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

Oh, I thought this was the Grove of the I'm Going to Have Nightmares For A Week.

Chapter 15 – Page 1

on February 1, 2012
Chapter: Chapter 15
└ Tags: Byron, Syr'Nj
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  1. karishi
    karishi
    February 1, 2012, 12:09 am | # | Reply

    We’re in ur grove, meeting ur animals.

    • Rokku
      Rokku
      February 1, 2012, 2:19 am | # | Reply

      *slow clap*

    • Phil
      Flo
      February 1, 2012, 11:10 am | # | Reply

      Gold Star.

    • Quicksilver
      Quicksilver
      February 1, 2012, 10:22 pm | # | Reply

      We should all be grateful that we have escaped the punishment that would have been had Best been here.

      • Bob
        Bob
        April 27, 2012, 5:26 pm | # | Reply

        best was the best character.

    • jjarodurandal
      jjarodurandal
      February 1, 2012, 11:36 pm | # | Reply

      All Ur-animals are belong to us.

      • The Occupant
        The Occupant
        February 3, 2012, 8:01 pm | # | Reply

        “But they LOVE the Grove of Um-Plants.”

    • Thomas
      Thomas
      August 13, 2013, 4:07 pm | # | Reply

      This is exactly why we don’t dump ur-anium in any grove.

  2. Keairan
    Keairan
    February 1, 2012, 12:12 am | # | Reply

    I played this videogame. Impossible creatures was an interesting game, if not a perfect one.

    • Krogaladin
      Krogaladin
      February 1, 2012, 4:28 am | # | Reply

      lets hope they don’t encounter a LobsterWhale, those can wreck your other units.

      • Dsurion
        Dsurion
        February 1, 2012, 12:32 pm | # | Reply

        I liked that game a lot. Gorillasharks were pretty boss too…

  3. MissyChrissy
    MissyChrissy
    February 1, 2012, 12:14 am | # | Reply

    omg a gorilla spider…and a treeceratops? >:o I almost missed it!

    • Unhelpful
      Unhelpful
      February 1, 2012, 12:38 am | # | Reply

      I took it to be a chameleon of some sort, with those projecting eyes. Is it part tree, or just a better mimic? And why can’t I find a good pun? :/

      • Abcus
        Abcus
        February 1, 2012, 1:14 am | # | Reply

        Wooden’t you like to know? Also: Spider gorilla gets big points, but sharp toothed mouths will contribute to the week of nightmares.

      • Quicksilver
        Quicksilver
        February 1, 2012, 12:14 pm | # | Reply

        The real question is why the wood-elves don’t realize that this place is not only natural, it’s even bettur than the rest.

      • Far
        Far
        February 3, 2012, 12:40 pm | # | Reply

        Oh, look, a spider monkey!
        (yeah, I know, it’s really an ape, so pun-ish me!)

    • kenneth
      kenneth
      February 1, 2012, 10:36 am | # | Reply

      Made of win, to be sure!

    • Loki
      Loki
      February 1, 2012, 11:42 am | # | Reply

      One more – daddy long legs.

      The pit-trap plant, though? I got nothin’. Any suggestions?

      • Darkening
        Darkening
        February 1, 2012, 4:40 pm | # | Reply

        I didn’t know they had saarlacs in this world…

      • Far
        Far
        February 3, 2012, 12:41 pm | # | Reply

        “feed me Myron!”

    • AToastyStrudel
      AToastyStrudel
      February 1, 2012, 1:32 pm | # | Reply

      Must resist urge to make spider monkey joke…

  4. Kamino Neko
    Kamino Neko
    February 1, 2012, 12:18 am | # | Reply

    And I don’t blame ’em one bit, Syr…

  5. Lhurgoyf
    Lhurgoyf
    February 1, 2012, 12:22 am | # | Reply

    Song celebrating mosquitos?

    I get a feeling it sucks.

