When a webcomic updates but you don't want to make a huge deal out of it, what you do

[Loyal]

Remember how Parson likened her to Wednesday Addams?

Oh if only he knew.

[phil_]

What's the point of having undead minions if you don't make them dance sometimes is what I'm saying.

[Gregness]

Honestly, it was more in the last update where she slept next to the corpse. I got serious necrophilia vibes. :ohdear:

Also, the first page of this issue of Doc McNinja has basically the greatest plot setup ever.

[Fifthfiend]

I still have stop every once in a while and recognize that Captain SNES is updating regularly.

[DarkDrgon]

Captain SNES updated last week.... I just got into it, and am now eagerly waiting each new comic.

Man you all laughed at me when I posted this. JOKES ON YOU!! all I had to do was wait almost a year and now i get consistent updates

[Jagos]

I know RvB isn't a webcomic, but this last episode was "Holy shit..." good...

[Loyal]

This cardboard 1UP was originally a promotional standee at GameStop. It was attached to a cardboard display for Super Mario 3D Land, but it got tired of kids' grimy hands continuously touching it and replicating iconic Mario sound effects with their mouths. So one night, desperate to change its stationary life, it slid through a crack in the foundation and made its escape. Craving fresh air and bluer skies, the cardboard 1UP tumbled along the wind until it reached the edge of a dusty old road. From there, it hitchhiked with a number of interesting characters--many of whom could fill books with their incredible, sordid pasts--and eventually reached the spot where it rests in this comic. After Bowser was unfairly blamed for the 1UP's relocation, Mario went on to defeat the Koopa King once again, while the cardboard 1UP shed a guilty tear for Bowser's unjust punishment. As it turns out, Paper Mario nabbed the 1UP, thinking it was an Ultra Shroom, and like most RPG full-heal items, it sat in the hero's bag, never to be used. I mean, c'mon, what if you need it for later? So that's where the cardboard 1UP spent a great deal of time, crammed next to a Sleepy Sheep and something called a Couple's Cake. For years, the 1UP was content with its current situation, happy to play solitaire and the occasional game of backgammon with the Sleepy Sheep. But everything changed on that day. Amidst a stirring, fateful battle, Paper Mario was at the end of his rope. Bruised and battered, he remembered that fabled Ultra Shroom from so long ago. This was it. This was the time. This was the moment he'd been waiting for for so long! He reached down into his satchel, past a crusty Dried Shroom and a number of marginally-useful badges, and felt a warm, familiar presence. At this moment, the cardboard 1UP awoke with a glimmer of hope. This was it. This was the time. This was the moment it'd been waiting for--a chance to finally make its mark in history! It would save Paper Mario in the eleventh hour, and as a result, the world! The 1UP swelled with pride and readied itself for its true purpose. Paper Mario lifted it high and--ready to recieve his second wind--crammed it into his mouth! Nothing happened since it was made of cardboard. Cardboard is useless.

And King Radical has all the best ideas.

[tacticslion]

So, Loyal (or anyone else who could do so reasonably completely), could you sum up for me, the kind of dopey reader who's forgotten most of the back-story for the FF6 side of stuff in Captain SNES? I mean, I kind of am having flashbacks to Kerensky's Let's Play instead and blending the two is producing strange results. :)

Also, in Goblins, it's interesting to see Dies' arm coming into rather intense play, both imitating the demon and defending from it. Very cool, and interesting to see where they go with it. I suspect that Dies will level up after this encounter, though. That's a lot of XP for soloing, even for someone with a level adjustment (which I presume he has due to his arm). Even if he has to share it with his arm, because it harbors a soul, the two together taking on a demon that's obviously that powerful should be worth some considerable XP nonetheless.

[POS Industries]

So, Loyal (or anyone else who could do so reasonably completely), could you sum up for me, the kind of dopey reader who's forgotten most of the back-story for the FF6 side of stuff in Captain SNES?
Well, to sum it up in the most clear, concise manner: There is no backstory, this is the first these characters have been introduced in the narrative.

[Loyal]

You can find the backstory by playing Final Fantasy VI. Then skipping ahead a couple of years to bring us where we are today.

Erfworld's text update (008) has some scary implications, assuming Clay's analysis of Luck is mostly on the mark. Considering Wanda and Parson are supposed to be instruments of Fate (and thus get naturally Lucky all the time), it basically means they're both doom-magnets for whatever side they occupy.

XKCD has been decent over the last week, Misfile leaves me wondering where the bespectacled girl stores her internal organs, YAFGC is returning to Black Mountain (yay), and Guilded Age and Rusty and Co. are both excellent.

[TDK]

I'd stopped reading misfile after the whole 'rape' thing because it was retarded, but I just checked the latest page and dear GOD that woman would have serious back problems.

I'm pretty sure the volume of her breasts is at least equal if not greater than the volume of the entire rest of her torso.

[tacticslion]

I'd stopped reading misfile after the whole 'rape' thing because it was retarded, but I just checked the latest page and dear GOD that woman would have serious back problems.

I'm pretty sure the volume of her breasts is at least equal if not greater than the volume of the entire rest of her torso.

Oh, so like most manga!

Thanks, Loyal!

[Aldurin]

Man, The Pocalypse is having some badass fight scenes in the dream world.

[tacticslion]

I am so disappointed in Archibald. He's so much less cool than I ever thought.

[walkertexasdruid]

Order of the Stick has picked up the pace recently. Some pretty cool stuff involving Nale, Elan, and Tarquin.

Did I just kill this popular thread? Uh-oh, I think that the "Threadkiller" may be making a comeback.

[tacticslion]

Did I just kill this popular thread? Uh-oh, I think that the "Threadkiller" may be making a comeback.

Hahah! I doubt it. Mostly, while things have been good, it's just been hard to comment on stuff.

Although...

Gunnerkrigg: Dangit, Gunnerkrigg!

Goblins: Dies is now officially awesome in every way. Also scary. I'm curious to know what people think of his new greenness? I'm sorry Thunt is so frustrated with a mode of praise his fans enjoy.

Erfworld: I'm enjoying the chapter. I'm sorry to hear for Xin's loss (in real life, not in the comic), though! Pray for her and her family if y'all are the praying type.

Captain SNES: is great right now.

Sluggy Freelance: Pete says his writing is weak, but I just see it as typical of sluggy - this was meant to be an entertaining downtime in the midst of two epic struggles and, in fact, that's exactly what it is.

OotS: I love it, but it's teaser-style is difficult to stand. I keep wanting more and only getting bits. I understand Burlew has a few things on his mind right now, though.

Schlock Mercenary: ... is interesting. Howard's been building a background situation for quite some time, and we might be getting back to it soon. That's promising.

Errant Story: might actually be coming to a close soon. I mean, he's quoting Queen and everything (in the Alt Text). On a more serious note, Hilary ("Impy") is having a hard time too, and in the hospital, so, again if you're the type, please pray for her.

[Loyal]

What are you doing reading this when you could be reading DOUBLE K's motherfuckin' QUAD UPDATE (http://captainosaka.deviantart.com/art/DOUBLE-K-092-272222284)?

[BitVyper]

Man, don't even joke about making Gordito shave. That is a low fucking blow.

[Fifthfiend]

I am going to have to stop reading Doctor McNinja for a while.

Like I'm not blaming the comic for doing a 'shitbag school administrators side with obvious bully, attack student for defending himself' story I just can't fucking make myself read about that shit.

[Kerensky287]

Oh come on, Fifth. You just know the next page is gonna be something crazy like, Gordito's mustache becomes PREHENSILE, and he decides that he AIN'T GONNA TAKE NO GUFF FROM NO ONE and goes off to fight that dragon thing he saw until Doc gets back.

[walkertexasdruid]

I also like what Darths & Droids has done to the first three Star Wars movies, and I am looking forward to see what they do with the original trilogy.

