoebe has a healthy… Phoebea… of pissing Puck off.
She’s stayed alive for over a decade of knowing her. There’s a reason, I’m guessing.
The word you are looking for is caution.
I ust got to wonder what will bhappen when we se pucks parents or the first time, even tho shes supposed to be 600 years old… their probably immortal too and well it ould be hilarious I think so do eet !
Cast’s crowded enough right now. I don’t think we’ll see Puck’s parents for a long, long time. Or ever.
What about in passing? Puck gets a letter/message/other-plot-device from her parents:
Puck, ancient fairy of lore, discusses the facts of life.
panel 1:
Colin: What’s that?
Puck: An L/M/O from my parents.
panel 2:
Colin: You have parents?
Puck: You think I hatched out of a flower or something?
panel 3:
intent gazes, not the lovey-dovey variety
panel 4:
Puck: You do, don’t you?
Colin: (shamefaced) Well, the possibility had occurred to me.
You can probably do much better than this.
I like the ‘born from a flower’ idea better.
I’m in love with Puck’s eyebrows…but I’m weird like that. 😉
I really, REALLY have a thing for eyebrows. Case in point: the only thing I didn’t like about Guardians of the Galaxy was the fact that they took Zoe Saldana, a woman with spectacular and highly expressive eyebrows, and removed them. That’s a crime against God, I say.
The Pucktian Manhunter?
I mean, I think I get it. First and foremost, the colors work on her just great. But also she’s strong and no doubt Colin thinks she can read his mind.
Continuing with the genderswitching JLA … Colin in fishnets? Phoebe with a power ring = even more awesome costuming? Batdapne brooding over … um, something teenagers brood over … ?
Who knows? you may inspire yet another reboot…
Well, it’s not technically gender switching. Puck’s cosplaying as Miss Martian, Martian Manhunter’s niece. And Green Lantern and Batman won’t be featured in this run, because I’ve already had voting incentives featuring those characters before. I’m more doing a clean sweep of some other DC characters I haven’t hit yet.
Oh! My mistake – I have not kept up with comics!
It *is* nice to see an Ancient Fairy Of Lore has a hobby. I imagine that raising a child can cut into con time.
I think Miss Martian (who seriously bears a strong resemblance to Puck) is a very newish addition to the DC roster. First appeared in 2006, according to Wikipedia. So yeah, it’s after my time too.
How about for a Puck vote incentive Puck and company are vampires.
Meant to ask…probably missed some discussion of this…but what’s the deal with the, er, triangular pince-nez eyeglasses Phoebe is wearing?…if I’m seeing them right and if they are eyeglasses…
They’re not pince-nez, but sometimes the arms of the glasses are less than visible (or forgotten). She’s an odd girl with odd fashion tastes.
“She’s just an old fashioned girl with an old fashioned mind
Not sophisticated, she’s the sweet and simple kind.
She wants an old fashioned house, with an old fashioned fence
And an old fashioned millionaire.”
Meant this to be a reply to the last, slipped up somewhere. Ah, well. I’m working with a wicked cold this morning.
Pretty sure faerie trumps devilspawn in the mind powers department.
Canada is now 148 years old and the United States is now 239 years old.
I am three. and a half. And happy about it.
Those are the third scariest eyebrows ever…
I do try.