Comic for Thursday, September 22nd
Well, that’s the long overdue end of Chapter 6 😉
I have noted that my chapters are basically entirely arbitrary most of the time, right? 😛
So I will see what I can do about the buffer this weekend, and the fact that we’ve fallen behind on bonus content and voting incentives and the like. Unfortunately I’ve done a poor job at work-life-balance again recently, I will try to get it stuffed back in its box.
Especially as we’ve inched closer to the exciting goal on the side, we are now 85% of the way to our first bonus comic issue, a big thanks to our newest Patreon 🙂 Will need to carve out some more time to actually pony up if we make it there 😉
I think I will start taking suggestions for character-Halloween costumes next week, if we get enough maybe we can vote on some or something. Those will be voting incentives throughout October.
This is posted pretty late my time, so I apologize if spelling etc is worse than usual. I tried, folks.
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Well Peter is the first choice for who would be calling Arron uncle but I am wondering why the image isn’t a completely identifiable one. Is Tom going to make an appearance? Taki? It is a nod to the strength of the story I am dubious as to who that is.
Rovak is making me forget his amoral murder them all stance with his usual bonkers offer to heal up the team of the guy he was just trying to kill. Geez Tyler read the business card, he is a good guy.
I am also unsure of who I should think That Guy is to drag up an old web comic, he does have only one shoulder angel after all.
Artist’s choice on the image. We busy little commenters have come up with so many speculations that some of them are bound to be uncomfortably close to the truth, which has @PastUtopia a bit spooked, so he does things like this in self defense. ^^
The person has Peter’s hair color, he penetrated at least three layers of security, and slipped into Arron’s office unseen. Peter, Q.E.D. 🙂
I’m pretty sure “That Guy” is the persona M.Y.M. is using to convince them to listen to him, and, far from being an angel, the little one considers herself to be his owner. ^^
Good to see you again. 🙂
I am pretty sure that is Peter. Same shirt he was last wearing too. I am more interested in panel above, as that is NOT Peter’s skin tone. That is probably Naomi, which means Peter has brought Naomi into the middle of the IDS fort. Talk about a bull in a china shop.
The boy on the TV does sound more like MYM here and that is already who I suspected. I really do not understand the doll on the shoulder though. I cannot see the advantage to rendering that if he is choosing his appearance as it would just raise questions. Makes me suspect I am missing something here.
I do like that we can predict things, but not everything. Makes speculation seem worth while. I did not, however, expect Peter to have gone to the IDS office after his last appearance.
Really I’m thinking that Miko made the avatar as you can see the doll on her computer in the following pages:
http://pastutopia.com/?comic=comic-for-wednesday-february-3rd
http://pastutopia.com/?comic=comic-for-thursday-march-24th
As for why she added it, I don’t know maybe sentimentality.
Keen observations, friend, keen observations.
I am covered in shame, I thought That Guy was was standing beside a display screen and missed he was on a very large one. I had thought it a little odd no one had asked how he got there but assumed it was not odd enough in the current situation to demand an answer.
Don’t feel too bad. I made the same mistake. However, I think it is almost understandable. (BTW: He first appears on the comic for September 15th.)
The easiest solution probably would have just to been to zoom out panel 2 slightly. His line art is blue instead of black, but I don’t really think that’s a significant or obvious enough difference that anyone would notice it 😉
Originally I blurred his image slightly to match the background (as I typically apply an ever-so-slight blur to it) but I didn’t really like that it made it harder to pick out some details.
I am also looking forward to finding out who this mysterious guy his and the little (animate) doll on his shoulder.
As a rule of thumb, though, shoulder angels are not visible to anyone other than the person who he or she haunts. At least, I’m pretty sure that’s a rule…
Most commonly I believe you are correct regarding shoulder angels but the web comic I referenced it isn’t true, also he only has one. Which is actually his shoulder devil who is really lame at being evil. It has slowed down to an update every 5 years or so but you can find it Here
Grammar issue in 3rd-to-last panel: I was going to suggest that you add “to” between “need” and “put”. However, that still doesn’t sound right. Instead, I’d suggest, “All the more reason for us to put this puzzle together.”
Just adding a “to” sounds fine to me, although changing “the” to “this” might improve it as well.
Changing the “the” to “this” would only serve to clarify which puzzle. But since he’s only talking about a single, metaphorical puzzle, such a change doesn’t really help. (It would be fine, either way.)
To be grammatically correct, though, you’d need to add a “That is” or “That’s” in front of “all the more reason”. It is not a complete sentence without that. But most people would forgive leaving that off. Readers will pick up on the context. So it’s assumed, even if leaving it off is not proper English.
Also, you’d need to add a “that” between “reason” and “we”, like this: “That is all the more reason that we need to put the puzzle together.” Though, using two “that”s sounds a bit clunky to me. Hence, I suggested using “for us”, instead.
I think I fixed this? I maybe fixed this. I did leave it as “we need to” rather “for us to” because they way I read it sort of stresses the “need” (which I why I bolded it). It sounds more urgent to me I guess?
Let me know if I’ve been a buffoon or if this version works 😉
Has the prodigal child returned? Is that really Peter in the last panel?
Pretty sure it is. About time, I was starting to wonder what had happened to him. Of course he has to show up in pretty much the worst, most “what the hell are you doing there” place.
Peter? Who is Peter?
Ooooh… yeah… a long time ago there was a character named Peter… 😉
Man, has it really been almost FOUR MONTHS since we saw Peter? Holy damn, I think it might be time to take him off the cast page. 😛
Peter Kepler–human monkey wrench. 🙂
I really feel sorry for Arron. Of all the things he doesn’t need right now, this has to rank right up there near the top.
Although the next chapter should provide some explanations, since it will be Peter providing them, I expect them to be pretty vague. ^^
I don’t know if you have noticed how much better your artwork is getting, but I have. Good job. 🙂
Everyone wants to find him but no one wants to actually see him. Quite a paradox that.
Talking about the art is basically entrapment, Delta-V. I typed up a whole paragraph complaining about it in response and had to delete it 😛 I think I’ve been quite good at not complaining about it on every commentary.
I appreciate the sentiment though, even if I know you too be nice 😛
“I appreciate the sentiment though, even if I know you too be nice”
No, Not just being “nice”,
The improvement and quality is obvious to every one but you.
(And thank you for not complaining about it so much.)
I think the ante has just been upped here. There is no way this goes down without some major plot points moving forward.
I am already at a loss as to why Peter would show up here in person.
Arron and Tyler are usually drawn well, but I think Tamara in panel one is drawn well as well here. As always, it definitely “good enough” to convey the story these days.