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New Comics Every M/W/F - Written by T Campbell & Phil Kahn - Illustrated by John & Jason Waltrip

'... shoot a dude in the head?'

Chapter 11 – Page 20

on July 8, 2011
Chapter: Chapter 11
└ Tags: Byron, Frigg, Gravedust, Syr'Nj
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  1. SaltyKracka
    SaltyKracka
    July 8, 2011, 12:11 am | # | Reply

    Requiem for a JERK

  2. Jean-Luc
    Jean-Luc
    July 8, 2011, 12:12 am | # | Reply

    Ashes to ashes, Dust to Best, tomb to dirt. Amen brother.

  3. Doma
    Doma
    July 8, 2011, 12:14 am | # | Reply

    “…dibs on your vynil collection.”

  4. Pikey
    Pikey
    July 8, 2011, 12:20 am | # | Reply

    Bandit, now Best… It’s like the fifth character in the group is the drummer from Spinal Tap.

    “The third one died in a bizarre magic item fabrication accident. The Arkerran authorities didn’t investigate, they didn’t want to know.”

    • Joe
      Joe
      July 26, 2013, 3:43 pm | # | Reply

      “Dammit, this is the fifth one today!”
      “Well, better call Deus ex Machina Inc. for another before the next chapter ends”

  5. Ishmael
    Ishmael
    July 8, 2011, 12:40 am | # | Reply

    Now, here’s the question.

    Will she offer help? Call him on his bullshit? Or try to make peace, semi-posthumously?

    • Ishmael
      Ishmael
      July 8, 2011, 12:41 am | # | Reply

      Huh. I get auto-assigned avatars now?

      Well, GRAVEDUST DESERTHAMMER chilling with Syr’nj isn’t a bad one to have.

      • SotiCoto
        SotiCoto
        January 20, 2015, 5:11 am | # | Reply

        You could totally choose your own avatar (or “Gravatar”) if you wanted.
        But then since I suspect most commenters restrain themselves to a single locale, maybe there wouldn’t be much point.

        Plus I’m talking to the distant past.

  6. Timelost
    Timelost
    July 8, 2011, 1:01 am | # | Reply

    Premature Ghost-Whispering.

    …there are worse dysfunctions.

    • Timelost
      Timelost
      July 8, 2011, 1:07 am | # | Reply

      CRIKEY, I’ve been nunned!

  7. Noahkai
    Noahkai
    July 8, 2011, 1:33 am | # | Reply

    Well they are making the best out of a grave situtation…

    • Dotcom
      Dotcom
      July 8, 2011, 4:50 am | # | Reply

      WIN! ^

    • centuriancode
      centuriancode
      July 9, 2011, 11:14 pm | # | Reply

      They need to remain calm. If they crack now, the whole party could fall.

      • SotiCoto
        SotiCoto
        June 26, 2013, 9:36 am | # | Reply

        … Nah. They seem fine.

  8. Bwernard
    Bwernard
    July 8, 2011, 1:39 am | # | Reply

    You know, at this point dying is just something he had to do to become part of the team!

  9. Amaster
    Amaster
    July 8, 2011, 1:40 am | # | Reply

    So, is Best dead, or is he going to be resurrected? If he’s not to be awakened, then will he be brought out of the tubes?

  10. Katlamos
    Katlamos
    July 8, 2011, 1:52 am | # | Reply

    “We’re going on without you. Also, you’re kind of an ass”

  11. Gelegenheitsleser
    Gelegenheitsleser
    July 8, 2011, 2:25 am | # | Reply

    I’m surprised Best is still in their world after falling into a… a… what was this nexus, anyway?

    • Tachyon
      Tachyon
      July 8, 2011, 3:17 am | # | Reply

      Obviously, it was a perplexus nexus.

      It’s best not to count your shit elves before they’re hacked.

    • gangler
      gangler
      July 8, 2011, 4:01 am | # | Reply

      Yeah man. I totes thought he’d be gone to the nth dimension by now. Punching out Mxyzptlk and flying off on a silver spaceboard to do karaoke with the elder gods.

