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

Best certainly knows how to bring the house down.

Chapter 3 – Page 21

on February 19, 2010
Chapter: Chapter 03
└ Tags: Best, Butterfly, Frigg
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  1. Carl-E
    Carl-E
    February 19, 2010, 12:02 am | # | Reply

    Payet “Pete” Best, the Beatle that wasn’t…

  2. Michael Ezra
    Michael Ezra
    February 19, 2010, 12:07 am | # | Reply

    I’m reminded of this Non-Adventures of Wonderella strip.

  3. Meirnon
    Meirnon
    February 19, 2010, 12:26 am | # | Reply

    Puns. And not particularly good ones. I didn’t know this was a fantasy recreation of The Tick.

    • Damoel
      Damoel
      February 19, 2010, 2:25 am | # | Reply

      Then I suggest you go read something else. Judging from the comments quite a few of us enjoy the creators style of humor quite a bit.

      • King of Zeroes
        King of Zeroes
        February 19, 2010, 1:41 pm | # | Reply

        Personally haven’t been too impressed with the humor lately. That aside, the Tick is awesome. Any disagreement is pointless and wrong.

        • xXHildyXx
          xXHildyXx
          February 19, 2010, 3:23 pm | # | Reply

          Why are you critiquing a great comic, whens the last time any of you have done anything near as awesome as this… but anyway love the comic guys keep ’em coming.

          • King of Zeroes
            King of Zeroes
            February 20, 2010, 10:59 pm | # | Reply

            About two years ago, I was part of a threesome. Good enough for you? It’s not a “great comic” if it doesn’t achieve it’s goal. This is, as far as I can tell, a fantasy/humor comic. The fantasy is fine, but the humor seems a bit lacking lately. “What gives you the right” you ask? I’M THE FUCKING READER. Sucking up and ignoring the flaws doesn’t help the people writing/drawing this. Criticism is not evil. It is important. /RAEG

            • Buzzard
              Buzzard
              February 21, 2010, 12:15 am | # | Reply

              Yeah, but you’re a douche, so fortunately you’re not the only reader.

              And as hilarious as it is to listen to kids bitch and whine about how shortchanged they’re being with this completely free thing you paid nothing to see on the internet, we really don’t need to hear about the awesome threeway you had with your left and right hands.

            • The Indomitable Eric
              The Indomitable Eric
              February 21, 2010, 1:30 am | # | Reply

              The sense of entitlement is strong with this one.

              As for the ‘criticism,’ it amounted to saying ‘shitsux.’ Hardly constructive.

            • TGoH
              TGoH
              February 21, 2010, 1:54 pm | # | Reply

              You know, I’ve also been in a threesome. I can’t imagine having the rest of my life be so pathetic that that would leap to mind as a statement to impress people with.

              “Hai guys! I’m like every douchebag in a Gisele Lagace comic!”

              Remember that my criticism of your terrible life choices is important, Zero.

              • DaveBob
                DaveBob
                February 21, 2010, 5:04 pm | # | Reply

                “Hai guys! I’m like every douchebag in a Gisele Lagace comic!”

                Ouch.

            • Phil
              Phil
              February 21, 2010, 2:18 pm | # | Reply

              By all means, bropiece. Tell us what our goals are.

              I lost the memo.

              • Smarmasaurus
                Smarmasaurus
                February 22, 2010, 3:23 am | # | Reply

                Bromo:
                Natty ice.
                Oompa Loompa brand suntan in a bottle
                Gameqbe
                popped collars.

                Worry no more, Phil!

                Also, keep up the puns. Nothin like a good old fashion cheeseball pun to make elitist twats squirm.

              • King of Zeroes
                King of Zeroes
                February 22, 2010, 1:56 pm | # | Reply

                Hey Phil, lemme ask you right now. Would you be happier if I just sat in my computer chair here, naked, masturbating to everything you posted on the internet regardless of quality? You want me to praise you when you take a shit? Because if that’s what you want, I’ll stop offering my opinion and you can drown yourself in the uniform worship of your fanboys.

                Bah, who am I kidding. If you try to stop me, the only thing that’ll change is the fact that I’ll start trollahn instead.

                If your comic isn’t for the enjoyment of the readers, of which I am one, then don’t post it on the internet. Simple? Apparently not.

