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It’s important to try to supply some nuance even when you’re setting up a subculture to be the heavies and you don’t have time to give them individual personalities. The way the nuns here can be strict without always being stern is another detail that would help their development down the line, and Erica does a really good job of showing in that one dude’s face how that can make them more fearsome, not less. At least when authoritarian regimes are consistent, you have some sense that there are rules you can follow and futures you can predict.
For a few years there, lolcats were arguably one of the most popular comics genres in existence, depending on how you define “comics.” But I made this observation around the time I was getting out of any comics-related essay-writing, so I didn’t really do much with it except this little contribution to the field. Oh, and there was the supervillain Emoticat (talking cat, emotion-controlling emoji T-shirt, lolcats-style dialogue) designed for a long fanfic-tribute to an old favorite that I finally got out of my system a few years ago.
Having known several nuns quite well (as friends, not as teaching tyrants), I can assure you that they do, indeed, enjoy a good laugh. Although, generally not over the same things the Bloodshot Sisters laugh at. Generally.
Catfuckery wurks in mysterious waiz.
Great facial expressions on the nuns. Erica always put a lot of emphasis on “emoting” faces I feel.
Completely off topic, but I just started reading your fanfic and had a little O_o moment at the reference to an ice cream vendor in Chapter 2.
You… aren’t from New England originally, are you?
Heh, no, can’t say I am! A lot of people worked on CAPTAIN CARROT, though, so King Kone’s original creator might’ve been.
Ever any plan to have Frigg’s parents come up?
It never reached the planning stages, but it is probably significant that they stuck her in this nunnery as “finishing school” and she doesn’t seem to have had anything to do with them once she got out. She very briefly mentions them in Chapter 48.
Giving yourself a thumbs up or checking to make sure the cats big enough to stick your thumb up its ass?
It’s a classic “artist” thing that’s done a lot. When painting a picture, you are doing it at arms length. So, turning and using your thumb at to measure the apparent height or width of what you are painting is handy. It’s become shorthand for an artist evaluating their subject matter.
She wanted to keep a thumbnail copy of her masterpiece, but the charcoal smudged all over her thumb. She’s not working with the best medium… yet. ;D
Huh… because Frigg created the lolcat next to a poster of religious context, perhaps this is what caused it to perpetuate into divinity? The seed was planted as early as the first chapter.
Maybe Frigg was secretly polytheistic this whole time.
This here lolcat’s obviously related to Blowjob Cat, don’t you think? ;)
– http://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-7/04-the-do-list/border/
Different alt-text from the first time.