[Fifthfiend]

Oh come on, Fifth. You just know the next page is gonna be something crazy like, Gordito's mustache becomes PREHENSILE, and he decides that he AIN'T GONNA TAKE NO GUFF FROM NO ONE and goes off to fight that dragon thing he saw until Doc gets back.

I'm not saying that if/when something like that happens I can't start reading McNinja again.

Just for however long it's gonna be like this, man, I just cannot read that.

...This is actually also pretty much the reason I couldn't watch more than five minutes of Disney's Tangled.

[Fifthfiend]

Wow Questionable Content has really gone all-in on just being a poor-man's Dresden Codak.

[TDK]

Wow Questionable Content has really gone all-in on just being a poor-man's Dresden Codak.

Much as I like Dresden Codak and think QC has been shit in the recent past (Clinton is a fucking stupid character and god I hate Marigold), what does Aaron Diaz have a copyright on talking about the singularity and robots n' shit now?

Related: Man do I enjoy me some Dresden Codaks (the art especially is just gorgeous), but I've been reading Diaz's tumblr and he's kind of a pretentious dickbag at times and has too high of an opinion of his own opinion.

[Amake]

If QC is doing DC five days a week and every page of DC is fifty times better than QC, QC is still doing DC better than DC is.

[TDK]

Yeah. Quantity over quality, right?

Wait that's not right

[Fifthfiend]

what does Aaron Diaz have a copyright on talking about the singularity and robots n' shit now?

I really don't know what under God's blue sky you're talking about but yeah Dresden Codak sure is fucking awful and Questionable Content sure is being a cheaper shittier version of that same kind of fucking awful.

[Arhra]

I really don't know what under God's blue sky you're talking about but yeah Dresden Codak sure is fucking awful and Questionable Content sure is being a cheaper shittier version of that same kind of fucking awful.

Dresden Codak used to be great!

But then we got Hob.

There's nowhere near as much depth per comic with weird philosophical and physics tidbits and interesting stuff happening in the background as there used to be.

Instead now we get multi-page stories and a lot more focus on Kimiko. Turns out she's a sociopath who we are meant to empathise with!

She was more interesting when we just got tidbits and didn't have her TRAGIC PAST and junk rubbed in our faces.

[Amake]

I don't mind the new direction, I just wish there was more Dresden Codak. I mean we still don't even know if it stopped being rad or just became decompressed to the point where we don't see those interesting things happening because it takes five years of updates for anything to happen. But whatever we get gorgeous art I GUESS.

Meanwhile CAD makes a funny, but it's only funny because apparently Buckley thinks tanks are normally heterosexual, but if Bioware writes them the tanks are going to be homosexual. And Command & Conquer is going to be all up in your face about how the tanks are homosexual instead of just letting them be in love, man.

[Kerensky287]

Meanwhile CAD makes a funny, but it's only funny because apparently Buckley thinks tanks are normally heterosexual, but if Bioware writes them the tanks are going to be homosexual. And Command & Conquer is going to be all up in your face about how the tanks are homosexual instead of just letting them be in love, man.

The first two panels were still completely unnecessary, and the punchline was bloated and poorly-worded.

Better way to have done it (imagine this in dialog-wheel format):

-Shoot it politely.
-Shoot it.
-Shoot it twice, and make a snappy remark.
-[charm] Seduce it.

[Fifthfiend]

Dresden Codak used to be great!

But then we got Hob.

Basically yeah pretty much.

[stefan]

papadopoulos is so obviously Doc that he's obviously not.

[POS Industries]

Instead now we get multi-page stories and a lot more focus on Kimiko. Turns out she's a sociopath who we are meant to empathise with!

She was more interesting when we just got tidbits and didn't have her TRAGIC PAST and junk rubbed in our faces.
I also don't think changing the world to better suit Kimiko (whereas instead of being whatever the fuck it is that she is in what is basically the normal modern day where weird stuff happens to her, it turns out her father built an entire magical city of socially awkward mad scientists where the weird stuff is par for the course and she has moved there) was a good idea, considering that she is still written as if she is the only socially maladjusted person involved.

A basic tenet of comedy is that weirdness humor typically only works if A) there is one weird person in a normal environment or B) there is only one normal person in a weird environment. Putting a weird person in a weird environment and then trying to play it as if either the person or the environment doesn't fit at any given time doesn't communicate well to the audience.

Plus, I don't think taking the Tokamaks out of the story was a good idea. In spite of being nerdy superpowered Russian twins, they were altogether normal in terms of personality, which allowed them to contrast nicely with Kimiko's abnormal characterization while still having it make sense as to why they were friends with her.

[Loyal]

In the deep hours of the night, Wanda walked alone through the darkened halls of Kiloton's garrison. Her boots clumped softly on a checkerboard of black and white marble, and the footsteps went echoing away.

Some of the men of Haffaton had tried to follow her upstairs, Larry among them. They had, in fact, tried a lot of things this evening. Apparently putting a hand inside the enemy's shirt was not a form of engagement that was prevented by Olive's spell. (Which shouldn't have been surprising, from what she understood of Hippiemancy's free-loving ways.)

Once this rule of engagement was established, though, she had her retort. Every man who attempted to put his hands on an unwelcome part of her body found himself with one of the Fellows fervidly trying to do the same to him. And with no chance to engage and defend themselves, the culprits were now spending the night either running from the lascivious crotch-gropes of the uncroaked, or curling up in a corner somewhere and enduring them.Hahaha, oh Wanda.

[Gregness]

papadopoulos is so obviously Doc that he's obviously not.

Except that even in disguise Doc usually keeps his ski mask on and there's no sign of it on Papadopoulos.

Edit: no, wait, the whole face is a mask over his ski mask.

[MFD]

Re. CSNES:

Oh my stars and garters.

[Dracorion]

Re. CSNES:

Oh my stars and garters.

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[tacticslion]

M
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MAGIC?!

Ninja'd!

Also, Tarquin is amazingly awesome.

Edit: Also, hurray for Mr. Delgado's cultural heritage!

[Steel Shadow]

Tarquin is just the best thing.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

Moments like that are what keeps me reading comics.
Tarquin's setup was so perfect.

[walkertexasdruid]

I wonder what Xycon is up to.

[Kerensky287]

Except that even in disguise Doc usually keeps his ski mask on and there's no sign of it on Papadopoulos.

Edit: no, wait, the whole face is a mask over his ski mask.

I'm willing to bet it's Sean, not Doc.

Or at the very least, it's Old, not Doc.

[tacticslion]

Here's hoping that J.D.'s "minor burnout" (in Captain SNES) is of the more temporary type than the long-term type!

Xykon is probably just about to find out exactly where the real location of the gate it. Due to him having to mobilize his entire army, it's probably taken him much longer. He can cast ninth level spells like teleportation circle, but it's a bit of a crapshoot, because that would be similar to him doing actual work. Its far more likely that they're just arriving and setting up camp.

[Jagos]

Xycon is probably just about to find out exactly where the real location of the gate it. Due to him having to mobilize his entire army, it's probably taken him much longer. He can cast ninth level spells like teleportation circle, but it's a bit of a crapshoot, because that would be similar to him doing actual work. Its far more likely that they're just arriving and setting up camp.

No, he's leaving the army behind. He's going to bare essentials, especially after RC kinda extended the time that was needed in getting to the gate.

[tacticslion]

No, he's leaving the army behind. He's going to bare essentials, especially after RC kinda extended the time that was needed in getting to the gate.


I'd actually forgotten this. Thanks! How did RC extend the time? I've forgotten.

Also: Goblins... yikes. The guy is clearly insane. Also fully capable of following through. I suspect, however, that what's been done can be undone... ergo, his annulment of that which is to that which never was needs to have a corollary, in other words as it is, obviously, a process, it thus could be reversed. Given the nature of Goblins, however, I suspect that this won't happen.

[EVILNess]

So... Goblins is ripping off Dr. Who now.

I swear if a character shows up with a Fez I'm gonna commit murders.

[TDK]

Because Dr. Who invented the idea of retroactiveness? And because the character retroactively not existing after being unmade entirely is not a completely logical step within the context of what Chinmax is doing?

