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Annotations Every Day - Written by T Campbell & Flo Kahn - Illustrated by John & Jason Waltrip

'Here's a story for you: GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!'

Chapter 48 – Page 8

on July 19, 2017
Chapter: Chapter 48
└ Tags: His Grace Miyamoto, Mister Bedard
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Discussion (55) ¬

  1. Concerned DM
    Concerned DM
    July 19, 2017, 12:08 am | # | Reply

    I sense either a heel-turn face, or sudden and rapid comeuppance for a one Miyamoto arriving soon.

  2. dman
    dman
    July 19, 2017, 12:11 am | # | Reply

    I believe this is appropriate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efHCdKb5UWc

  3. Thomas
    Thomas
    July 19, 2017, 12:45 am | # | Reply

    I thought Boring Man was one of the Heads of Houses, but if he’s Mister B. instead of His Grace Bedard, apparently not. I was gonna say Bedard represents the Fifth Estate (=the Press), but I don’t know how to turn that into something clever.

    • Loyal
      Loyal
      July 19, 2017, 8:19 am | # | Reply

      Nope, he’s definitely a Head regardless of title.

      • Phil
        Flo
        July 19, 2017, 3:42 pm | # | Reply

        He’s not one to draw attention to himself like that.

  4. biggmac
    biggmac
    July 19, 2017, 12:47 am | # | Reply

    Finally!
    A
    K
    een,
    Erudite

    Nuanced
    Evocation of
    Worldly
    State (of journalism today)

    • Talewinds
      Talewinds
      July 19, 2017, 3:29 am | # | Reply

      YEP!!!!

      • Thomas
        Thomas
        July 20, 2017, 4:32 am | # | Reply

        Nope. What Mister B. creates is not Fake News, but Inflated Headlines. They’re exaggerations, not outright lies.

  5. █████
    █████
    July 19, 2017, 12:47 am | # | Reply

    A little part of me wonders if Mister Bedard is one of the non-tubed players who’s preferred the social aspects to the World of Arkerra.

    • Insufferable Nerd
      Insufferable Nerd
      July 19, 2017, 1:17 am | # | Reply

      He’s the real villain: a game blogger.

  6. Michael
    Michael
    July 19, 2017, 12:55 am | # | Reply

    This page feel especially topical to anyone else?

    • Helianthus
      Helianthus
      July 19, 2017, 1:29 am | # | Reply

      “Taro did more in the first 100 days than Miyamoto during his full tenure”

      • Meadowbrook
        Meadowbrook
        July 19, 2017, 11:15 am | # | Reply

        Lol, I didn’t notice the ‘muh legacy’ until now.

    • Jay
      Jay
      July 19, 2017, 9:40 am | # | Reply

      It definitely does to me :)

    • underappreciatednecromancer
      underappreciatednecromancer
      July 19, 2017, 3:08 pm | # | Reply

      Sadly, even this fictional dictator is better than the real one America has in Trump.

    • Tsapki
      Tsapki
      July 19, 2017, 7:14 pm | # | Reply

      Everything feels topical today.

      Though I will say that despite my own feelings on the current state of the world, it as least seems like people are paying attention now.

  7. Jason
    Jason
    July 19, 2017, 12:58 am | # | Reply

    “Taro Cuts Staff to Head Off Expenditures”

    Eh, I’m sure all you sharp commenters will come up with a better headline….

    • Jason
      Jason
      July 19, 2017, 1:10 am | # | Reply

      “Taro To Eliminate Heads of Heads of Houses”
      “Taro’s New Medical Procedure will Take Years Off Your Face!”
      “Editorial: Where are we Headed? Nowhere, Fast”
      “Counter-Editorial: The Guillotine Brings Me Glee-otine”

    • Jason
      Jason
      July 19, 2017, 1:37 am | # | Reply

      “Final Editorial: I’m Heading Off Now”

    • Borg
      Borg
      July 19, 2017, 11:08 am | # | Reply

      “House of Houses Now Short-Staffed”
      “Taro a Pain in Neck, Miyamoto Claims”
      “Is Your Job on the Chopping Block in the Coming Recession?”

    • Dean
      Dean
      July 19, 2017, 8:24 pm | # | Reply

      “Lose 5 Pounds of Head Fat With This One Weird Trick.”

      • Jason
        Jason
        July 19, 2017, 10:14 pm | # | Reply

        That’s the stuff!

  8. Jean-Luc
    Jean-Luc
    July 19, 2017, 1:33 am | # | Reply

    Let them eat cake. I heard it restores hp.

    • Tsapki
      Tsapki
      July 19, 2017, 7:15 pm | # | Reply

      Ungh, but the ingredients are such a pain to get. Just catch some fish instead. They’re bloody everywhere.

