That is indeed a cool thing. The Waltrips also did this other thing, where the panels themselves formed the letters of the sound effect. Amazing stuff.
OK, I’m a bit confused. There doesn’t seem to be a logical flow between the last few comics. What are they trying to accomplish here, and why is this fellow helping them?
You also have to remember that he was kidnapped into “Fightopia” to begin with. Even if his friend meant well, it wasn’t his choice. Lack of choice involved equals lack of attachment (or at least, less attachment), and likely his old instincts kicked in when he realized he’d unleashed an attack bot against a noncom.
see page 23, 24. He couldn’t escape from his own fighting machines. Fr’nj created a diversion to save his life, then he pushed over the machine and helped the girls.
Getting the runs of jokes must have given you the absolute shits. I’m sure you must’ve wanted to damn your tormentors to the lowest burning ring of fire of hell.
It has seemed a wee bit jumpy recently. In particular, something seems to be missing in Fr’nj’s / Bandit’s / Bert’s part of the narrative. For now, though, I’m content to wait and see if some of the blanks get filled in with the next few updates.
I’m guessing the NO came from either Sundar or Old Dude With The Lantern Who Had A Tagged Name Before Anyone Knew Why He’d Matter At All. (Or ODWTLWHATNBAKWHMAA for short)
Maybe Brunhilde, probably not Mad Bomber. You can see (what must be) him in the upper left corner of the 2nd-to-last panel. IMO It’s unlikely he’s crossed the ‘screen’, landed, and shouted in the time it took to reach the last panel.
Almost three decades of being literate, and yet I’m suprised with an unseen kind of speech balloon/onomatopoeia.
Maybe I just don’t read enough.
My first thought on seeing the last panel was that someone was shouting “NQ” Then I wondered how someone would even shout that.
That is indeed a cool thing. The Waltrips also did this other thing, where the panels themselves formed the letters of the sound effect. Amazing stuff.
I think I’ve actually seen that before…
Don’t remember where though, so it could have been the same place.
If I remember correctly, it was used in both Guilded Age and Fans! In each case, only once.
OK, I’m a bit confused. There doesn’t seem to be a logical flow between the last few comics. What are they trying to accomplish here, and why is this fellow helping them?
They’re stealing the flag. Capturing it, one might say.
He who positions the Flag controls the stupids. Like lemmings they will follow it anywhere.
You also have to remember that he was kidnapped into “Fightopia” to begin with. Even if his friend meant well, it wasn’t his choice. Lack of choice involved equals lack of attachment (or at least, less attachment), and likely his old instincts kicked in when he realized he’d unleashed an attack bot against a noncom.
see page 23, 24. He couldn’t escape from his own fighting machines. Fr’nj created a diversion to save his life, then he pushed over the machine and helped the girls.
I rode a dire horse once.
No, wait – it was a horse with the runs. A diarrhea horse.
A diarrhea horse ? Oh shit. You must have been the butt of many stinking jokes. Meh. Just flush it all down.
Getting the runs of jokes must have given you the absolute shits. I’m sure you must’ve wanted to damn your tormentors to the lowest burning ring of fire of hell.
Eh. It’s why we’re all here. For shits and giggles.
that was a pretty crappy joke my friend:)
Ugh! Puns like this need to be flushed into the sewers.
Ugh! No need to go all Dung Ho on us here.
Puns like this need to be flushed into the sewers.
I love the thought of you editing your post:
No, I can do even better…!
And I love the whole comment section. As always.
Colonnus here appears to be “Yuppie Gandalf”.
And I, for one, would hate being named after my large intestine.
Umm, last time we saw F’rnj, Bandit and Wossname, they were all about to be squished by a fighting machine.
Where’d the horse come from?
From F’rnj’s casting of Summon monster III.
Or, since she’s a high level druid, she may have traded in timmy for a decent animal companion
One of them unlocked Red Hare.
Okay, more than a few details have gone entirely over my head. One moment it’s all about the fighting, then suddenly Bert is helping the enemy?
It has seemed a wee bit jumpy recently. In particular, something seems to be missing in Fr’nj’s / Bandit’s / Bert’s part of the narrative. For now, though, I’m content to wait and see if some of the blanks get filled in with the next few updates.
Yeah, it feels like a reel’s missing.
They are going with the Quentin Tarantino method of storytelling right now. Uma Thurman should show up at any moment.
For a second I though the horse was their chief of agriculture.
It was, but then they replaced it when it kept voting Neigh on everyone’s ideas.
And no one could get him to shut up about Wilbur.
‘him’? We don’t know the horse’s gender.
oh dear god, now i get it. This whole thing is just in game arena match. probably just like Warsong gulch type. our heroes got the flag now….
I forever read the first word bubble in Ernie’s voice now.
He has a voice?
You never watched Sesame Street growing up? O_o
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I can’t believe I didn’t get that joke until I read your comment. Now the alt text makes sense!
The dire horse seems a deliberate reference to the Legend of the Four Sons of Aymon and the Horse Bayard. This is a cool thing that I approve of.
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Four_Sons_of_Aymon
Or summon monster three, and a mount in warsong gulch (though how they have the flag and a mount, I know not)
Brunhilde finally makes an appearance, or maybe it’s Sundar
Panel three, left side, there’s a samurai-esque costume…
How is his topknot still pointing forwards as he runs towards his target?
Lots of hair gel?
Maybe a split second earlier he was traveling backwards, so his topknot is still inertially moving in that direction.
After looking at the latest several days/pages, I can see why Fightopia would be a long-term failure…
FIGHTOPIA NEEDS WOMEN!!!!!
Just say’n… so it’s gonna be goodbye Fightopia, hello Adventurers Union (or Guild).
Yeah, but given Sundar’s earlier approaches to diplomacy, they’ll probably respond with a MARS Needs Women strategy (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MarsNeedsWomen).
I see someone has been eating a sizeable amount of carrots lately.
I’m guessing the NO came from either Sundar or Old Dude With The Lantern Who Had A Tagged Name Before Anyone Knew Why He’d Matter At All. (Or ODWTLWHATNBAKWHMAA for short)
Or Brunhilde, or the Mad Bomber What Bombs At High Altitude.
Maybe Brunhilde, probably not Mad Bomber. You can see (what must be) him in the upper left corner of the 2nd-to-last panel. IMO It’s unlikely he’s crossed the ‘screen’, landed, and shouted in the time it took to reach the last panel.
Hate to ask again: but who the hell is Brunhilde!?
Surprisingly, the sentence is faster to say than the abbreviation.
Unless you try to read it as a word. But that way lies madness.
It’s actually not too bad. It’s like, “odd-whittle-what ‘n’ back-whi-ma.”
is it sad that i just did exactly that? XD
Ugh, I’m going to hate myself for this but…Ahem…
Look at Dire Horse, Dire Horse is Amazing.
Uh-oh, guessing “NO” is E-mil after seeing Rachel getting hit by a grenade.