HOLIDAY VOTING INCENTIVE IS LIVE!
I felt, in the spirit of the holidays, that I needed to celebrate a certain cola company that for all intents and purposes birthed the modern Santa. Or at least celebrate the Puck universe's off-brand equivalent. So here goes!
VOTE TO ROT YOUR TEETH WITH SUGARY JUNK!
As for this comic...
It took me three or four tries to really get the drawing in panel four right. It can be strangely hard to come up with a fantasy creature sometimes. You'd think there would be no wrong answer, but then you draw the thing and it just looks ... wrong. This one looked less wrong than the first few tries. I was trying to approach the majesty of Ethan Nicolle's Bearmageddon creations but it's just not where my talents lie.
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HOLIDAY VOTING INCENTIVE IS LIVE!
I felt, in the spirit of the holidays, that I needed to celebrate a certain cola company that for all intents and purposes birthed the modern Santa. Or at least celebrate the Puck universe's off-brand equivalent. So here goes!
VOTE TO ROT YOUR TEETH WITH SUGARY JUNK!
As for this comic...
It took me three or four tries to really get the drawing in panel four right. It can be strangely hard to come up with a fantasy creature sometimes. You'd think there would be no wrong answer, but then you draw the thing and it just looks ... wrong. This one looked less wrong than the first few tries. I was trying to approach the majesty of Ethan Nicolle's Bearmageddon creations but it's just not where my talents lie.
Well, Hamilton isn’t THAT far from Love Canal. Gotta be some mutations that have traveled north over the last few decades. 🙂
Hey, no joke. The local paper recently uncovered a sewage spill into local waterways that went on for years. The city found out about it but decided to not tell people on the advice of lawyers. I’d make a joke, but … it’s too depressing.
Quick, get on the Ty-D-Bowl hotline and raise Thomas Crapper to remedy the situation.
I was born in Borger, Texas, where, when the wind is right, you can smell it all the way in Kansas. This is a statement of fact. We have a Phillips oil refinery there, and it pumps out so much pollution, actual mutations have cropped up. I, myself, have an insane resistance to toxins and some mild atavistic physical characteristics, such as a thickened brow ridge, stronger jaw muscles, and a denser bone structure than most. That dense skeleton, btw, makes it a bitch to swim.
So you are, in fact, a haler, heartier variety of human forged in the fires of industrial pollution? And your weakness is water? You, sir, need a comic book about you.
I think that he’s saying that he could be cast as a caveman in those Geico commercials if they wanted a fresh face in an old ad campaign.
Maybe yes, maybe no. Along with the tougher skeleton comes bipolar, ADHD, and some impulse control issues. So, yeah, a bit of a trade off. (Barely) Above average physical properties in exchange for some chemical imbalances, oh, and difficulty swimming. I can swim, but look as natural doing it as a fish would riding a bicycle.
@Jesse
I’m thinka’ being Part-Neanderthal would be pretty much a Chick-Magnet.
Nah, the bi-polar makes me a chick magnet. When I’m manic, I’m effervescent and charming, when I’m depressive, I’m dark and brooding, and as a sex addict, I’m an experienced and giving lover all the time, and chicks gossip about that worse than guys.
@BrickJAK BouncerPants
This subject has proven to be surprisingly timely (after all, PUCK is well renowned for being the most scientifically accurate Web Comic for the years 2017 thru 2019).
In Boston the Sewage Plant has been selling its “sludge” as organic fertilizer for over thirty years.
Sadly, it has been discovered that it contains a minimum of twenty times the legal limit of Toxic Chemicals. And possibly far more.
Produce, Milk, Well Water, are all at risk.
BAD TIDINGS for BOSTON.
Oddly enough, my human pet “Baldie”, is not only unconcerned but also feels he is vindicated. He has proudly boasted that nothing natural has ever passed by his lips.
The more artificial, the better he likes it (I’m pretty sure he was chowin’ down on Styrofoam popcorn last week – and of course he adores McDonalds).
“I’ve got a monkey bear who’s got no nose.”
“How does he smell?”
“Awful!”
(Sorry, the proximity to the sewage plant suggested that joke to me.)
I do appreciate. I really do.
Drat, curses and double drat. Robert Nowall best me to a tangent. You could have built him up from sketching him scratching his but, then sniffing his finger.
The tangent still counts. You’re elaborating on it!
Who wants to bet he actually warped some unsudpecting animals into those …. things …. so as to support his excuse?
Well, that is a possibility, I guess.
Aw… not the Caddy!
Wait, what am I saying? I’m a Ford man. Carry on!
I was drawing panel four while sitting with the automotive teacher at my school. When I told him that I needed to draw the back end of a ’76 Cadillac, he replied, “Why? A ’76 Caddy is an awful, awful car.” I had no response to that.
So you don’t feel bad about getting it torn up by monkeybears.
Wouldn’t an awful, awful car be rather fitting for the prince of darkness?
Right? Right.
Scrap the Caddie, Clyde!
…I want a monkey bear.
Me too. I was trying to hit that fine line between adorable and terrifying.
