Comic for Thursday, June 1st
Jun01
fck this page so much. Awhile ago I referred to the most annoying page I’ve ever drawn. This is it.
And yes, I used a reference, if somewhat loosely.
Anyway… some character’s we’ve seen so far, some characters we haven’t.
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I totally want to see Peter actually make something disappear with a top hat and a plastic wand now. Just so his metaphorical skills can be literal, which would just be even funnier because it’s Peter. Could totally see him doing that and claiming that’s all he used. (The biggest question to never get answered was if he used anything more.)
Hmm, either Mium screwed up or, far more likely in my opinion, wanted Weber to be able to figure out he’s more than he seems. Which means Peter probably wanted that.
We stand AT a critical crossroads
We stand a critical crossroadsWe stand at critical crossroadsWe stand at a critical crossroadWe stand at a critical crossroads
It only took me four tries…
Fixed, thanks!
And yes, it baffles me that crossroads is somehow not a plural word (apparently “crossroad” refers to the road the crosses, not the intersection of the roads). What do you call multiple crossroads?? 😐
Why, multiple crossroads are a bunch of crossroads, of course. The plural of crossroads (according to Google) is crossroads.
Looking it up in the OED, you actually can say “a crossroad” when referring to a literal crossing of roads as of the 1680s, and figurative use began in 1733. In 1795, it was used figuratively (like the one in the comic, meaning a turning point or decision point) as “a crossroads” and a similar although semi-literal usage in the form “a crossroads” was made in the US in 1845.
So it seems that originally “a crossroad” was singular but it’s been over 100 years since “a crossroads” became the singular.
Source: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=crossroads
There aren’t many crossroads left, so you will rarely have the problem of its plural.
Basically a crossroads is a road that crosses the greater city loop. It is basically where you choose whether you are going to enter the city or not.
Also important locations if you want to meet the devil.
It is the same, just like fish. I.e. 1 fish, 2 fish, etc.
At least the modern etymology seems to be a contraction of “a crossing of two roads.”
Also, while you say this is an annoying page, I would like to note that it’s one you’ve laid out very well.
I spy: Arron et al, front row, left. Ryn et al, second row, left. I believe also Biana et al, front row, right (she and her staff from the last page are the leftmost two seats of the right segment).
The two other people at the front are the Pink Princess Person and the Snarky Business Guy that were with the Consul previously.
There is a good chance the table sitting behind Biana is Sophie, with possibly the dark red haired woman and Tokiwa.
That is all I got.
PastUtopia is going to use this scene in the cast page, because everyone here is an important person. Just has to add name tags to the bunch.
Lots of empty chairs–it must be “happy hour” at the nearest bar. 🙂
Whenever a politician says “This is not…”, it darned well IS. 🙂
For all the trouble the page cost, (and I can almost see the blisters on our fingers, PastUtopia) it really paid off. I am impressed. 🙂
While the IDS is not, per se, a secret, meetings with them tend to be a little more exclusionary in nature due to general confidentiality level. Additionally, there is a ring around the top you can’t really see from this shot where people invited who aren’t politicians watch (why you don’t see more of the Aristocracy here, as, technically, they don’t have political positions).
Plus since there are a bunch of cliques that don’t like each other they each grabbed their own table rather than crowding to the front 🙂
And for my next trick, watch me pull a head of state out of my hat.
That is all I can think of for a response for this page. Weber’s line was gold.
I second the “Weber’s line was gold”!
I wonder if it would have been at all helpful to tell Weber that icecream was involved.
and you cant forget the fake banana peel.
and while peter was at it he probably charged them for a new server, more netflix time, 2 new fighting games, a large bucket of “tasty food”, and a slightly used orish warmage.
The whole Head of State, please. Not a Head of a Head of State.
That would be gross. And messy. (And, obviously, not Peter’s M.O.)