    • Bardo
      Bardo
      February 1, 2012, 3:30 am | # | Reply

      They tried releasing the song on CDs, but you couldn’t play them due to the scratches.

      • coffeecult
        coffeecult
        February 2, 2012, 10:45 am | # | Reply

        Every once in a while I get a nagging itch to listen to it though.

  6. gangler
    gangler
    February 1, 2012, 12:26 am | # | Reply

    I like how Syrnj is always so understanding of this sort of stuff. “No Byron. That’s actually a good question. This is every bit as ominous as it sounds. I probably should’ve filled you in before we came here”

  7. Duke
    Duke
    February 1, 2012, 12:26 am | # | Reply

    Spidermonkey :3

    • Strongholm
      Strongholm
      February 1, 2012, 12:40 am | # | Reply

      Spider monkey? I think not, good sir. That is the much-dreaded Gorillanchula. Look upon it’s 40 knuckles of doom and despair!

      • Abcus
        Abcus
        February 1, 2012, 1:17 am | # | Reply

        Eight thumbs up to this baptism. Also the ape-rachnid below . . .

      • Shikome Kido Mi
        Shikome Kido Mi
        February 1, 2012, 4:30 am | # | Reply

        So, what about the thing behind it that appears to be a spider with limbs closer in number and proportion (big arms, tiny legs) to an ape?

      • karishi
        karishi
        February 1, 2012, 8:35 am | # | Reply

        It turns into Gorillanchula at 16, then Silverblackwidow at 36.

        • Phil
          Flo
          February 2, 2012, 11:49 am | # | Reply

          Gold Star.

  8. Robtimus
    Robtimus
    February 1, 2012, 12:33 am | # | Reply

    I am statting that ape-rachnid, um, stat.

  9. SaltyKracka
    SaltyKracka
    February 1, 2012, 12:35 am | # | Reply

    In the grove of madness?

    I got nuthin’

    • Darkening
      Darkening
      February 1, 2012, 4:41 pm | # | Reply

      When you stare into the grove, the grove stares into you with 8 creepy gorilla-spider eyes…

  10. Unhelpful
    Unhelpful
    February 1, 2012, 12:39 am | # | Reply

    I’ve heard of spider monkeys before… is this what they look like?

  11. sprocket
    sprocket
    February 1, 2012, 12:53 am | # | Reply

    I hope this doesn’t turn out to be a grove mistake. Something tells me Byron may be required to release the animal within.

  12. Jean-Luc
    Jean-Luc
    February 1, 2012, 1:22 am | # | Reply

    Spider Gorillas in the mist. I bet no one would bother trying to preserve those.

    • Timelost
      Timelost
      February 1, 2012, 5:00 am | # | Reply

      But they’re so Spider-Humanlike, and can be so peaceful and gentle…when they aren’t injecting you with digestive enzymes and feeding on your liquified innards.

    • Far
      Far
      February 3, 2012, 12:46 pm | # | Reply

      I would have prefered to have mist this one…
      they just ate the Wild Kratts.

  13. The Indomitable Eric
    The Indomitable Eric
    February 1, 2012, 1:30 am | # | Reply

    Just wait for them to stop posing for the frame. Then you’ll see some shit.

  14. MichaelHaneline
    MichaelHaneline
    February 1, 2012, 1:50 am | # | Reply

    Oh no, not the Forest of Ominous Name!

  15. Axekickerbuckler
    Axekickerbuckler
    February 1, 2012, 1:58 am | # | Reply

    Welp, that’s the place the Gods forgot about.

  16. Yusaku777
    Yusaku777
    February 1, 2012, 2:21 am | # | Reply

    Gorillanchula claims the name. All other suggestions can go home, Strongholm has got this one.

    • Timelost
      Timelost
      February 1, 2012, 4:54 am | # | Reply

      I believe you mean Gorillantula.

      • Yusaku777
        Yusaku777
        February 1, 2012, 6:46 am | # | Reply

        I believe you are right. I also believe I should smack myself for making such a simple mistake like that.