                It’s perfectly reasonable to assume that you want other people to read it. It is perfectly reasonale to assume that this is a fantasy/humor comic. Your sarcasm doesn’t pass for a valid point with me.

                I never said the comic was shit. I never said I would stop reading. I said the jokes aren’t up to the quality I saw at the beginning of the comic. Your fanboys jumping down my throat doesn’t offend me, they’re fans. It’s pretty much what they do. But when the authors join their legions?

                You don’t like criticism? Cry me a river.

                • Phil
                  Phil
                  February 22, 2010, 1:59 pm | # | Reply

                  I’m perfectly fine with criticism, holmes. I just think it’s funny when a person tries to say what our goals are in a space they know we read and respond to.

                  As far as what I’d rather you do, I’d rather you PRE-ORDER OUR BRAND NEW GUILDED AGE MERCHANDIIIIIISE!

                  • King of Zeroes
                    King of Zeroes
                    February 22, 2010, 2:07 pm | # | Reply

                    Actually, that douche shirt is awesome. I may very well buy one.

                    Thinning quote pyramid makes absurdly long shoutbox rants appear that much more intrusive…

                    • Phil
                      Phil
                      February 22, 2010, 2:10 pm | #

                      OH GOD WE’RE MELLLLLTING!

                      MEEEEEEELTIIIIIIING!

                • SotiCoto
                  SotiCoto
                  June 21, 2013, 5:43 am | # | Reply

                  Y’know KoZ… you’re kinda awesome.
                  I like your take on things, mister kiddy-hater.

                  I still want to kill you, but then I want to kill everyone. It is method that matters.

            • Jon
              Jon
              February 21, 2010, 11:24 pm | # | Reply

              Wow. Is it weird that after all these years on the Internet, I’m still occasionally find myself amazed that douchebags like you actually exist?

              • Tolrick
                Tolrick
                June 12, 2010, 10:10 pm | # | Reply

                Clearly, he’s trying out for the role of Best in the live action version.

                • Vivian Faberfox
                  Vivian Faberfox
                  January 3, 2015, 7:41 pm | # | Reply

                  I’m nominate for the early story casting, if you’ll second. : 3
                  Might have to find someone else when(/if?) Best ever shapes up and starts being diffurent.

    • zqft
      zqft
      February 19, 2010, 4:16 am | # | Reply

      The Tick is awesome. So shish.

      • Carl-E
        Carl-E
        February 19, 2010, 4:22 am | # | Reply

        SPOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!!!

    • Damian
      Damian
      February 19, 2010, 9:14 am | # | Reply

      Like my grandmother always used to say, “stop playing with that!!”.

      I mean, “if you can’t say something nice, go take a flying fuck at a rolling donut”.

      • Meirnon
        Meirnon
        February 19, 2010, 9:39 am | # | Reply

        It was never a complaint… I mean…

        CORN! Lend me your EARS!

      • SotiCoto
        SotiCoto
        June 21, 2013, 5:44 am | # | Reply

        Saying nice stuff is meaningless.
        Even random insults are more purposeful than random praise.
        The old “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” policy.

        • Observer
          Observer
          March 4, 2015, 2:59 pm | # | Reply

          Both positive and negative have a purpose.

          IF all the creators hear are negatives then they will eventually assume that this is all there is to their work (maybe thinking the traffic means that they have become one of those things people love to hate on) and will either quit as they have failed to accomplish their goals or they will attempt to go on radically changing everything they can. Probably changing those things you actually liked about the comic. Throwing the baby out with the bath water.

    • Fren
      Fren
      February 19, 2010, 2:39 pm | # | Reply

      I think that the thing to keep in mind is that this isn’t your typical “joke a day” comic. It’s telling a story and tossing some jokes in on the side to spice it up, in my opinion. But, ya know, if it isn’t your cup of tea, it’s not. I’m enjoying the ride, myself. It’s not often you find such a young comic with such fleshed-out characters. Then again, I could be missing a meeting on this … are these new characters?

      • Erica
        Erica
        February 19, 2010, 7:18 pm | # | Reply

        Yes. These characters have only existed in the stories you see here.

    • DaveBob
      DaveBob
      February 21, 2010, 6:46 am | # | Reply

      Buzzard, you sound like just as much of a twat as the next guy. Way to go spouting off that condescending “you kids” bullshit to complete strangers just because they have an opinion that differs from yours. As far as I’m concerned the collective “we” you speak of can go cram it with walnuts.