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

Because Dr. Who invented the idea of retroactiveness?

Yes.

[POS Industries]

Yes.
Retroactively.

[Grandmaster_Skweeb]

Punch to the fuggin gut. Feels bad, man. (http://dummcomics.com/2011/12/10/blue/)

Just found out about Ricky Garduno today. Never met the guy, but after reading his 1930's Nightmare Theatre strip on Dumm Comics since day one ya kinda get to know the artist without knowing the artist, y'know?

[EVILNess]

Because Dr. Who invented the idea of retroactiveness? And because the character retroactively not existing after being unmade entirely is not a completely logical step within the context of what Chinmax is doing?

It really has more to do with how it was portrayed.

[Loyal]

YAFGC has officially gone past the realm of "deserved humiliation conga" and right into "pointless sadism".

[Kerensky287]

Holy hell is Tarquin ever shaping up to be the best villain ever. He's genre savvy, crazy prepared, and excellent at dramatic timing. He's like Evil Batman with an empire.

I can't wait until he encounters Xycon.

[Amake]

Batman is great at timing, but not dramatic timing; he works with psychology rather than dramaturgy. It's more like he's Batman and the Joker combined. With Luthor's propensity for running teams. Tarquin is one part Lex Luthor, two parts Joker and three parts Batman. So yeah, definitely in the top three villains.

By the way since the last three people to mention him got it wrong, it's Xykon.

[tacticslion]

By the way since the last three people to mention him got it wrong, it's Xykon.

I have no idea what you're talking about. Crazy. :rolleyes:


Punch to the fuggin gut. Feels bad, man. (http://dummcomics.com/2011/12/10/blue/)

Just found out about Ricky Garduno today. Never met the guy, but after reading his 1930's Nightmare Theatre strip on Dumm Comics since day one ya kinda get to know the artist without knowing the artist, y'know?

I'm afraid I never knew him, but I know it's got to be hard. I'm always sorry that anyone passes.

YAFGC has officially gone past the realm of "deserved humiliation conga" and right into "pointless sadism".
It all works out in the end, though. As usual.

(... Though by no means as always - YAFGC seems to delight in the longevity of it's "mostly" bad guys - if not its baddest guys - more so than its heroes.)

EDIT: HAH! Take that, iPad! Eat the power of keyboard-and-mouse's easy editing!

[BitVyper]

Hahaha, War Man is the best character in all of the comics on Riceboy.

[Kim]

So it seems the stuff with Kat was a distaction from the true ship: Robot x Shadow

[Betty Elms]

I don't know if I'm alone in this (probably), but I have been following the latest story arc (http://leasticoulddo.com/comic/20111202) of Least I Could Do with a degree of morbid fascination that I've otherwise mostly reserved for the republican primaries. Every morning I wake up worried that the newest strip is going to defy all rational expectations and retroactively render the previous installments inoffensive, with some kind of Michael Haneke-esque "Rayne is a terrible person and you should feel terrible for finding his antics amusing!"

But no, it turns out that he's just delightfully and refreshingly non-PC!

[Amake]

Well, you shouldn't mock someone who's trying to learn. Slap them in the face until they can show a modicum of politeness maybe, but not mock.

Also I had a hearty chuckle at the strip where they play poker with Magic the Gathering cards.

[BitVyper]

So I finally actually... read... a little bit of LICD.

Fuck you, Betty.

I want to say something like "I hope you die in a car accident," but I just can't think of anything that really sums up how much pain I wish you over this. So I hope you keep reading LICD until the day you die, and that your brain is the first one to be harvested and tested for its use as a webserver, and it is eventually purchased by Ryan Sohmer to run LICD forever.

[Fifthfiend]

But no, it turns out that he's just delightfully and refreshingly non-PC!

Does Munchy have a real name yet?

EDIT: is that her real name?

EDIT: Is Rayne Sohmer Adam, upon him bestowed the right and duty of naming all the creatures of the land?

EDIT:

So I finally actually... read... a little bit of LICD.

Fuck you, Betty.

You were warned.

[Aldurin]

So I just caught up on Dr. McNinja and HOLY FUCK MY MIND IT HURTS. Everything simultaneously makes sense in an way that doesn't make sense. This may be the only webcomic that I'm tempted to buy the books for.

[BitVyper]

You were warned.

It doesn't count when people keep linking it.

Edit: This is like....


The Prince Humperdinck of webcomics. Mostly because every time I try to describe it, I end up using the same words Westley used to describe him.

[POS Industries]

I think my favorite part of LICD is that it's so obviously written by a sheltered virgin that it takes on that particular level of humor where the strip itself isn't funny but you find yourself laughing about how pathetic the author is while reading.

Yes, Mr. Sohmer, I totally believe that a wealthy womanizer in a major North American city has never before met a lesbian in his daily life, being the rare, magical phenomena that they are, or that no one among his apparently sizable female staff would be filing a sexual harassment suit against him for this behavior. How perfectly plausible.

[Fifthfiend]

It doesn't count when people keep linking it.

WHOA okay yeah I didn't see that, internet party foul for Betty.

Like man that's as bad as actually reading it without Adblock.

[Jagos]

I'd actually forgotten this. Thanks! How did RC extend the time? I've forgotten.


Basically, he kept Xykon still in Goblintopia until he could make it a great mercenary city with supply routes and such.

All came to a head when Xykon's phylactery got lost...

[BitVyper]

I can only imagine that it's just a big flashing mass of ads without adblock.

[Loyal]

I really wonder what Lar sees in Sohmer. Surely by now he has enough credibility as an artist that he can get a job arting it up for pretty much whomever he wants?

It all works out in the end, though. As usual.

(... Though by no means as always - YAFGC seems to delight in the longevity of it's "mostly" bad guys - if not its baddest guys - more so than its heroes.)Honestly I just have a problem with the idea that someone would get so enamored with their own tattoo work that they suddenly appear out of fuckin' nowhere to decide, once the subject of their work is about to die, that they want to flay it off their skin because he "spent all day doing it". As if he doesn't already spend most of his time doing similar (though less numerous) work on other miscellaneous species who stand to face a similar fate if they aren't sold.

Like, are you in the habit of collecting trophies, mister tattoo drow? What do you do with them?

[Inbred Chocobo]

I think my favorite part of LICD is that it's so obviously written by a sheltered virgin that it takes on that particular level of humor where the strip itself isn't funny but you find yourself laughing about how pathetic the author is while reading.

Yes, Mr. Sohmer, I totally believe that a wealthy womanizer in a major North American city has never before met a lesbian in his daily life, being the rare, magical phenomena that they are, or that no one among his apparently sizable female staff would be filing a sexual harassment suit against him for this behavior. How perfectly plausible.

Yeah, and the reason I didn't read 8-bit theatre was because the graphics in the comic were bad. Seriously, the comic is meant to have a stupid, humor that revolves around the head and ideas of Rayne. Much like we give a chance to movies when what would actually happen in them doesn't, you give this comic the chance that it doesn't and go from there.

If you find its humor distasteful, crude, or just bleh like I do sometimes then whatever, yeah it is that way, and that really isn't going to change much, but bashing on it because some real world rules don't apply to it, eh, that seems silly.

[POS Industries]

Which would be awesome if the comic weren't supposed to take place in the real world where real world rules apply, or if it weren't just a wish-fulfillment exercise for the author, or wasn't a soapbox for the author's opinions on basically everything the author believes about the real world and how he--via his thinly veiled self-insert author avatar main character--is always right about everything and everyone should and does love him for it.

So yes, I will bash on the comic as being a product of the author's unrealistic and juvenile worldview and believe that's a perfectly reasonable thing to do, thank you.

[BitVyper]

Yeah, and the reason I didn't read 8-bit theatre was because the graphics in the comic were bad.

That is a perfectly legitimate reason not to read a sprite comic. This is an actual flaw in the sprite comic format.

