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As for this comic…
Phoebe has long held the role of moralizer in this comic. In truth, she’d probably make a good preacher. Were it not for the horns.
Oh, and Daphne didn't disappear here; she's still somewhere nearby. I just honestly run out of room in these panels sometimes.
Puck 372
THE PATRONS HAVE TAKEN OVER!!!
That’s right! The voting incentive pics are in the hands of the fans! Patrons on Patreon who pledge $5 or more a month get a personal say in what incentives are coming your way! If YOU want to put your two cents in, then my HEAD ON OVER TO PATREON and join the select club!
VOTE TO GET EVIL!
As for this comic…
Phoebe has long held the role of moralizer in this comic. In truth, she’d probably make a good preacher. Were it not for the horns.
Oh, and Daphne didn't disappear here; she's still somewhere nearby. I just honestly run out of room in these panels sometimes.
Yeah !
You GO gurl.
Just GO.
Please refrain from using the word ‘gurl’.
Just … scary.
It’s true, TRUE !
Robin is now officially less pleasant than even Colin’s sister, Heather !
(Puck 249)
Notice how it isn’t Puck anymore, but Robin.
Phoebe is trying to get Puck to reconsider.
Time for Miranda to cue a single tear and a cry for Momma!!!
They never cry on cue. They only cry without fail on planes and in theaters.
Poor Miranda, she looks sad on panel two because mommy is leaving. Puck should really reconsider before making a decision she’ll eventually regret.
I think the sadness is more added fright at the weird, altered state of her mother.
Daphne went into the character equivalent of hammer space.
Or … maybe … she’s realizing Puck needs an attitude adjustment, and has gone for the famous Mr. Smacky?
More likely just to the one side of Colin, out of frame. Seriously, I’ve realized that I basically cannot fit more than four characters into the frame and still leave a little room for dialogue without going to a long shot. And then you can’t see any expressions because it’s too small.
“Have you ever noticed that whenever five of us get together, one of us flickers in and out of reality?”
“What about that time in the mall?”
“OK, we were all there but we got really small, and I could see your face real well.”
Steve Martin can explain how to “get small” to you if you don’t remember.
for once, phoebe knows EXACTLY what she´s talking about – remember folks, her mom is/was liz taylor.
Maybe she can point it out, asking Puck if she wants Miranda to become her and she can’t even dress herself in anything that doesn’t look like some sort of future sexdoll fashion. 😛
Eeeeeeeeeeeeee.
I’m not entirely sure that qualifies her for giving family advice, but … sure?
It qualifies her to give Puck a warning…
Too true…
@Peya Luna: For “Once”?
Sorry, by my money is riding on Phoebe being the only level headed person in the cast. (well, Colin’s pretty level headed sometimes, but mostly he’s hiding under the kitchen sink, which considering, is probably not a bad option…)
I vote for Phleebles being not only the most level-headed member of the cast, but the most attractive, and the most likely to be invited to my birthday party. (and if my bf hits on her, he is toast)
@ Susan
https://puckcomics.com/?comic=puck-126
Y’know, I’m wondering how she’ll fit in in Hollywood. All the actors and actresses lie a few years off their ages—she’s what, now, seven hundred or so?
Well, as you’ve noted, there’s an established precedent.
Poor Colin. Cheeze whams stat!
So very, very puppy dog face.
Maybe that combined with him holding their baby can melt some of the ice off Puck’s heart?
@Buggle
Nope.
Without Freckles, all is lost.
So her heart was in her freckles, eh?!?!?!?! I see how fairy anatomy works…
It’s very clear.
It’s simple – we tell Puck the skin on her face has a dreadful condition – bribe/threaten a couple of dermatologists to tell her so (and commence the operation) – we find someone with freckled skin – we take it and graft it to her face. Done~! Puck has freckles back, her ginger poofs back into existence, and everything is normal again!
Have you tried to get in to see a dermatologist (medical slang: pimple poppers) lately? Can you imagine how much it would cost to get two to show up *at the same time*? Sheesh
No no no no, we *kidnap* them. There’s no appointments going on here. Save the one we’re going to “arrange” with Puck and said dermatologists.
I am curious how Puck will ‘survive’ (in lack of a better word) in Hollywood. But on the other hand, it’s also Puck, so yeah.
Now I’m just worried for what’s gonna happen with Colin:co. Economy wise, I’d imagine it being a little better (1 less person to feed) but at the same time I can’t help shaking this feeling that somehow or another, SOMETHING is gonna happen that’ll screw them all over, causing Puck to come back to them (apologizing? Doubtful!).
Well, it’s going to be rough. ROUGH, I say!
I like the roll-reversal of the “devil” and “angel” on Puck’s shoulders…
I try to keep it interesting.
“Kids would rather have a suicidal mother in the next room than a rich and successful one elsewhere” – Brett Butler
Smart. And often true.
Re: Incentive: Is this the first time we have seen Pheebes in a DRESS? Dynamite!
Nope. She wore a dress to Puck’s baby shower. But it’s relatively rare.
Puck 260, and several following.
Phoebe would make a great Mommee.
Is there not a single Howlers customer that could not be her Soul Mate ?
Or maybe Satan has a Demon or two that would make a great Blind Date for her ? How about Sigmund ?
Has Phoebe met Hot Dog Guy ?
Could it be time to transition “Puck” into “Phoebe” ?
