VALENTINE'S DAY VOTING INCENTIVE IS HERE!
I take no responsibility for this one. This is a concept hatched by one of my fine patrons on Patreon and then promptly seconded by a few other fine patrons, so I felt compelled to draw it. I totally did not actively choose to draw this image due to its inherent fun factor. And the fact that I wanted to draw it. Totally nothing to do with me.
VOTE TO TRY THE CATNIP!
As for this comic...
I went through a few drafts for Puck's non sequitur in panel four before settling on this one. Most of the rejected drafts centered on Eggo waffles, for some reason. I eventually 'leggo' of the the Eggo, though, and went in this direction.
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VALENTINE'S DAY VOTING INCENTIVE IS HERE!
I take no responsibility for this one. This is a concept hatched by one of my fine patrons on Patreon and then promptly seconded by a few other fine patrons, so I felt compelled to draw it. I totally did not actively choose to draw this image due to its inherent fun factor. And the fact that I wanted to draw it. Totally nothing to do with me.
VOTE TO TRY THE CATNIP!
As for this comic...
I went through a few drafts for Puck's non sequitur in panel four before settling on this one. Most of the rejected drafts centered on Eggo waffles, for some reason. I eventually 'leggo' of the the Eggo, though, and went in this direction.
This is the single most realistic strip in the entire run 😉
When I saw them dancing I thought, “If this were for real, they’d go out for some quality time but, naaaah, no way.”
Way!
We be keepin’ it real here.
It’s probably not all good and well that Papa Schnorf went out with Phoebe. Not only is she an 11, she’s all hopped up on sugar and related to the mayor who has an unhealthy affinity for the green.
@Pat
Good Point.
Satan would heartily approve !
SATAN THE SNORF FAN
Note that I never, ever said this was a good thing. Just that it was a thing that happened.
Whew! That would have been weird.
Hope the man inside can live up to the costume.
Well, Phoebe shall find out.
OMG, you BROKE her!!!
I think it’s fairly easy to do.
Since you can’t not think about pink elephants, you have to think about something else. Please Colin, be more supportive of Robin.
Everyone responds to pink elephants in different ways. Some people want to talk about them. Other people want to just get past them.
and what about the people who PLAY with them?
We call those people ‘drunk Dumbos’. They are a unique breed.
Now you’ve got me picturing Phoebe with a demonic little baby shnorf in her future…
…does this mean that the “AntiChrist” will be … Canadian?
Don’t get me wrong — I think it could be a nice look for him.
At the very least, you could draw it as a 1-shot dream-sequence, or as a vote-incentive for us to “klik” on.
I don’t even want to THINK about that, let alone draw it. It’s … just TOO terrifying.
@[ElectricGecko]:
Maybe it’s because my birthday=Halloween, but it just seems too cute to avoid thinking about … “The_Canadian_Anti-Christ”: as an infant it has highly-refined, weaponized cuteness that will sap the resistance of ANY opponent, no matter HOW strong their resolve …
(lean-in closer — even his stink-iest diaper has the subtle aroma of Grade-A, quintuple-refined Maple Syrup)
… as an adult, you’ll never devise a more courteous harbinger of ANY apocalypse.
(…& that Maple-Syrup component to his pheromones has all the ladies flocking around him like bees to honey, while paradoxically repelling actual insects…)
I mean…
…seriously…
…it practically writes itself!!!
#I’m_Just_Sayin’
Sounds like you have an idea for your next creative project here.
The Anti-Christ as a Canadian . . . . hmmmm.
I should be more scared than I am.
I suppose for Canada, the sign of the Anti-Christ is the Maple Leafs winning the Stanley Cup, six times in a row . . . . . . which um, even for a Habs fan, that doesn’t sound so bad . . . . okay, once, yes, but now, as long as it isn’t a Yank team, fine by me.