Anyway, the moment you take a big ol' dump on Calvin and Hobbes is basically the moment everyone who ever calls you a tool automatically becomes right.

Edit: And like, are you seriously trying to justify someone using a piece of carpet as "lesbian bait" as being just some good ol' fashioned "stupid humour?" I mean, it's not even a very funny joke. "OH I GET IT! IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE LESBIANS LICK A LOT OF CARPET AND RAYNE IS DUMB (except ultimately, he is portrayed as charismatic and intelligent, and doesn't seem to face consequences for being dumb) HAHAHAHAHAHAHA." He might as well be making jokes about black people stealing bikes. And nearest I can tell, that's basically par for the course with this guy. This is the literal extent of his sense of humour.

Edit 2: And I mean, you say it gets crude sometimes?. Lets leave aside the fact that "distasteful" and "crude" are hilariously understating what is like, not even a full degree removed from that 30s Mickey Mouse comic where Mickey beats up a gay guy, and just take a look at the ratio of that kind of shit to everything else he writes, 'cause from what I'm seeing, the prejudicial stuff takes a huge lead.

[tacticslion]

Honestly I just have a problem with the idea that someone would get so enamored with their own tattoo work that they suddenly appear out of fuckin' nowhere to decide, once the subject of their work is about to die, that they want to flay it off their skin because he "spent all day doing it". As if he doesn't already spend most of his time doing similar (though less numerous) work on other miscellaneous species who stand to face a similar fate if they aren't sold.

Like, are you in the habit of collecting trophies, mister tattoo drow? What do you do with them?

Meh, I just chocked it up to pointless drow evil being pointlessly evil. Given the evil nature in general of their society (which really doesn't make any sense, when given the least amount of thought), it's unsurprising that he'd be enamored with his work enough to engage in such cruelty. It's not like we're left to the impression that the Black Mountain doesn't see such cruelties every day. Besides - she was a queen. He doesn't get to take care of that very often. The thing I find bizarre, however, is how little she bleeds when he does so. I would have expected her to die just from the flaying, but apparently nope: just white patches for some reason. Yes, its evil and terrible. That doesn't surprise me, however, anymore. We've seen too much under there for it, I think.

As far as LICD: look, the guy is clearly terrible, and this doesn't exactly change him - like at all. It's him doing the exact same thing he's always done, so I don't know why this particular arc upsets more than others. It's just as terrible as he's always been. That's why I stopped reading it so long ago.

[Loyal]

Which would be awesome if the comic weren't supposed to take place in the real world where real world rules apply, or if it weren't just a wish-fulfillment exercise for the author, or wasn't a soapbox for the author's opinions on basically everything the author believes about the real world and how he--via his thinly veiled self-insert author avatar main character--is always right about everything and everyone should and does love him for it.

Hey, hey, remember when Rayne took time out of his busy schedule of womanizing, wasting company resources, and abusing the Urchin to make an appearance at TED and tell us how we were all horrible people for engaging in digital piracy?

Or how Rayne spent a week-long arc going to a convention and - in webcomic format - referring to webcomic authors as talentless hacks without a hint of irony?

And let's not forget about how, in Rayne's world, giving out free Kindles is a totally viable tactic when coming up with a business model for a newspaper subscription service.

Good times.

[BitVyper]

Like you can't pull the "well it's like that because Rayne is dumb" when the narrative does everything in its power to justify his actions. Homer Simpson is an example of a character who is kind of funny when he does ignorant things because the joke is that Homer Simpson is dumb. When Homer does something ignorant and stupid, we see that it is ignorant and stupid. He can get away with some things, but we're never given the impression that say, it would be okay for Homer to fuck Mindy at a hotel because THAT'S OUR HOMER LOL. When Rayne does something stupid, the universe contrives to make it okay because this is the author's self insert fantasy.

[Fifthfiend]

Like LICD would be an atrociously awful comic if it were only about an shallow dimwitted asshole doing shallow dimwitted asshole shit but LICD goes the extra mile of turning around and explaining how being a shallow dimwitted asshole ACTUALLY makes Rayne Sohmer a huge-hearted saintly genius and Friend to All God's Creatures.

Or how Rayne spent a week-long arc going to a convention and - in webcomic format - referring to webcomic authors as talentless hacks without a hint of irony?

well see those other guys dont update every day

I can only imagine that it's just a big flashing mass of ads without adblock.

For all I know all the ads on that page are 100% tastefully understated invitations to peruse products that any reasonable person would enjoy I'm just saying anyone that does anything that nets Ryan Summers a dollar is basically an accessory to an ongoing crime in progress.

[Kerensky287]

I think we can all agree that one of LICD's strongest flaws is the fact that no single character has attempted to push Rayne through a window yet.

[walkertexasdruid]

So eventually we are going to have the OOTS vs. Xykon vs. Tarquin vs. Nale and the Linear Guild. Should be fun.

[Kerensky287]

...Hold on, so somebody ELSE killed Tarquin's wife?

This plot arc's been going on for a while, I forget some details. But that seems pretty major to me.

Maybe she was part black dragon.

[tacticslion]

So eventually we are going to have the OOTS vs. Xykon vs. Tarquin vs. Nale and the Linear Guild. Should be fun.

I'm not so sure. I mean, I grant that it's possible, but I think it will be something more along the lines of what happened with Azure City - I don't think it'll be "Azure, take again", but I suspect that it'll be somewhat similar in that it won't be a direct mutli-way slugfest so much as temporary alliances and something bringing someone else down. It's curious: much like the 8-Bit Theater crew, I've yet to see OotS accomplish something without large amounts of collateral damage and/or some local institution being highly shaken and/or falling, that I can recall.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

...Hold on, so somebody ELSE killed Tarquin's wife?

Wizard dude seemed pretty eager to steer the conversation offa that, huh.

[Loyal]

Some people have speculated Sabine - because the IFCC might not want someone like Tarquin with information leading to the Snarl - or one of Draketooth's accomplices - for similar reasons.

Wizard dude seemed pretty eager to steer the conversation offa that, huh. Wizard dude (Malack) has been eager to kill Nale for quite some time. Nothing unusual here.

Also, Captain SNES updated again.

[Amake]

For all I know all the ads on that page are 100% tastefully understated invitations to peruse products that any reasonable person would enjoy I'm just saying anyone that does anything that nets Ryan Summers a dollar is basically an accessory to an ongoing crime in progress.
Fortunately I'm sure my accumulated page views has netted the site far less than a dollar.

There's an ad for the comic's own merchandise on top of every page, and on the front page all the way down a regular banner advertising some sort of supposedly inventive online comic book store. Oh and just below the strip I see there's an ad that gets blocked by basic script blocking.

If anyone's curious.

[BitVyper]

The thing I find really disgusting about this, and I'm not sure if it's only in relation to women or not, as no fucking way am I reading the whole archive, but the thing I find really disgusting is this: Rayne does this miserable shit, and we see the women frustrated by it, so they are clearly being victimized here, but because they live in Sohmer's ugly little power fantasy, that's where it stops, and then it gets dialed down to just "OH THAT RAYNE!"

Trying to make treating people like this seem harmless, and the people who stand up to say it's wrong just whiny complainers, is exactly how oppression works. LICD comes out in full support of all manner of prejudice, and I find it to be a miserable, sexist, racist (yeah I actually did wind up seeing a couple other bits of it. THANKS A LOT, FIFTH), vomitous pile of shit that isn't worth its own bandwidth. It's the modern era's anti-Tom literature.

[Amake]

Meanwhile Something Positive lives up to its name, as apparently Mike got crushed by a bathtub hiding from a superhero stalker in an abandoned building.

I have a bad feeling he's going to survive though. >_>

[mauve]

In Gunnerkrigg Court-related news, OH MY GOODNESS 3D SHADOW IS ADORABLE.

[Amake]

Haha, I remember back at around this page (http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=968) people were all going "Oh noez Shadow is dying ABLUUUUH" and I was all "Dude what are you even worried for, the damn tooth of Coyote could not cut him, he's obviously just feeling a touch of ontological shock from violently unfolding to a higher dimension of heretofore unimagined perceptions and motion and freedom and man, he's going to have a lot of fun being no longer confined to the surface of things".

