Annotated 24-20
That second panel’s a lot of fun (only Phil would’ve conceived the Sundar-Bandit bit), though it does kind of cross the line between foreshadowing and giving a later gag away. I like the detail that Fr’Nj is getting paint all over herself as she puts a sign together. Scipio may be too, but I’d expect his movements to be more precise.
“But why do I gotta wear makeup TO BED? The protest isn’t ’til next morning.”
“Aw, this’s just practice an’ gettin’ you comfy with th’idea. T’morrow we apply th’ rouge!”
Byron’s decision in panel 3 seems a bit odd to me now. Either (1) he doesn’t fully understand what he’s seeing but thinks it’s Frigg-inspired, inconsequential chaos that would only tax Syr’Nj’s resources to know about, or (2) he DOES understand what he’s seeing and thinks Syr’Nj needs plausible deniability.
There’s a lot I want to talk about in this picture but I don’t think any of it is stronger than my desire to understand why Fr’Nj is pantsless here when no one else is even remotely as uh… relaxed.
Perhaps because she anticipated spilling paint, and prefers to wash her leg than her pants?
Based on that smile she’s wearing, I’m gonna go with: the paint – the paint she’s using, anyway – is edible.
In my experience getting druids to even wear pants is an uphill battle. Once they’re inside the pants come off, “I’m in the house, you said I had to where pants out in public, this is inside. INside, can’t be OUT in public. Your rules are stupid, clothes are stupid–Grrr” from there it’s just a series of animal noises as they’ve decided to become a badger or something.
There’s also option 3) Syr’Nj is really tired and they’re probably not going to make this worse before we wake up, so this is a conversation we can have in the morning…but Syr’Nj would probably want to deal with it now. Best to just skip the issue, have a quiet word with Bandit or Sundar in the morning and see what’s going on.
Yeah!! Frigg the patriarchy!!! no wait
I’m just all about Bandit here, good show! Makes me suspect the player is around for this part.
I don’t get this — why the make-up? Bandit never struck me as being keen on make-up, and I don’t see any connection to the protest, either.
I love Syr’Nj is smirking in the last panel. She is smart enough to know something is going on but happy enough to let Byron literally keep her out of it so she doesn’t have to deal with it.
Byron’s face in the big panel is absolutely priceless.
I’m trying to figure out what the sign on the far left says.
‘Eat the rich’ was my first instinct, but unless the top line is right justified while the rest is centred, or the E is like three miles wide, that doesn’t fit. ‘Beat the rich’ would fit, but lacks punch…
If the sign’s creator was feeling particularly creative, perhaps it is “Cleat the Rich”?
Last I checked, that would hit ’em where it hurts, and that “where” would be “everywhere”.
Defeat, maybe?
Okay, why Yakov Smirnoff?
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