      Instead he’s just laying there dying? What a jip. Worst. Vortex. Ever. Guilded Age Incorporated needs to just fire their entire vortex department and rebuild it from scratch. This one’s a dud.

      • Jean-Luc
        Jean-Luc
        July 8, 2011, 8:47 am | # | Reply

        I don’t think they can actually seen him which is why GD has to use the force. Syr is just making sure by calling out.

      • Sortelli
        Sortelli
        July 8, 2011, 1:38 pm | # | Reply

        Yeah, the vortex department has been swirling around the drain for awhile now.

        • Geigan
          Geigan
          July 8, 2011, 6:10 pm | # | Reply

          poor(tal) service round here I’ll tell you what.

          • centuriancode
            centuriancode
            July 9, 2011, 11:15 pm | # | Reply

            That’s what happens when you run out of cake.

  12. thatkid
    thatkid
    July 8, 2011, 3:01 am | # | Reply

    The background in this strip was really nice

    • thatkid
      thatkid
      July 8, 2011, 3:04 am | # | Reply

      Also the shadows were done very nicely as well. A wallpaper of any/all the panels would probably be pretty cool :D

  13. Aydr
    Aydr
    July 8, 2011, 3:05 am | # | Reply

    Does Syr’nj actually think Gravedust wouldn’t be saying they should go help if they could? Grave’s not that kinda guy, even if it is Best….

    • gangler
      gangler
      July 8, 2011, 4:02 am | # | Reply

      He’s also not much for running or climbing though.

  14. KeiranHalcyon
    KeiranHalcyon
    July 8, 2011, 3:13 am | # | Reply

    Truly, he was the Best of of them.

    • Naare
      Naare
      July 8, 2011, 12:28 pm | # | Reply

      WIN!

    • Thracecius
      Thracecius
      July 8, 2011, 2:30 pm | # | Reply

      DOUBLE WIN! :D

    • Katlamos
      Katlamos
      July 8, 2011, 2:44 pm | # | Reply

      +1 Internets for you, god sir or madam

  15. Bakamoichigei
    Bakamoichigei
    July 8, 2011, 3:37 am | # | Reply

    inb4 her next words are “You were an enormous douche.” :3c

    • gangler
      gangler
      July 8, 2011, 4:04 am | # | Reply

      “OhMyGod Why aren’t you dead yet! We haven’t got all day to watch your tacky ass bleed!”

    • Catbus
      Catbus
      July 8, 2011, 9:47 am | # | Reply

      Your avatar is my favorite ever.

  16. The bawdy rifleman
    The bawdy rifleman
    July 8, 2011, 3:48 am | # | Reply

    Get him outta that rocky rumble, now ! Please ! :’-(

  17. Hizamori
    Hizamori
    July 8, 2011, 3:53 am | # | Reply

    This is probably some plot device, we know best will get out of it.Cuuuus…

    Babe their aint no other way. Best he just plays that way. He’s on the right track baby Best was born to play!

    • Hawk
      Hawk
      July 8, 2011, 7:53 am | # | Reply

      guess he just performs that way.

      ./eyegouge

  18. Nielspeterdejong
    Nielspeterdejong
    July 8, 2011, 4:16 am | # | Reply

    Ouch!…

    Well, maybe she can use science on him?…

    • alta lemur
      alta lemur
      July 8, 2011, 6:43 am | # | Reply

      You can ALWAYS do science. Although I’m not sure why she wants to do science Before he dies… Imagine if she really WAS doing “what Gravedust normally does. Just a little in advance.” FRANKENBEST!

      • gangler
        gangler
        July 8, 2011, 7:27 am | # | Reply

        and you know she’d remember to include a killswitch on that. She’s so compassionate, but also just such a cold shrew when the moment requires.

    • Agi
      Agi
      July 8, 2011, 9:29 am | # | Reply

      giving the requiem before he actually is dead is science

      • Magistrate of Mediocrity
        Magistrate of Mediocrity
        July 8, 2011, 5:03 pm | # | Reply

        So is stabbing him to make sure he’s dead.