And I was right! That'll teach people to stop listening as soon as you mention words like "ontological".

But anyway. I'm not seeing a lot of evidence of Kat's and Annie's supposed not falling in love with each other. Or maybe it's the human emotion called friendship. . .

[tacticslion]

The thing I find really disgusting about this, and I'm not sure if it's only in relation to women or not, as no fucking way am I reading the whole archive, but the thing I find really disgusting is this: Rayne does this miserable shit, and we see the women frustrated by it, so they are clearly being victimized here, but because they live in Sohmer's ugly little power fantasy, that's where it stops, and then it gets dialed down to just "OH THAT RAYNE!

This is basically how the entirety of that comic has worked forever. I really don't see the difference in this arc and anything else it's ever done. I gave that comic far, far too much of my time and far too much of a chance to improve. It never has.

Shadow is cute! And Robot is sweet!

Doc McNinja: Chuck's popular today!

[Amake]

Order of the Stick didn't update!

But I did get my hands on Start of Darkness, and now I have an observation which seems appropriate for our now apparently all-except-Homestuck-encompassing webcomics thread. Spoiler for page 1: Xykon raises his puppy from the dead.

That's pretty crazy. Animate Dead seems to be the simplest spell for zombie making in all D&D; it's a level four spell. Sorcerers get access to those at level eight. Xykon at the time is four years old. I guess he's either had a really tough toddlerhood or he's some sort of natural born necromancy genius. Cause Sorcerers don't have it easy enough am I right

So that may be why it seems like the heroes have such a hard time keeping up. I like this comic more every year.

[BitVyper]

It was probably just a random power outburst, since he's a sorcerer. He wanted something to happen bad enough that he made it happen with his power. Untrained sorcerers especially do that sort of thing occasionally. D&D mechanics are for characters that have trained enough to be able to reproduce the effect reliably, thereby gaining character levels.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

The thing I find really disgusting about this, and I'm not sure if it's only in relation to women or not.



No it's pretty much everybody you can imagine. Women definitely get a massively disproportionate amount of bullshit though.

[Silverflakes]

Whelp, seems we're not quite done with the Linear Guild in OotS just yet!

[tacticslion]

Erfworld:
... So: Wanda just lost her brother.

OotS:
... So: the Linear Guild is back, baby!

Goblins:
... So: Minmax is talking to himself. (So what else is new?)
(it's totally more intense than it sounds)

What the Birds Know (http://fribergthorelli.com/wbk/):
Haven't mentioned this in a while (I don't know if I've ever mentioned it in fact), so I'm just reminding that it's still going. Fascinating and disjointed as ever. I like it.

[walkertexasdruid]

The OOTS is in for it now, Nale and Sabine are of course formidable and Tarquin has to be an epic level villain. Plus Xykon and co. are also after the same gate. I am glad things are reving up again, OOTS had been a little slow for some time.

[Fifthfiend]

http://www.powernapcomic.com/

Power Nap is a pretty dope comic.

[Geminex]

Awh man Tarquin
No
Don't do this to me man
You were cool
And now you're joining the villain's party
Noooo

[Arhra]

How long until he stabs Nale in the back do you think?

I'm guessing a few seconds after Nale's unsuccessful attempt to stab him in the back.

[Loyal]

Assuming Malack doesn't hit Nale first. Or Nale gets injured and Malack conveniently 'forgets' to tend to him.

[Fifthfiend]

Tarquin's going to arrange for Nale to stab himself in the back with a knife Tarquin gives him.

[POS Industries]

CSNES: I never really thought I'd ever read anything that would make me feel bad for Kefka, but there it is.

[Gregness]

So, Fifth, you were worried about Gordito's mustache? (http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/23p16/)

[Viridis]

Sucks to be Astronaut Whose Name I Never Learned (http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/23p15/), though.

[MFD]

CSNES: I never really thought I'd ever read anything that would make me feel bad for Kefka, but there it is.

Poor Mister Clown.

[Loyal]

So, Fifth, you were worried about Gordito's mustache? (http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/23p16/)

This story arc is an excellent one for Gordito.

[Fifthfiend]

So, Fifth, you were worried about Gordito's mustache? (http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/23p16/)

I dug that too although TBH I'm not sure how thrilled I am about Gordito bullying some random shmuck who's done nothing wrong as far as we know.

Like hopefully that guy tried to start some shit right before this or something.

[Amake]

Rob Liefeld now runs a webcomic on Keenspot (http://avengelyne.keenspot.com/d/20111212.html). There's just a cover page there, so maybe it's too soon to tell if it's going to be just as laughably bad as we expect. Sadly Rob isn't drawing it himself, but as we know the only thing worse than Rob Liefeld's art is his writing.

Soo I guess the premier host of millions upon millions of extremely un-noteworthy webcomics is the next logical step in your career after working for Marvel? That's a cheap dig, I almost regret saying it. Almost.

[Aldurin]

Damn, not even a full day and Gordito is practically running the school. The only person he can't break is the nun.

[Aldurin]

Nerf-this is taking another mysterious twist. I don't know if this is a cheap save for some extra humor or actually setting up for a longer arc involving Marian.

[BitVyper]

Rob Liefeld now runs a webcomic on Keenspot (http://avengelyne.keenspot.com/d/20111212.html). There's just a cover page there, so maybe it's too soon to tell if it's going to be just as laughably bad as we expect. Sadly Rob isn't drawing it himself, but as we know the only thing worse than Rob Liefeld's art is his writing.

He's not writing it either, as far as I can see. He's just credited as the creator. Basically he's doing the one thing that gets you decent Rob Liefield comics: Being completely uninvolved with any aspect of it.

[Fifthfiend]

Liefeld's record of creating characters which other, better storytellers then take and use to do legitimately interesting, innovative work is actually a pretty good one.

Probably not going to happen on Keenspot though.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

I dug that too although TBH I'm not sure how thrilled I am about Gordito bullying some random shmuck who's done nothing wrong as far as we know.

Like hopefully that guy tried to start some shit right before this or something.

So apparently he tried to set a pick?
I'm not good with Basketball but I guess that's bad? Somehow?
Probably worse than using someone as a stepping stone for a dunk.

[BitVyper]

Liefeld's record of creating characters which other, better storytellers then take and use to do legitimately interesting, innovative work is actually a pretty good one.

Rob Liefield's greatest gift to art is characters other authors have no emotional attachment to, and therefore have no qualms about being experimental with. He is the douchebag whose litter gets turned into someone else's art.

[Fifthfiend]

This week on Questionable Content:

Bleach, apparently.

[MFD]

Also alcohol!

[Art of Hilt]

And completely gratuitous bird shit.

[Silverflakes]

Whelp, looks like another player is gonna start moving in OotS soon.

[Kerensky287]

I'll be honest. While I'm a big fan of Penny Arcade's thrice-weekly funnies, I think that The Trenches is kind of godawful. They're trying to do a storyline, but they haven't gone anywhere with it, and the poor attempt at following a plotline takes away from their ability to set up jokes properly.

Like, is this Jerry Holkins' actual writing style? I know he's the "words" aspect of Penny Arcade, and I know he's always verbose and brooding and he ACTS like a big-name writer. But his name is in the credits of The Trenches, a series whose absolute worst aspect is its shitty writing.

[Fifthfiend]

Also alcohol!

And completely gratuitous bird shit.

Why are you guys repeating what I clearly already said?

[Aldurin]

More evidence that Galasso is one of the best Shortpacked characters.

[walkertexasdruid]

Xykon's coming back, yo!

[Odjn]

Or not.

[walkertexasdruid]

I guess tru dat.

[Jagos]

There better be some epicness up in there pretty soon because Team Evil has no skin in the game right now.

[Gregness]

Or not.