@EG
Can the adorable.
Go for full speed Pennywise.
I want to see the failed monkey bear versions in the Voting Incentive pages.
I would do that, but sadly the various versions were done on the same page and erased violently by me each time. This is, by the way, not how real artists work. Real artists don’t violently erase stuff because it messes up the paper. But I’m not a real artist.
I knew it! He sneakaly delt with a real emergency but it SOUNDED fake!
It’s very despiriting when you tell someone the truth and they tell you it’s not even plausible. It’s worse when it’s your mom.
Worst when it’s your mom? I think it’s worse when it’s your partner! Though I guess the scenario is key.
Scenarios matter.
Now I know why it’s so hard to find nice old cars in Canada. How sad!
😉
There were lots of them, but the Americans keep buying them and shipping them to the U.S. But I got even with them, I bought one from Indiana and shipped it to Alberta.
@Roborat
Hopefully not a Vintage Vega.
They’re rarer than Duesenbergs.
Canadians tend to hold onto their old stuff more than Americans. Key example: Americans smelted down almost all of their old steam locomotives shortly after they came out of service. Canadians couldn’t bring themselves to do that and put them in sheds. End result: all American steam museums feature almost exclusively Canadian trains.
Maybe that explains my wife’s hoarding and my pyromania.
(She’s Canadian and I’m American)
It explains EVERYTHING.
I would ask how something that cute can be that destructive, but ahem, Miranda.
Who is likely to look at it, say “Kitty!” and to its shock, it will be, for her!
Children and wild animals just go together like peanut butter and jam.
They’re a lot larger than I would have anticipated.
I guess I was thinkin’ Squirrel-Monkey Bears.
But either way, they must be exceptionally odiferous – an affront to my naturally hygienic habits.
Let us pray these MB’s are not poop-flingers (the sewage plant raid may have been an attempt to stockpile ammunition).
I was thinking somewhere between monkey size and bear size. But that’s just me.
Now it is Satan’s turn to be offended; that TRACEE accused “The Prince of Lies” of an untruth.
Shame on you , TRACEEE.
(cut to make-up sex)
You’re assuming she’ll find out that he was telling the truth. She might not.
@Salem, yes, that Satan is always horny.
;). Remember the story of the boy who cried “Wolf?” It looks like even the illustrious mayor of Hamilton can’t get away from his reputation.
@ChrisH
I, for one, will be sorely disappointed if we don’t see DUNDURN CASTLE overflowing with Monkey-Bear shenanigans.
well he is technically lying their bear monkeys the predator that hunts monkey bears. The monkey bears were just in the area hiding from the bear monkeys. he is paid by the bear monkey guild that obviously doesn’t exist so stop talking about them…or gummie bear heads will appear in your candy dish.
So is this here a bear monkey or a monkey bear? I’m confused.
That is a Northern Monkey Bear they eat Corinthian leather, and soft top convertible tops a native food source in their environment.
Bear monkeys in human populated areas are often confused for aging 90’s pro wrestlers wearing fur coats by the average person. To avoid being hunted by humans they have adopted grunting a sound of “Oh yea” and and “GOOOOOLLD DUST!” while flexing when approached by humans as a sort of disguise.
I like this. This is now canon.
It strikes me as odd that the prince of lies cannot find something more plausible to say than the truth.
+1
where is the like button when you need it?
He’s a terrible Satan.
Or is he a incredibly good actor playing the old fool?
The greatest lie ever told by the best of liars is the absolute truth believed by all as a lie.
you’d have the unholy prince of evil would be on the side of the monkeybears. Up to the point where he has to answer to the city council.
Imagine that. Satan telling the truth and not being believed. Some guys just can’t win! Remember people won’t believe you if you lie (lie is in the middle of the word believe).
I seem to recall a boy. Who cried something. Cried taco? I think he cried taco.
I thought that was the guy who had a hit with a weird retro version of “Puttin’ On The Ritz”.
I really like how you have made Puck the all everything to everybody. She is sensitive and understanding with Phoebe. She is snarky, when Daphne needs a friend. She is a good spouse to Colin, balancing sarcasm and love like any good wife should. And last but not least, she is a great mom. In addition. she is very hot in your voting incentive pic. Nice work.
@mermaidman
Your wonderful, thoughtful Robin is totally at odds with my interpretation of her as a barely-there “wife” (Colin and her are not married), who has in multiple occasions driven him to hide under the sink, an absent mother – who has never been observed bonding with Miranda (at least Colin does spend time driving about in the dead of night with the child), and a closet Serial Killer who pushes Women in Wheelchairs off of cliffs (to be consumed by Monkey-Bears).
And an enabler of a spoiled Hyena Hybrid, who has already wasted the formative years of Tyler – the nicest character in this entire strip. Short of TRACEEE, of course.
But yes, I will grant you, that despite the fact that Phoebe initiated their relationship with pointed comments concerning Robin’s total lack of Breasts (which pregnancy cured – Hubba Hubba), Robin and Phoebe have bonded into a mutually beneficial friendship, that is quite at odds which every other relationship in this Comic.