So many questions….
That would make a great spinoff comic…
QUICK TRIVIA:
Cross your Arms !
If you are RIGHT-HANDED, which arm is on TOP ?
If you are LEFT-HANDED, which arm is on TOP ?
AND, do you hide your Hands like Robin, or rest them on the other arm ?
I asked my Human Pet, Baldie, to do so.
He is a Rightie, and his Left Arm ended up on Top, with both Hands resting on the opposite Arm – not hidden like Robin’s.
I asked him to try variations, but he complained other than his default position, all the others felt very unnatural.
(he is a weirdo, tho. but i will give him credit – he takes orders much better than my other pet, Janet, does.)
Characters in this comic tend to prefer tucking their hands under their arms. Which just happens to make it easier to draw.
Yes, I assumed that.
But still, I am curious.
I think I take the wierdness prize on this one, SalemCat. I’m a lefty, and my right arm is on top, with my right hand tucked under, and my left hand resting on my arm.
You match MR CLEAN !
He is a cool guy.
Reminds me of Mr. T.
(somehow)
I do it the same way as Baldie… Except I tuck my left hand under my right arm.
I asked Baldie to try that.
He says your way feels very natural as well. Even better, in fact.
I am thinking the key may be that the prominent hand/arm typically goes under, and obtains support from the secondary hand/arm by resting the prominent hand on it.
Then the secondary hand rests under the prominent arm.
Mr Clean illustrates this exactly, except he is a Lefty.
Take Note: This could be a great Science Fair Project for a Middle School Student. I’ll bet very few ever give this any thought. Until Puck (World’s #1 educational web comic), I never did.
Ask someone to cross their arms and scowl as if they are mad at you.
Then tell them whether they are Right (or Left-Handed).
I’ll bet you will be correct 99% of the time.
A number of people would take exception to that…
Mr. Clean goes both ways.
I’m betting he is a Lefty, tho.
http://yvonnedesousa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/mrclean1.jpg
And the Earring in the Right Ear ?
What does that mean ?
There is no consensus on the Web.
Everything neat and clean makes Mr. Clean happy.
Dirt and disorder make him mad.
You wouldn’t like Mr Clean when he’s mad.
Okay, I’m a righty, and my right arm is on top, and I am hiding neither, both hands resting on opposite forearms. What does that mean? (My bf says it means I want to leave both fists free. That can’t be it, can it?)
So far no one does it “Fairy-Style”.
Sounds like something out of that Kama Sutra my brother left in his back seat when I was a teen. Or maybe Cosmo: (RED HOT POSITIONS THAT WILL MAKE HIM SIT UP AND BEG!!!) Pooh. Like he doesn’t already
From the blurb on “The Eighth Square: “Dodging unwelcome encounters with the supernatural is making Petra Godfellow’s freshman year very difficult. Emissaries from the imprisoned Faerie Queen are looking for her. Members of the Green Kingdom Militia watch her everywhere she goes. Worst of all, servants of James Oberon keep trying to kidnap her. All because they believe that Petra is a direct descendant of Robin the Puck…”
That’s it !
Robin is not being a Bad-Wife and a neglectful Mother, she is cleverly disguising herself to protect both herself and Miranda from the Green Kingdom Militia.
Well Done !
BTW, what will be Puck’s STAGE NAME ?
Mercedes ?
Porcia ?
Bambi ?
Sunshine ?
Candi ?
Divine ?
Essence ?
Bunni ?
Mephistopheles ?
Ohhhh crap.
Baldie glimpsed my missive.
He DEMANDED I suggest MOXI (after his favorite beverage – YUKK)
Why not just Robin Goodfellow? Or perhaps she might change her last name to Robin Goodfae… or maybe Robin is too masculine and she wants to change it to Reyna, or Renee.
Ooooh….
Tracee Junior ?
THAT’S IT !!
Nah, Hollywood is so screaming mad PC right now they would either ostracize her or demand she change her last name to either “Goodperson” or “”Evilwhitefellow”
You know considering the fact that Phoebe’s mother was Liz Taylor, she might know a thing or two about the cool kids.
True. Very true.
Heck, she married Richard Burton, twice, and he was like the coolest Briton of the 20th Century! (WB Yeats and Lawrence Olivier tied for second). Would have been the whole world, except, you know, Steve McQueen.
I found out late last night that Jan 12 is “Kiss a Ginger Day” in the UK.
I can’t help but feel that an opportunity has been missed here.
And how!
That moment where you find a new web comic, read it from the very beginning, and then hit the end. I am forced to wait with everyone else for updates.
I kept looking at Puck’s red head scarf and wondering about that particular change in apparel. As I looked at her with her tan skin, dyed blonde hair, and scarf, I realized I couldn’t see her pointy ears anymore. She looks completely normal with the scarf on.
Terrifying.
Sorry about the wait. It’s … a lot slower from this point forward.
The red scarf was something my wife asked me about. “What’s with the Latvian grandma look?” was her actual question. I wanted it to be sort of ‘old 50’s Hollywood’, but you’re totally right in the real motivation behind it: no more fairy ears. The transformation is complete.
Now this would be a good time for Colin to get assertive if for only the sake of Miranda…
C’mon, C! Get your woman to snap out of it! 😀
Well, he’ll try.
I like to pretend that Daphne is going for a sword here. That’s why she’s not visible.
Potentially true.