I can only imagine how much murder is gonna be served up to The Resistance The Azure City Underground in return for this little stunt.

[Amake]

I just wonder how hard it can be to destroy that thing for a reasonably middle level group. Are they going to need to go to Mount Doom?

I guess you shouldn't do that before you've got a firm grasp on Xykon's pelvic bone, but still.

Second thought edit: Can't they at least Speak With Dead to find out who took it? I think if you want to keep secrets in this world, you've got to ruin the mouths of the bodies for starters.

[Aldurin]

Xycon said something about having so many enchantments on there that he forgot what half of them did, and when Varsuvius crashed his party the only thing that actually freaked out Xycon was the idea of his right-hand-goblin dying (he was wearing it) and when V attempted to send the phylactery into the rift. This basically sounds like an artifact that they have to throw into Super Mordor or some shit to destroy.

[Odjn]

Xycon said something about having so many enchantments on there that he forgot what half of them did, and when Varsuvius crashed his party the only thing that actually freaked out Xycon was the idea of his right-hand-goblin dying (he was wearing it) and when V attempted to send the phylactery into the rift. This basically sounds like an artifact that they have to throw into Super Mordor or some shit to destroy.

Or they could go to Varsuuvius' master who is an epic level or near epic wizard.

Edi: ohsnap. 5 dollars Redcloak keeps this to himself.

[Amake]

I can only imagine how much murder is gonna be served up to The Resistance The Azure City Underground in return for this little stunt.
I believe the correct answer is "All the murder". Wow, an Osmium elemental. "the densest natural element, with a density of 22.59 g/cm3 (slightly greater than that of iridium and twice that of lead)." "employed in fountain pen tips, electrical contacts, and other applications where extreme durability and hardness are needed." And the best part, if you damage the brittle metal you'll probably get some amounts of a powder which becomes highly poisonous in contact with air.
Edi: ohsnap. 5 dollars Redcloak keeps this to himself.
If I were a betting man I'd take that bet. How long would he keep it secret? And for what? Him and Xykon staying in Azure City doesn't really help his conquering the world, and the phylactery is the only reason they're still there, and nothing but the phylactery is going to get Xykon moving.

Wait, did they rename the city? I don't remember.

Edit: Oh yes, it's Gobbotopia City. Predictable.

[Geminex]

Well, didn't Xykon panic when the ghost of that paladin tried to destroy it?

Also, the erfworld prequel novel is really, really nice.

[Loyal]

So hey, Captain SNES updates are back to normal. I'm wondering why the girl seems to be... pulsing.

[Aldurin]

I am pretty disappointed that xckd doesn't have the hat guy stepping outside of that number formation to mess it up.

[Silverflakes]

And another OotS update is out. WHELP.

[Arhra]

Imploding looks painful.

[Loyal]

Another another OotS. Burlew's on a roll. Redcloak's becoming more excellent by the page.

[TDK]

Wow so QC is pretty terrible lately.

[Marc v4.0]

Wow so QC is pretty terrible lately.

It has only been 2000+ comics, the Horse isn't quite beaten into glue just yet

[Amake]

If Marten doesn't at least thinking about rebounding with/on Faye I shall be writing a strongly worded letter. Cause I mean if that bit with him and Padme doesn't have any repercussions among the main cast's relationships, in a relationship drama comic, then what was the damn point?

[DarkDrgon]

since when has QC had a point? its a way to fill 2 minutes of a weekday, then go on with our lives.

[Betty Elms]

Wow so QC is pretty terrible lately.
TALE AS OLD AS TIME

SONG AS OLD AS RHYME

[Loyal]

So it looks like Doc McNinja may finally be making his return.

[TDK]

TALE AS OLD AS TIME

SONG AS OLD AS RHYME

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7ntveZwW21qzsejk.png




So it looks like Doc McNinja may finally be making his return.

Awww yeeeeeah.

[Aldurin]

Is xkcd missing the first update in forever on purpose to protest SOPA? I was kinda thrown off to not see a new comic there at midnight (like there's been for the past forever months).

[Amake]

since when has QC had a point? its a way to fill 2 minutes of a weekday, then go on with our lives. I like to savor whatever I'm reading, I'm not a speedy reader by any means, but it's usually more like 30 seconds for me. >_>

Anyway I usually think the point is to watch the slowly developing lives and hearts of the characters and their respective relationships. So when you throw in a short-term character like Padma I assume it's to shake things up a bit for the main cast. Mostly cause it's too depressing to consider the author is just spinning the wheels trying to come up with the next seemingly meaningful plotline.

[Fifthfiend]

I like to savor whatever I'm reading, I'm not a speedy reader by any means, but it's usually more like 30 seconds for me. >_>

Anyway I usually think the point is to watch the slowly developing lives and hearts of the characters and their respective relationships. So when you throw in a short-term character like Padma I assume it's to shake things up a bit for the main cast. Mostly cause it's too depressing to consider the author is just spinning the wheels trying to come up with the next seemingly meaningful plotline.

I'm still waiting for its first seemingly meaningful plotline.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

Awww yeeeeeah.

Or not.

[3stan]

The Malaya arc in Shortpacked! is getting better and better.

[Fifthfiend]

Well played, Chris Hastings.

[Arhra]

Well played, Chris Hastings.

Who is that mysterious masked man?!

EDIT: Haaah, this is why I love Supernormal Step (http://supernormalstep.com/308/). They just don't take no shit from nobody.

[Amake]

I'm still waiting for its first seemingly meaningful plotline.
They all seem meaningful until they go absolutely nowhere.

So now it's going to be a birthday party IN SPACE. Light hearted entertainment with a fantastic stroke is probably what QC does best. And we'll meet Hanners' dad MORE CHARACTERS.

[Art of Hilt]

latest Shortpacked

http://i.imgur.com/jyiDJ.gif

[tacticslion]

Art of Hilt: impressive throw.

Well played, Chris Hastings.

Agreed. Well played, indeed.

My favorite part? He literally just painted over his own mask (and changed his tie). That's all.

... Suddenly, it seems quite possible this isn't Dr. McNinja at all. Hm.
(I still totally think it's actually Dr. McNinja. I'm just sayin'.)
The Caduceus is great, though. :)

So hey, Captain SNES updates are back to normal. I'm wondering why the girl seems to be... pulsing.
Yeah, they-!
So hey, Captain SNES updates are back to normal.
... Wait, why does that...?
So hey, Captain SNES updates are back to normal.
...
Ohohohoho! I see what you did there!
(I do wish they were more regular, but sometimes a guy just gots to do his own thing.)

So, yeah, OotS is sweet.
And Erfworld just seems to be getting ever-better.
Also (though a bit late): Ouch, poor Min-Max.

[TDK]

Its not Dr. McNinja. He has Blue eyes and red eyebrows. (http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/13p1/) The newcomer has brown eyes and eyebrows.

Duh. (:P)

[tacticslion]

Its not Dr. McNinja. He has Blue eyes and red eyebrows. (http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/13p1/) The newcomer has brown eyes and eyebrows.

Duh. (:P)

BAH! CONTACTS AND DYE!

[stefan]

New OOTS. Redcloak gonna have to choke a bitch, it seems.

for those who haven't read Start of Darkness, the ritual doesn't actually "control" the snarl, all it does is let you move the gate around and use it to threaten people, a la nukes. More importantly, its implied that the caster doesn't even control it, and power over moving the gate is directly given to the Goblin God. So, the ritual is utterly useless to xykon, which means Redcloak either has to bluff like a champ or kill the airborne tramp.

[Jagos]

Redcloak's evil has just taken a new level of badassery...

[Silverflakes]

And here I thought that was referring to the previous update, didn't expect another one this quickly.

Just...wow. Well played Redcloak, well played.