        Proof Read Your Posts! It Helps!

        • Strongholm
          Strongholm
          February 1, 2012, 10:07 am | # | Reply

          I too noticed this after I posted, but was too tired to care. +1 to Timelost for correcting. Gorillantula has come!

  17. Locke
    Locke
    February 1, 2012, 3:13 am | # | Reply

    If you guys work in a Slenderman cameo, I’d be so, so happy.

    • Ishmael
      Ishmael
      February 1, 2012, 8:46 am | # | Reply

      Frigg already killed it.

    • coldelectrons
      coldelectrons
      February 2, 2012, 1:08 am | # | Reply

      Oo, how about a Creeper cameo?

  18. Malandar
    Malandar
    February 1, 2012, 5:42 am | # | Reply

    Spider-ape, Spider-ape, does whatever a Spider can.
    Spins a web, any size, catches banana just like flies.
    Look Out, here comes the Spider-ape.

    Is he strong? Listen bud, he’s got radioactive blood.
    Can he swing from a thread? Take a look overhead.
    Hey, there. there goes the Spider-ape.

  19. Severo Queiroz Jr.
    Severo Queiroz Jr.
    February 1, 2012, 6:36 am | # | Reply

    Excelent job with the face on the tree to the right! Or am I seeing too much?

  20. Freako
    Freako
    February 1, 2012, 7:34 am | # | Reply

    Just now noticed Syr and Byr in the background of the last panel.

  21. Fren
    Fren
    February 1, 2012, 8:14 am | # | Reply

    But what of that toothy maw in the ground?

    • karishi
      karishi
      February 1, 2012, 8:37 am | # | Reply

      It’s a trap!

  22. Miyaa
    Miyaa
    February 1, 2012, 8:28 am | # | Reply

    So does a Gorillantula eat Banana Slugs? (Oh, in that first panel, the clouds formation is known as a rolling cloud or a shelf cloud. This has to be my trippiest birthday yet.)

  23. karishi
    karishi
    February 1, 2012, 8:36 am | # | Reply

    “Remember, Byron. No matter what else happens, don’t look directly at the Owlbear.”

    “Because it’ll charge us?”

    “No. Lawsuits.”

    • Robtimus
      Robtimus
      February 1, 2012, 10:05 am | # | Reply

      Ha! Awesome. Luckily, unlike many other fan favorites, the owlbear is OGL.

  24. Wulf
    Wulf
    February 1, 2012, 8:48 am | # | Reply

    I’ll admit, creepy as the Gorillantula and the Stiltmouth are, I’m more concerned about that nest of Oak Weasels in the tree on the right-hand-side.

  25. Snowblind
    Snowblind
    February 1, 2012, 10:37 am | # | Reply

    The Librarian of the Unseen University is officially jealous.

    Oook!

  26. Naare
    Naare
    February 1, 2012, 12:28 pm | # | Reply

    Hey, the one in the front looks like my Spore creature!

  27. Twigs
    Twigs
    February 1, 2012, 3:55 pm | # | Reply

    Guys. Spiders are big enough already IN REAL LIFE. Don’t plant the idea of possible gorilla-sized spiders from another dimension in my head.

    • HLY
      HLY
      February 1, 2012, 4:29 pm | # | Reply

      for your sanity, it looks to be more primate than arachnid.

      and like they’d make epic mounts! they must be tamed, yes.

    • Naare
      Naare
      February 2, 2012, 12:24 pm | # | Reply

      The long legged thing behind Gorranchulla is far more scary!

      And, by the way: http://static.themetapicture.com/media/funny-cute-spider-meme.jpg

  28. Nicolas Rei
    Nicolas Rei
    February 1, 2012, 5:16 pm | # | Reply

    I see… so it is the grove where species curious individuals go to mingle and have very inappropriet one night stands resulting in Urrors beyound belief… Why are her people scared again? Feline-Canine HIV…. Fear them.