  9. minando
    minando
    July 19, 2017, 3:20 am | # | Reply

    Conformism for the win.

  10. Kamino Neko
    Kamino Neko
    July 19, 2017, 5:11 am | # | Reply

    So, finally we know Bedard’s spirit animal – the fox.

  11. chase
    chase
    July 19, 2017, 8:43 am | # | Reply

    So he’s out, too? Will Taro LET him leave?
    Also, I love that one of the things he’s packing is a painting from the wall. Though, it does appear to be a map, so…

    • Jason
      Jason
      July 19, 2017, 10:18 pm | # | Reply

      And he’s also grabbing a book on “Building Foundations”…. Planning on bringing down the House?

  12. Ganurath
    Ganurath
    July 19, 2017, 11:14 am | # | Reply

    Anyone else get the feeling that Bedard has secretly been a cultist this whole time?

    • Meadowbrook
      Meadowbrook
      July 19, 2017, 11:16 am | # | Reply

      He’s very fake news so.

      • Ganurath
        Ganurath
        July 19, 2017, 9:22 pm | # | Reply

        I was thinking more about his recently revealed stance on death, and the similar physical appearance he has to Brother Tom… sans body art.

        • TxGator
          TxGator
          July 20, 2017, 9:30 am | # | Reply

          What’s his stance on death? Are you talking about what was revealed about him on this page, or did he say something earlier?

  13. The Gorram Batguy
    The Gorram Batguy
    July 19, 2017, 11:42 am | # | Reply

    As Miyamoto makes his exit, I suspect the press won’t let him go gracefully.
    Indeed, I expect that despite years of an amicable working relationship, in his time of crisis Miyamoto will find himself hoisted on his own Bedard.

    • Psolo Ghoti
      Psolo Ghoti
      July 19, 2017, 6:02 pm | # | Reply

      That is such a great pun that I have to point out that I made it first. ^_^

      • The Gorram Batguy
        The Gorram Batguy
        July 21, 2017, 8:28 am | # | Reply

        I tip my hat to you. But I do credit myself with using it well in this particular context.

  14. underappreciatednecromancer
    underappreciatednecromancer
    July 19, 2017, 3:09 pm | # | Reply

    And Trump is still worse.
    Reality is unrealistic.

    • LockeZ
      LockeZ
      July 20, 2017, 5:54 am | # | Reply

      This is a fantasy comic strip, not a debate forum for your political opinions. Stop trying to start arguments.

      • underappreciatednecromancer
        underappreciatednecromancer
        July 20, 2017, 5:33 pm | # | Reply

        The author of this webcomic would be to differ. If you actually paid attention, you’d notice that. If you don’t like political discussion, don’t come to a liberal webcomic and go back to your echo-chamber.

  15. Psolo Ghoti
    Psolo Ghoti
    July 19, 2017, 6:08 pm | # | Reply

    I think the problem is that Taro learned too much from his father. He just missed the lesson on “Not Being Obviously Evil in Public”.

    • underappreciatednecromancer
      underappreciatednecromancer
      July 20, 2017, 5:35 pm | # | Reply

      Trump also missed that class.

  16. Lirazel
    Lirazel
    July 19, 2017, 10:19 pm | # | Reply

    Gonna get all heavy here:

    “True leaders are hardly known to their followers.
    After them are those the people love and respect;
    After them, those they fear;
    After them, those they despise.” (Tao Te Ching, tr. U.K. LeGuin)

    Taro is sinking fast…

    • Messenger
      Messenger
      July 20, 2017, 5:01 am | # | Reply

      Awesome. (I’m a fan of The Way of Chuang Tzu.)

  17. minando
    minando
    July 20, 2017, 3:18 am | # | Reply

    “Heh…now that you mention it. In the old days, I was a questgiver. My job was to ask adventurers to bring me a certain individual’s head…somehow, I ended up with a mountain of absolutely indentical heads. Funny how the universe works.”

  18. Messenger
    Messenger
    July 20, 2017, 4:26 am | # | Reply

    What is Bedard’s angle here? This update makes him seem less a patriot (who wishes to be one of those in charge) and more like the muckracker/sensationalist/storyteller version of the Joker. What Miyamoto says of him (and how flippant and unconcerned he acts) is rather telling of him. “We tried to make a great nation and it was fun to watch, but since it’s falling apart, it’s still fun to watch.”

  19. Alymp X
    Alymp X
    July 20, 2017, 5:28 am | # | Reply

    Oh, so thats the other midlife crisis

  20. SteelRaven
    SteelRaven
    July 20, 2017, 4:32 pm | # | Reply

    Bedard reminds me more of William Randolph Hearst and other late 19th, early 20th Century with a little Petyr Baelish tossed in.

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