[Amake]

I really like that schoolin on the finer points of undeath Tsukiko got. There's so much beauty in defeating villains by proving to them the faults of their destructive delusions. Well, going by her last words it doesn't seem like it sunk in, but I like Redcloak for trying. He continues to be one of the best villains ever conceived on so many levels (at least if you've read Start of Darkness). Dude's got layers. And also chops. Chopped layers. The heroes' options at this point, besides wiping out all creation, assuming they manage to de-vive Xykon, is either kill Redcloak or let him set his people free. I can see Roy not buying into the labeling a whole race as inherently evil thing. . .which makes it tricky to tell which option he's going to see as good.

Also, villains defeating villains never gets old. What can we learn here about the self-destructive nature of evil?

Is it Tsukiko's own evil that consumes her? Well it was probably her decision to make those wights. (It should be noted, if anyone didn't know, in D&D it's impossible to do anything not evil through necromancy; both the violation of the life cycle involved in animating corpses and the indescribable torment it inflicts either on those bodies or their previous owners, I have been assured, would make it an unambiguously evil act to use zombie labor to build an orphanage.) But in more realistic terms, her unyielding ambition to make sweet bony love to Xykon at any expense, especially the life and well-being of her allies, regardless how feasible it is, is not nice. It's not the kind of behavior that inspires loyalty or strength or courage. I think it's what we could call evil. And it does lead directly to her downfall. Hard to get more obvious than that.

I liked her. :(

[BitVyper]

It's Tsukiko's lack of any decent quickened or still spells that consumed her. I mean, come on, lady; a necromancer getting grappled to death by wights is just embarassing.

Edit: Or something silent AND still, for that matter.

[Amake]

Well, that oversight may be due to spending all her time and energy trying to get the pants off dead folks. Also getting a prestige class without bonus feats. And probably thinking Int was a safe dump stat. There's probably something about looking for power in the wrong places there.

[Loyal]

I would just like to note that Kefka is really the best thing that ever happened to Captain SNES.

[TDK]

Dear Jeph Jacques,

I...don't think you understand how airplanes work.

Sincerely,
TDK

IT LOOKS LIKE A FLYING VIBRATOR. ONE THAT ACTUALLY CAN'T FLY BECAUSE MOST OF THE WING AREA IS VERTICAL, SO THE LIFT FORCES ARE JUST CANCELLING EACH OTHER OUT.

[pochercoaster]

Lackadaisy updated! Woooot!

[TDK]

Observation: The AI's avatar in the latest QC looks a lot like the robotic boyfriend Hannelore's dad sent her before. Perhaps Hannelore's dad has some sort of obsession (wanting a son, maybe) that leads him to make all his creations look like one dude? A dude he created to be his son?

Or maybe he used the same model for them. Or jeph is lazy. :I

[Fifthfiend]

Maybe he drew a holographic artificial intelligence dude's dick.

[Aldurin]

Man, it's been a while since we've seen VGCats get this good. I only wish it came out a few days earlier.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

Did that dude just run off without curing spider-butts illness?

[Loyal]

No wonder Doc drove him out.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

No wonder Doc drove him out.

I'm no doctor, but yeah. I'd have to imagine the dude was kicked out less for his "Extreme methods" and more because he regularly just walked out on patients just because somebody started a fight with him.


Also do you think he has a treatment for anaphylactic shock that he was about to whip out before he was accosted?

[Aldurin]

Also do you think he has a treatment for anaphylactic shock that he was about to whip out before he was accosted?

It's probably the same process with a different plant that he would use once she woke up.

[TDK]

Damn. Redcloak is getting pretty badass.

[POS Industries]

CSNES: Kefka is being written so perfectly in this.

[Fifthfiend]

Celes is doing pretty well too. It's getting all "that one great bit in Sandman / the Disney King Arthur movie".

[Loyal]

Archibald, Hobo King, layin' down the law.

[Art of Hilt]

Oh Lackadaisy updating again.
I love Lackadaisy so much you guys.
So much.

[Yrcrazypa]

Damn. Redcloak is getting pretty badass.

Getting? He always has been.

[Loyal]

Oh Lackadaisy updating again.
I love Lackadaisy so much you guys.
So much.
Wait, you mean again again?

Oh shit! Again again!

[phil_]

I've figured out why the first two chapters were numbered as they were. Cucumber Quest isn't an adventure comic; it's a harem comic. Cucumber will unintentionally woo a lass from every land, starting with this bespectacled item, and they will all fight for his love. It makes perfect sense.

[Amake]

The very foundation of the Manly Guys universe is threatened by a bishi plague! The end of the latest strip is maybe the most unexpected thing I've seen in years.

Yes, even more shocking than six Lackadaisy pages in four days. That's a whole other kind of fascinating though. They come so fast, but they stay so long. It's wonderful.

[Aldurin]

Yeah, the whole "wereteenager" arc is actually pretty interesting.

[stefan]

new OOTS continues to prove that Redcloak is the best character in the entire comic.

[Fifthfiend]

"I had some fucks, but it turns out I was keeping all of them in that eye."

EDIT: I guess you could say that losing it helped him gain a whole new perspective.

[Menarker]

Possibly. A forum member suggested that Redcloak probably regenerated the eye and is wearing a patch over it as a sort of passive aggressive stance of not letting himself being controlled by Xykon. I figured that would fall under "stupid risks" which he swore off (patch falling off), but you never know.

On a related sidenote, OotS is hosting a fundraiser at Kickstarter which made an absurd amount of pledge money, which comes with some great rewards, including PDF stories of O'Chul and Julio Scoundrel sent to your email, even if you only contribute $10 (although some of the more expensive ones are worthwhile too!)

Just mentioning it so you guys might feel like pledging and getting access to the PDF stories which will probably not be easily available otherwise. Still 20 days left for the fundraiser.

[Jagos]

That, and a new level with new spells to work with.

[Terex4]

For those who have read Start of Darkness:
It seems that since losing his eye, Redcloak may be taking his brother's final advice a bit more seriously. He may not have his mortality made obvious to him through aging, but his eye may have drilled the point home.

At this point, I feel Burlew needs to start incorporating more background from SoD into the main story. Having read it, I can't say for certain how well people who haven't read it are following where Redcloak seems to be going.

[Aldurin]

Scott Ferguson is rockin' the shit out of this new art style he's trying.

[Loyal]

Ahahahahahahahahahaha (http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/23p34/)

[POS Industries]

I like visiting Dresden Codak randomly just to see the "Next Comic Updates On:" date keep getting pushed back.

[Fifthfiend]

Ahahahahahahahahahaha (http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/23p34/)

Man Hastings has been holding that one in for years, hasn't he?

It's great how Dr. McNinja ultimately managed to fuck Rad over by just not playing along.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

Man Hastings has been holding that one in for years, hasn't he?

It's great how Dr. McNinja ultimately managed to fuck Rad over by just not playing along.

Currently torn between wanting to see King Radical beat the crap out of everybody and wanting to see King Radical being miserable s'more.

[Fifthfiend]

I am reliably informed that "brouillard" means "mist".

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

Well after years of reading and loving Dr. Mcninja I think I'm just going to have to delete that bookmark now.

That spiderbutt will haunt me forever.


I like visiting Dresden Codak randomly just to see the "Next Comic Updates On:" date keep getting pushed back.

I checked it out again recently. I like how the professor is clearly just off on his own little world, rambling about wars and shit that makes no sense and the interviewer just keeps going.

Like, you'd think a person might go "What war? What do you mean?"
Nope.
Just right on trucking with the interview.

[Aldurin]

yeah, spiderbutt is pretty damn awful.

[MuMu]

The Darkness (http://english.bouletcorp.com/2012/02/01/darkness/), an incredible comic about people's personalities made in 24 hours.

[Aldurin]

The Darkness (http://english.bouletcorp.com/2012/02/01/darkness/), an incredible comic about people's personalities made in 24 hours.

I prefer The Darkness (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Darkness_%28comics%29) instead.

[Amake]

I feel like such a pro hipster for being a fan of Boulet since before he ever started doing things on the Internet. I'm like, of course it's an incredible comic, it's made by a serious artist and also Frenchman. But yeah, it's really good. For a 24 hour job it's totes ridic.