      That aside, there hasn’t been an abundance of puns in the comic from what I recall. It wouldn’t be surprising if a bad sense of humor was one of Best’s character traits considering he’s meant to be an arrogant ass. It’s similar to how most of Frigg’s dialog mimics that of a foul mouthed frat boy.

      So long, ya dick loving cocksucks!

      • SotiCoto
        SotiCoto
        June 21, 2013, 5:46 am | # | Reply

        There has been an abundance of ordinary statements being curiously treated as though they were puns… which confuses me.

  4. Paul
    Paul
    February 19, 2010, 5:32 am | # | Reply

    Kinda reminds of David and Goliath, only with, you know, Best and Pluto and a million boulders to the face.

  5. gwydion78
    gwydion78
    February 19, 2010, 6:11 am | # | Reply

    Okay, that’s just awesome. :) Here’s hoping someone throws the horns in the next strip.

    \m/^_^\m/

  6. TraderInTown
    TraderInTown
    February 19, 2010, 7:38 am | # | Reply

    Payet is not worthless.

    Hm.

  7. Joe
    Joe
    February 19, 2010, 8:20 am | # | Reply

    QUICK
    USE THE STAR POWER

    • ahdok
      ahdok
      February 19, 2010, 7:14 pm | # | Reply

      Looks to me like this is the Charge phase. We’ll get onto the battle phase in a bit.

  8. Damian
    Damian
    February 19, 2010, 9:11 am | # | Reply

    Who is he, Gene Simmons? Or am I thinking of some other bassist that played an axe-shaped bass? Blackie Lawless? No, pretty sure it was Gene.

    Anyhow, been reading for a while, this is a great strip, I really dig it. Cheers.

  9. Raising_Cain
    Raising_Cain
    February 19, 2010, 9:32 am | # | Reply

    HIS NAME WAS YOUNG P. B. AND HE REFUSED TO STEP IN LINE
    A VISION HE DID SEE-ETH
    FUCKIN’ ROCKIN’ ALL THE TIME
    HE WROTE A TASTY JAM AND ALL THE PLANETS DID ALIGN

    (Keep it up, T, Erica, Phil! You guys rock more than Payet is.)

    • FlyingSquirrell
      FlyingSquirrell
      November 21, 2010, 2:03 pm | # | Reply

      It makes total sense, but the lyrics are different. Mostly right but his name is J.B. and it was ‘A vision he did see of fuckin rockin… etc etc.’

  10. Wyrd
    Wyrd
    February 19, 2010, 9:33 am | # | Reply

    Best keeps reminding me of a less likeable Bard, from Bard’s Tale, especially now that he has shown that he can actually be competent. If he can do that with any instrument, and isn’t just lucky enough to have a magic axe, then I have to respect his abilities. Not him, mind you, just his abilities.

  11. DCB
    DCB
    February 19, 2010, 10:37 am | # | Reply

    Payet, mining for Heavy Metal, and striking gold.

  12. Jay R.
    Jay R.
    February 19, 2010, 1:07 pm | # | Reply

    And now, the Chord from Hell.

  13. MajorPhilosophy
    MajorPhilosophy
    February 19, 2010, 4:22 pm | # | Reply

    You know, maybe I’ll be able to put up with Best’s Duke of Douche-ness after seeing some glimmers of competence here. MAYBE.

    Don’t make me regret this, Best. I’ll be watching.

  14. kingleon
    kingleon
    February 19, 2010, 4:40 pm | # | Reply

    This comic is so surprising only because so many of us have had to put up with them most worthless bards imaginable in the past.

    • SotiCoto
      SotiCoto
      June 21, 2013, 5:49 am | # | Reply

      When you’re talking in terms of the stats and the rules, bards pretty much are worthless.
      They serve a purpose if the campaign is heavy on the story-telling, but when it comes to plain damage-dealing they’re as much use as soggy toast… UNLESS, that is, the DM has dumbed everything down to their level… or if they’ve gone Dragon Disciple.