Go figure.
(could it be that Robin realizes that Phoebe legally owns her house ?)
Seeing as Puck is really the closest thing to a self-insert character I have, it’s interesting you say that. I feel that this stage of my life is very much me trying to occupy fifteen different roles, and generally doing all of them poorly. I think that Puck is trying; I’m not sure she’s successful very often, but she’s putting in the minimal amount of effort, like me.
Though I will readily admit that Puck looks far better than I would in a cola ad.
@EG
Well, for better or for worse, Robin is probably a pretty typical “Human Being”.
Except for the Secret Serial Killer part.
Tho to be fair, many of us would dearly love a Sci-Fi “Disappear” Button (Star Trek MIRROR MIRROR), where pushing it causes an enemy to simply disappear.
Robin prolly had one, but decided her “hands-on” approach suited her better.
It’s prolly too late for Xmas 2019, but many of us would dearly like to see THE RETURN OF PHOE-PUCK.
Even as a cameo.
Is Phoe-Puck the only character ever to wear a CHOKER ?
They are damn sexy, but sadly, people like Robin when presented with people like Phoe-Puck, interpret the noun Choker as a VERB.
The other character who wears a choker is Hannah.
@EG
Oh dearie me.
Daffy: “Tyler, what fashion accessory is Hannah wearing on her neck ?”
Tyler (disinterested – and avoiding any discussion with this refugee from Dr. Moreau’s Island): Choker
Daffy: “Can do”.
My thoughts on Phoe-Puck reminded me of another most wonderful character who MUST return – EMILY.
Let’s see – Huge Scary Truck flattens Daffy – Emily appears in tears, and administers Last Rites to the dying Jackal.
Robin is devastated (go figure), so Emily offers to move in to console her.
Everyone Wins !
(especially my eyeballs)
What do you think this comic is? Some kind of pure fan service comic? No, my friend. This is a comic that looks like and markets itself as a pure fan service comic, but actually is sort of a real comic. It’s like if a drive-thru restaurant named ‘Greasy Al’s’ lured you into its drive-thru only to suddenly force you from your car, sit you down at a table and feed you some herb-infused gnocchi.
@EG
concentrating now.….
Cat: “These aren’t the droids you’re looking for.”
EG: “These aren’t the droids we’re looking for.”
Cat: “He can go about his business.”
EG: “You can go about your business.”
Cat: “You must draw Emily now.”
EG: “I must draw Emily now.”
Cat: “Do not forget Phoe-Buck”
EG: “Who ?”
Cat face palms with both paws.
Ben Kenobi: Move along.
Man, I think that monkeybear design just works. Well-done!
I am glad to hear.
Hmmm…
THIS actually is as fun as it appears.
Try It !
Panel 3 – The Sneer.
The deadliest expression of them all.
You can recover from anger.
You can recover from hate.
But can you recover from contempt?
Good point. Kiss of death, that one.
“Really Raising a Ruckus”
That’s some fine alliteration. I love the taste of alliteration.
Does Santa read PUCK ?
I’m hoping, ’cause I do so pine for one of them CAT WHEELS.
And my human pet “Baldie” says no way. It would cut into his Beer Budget.
I’m going to scratch him so bad, I swear. One of these days – and he will never see it coming.
😛
Does Santa read Puck? Likely not.
I’m pretty sure that no one reads Puck anymore except our small vocal group of commenters here. I don’t see Santa’s name in the comments section, so … no. QED.
Santa may be too busy to log onto webcomics, but I have it on good authority that Ms. Claus is a fan.
I find that very reassuring, honestly. I trust her judgement more than the fat man.
Your comic has attracted commenters that can write complete, thoughtful sentences in their responses; not all webcomics can say the same. I believe a lot of your readers are quiet observers, who enjoy the strip and are satisfied to find like thoughts among the comments they read. Myself; I haven’t been so engrossed in a comic since Sailor Twain. You’re doing a great job!
I’ve got to say that the monkeybears are much more attractive than R.K. Mulholland’s Canadian Trap Door Alligators (or are they crocodiles? Can’t remember and I don’t feel like searching the archives at SomethingPositive.net to find out.) Glad you took extra time on the design, I especially like the muzzle.
The muzzle was hard to figure out. Not sure why.
Anyone who is looking for a new, touching, and entirely original Christmas movie needs to log onto Netflix and watch KLAUS.
You’ll thank me.
(I cried all over Baldie’s new sweater and he didn’t even mind)
Oh, any tears are happy tears, not sad ones.
Do not worry.
The Kroka-Noka sure puts me in the holiday spirit!
Very glad it’s doing what it’s supposed to!
SUGARY DEATH SYRUP FOR THE WIN!!! (Who needs cavity free teeth anyway?) ;))
Cavities are the gateway to joy.
That’s not what I expected Monkey-Bears to look like.
Now I want to see what your version would look like.
I dunno, I guess I was thinking bears with monkey faces and tails.
That would also be fun.
I expected half-monk, half-key, and half-bare.
It was a really difficult image to balance – tho catnip helped.
😛