        • vodhozk
          vodhozk
          July 8, 2011, 11:18 pm | # | Reply

          No. That’s an art. An incredibly classy one at that.

  19. Tatsu
    Tatsu
    July 8, 2011, 4:34 am | # | Reply

    I hope she’s just like “We tried to give you a chance. We paid our debt to you. Your actions caused your own downfall.We’re sorry, but no one will shed a tear for you”

    Would be cold and work with what she reacted to him before.

  20. Kom
    Kom
    July 8, 2011, 6:47 am | # | Reply

    It is ILLEGAL to be blonde in this group.

    • Tsapki
      Tsapki
      July 8, 2011, 8:14 am | # | Reply

      I noticed, right? Being blonde is sort of like the new and improved red shirt. -chuckle-

      • Lynxx
        Lynxx
        July 8, 2011, 10:08 am | # | Reply

        to be fair, we dont know what gravedust was before he went grey.

        • Katlamos
          Katlamos
          July 8, 2011, 2:46 pm | # | Reply

          Doesn’t matter. It’s grey now, and that’s all that matters.

          • centuriancode
            centuriancode
            July 9, 2011, 11:17 pm | # | Reply

            Characters always were, and always will be, exactly as there are now.

            By order of the Conservation of the Status Quo Comission.

  21. Fren
    Fren
    July 8, 2011, 7:51 am | # | Reply

    Flushed, good and proper. What more could you do with a Shit Elf?

    • JarrysKid
      JarrysKid
      July 8, 2011, 11:35 am | # | Reply

      He was a Shit Elf. Now he’s a Pit Elf.

  22. Agi
    Agi
    July 8, 2011, 9:31 am | # | Reply

    what a shame about all those books in the library

  23. Caitlin
    Caitlin
    July 8, 2011, 10:14 am | # | Reply

    Payet, can you hear me?
    Payet, can you see me?
    Payet, can you find me in the night?

    Payet, are you near me?
    Payet, can you hear me?
    Payet, can you help me not be frightened?

    • Naare
      Naare
      July 8, 2011, 12:30 pm | # | Reply

      Looking at the stones I seem to see
      A million pieces which ones are yours?

      • Caitlin
        Caitlin
        July 8, 2011, 12:40 pm | # | Reply

        Where are you now that destiny
        Has cast you out
        And closed a vortex?

        • Joe
          Joe
          July 9, 2011, 12:38 am | # | Reply

          The sun is so much hotter
          The wind is so much harsher
          The world you see is so much dimmer
          Now that you’re alone.

          • Thor
            Thor
            July 10, 2011, 1:36 pm | # | Reply

            Wow. I thought about making this joke, but then I thought “Who would get a Yentl reference?”

            Shows what I know.

            • Joe
              Joe
              July 11, 2011, 12:14 am | # | Reply

              To be honest, I know the song from Glee. the only part of Yentl I’ve seen was when I looked up this clip on Youtube after hearing the song.

  24. LurkingTroll
    LurkingTroll
    July 8, 2011, 10:20 am | # | Reply

    “Stay dead, shit elf. You will not be missed.”

  25. Taylor
    Taylor
    July 8, 2011, 10:52 am | # | Reply

    Alt text was pretty much my reaction too.

  26. newbonomicon
    newbonomicon
    July 8, 2011, 11:12 am | # | Reply

    He’s gonna come back as like a monster or something. We know he saw something bad in the basin, so his destiny must be really bad. So most likely he’s going to be a deformed monster, consumed with revenge on Byron and the rest for letting him fall, and he’s going to die a pitiful death with no one to remember him. Wait, I almost forgot, I can’t comment without making a pun.

    Um… Uh… I am the Best at predicting things?

    • Naranth
      Naranth
      July 10, 2011, 2:39 pm | # | Reply

      Truly, the Best of puns are made under duress.