  15. phyre
    phyre
    February 19, 2010, 5:17 pm | # | Reply

    That’s all very well if he can somehow TARGET the rockfall, but there’s a reason you’re not supposed to make loud noises in caves. I bet a rock hits Frigg just as she’s about to finish off Pluto, leading Mr. Douche to claim ALL the credit.

  16. Ali
    Ali
    February 19, 2010, 6:02 pm | # | Reply

    Wow, Payet being almost kind of badass was not a plot twist i expected. Don’t make me like you, you jerk.

  17. ahdok
    ahdok
    February 19, 2010, 7:13 pm | # | Reply

    Brrraaawwwnnnggg? Really BRRRAAAWWWNNNGGG? – Can’t we at least get a Keeerrrooow? or a chuggchuggachuggachugga or a meedlymeedlymeedlymeeeee! ?

    • Thamerlin
      Thamerlin
      February 20, 2010, 1:09 am | # | Reply

      “chuggchuggachuggachugga” sounds like a bass line, while “meedlymeedlymeedlymeeeee” sounds like picking. From Best’s stance at the end, it looks as though he just strummed the strings once. “Keeerrrooow” would work in that case, but there’s a reason onomatopoeia becomes standardized – a single strum of the strings really does tend to sound more like “Brrraaawwwnnnggg” than “Keeerrrooow”.

      And that’s my over-analyzation of the day.

      • ahdok
        ahdok
        February 20, 2010, 9:07 am | # | Reply

        I’m not saying that the sound is wrong? I’m saying that Best really needs to piece together some more awesome attacks :D

        • Buzzard
          Buzzard
          February 21, 2010, 12:08 am | # | Reply

          This is the axe man doin’ the first maximum volume strum to let the audience know they need to shut the hell up and prepare to be rawked- R-A-W-K rawked– now, not the actual attack. He’s just making sure the sound guy actually knows where the “11” is on the volume knob before he cuts loose.

          • Terra
            Terra
            February 22, 2010, 10:03 am | # | Reply

            icwutudidthar. LOL
            My b/f and his best friend were arguing about who had the better speaker system. I told him to tell his friend that his went up to 12…but he totally didn’t get it. hehe

  18. Steel Raven
    Steel Raven
    February 19, 2010, 9:14 pm | # | Reply

    Rock on

  19. Zakrael
    Zakrael
    February 20, 2010, 1:10 pm | # | Reply

    So uh… turns out Best is actually pretty competent. Maybe the whole “Hero of Prophecy” thing actually has some basis. Sure, he’s still a complete dick, but at least he’s got enough skills to justify the arrogance.

    I was wondering why no-one had made a “bringing the house down” pun, then noticed it was in the alt text. Well played, sirs and madam.

    • Steel Raven
      Steel Raven
      February 21, 2010, 2:30 am | # | Reply

      I almost made a Guitar Hero of Prophecy but I though it was little weak.

  20. Beef
    Beef
    February 20, 2010, 9:22 pm | # | Reply

    The roof! The roof is – Nevermind.

  21. Tathos
    Tathos
    February 21, 2010, 12:14 pm | # | Reply

    The last panel was too crowded for me, and I had a problem realizing what was going on. Then I realized it was the rocks falling and all that stuff. Best is a douche.

  22. Jim_Deets
    Jim_Deets
    February 21, 2010, 2:02 pm | # | Reply

    Looks like the interweb hero’s have arrived. “Someone is wrong on the internuts? This cannot be left uncorrected! To the chump mobile!(Their moms car)

    • Phil
      Phil
      February 21, 2010, 2:12 pm | # | Reply

      For the record, I’m loving it. Greatest show on earth.

  23. Pyre
    Pyre
    March 2, 2010, 2:26 pm | # | Reply

    Sooo..an observation I’m not sure if people have made. Puns are best WHEN they’re blatantly awful. I have trouble thinking of a pun that was funny because it was “good” rather than one that was funny because it was groan-worthy. True, there’s a limit to how bad a pun can be before it stops being funny, but for the purposes of this comic, lame puns seem to fit right in with the humor expected, ESPECIALLY from Best. He’s practically the avatar of lame.

    And yet, surprisingly, the man can pull a pretty damn effective attack out of nowhere. Looking forward to more.

  24. Rognik
    Rognik
    December 16, 2010, 3:57 pm | # | Reply

    Duh! Of COURSE the axe is magical. Why else would the slashing weapon have strings on it?

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