  29. King of Zeroes
    King of Zeroes
    February 1, 2012, 5:39 pm | # | Reply

    …see, the only reason I no longer fear spiders is because I can crush them with the smallest gesture of my hand.

    When the spider is also a gorilla, this becomes significantly more impossible. It hink the nightmares are going to come back…

  30. BT
    BT
    February 1, 2012, 8:03 pm | # | Reply

    Is Byron gonna have to fight spider monkey without being able to berserk? This can’t possibly go wrong.

  31. the Guestimator
    the Guestimator
    February 1, 2012, 9:10 pm | # | Reply

    That place… is strong with the dark side of the Force. A domain of evil it is. In you must go.

    Whats in there?

    Only what you take with you.

  32. Hatman
    Hatman
    February 1, 2012, 10:25 pm | # | Reply

    My first instinct was to feel horror, and so I did. Then came the wonder of the creatures before me. Then I had acceptance that I would never have an idea as awesome as the gorranchula.

    • Jean-Luc
      Jean-Luc
      February 2, 2012, 1:15 am | # | Reply

      I wonder if that things catches bananas in a web.

  33. Surasanji
    Surasanji
    February 2, 2012, 2:14 am | # | Reply

    I love the Gorrantulla.

    • HLY
      HLY
      February 2, 2012, 11:55 am | # | Reply

      so, who here is with me in voting the Gorrilantula should be the new national animal of Gastonia?

  34. Carl-E
    Carl-E
    February 2, 2012, 2:38 am | # | Reply

    No one’s mentioned the Alexaner-horned Rhino…

  35. Dotcom
    Dotcom
    February 2, 2012, 5:57 am | # | Reply

    Someone’s been watching Spy Kids.

  36. Naare
    Naare
    February 2, 2012, 12:22 pm | # | Reply

    I don’t know why I didn’t wrote this before, but the scenary in this page is GREAT! Really beautiful, I just keep staring at it. The first panel I think it’s the best, but not only it. The last one is nice, even the ones we can’t see the background clearly are impressive. Very good!

    • FoolishOwl
      FoolishOwl
      February 2, 2012, 3:57 pm | # | Reply

      I completely agree. There’s a really nice choice of palette. That first panel is one of my favorite illustrations so far in this comic.

  37. John Waltrip
    John Waltrip
    February 2, 2012, 10:50 pm | # | Reply

    Thanks, guys. That’s very nice of you. I thought a muted color scheme and misty environment would give this grove scene an eerie quality. Glad you like it.

  38. DeusFerreus
    DeusFerreus
    February 21, 2012, 1:03 pm | # | Reply

    Reminds me of http://magiccards.info/gp/en/143.html

  39. tyler
    tyler
    January 20, 2013, 3:19 am | # | Reply

    ‘this is one horrible trip

  40. Ryan
    Ryan
    April 8, 2013, 1:07 pm | # | Reply

    Ok, the spider-gorilla is awesome.

  41. FreddeX91
    FreddeX91
    May 21, 2013, 2:21 am | # | Reply

    Well… That is one place i would never go to…. Unless i had an power armor… And a very BIG flamethrower…

  42. The Sandman
    The Sandman
    August 4, 2013, 10:54 pm | # | Reply

    No, that grove is two clearings over.

    You’ll know it from all the cordyceps.

    And the honey badgers.

  43. Ryan
    Ryan
    January 11, 2016, 2:19 pm | # | Reply

    Gorillantula and what looks to be a Sarlaac

  44. common cents
    common cents
    February 9, 2016, 12:54 pm | # | Reply

    “Ur-” assumedly meaning proto. If these are the results of genetic engineering, or the magical equivalent of it, I will go “SQUEEE”

  45. Speedy
    Speedy
    November 30, 2018, 10:21 am | # | Reply

    The gnarly tree on the right looks like it has wolf bark.

    The head is on the lower right. It has long legs. The rump is about halfway up, and the tail goes the rest of the way up the tree.

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