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.

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]

Originally Posted by 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]

Today's Brawl in the Family has really, really long alt-text.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]

Originally Posted by 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?

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.