      • centuriancode
        centuriancode
        July 10, 2011, 11:30 pm | # | Reply

        As opposed to Best’s puns, which are now only made under rocks.

  27. Blah Blah
    Blah Blah
    July 8, 2011, 11:15 am | # | Reply

    Awww… I like Best … Hope he comes back as an undead jerk! :D

  28. JarrysKid
    JarrysKid
    July 8, 2011, 11:43 am | # | Reply

    I think I know what happens now…

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDEg76RcLEU&feature=related

    …and yes, it’s as bad as it looks.

    • JarrysKid
      JarrysKid
      July 8, 2011, 11:45 am | # | Reply

      Meh. Wrong link. This one is…better?

  29. Naare
    Naare
    July 8, 2011, 12:32 pm | # | Reply

    That’s just so sad…
    Also, first time I though about how painful must be Gravedust’s gift. He literally sees other people’s lifes fading away.

  30. Tokenwarrior
    Tokenwarrior
    July 8, 2011, 1:44 pm | # | Reply

    might we one day get to see what best saw in his vision that was so terrible?

    • Katlamos
      Katlamos
      July 8, 2011, 2:47 pm | # | Reply

      It was the Matrix, and he took the red pill.

  31. LadyDragon
    LadyDragon
    July 8, 2011, 4:59 pm | # | Reply

    This page makes me sad :(

  32. gangler
    gangler
    July 8, 2011, 5:36 pm | # | Reply

    It just occurs to me now that Best’s life force fading could be Best being pulled through the vortex to beyond Gravedust’s range of sense. So maybe not the conclusive death this appears to be?

    • Jean-Luc
      Jean-Luc
      July 8, 2011, 5:54 pm | # | Reply

      That was my first thought actually. Signal interference by the vortex nebula.

      • The Occupant
        The Occupant
        July 8, 2011, 6:47 pm | # | Reply

        You would think that.
        ***
        Damn it Best, die!

        • gangler
          gangler
          July 8, 2011, 7:25 pm | # | Reply

          Nice guys die first dontcha know? Assholery actually provides a limited immortality. I’m surprised it’s not more popular.

          That’s actually how superman gets his powers. Kyrptonian physiology can use yellow sun radiation as a catalyst to further facilitate the chemical reactions that take place when biomatter is exposed to dickery.

          • The Occupant
            The Occupant
            July 9, 2011, 4:05 am | # | Reply

            Eh, my experience with Superman has been mostly in the animated Timm-verse, where Superman may be many things, but he is not a dick. Nice technobabble by the way.

            • gangler
              gangler
              July 9, 2011, 5:32 am | # | Reply

              I have limited experience with him myself, but Superman’s obviously been a lot of things over a lot years. Golden Age Superman was primarily an enraged behemoth with a habit of frightening the townsfolk with his dramatically disproportionate responses to minor offenses.. Guy harassing some woman? Thrown through a wall to his implicit death. That sort of thing.

              In silver age everyone was a dick. It’s always hilarious when Batman commands commissioner Gordon’s men without telling him, back before he was an anti-hero mind you. Poor Gordon’ll have been working for hours on a case he didn’t know had already been solved :)

              Certainly there are fun moments in the cartoons that are kind of dickish if put under scrutiny. Superman Stands in the distance watching missiles fly towards a prison, waits for the first two to hit before flying off to stop the third pretty much just for show since the damage is done and you know for a fact he could have stopped all three anytime he wanted. Suspiciously doesn’t have super-hearing anymore whenever Aquaman is in trouble in the next room over. That sort of thing. I laugh at those.

              Mostly though a certain website popularized the image of Superman as a huge dick who just enjoys screwing with his friends by taking comic book covers out of context. Stuff like this

              http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59:lois-lanes-old-age&catid=28:superdickery&Itemid=54

              http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=84:superboys-date&catid=28:superdickery&Itemid=54

              Personally though? Every incarnation I’ve seen of him, cartoon or not just seems overly smug.