[BitVyper]

I prefer The Darkness (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Darkness_%28comics%29) instead.

That's because you're ugly and wrong.

And also ugly.

[MuMu]

Hobo Lobo of Hamelin (http://hobolobo.net/) a webcomic that makes a spectacular use of it's medium. It's still incomplete but I think the end might be near, considering the original story and all.

[DarkDrgon]

Erfworld updated. I'm really curious to see how this book goes, even though we know the ending already

[stefan]

McLuchador is a terrible doctor.

[Arhra]

McLuchador is a terrible doctor.

Sure you say that now, but can you argue with results?

[Loyal]

Sure you say that now, but can you argue with results?I would say results are a critical component of the argument that Dr. McLuchador is a terrible doctor, yes.

[ed] Also, OotS update.

[Aldurin]

The most wonderful things happen when Belkar and V think in unison.

[phil_]

Sometimes I like to think that I'm above poop jokes. Then I remember that I'm not. V's last line is what really pulls it together, though.

[Menarker]

Order of the Stick will apparently be updating every day of this week as promised by Rich Berlew as a result of an extremely successful (and still ongoing) fundraiser earning over 725K. So far he updated yesturday and today, so still more to go.

Awesome stuff. ^^

[Loyal]

Last few pages of Goblins have been so fuckin' weird. It's clear Thunt's been having a grand old time writing them.

[ed]Oh wait there's Dr. McNinja. probably.

[Arhra]

Well he's certainly not King Radical!

[Aldurin]

I'm not sure what to make of the newest VG Cats.

[mauve]

Oh goodness I just checked Manly Guys Doing Manly Things for the first time in 2 weeks and Sailor Pyramid Head is the best/worst thing.

[Aldurin]

Oh goodness I just checked Manly Guys Doing Manly Things for the first time in 2 weeks and Sailor Pyramid Head is the best/worst thing.

And it's official, Dirk has Duke Nukem heritage.

[Loyal]

http://snag.gy/mvAl4.jpg

[POS Industries]

Which raises the most pressing matter of where X-Zone actually sends people.

[Loyal]

Perhaps also, why didn't Celes just X-Zone the kid?

Though some have suggested it might send Locke to the Desert, or the Void that supposedly connects Final Fantasy games. The latter of which works since it's been speculated that the kid is Rydia.

[Odjn]

Ho shit things are developing hardcore in gunnerkrigg.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

That patient basically went from the worst night of his life to the best thing ever happening.

Also thank god he didn't show the spider again.

[Odjn]

Five dollars this is an illusion.

[Arhra]

Hmm, there's a nifty theory involving V's deal with the devil and that.

You know, sorcerors and all.

[Loyal]

Five dollars this is an illusion.

Considering the at-the-time still-active traps, no bet.

[Odjn]

Considering the at-the-time still-active traps, no bet.

This is DnD, I'm surprised they didn't just fly over.

Also, notice that EVERYONE has the Draketooth tattoo...and that since there's a statue of Girard, he's probably dead.

Hmm, there's a nifty theory involving V's deal with the devil and that.

You know, sorcerors and all.

It's a good theory, but has quite a bit of speculation and Occam's Razor would tell us it's an illusion, especially since Belkar vetoes the rotting corpses smell. (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0838.html)

[Jagos]

This is DnD, I'm surprised they didn't just fly over.

Also, notice that EVERYONE has the Draketooth tattoo...and that since there's a statue of Girard, he's probably dead.

Yeah... But I'm betting on Draconic blood. Everyone died at the same time. There's really only one big spell that makes sense in this regard.

[Odjn]

Just re-read the comic where the spell is used.

Familicide kills everyone directly related to the target, then everyone directly related to the relations according to V. It's not everyone; just those two extensions. The Draketooths, even if they were related, wouldn't ALL be wiped out.

[Loyal]

Not to mention that if that were what killed them, they aren't nearly decomposed enough for the timeline to match up. Even Roy's body had decayed almost completely to a skeleton, and that's without miscellaneous beetles chewing at him.

[Gregness]

I'm very curious to see if omega runic is going to work or not.

[Loyal]

Aaaaawwwwwww (http://captainosaka.deviantart.com/art/DOUBLE-K-118-287029141) shiiiiiiiiit. (http://captainosaka.deviantart.com/art/DOUBLE-K-119-287029541)

[Silverflakes]

Aaaaawwwwwww (http://captainosaka.deviantart.com/art/DOUBLE-K-118-287029141) shiiiiiiiiit. (http://captainosaka.deviantart.com/art/DOUBLE-K-119-287029541)

I was not aware that this was a thing till this post.

I cannot thank you enough.

[Odjn]

It is totally the best.

[Loyal]

OotS update.

Seems a certain one of us got it right on the money after all.

[Jagos]

EVERYONE OWES ME A FRIGGIN COOKIE!

[Arhra]

Soooo, V gets XP for this, right?

[Wizardcat]

Don't think so. V's effective level was pretty damn high when the spell was cast, 'cause of the splices.

[Loyal]

I just like how the comic simultaneously answered every single theory and question we had in this thread.

[Aldurin]

They need to put warning labels on those Epic-level spells.

[Jagos]

They need to put warning labels on those Epic-level spells.

You think V would have read it?

[Odjn]

What the hell, that spell didn't have a saving throw at all? Power of plot, I guess.

[Aldurin]

What the hell, that spell didn't have a saving throw at all? Power of plot, I guess.

I assume the saving throw had to be made by the dragon that the spell branched from, since V said it would kill ALL direct relatives and those once-removed.

[Loyal]

Considering we saw it handily dispose of 25% of the world's Black Dragons when it was first cast, I seriously doubt Girard and his family would have fared any better.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

Bigger question for me is if that eye observing the group as they left the area was not from one of them, who was it?

[Wizardcat]

Zz'dtri, presumably. Same color as his magic, and Nale knew they were in the desert.

[Aldurin]

Looks like Shortpacked found a replacement for Ronald Reagan.

[Odjn]

Considering we saw it handily dispose of 25% of the world's Black Dragons when it was first cast, I seriously doubt Girard and his family would have fared any better.

They're running the natural 20 is automatic success thing in OOTS land.

[Fifthfiend]

So much for all that cool detachment, Carver.

[Aldurin]

The Loading Artist is actually a really nice comic to casually get into (http://www.loadingartist.com/). (http://www.loadingartist.com/)

I'll throw a couple (http://www.loadingartist.com/2011/02/20/pizza-night/) gems (http://www.loadingartist.com/2011/09/22/bathroom-bathroom/) at you, to get a decent sampling.

[Aldurin]

Hey, VG Cats isn't horrible for once.

[Silverflakes]

The Loading Artist is actually a really nice comic to casually get into (http://www.loadingartist.com/). (http://www.loadingartist.com/)

I'll throw a couple (http://www.loadingartist.com/2011/02/20/pizza-night/) gems (http://www.loadingartist.com/2011/09/22/bathroom-bathroom/) at you, to get a decent sampling.

Thank you kindly good sir.

[Loyal]

Captain SNES updated again. Interesting how Cyan correctly/independently identified the girl's condition as "despair".

[Jagos]

He should know... He could identify it quicker than anyone.

[phil_]

It's like Cucumber Quest is drawn for me.

[DarkDrgon]

woah... I think this is the first OotS I've seen without a real Joke in it somewhere.

Dang.

[Silverflakes]

woah... I think this is the first OotS I've seen without a real Joke in it somewhere.

Dang.

I think I'm missing something in regards to what Belkar tells the cat. Maybe that's one.

Still, yeah, dang indeed.

[BitVyper]

I think I'm missing something in regards to what Belkar tells the cat.

Remember what he's been using the kobold for.

[Fifthfiend]

Okay guys it's March 5th, do we think Dresden Codak is going to

A. push back the "next comic updates on" date on his page, or

B. give up bothering to even do that

C. sell a book for a hundred and fifty dollars

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

C. sell a book for a hundred and fifty dollars

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat.