Annotated 21-3
In my early writing days, I greatly overused the technique of writing something down, finding the flaw in it, and then turning that flaw into an in-dialogue joke rather than reworking it to eliminate the flaw entirely. You can only do so many “I can’t believe this is happening, it’s just so… unbelievable” or “Hey, why are you talking like something out of an OLD COMIC BOOK” jokes to excuse your own cliches before your readers get sick of your shit (something that Justice League International/Justice League 3000‘s J.M. DeMatteis, for all his many other virtues as a writer, never seemed to learn).
Every once in a while, though, the technique can still work. I think Braggadocio’s explanation for how he could be ignoring the events of panels 3 and 4 comes at just the right time to feel like an organic part of this jokey action scene instead of a desperate last-minute excuse.
I have a feeling Bert and Bragga declined the farmer’s invitation, but Bert still enjoys telling the story.
Braggadocio is just the perfect name for this character
Ah! I was just about to ask why Bert looked so familiar
Hi!
“I miss going out into the wild and discovering entirely new species, just so I could eat them!”
Such as, for example, anthropomorfic rabbits.
Too soon, dude, too soon.
… Did Usagi Yojimbo die or something?
It’s a reference to a certain character who will die later in the story (and died in the original run in March 2015).
Oh yeah, that guy.
I feel sad seeing Braggadocio here, knowing what awaits him eventually.
Was Bert a recurring character in Oglaf? I don’t remember seeing him there. I have a feeling I’ve seen that type of armor on several generic guards/soldiers, but not anyone specific.
Naw, that was just Phil snarking. I mean, sure, Bert’s got the right look, that “farmer’s daughter” dialogue sounds like something that’d happen in Oglaf, and most of the Oglaf characters aren’t named, so it fits… but we wouldn’t really go to that much trouble for a minor character when we could just invent one ourselves, and we certainly wouldn’t borrow someone else’s toys just to… er… break them.
Okay, so I still don’t know why Bert looks so familiar. Like there’s some ubiquitous character actor who was used for reference, or something.