              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pYHLERuG0s&t=8m00s

              His whitebread sense of humor is a hoot and a half. How can I help but both love and hate that smarmy grin^^

              Long story short, it’s just a joke. Don’t read too much into it XD

            • Jean-Luc
              Jean-Luc
              July 9, 2011, 10:27 am | # | Reply

              Think again: http://superdickery.com/images/stories/dick/98_4_0377.jpg

              • Jean-Luc
                Jean-Luc
                July 9, 2011, 10:28 am | # | Reply

                Oops, that was Superboy. Here, take the whole thing: http://superdickery.com/index.php?Itemid=45&id=28&layout=blog&option=com_content&view=category

      • Thor
        Thor
        July 9, 2011, 3:25 pm | # | Reply

        So what do you suggest, Captain? Should we adjust the tetryon neutrino field with self-sealing warp sphere?

        http://hyotynen.kapsi.fi/trekfailure/

  33. JarrysKid
    JarrysKid
    July 8, 2011, 5:42 pm | # | Reply

    “Well, that’s that! Time to pack up and move out, everyone, so if anyone has to go before we leave, there’s this convenient pit, right here…”

  34. NobodySpecial
    NobodySpecial
    July 8, 2011, 6:10 pm | # | Reply

    “Best.”

    “On the way back to the tube, can you bring me some nachos?”

  35. Locke
    Locke
    July 8, 2011, 6:28 pm | # | Reply

    Aw, I see. She’s going to stroke her beard in deep thought. Don’t see how that will help best. Or how she’s going to grow a beard.

    • Hawk
      Hawk
      July 8, 2011, 9:08 pm | # | Reply

      Locke, you’re such an odd duck :D

      • Jean-Luc
        Jean-Luc
        July 9, 2011, 10:28 am | # | Reply

        Did you say “duck”?

    • KillItWithFire
      KillItWithFire
      July 10, 2011, 10:20 pm | # | Reply

      That’s why it’s “In advance.”

  36. SteelRaven
    SteelRaven
    July 8, 2011, 10:25 pm | # | Reply

    Last panel: best line ever.

    • SotiCoto
      SotiCoto
      March 30, 2016, 9:08 am | # | Reply

      Alt-Text tops it.

  37. Rowen Morland
    Rowen Morland
    July 9, 2011, 12:10 am | # | Reply

    BEst IS the epic hero of destiny he has clearly fallen into a vortex of DESTINY!

  38. Noamuth
    Noamuth
    July 9, 2011, 2:39 am | # | Reply

    I wonder if the basin saw that coming.

    • Valdrax
      Valdrax
      July 9, 2011, 8:21 am | # | Reply

      …Good point. Was that the destiny he saw, and shouldn’t the rest of the party have gotten a chance to see it?

  39. Zach
    Zach
    July 9, 2011, 6:51 am | # | Reply

    Great art in this one too!

  40. John Waltrip
    John Waltrip
    July 9, 2011, 11:54 am | # | Reply

    thanks, Zach. :)

  41. SteelRaven
    SteelRaven
    July 10, 2011, 2:26 am | # | Reply

    “Best! Can you hear me?”
    “…yes…”
    “If you see Bandit, tell her Byron is reeally sorry.”
    “…hate you guys…”

    • Thor
      Thor
      July 10, 2011, 1:33 pm | # | Reply

      ((applause))

    • Faceless Minion
      Faceless Minion
      July 10, 2011, 5:47 pm | # | Reply

      Haha, we can only hope.

    • Phil
      Phil
      July 10, 2011, 10:54 pm | # | Reply

      Gold Star.

  42. Robtimus
    Robtimus
    July 11, 2011, 7:09 pm | # | Reply

    Syr: Best, can you hear me?
    GD: Wait, you meant Best? I was talking about Byron’s glove – it’s too late to save him. Best, on the other hand we can totally sa– oh wait, no, no we can’t save him now either.

  43. Bob
    Bob
    April 27, 2012, 2:26 pm | # | Reply

    DAMNIT! FFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! HOW DARE YOU TAKE BEST AWAY!? *beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep*

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