Well, if the sign heralding the end of days is the Maple Leafs winning the Stanley Cup six times in a row, we can relax knowing that the apocalypse won’t begin for another few trillion years at least. Because what you describe is as functionally impossible as spontaneously walking through a brick wall. It is, in terms of quantum dynamics, theoretically possible, but the likelihood is so low, and the Maple Leafs so bad, that one would need to outlive the universe many times over in order to witness it happen.
Yes, Colin, we are. Because that way lies madness. And WAY too many Eggos. You wouldn’t think it possible, but it is.
Take II
Sorry, I miswrote that. It SHOULD be: No, Colin, we’re not. Because that way lies madness. And WAY too many Eggos. You wouldn’t think it possible, but it is.”
But I think it’s likely too late for that.
I think it worked either way.
🙂
It’s like “Choose your own adventure”.
If, ‘yes’, go to comment 213549.
If, ‘no’, go to comment 213601.
Phoebe and Papa could have a spin-off webcomic of their own. They are both such entertaining characters. 😉
I think that spin-off webcomic would be really goofy and mostly dumb. But it might be entertaining.
As an aside, thank you for the information on jackfruit. I’ve wondered but they’re too danged big for experimentation.
Sometimes the grocery stores around here sell cut jackfruit that’s been divided into far more manageable chunks. And it’s still not cheap; even a chunk of jackfruit will still run you five bucks. But buying a whole jackfruit? That seems like insanity to me. One fruit is heavier than most medium-sized dogs.
@EG
CAN’T BE REAL
Very real. Those things are HUGE.
@EG
I asked a lady today “Do you like JackFruit ?” and she went to kick me !
It’s truly unknown in the States.
Most popular fruit crop in the world, man. That’s what I’ve read.
Yeah, I’m with Puck on this. What’re they gonna do, look for Phoebe and Papa Shnorf? And if they find them, what’re they gonna do, grab Phoebe and run? Or grab Papa Shnorf? Or sit them down and have a long talk? This is one of those situations where whatever you do will be wrong, so limit the damage and stay out of it. Besides, for all we know, Papa Shnorf knows just what to do with monkey-bears, and if that’s Tracee’s car that fool monkey-bear is eating . . . . . . . . . . . there’s gonna be a new rug in front of the fireplace . . . . whimpering . . .
Sometimes you just need to shrug and walk away, even when you have very strong opinions on something. Especially when you have very strong opinions on something.
Can anyone imagine any discussion of the Daphne/Papa Schnort situation that would end up with anyone happier or better as a person?
No? No.
Life’s too short, man. Talk about jackfruit instead.
I appreciate the work you put in to keep Puck’s lace overlay consistent.
On a related note, just now noticed that flapper fringe on Daphne’s dress.
Yeah, we don’t get to see that fringe that much since so many of the shots aren’t long shots. But it IS there. I think, honestly, that I drew it a little differently when I first introduced the dress, but whatever. I can’t be expected to keep this stuff consistent over a year of comics! At least that’s what I keep telling myself.
It’s not work, really. The lace design is a vector design that I use and warp into place every time. So it’s not exactly a cut-and-paste operation, but I don’t draw it. I never drew it. I generated it from an actual lace design. The same trick is used on all characters’ shirt designs too.
The horror!
THE HORROR!
Plot twist Papa Snorf is Tracee’s little brother.
@[JJR]:
…or what if he was Tracee’s DAD???!?
#The_Mind_Boggles
I just I am my own grandpa vibes
Trying to get a read on the chromic emotions in panel three. Red is obviously used for anger… And you have used yellow for embarrassment but also for fear? So pulsing red and yellow is… Shocked anger? Hmm.
In any case, I appreciate that you emote via color in that way. Even with as expressive as your art is, that extra layer is a nice touch.
The colors do not always convey emotion. I try to kinda keep in line with a background ‘palette’ for each comic, so in one comic it’s shades in the blue/green spectrum, and in another it might be yellow/red, or pink/purple. I mix it up. But the radial color ‘spidey sense’ effect is always shock or an epiphany, no matter what the shade.