Grrl Power #365 – The actual most dangerous game
Harem is a real gigglepuss isn’t she?
Arianna’s probably not the only one worried about their new team getting photographed mid-celebutard activity, and there will be plenty of opportunity for it in the upcoming days. Some of them garner more concern that others. Harem can’t fly, but she’s still high on the list. Heatwave is as well. Achilles, well guys can certainly do moronic things on camera but at least there is far less of a chance of a wardrobe malfunction with them. Barring kilts.
Is it weird I have 3 female characters who don’t own dresses or skirts? Not that it’s some sort of requirement for women, especially in this day and age, but personally I don’t know about women who don’t take advantage of the option. But I started thinking about it and I just couldn’t see any of those three wearing them. Maxima because she perpetually downplays her femininity, and also figures at any moment she might get into a serious fight that involves kicking someone in the neck, and would be severely displeased if any panty shots of her started getting shared around. Peggy is just a straight up tomboy, as is Sydney, though I will say of all of them, I could see Sydney choosing a long skirt over shorts in the summer since it would allow her to slack off more on the personal grooming front. It’s just over the years her wardrobe has leaned more and more heavily on jeans until all she had left was the odd skirt for a bit of cosplay. In reality she probably still has a few buried in the back of her closet but she hasn’t worn any in so long they’ve slipped her mind since they’re so far out of rotation. Varia is a tomboy too, (you guys think I have a type?) but I could totally see her rocking a dress/skirt and some big ‘ol boots.
#MakeComics: There are a few ways to introduce a new character. From a humor standpoint, I think the worst way is to have a joke that relies on prior knowledge of the new character. I think writers are prone to doing this because they forget that the readers aren’t as familiar with the character as they are.
The other way, besides just walking them on to the page and saying “this is Phil” is to bring them into a scene in a way that establishes something about them, but doesn’t require prior knowledge. Instead you infer implied prior knowledge about them from what you seen in the establishing scene. I’d like to think I did this here, but in reality this page could have benefited from having Omar (that’s the guy in the beard) introduced previously. Most of you know Max is a bit of a strident feminist, and you can infer her relationship with this guy from what’s going on in the page. Unfortunately I am the least qualified to judge this since it’s my own characters and my own writing. I wrote myself into a little bit of a corner as I realized this scene only has a few more pages and if I wanted to get this joke in I had missed the opportunity to introduce him prior to this page. Also I’m breaking my own rule about putting people in the Who’s Who before they’re named in the comic just cause people will want to know who this guy is and that’s where they should be looking. I could have easily had Max saying “Damn it Omar” but I preferred her with just the death stare.
This page colored by Keith.
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Say, have I mentioned how Maxima kind of resembles Zandra? She does. Think it’s the cheekbones.
Who? o_O
I’m not sure whether that’s meant to be an insult or not…
https://www.google.com/search?q=zandra+rhodes&biw=1920&bih=988&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMI68nJsJrkyAIVSPByCh0wpwc4
Ha, not that one. I mean my Zandra, from zebragirl.net .
Main character from my own web comic, Zebra Girl. Click my profile if you’d like to see it!
It seems like Zandra and Dabbler would have hung out in the past at some point.
She totally does resemble the zebra girl! Hey, Joe, when you gonna start making as many comics per week as David here anyway?
Oh!
You two should do a crossover! IT WOULD BE AMAZING!
ZEBRA GRRRL POWER!
That would be a great crossover indeed. If I COULD do as many pages per week as David does it’d probably happen pretty quickly!
In honor of this being the 365th strip, allow me to congratulate everyone.
Ah hem…
HAPPY 365 DAYS OF GRRL POWER!!!!!
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mmmm, delicious cake. and it’s made by Yorp, so we know it’s not a lie.Happy…..GRRL Power day??
That face in the last panel. Priceless. He could get mulched by a suerpvillain next comic strip, but he’ll die a happy man, having those pictures. :D
Why doesn’t she just get a pair of steel toed high heels for special occasions if she’s that worried? They do exist, after all.
Is there any way to have a bigger version of the pic he managed to take? What I can see of it, it looks awesome. XD
Heatwave was wearing pants during the fight though, so was this just precautionary?
I think so. Hiro was too, as I recall.
I think Anvil and Gwen was the only ones wearing dresses. Last Night
Still looking for the page in the archives where Anvil does her Anvil impersonation, with Sydney’s help. Want to see if she was wearing anything under her dress.
Arianna should be pointing a finger at her then, not at Heatwave.
under most circumstances Anvil does not go flying.
Seek, & you shall find…
And yes, she was wearing underwear. While not a regular flyer, she still made sure she had the appropriate cover…
Omar goes away, chuckling to himself, showing the picture to everyone he passes. Behind him, the very annoyed Maxima silently grinds her teeth. Finally:
“Say, Sydney, could you make me a batch of that ‘weapons grade’ spaghetti sauce? I think we need to . . . test it on someone . . . to make sure it’s safe for Kelly Ripa.”
:-D
I think he may get suspicious, as to why he has to sign a waver before his next meal. ;-)
“Is this bit normal, for canteen food? ‘… plus may cause projectile vomiting, erectile dysfunction and anal bleeding’?”
Remembering how every TV show and movie based on the military had the grunts complaining about the food, I guess she could try to reassure him that signing waivers was perfectly normal for their mess hall. Unfortunately, DaveB ruined that idea when he had Sydney, Harem and Peggy discussing how great the food was a few pages back.
*looks at the waiver* It’s supposed to me “projectile Vomiting, Erectle Disfunction,Anal Irritation and Penile burning.
“Oh please!” Omar says, laughing as he signs the waiver. “I’m not afraid! If some skinny little girl can eat it, then I can too!”
*several people hiding behind corners stifle their laughter, the collective effort almost giving it away by itself…*
“Ever since the restaurant fight, the lawyers have been going overboard on these ‘cover our asses’ wavers. It’s just standard bureaucracy, super style.”
(turns away to hide evil smile)
And then Omar finishes his meal, licks his plate, belches, and pronounces it delicious. He then walks away, whistling to himself with no apparent ill effects at all.
…And then reappears when Maxima samples the sauce and has the usual reaction to extremely hot food.
*Click* “Well, it’s not anger per se, but I really don’t think I’ve ever seen anybody turn that particular shade of red.”
You know, it says that Dabbler has no notable appearances on the cast page, but I think this comic where she enters is pretty notable. https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/601
The Cast page hasn’t really been changed since…
… October 7th, 2013. When Jiggawatt was added.
i wonder if dave need a volunteer or something to update that page, he is busy creating weapons grade awesome after all.
Considering that she’s the one insisting that everyone wear their undies and not embarrass the team, wouldn’t it be ironic if it were Arianna herself who got caught going commando? Obviously she cannot fly, but as Peggy was saying and as many an American actress has proven, it’s quite possible to give a bit of upskirt just be getting out of a car.
But, surely the whole point of a kilt is to NOT wear… Y’know what? Nevermind.
Soo… does this mean that, the next time we see Heatwave flying, she will only be wearing underwear (and kevlar socks)?
I’d pay good money to see that happen – or to just see Arianna’s reactiuon to it.
What? you’ve never seen a head explode before?
Gentlemen, I give you… The Tactical Kilt!
https://theawesomer.com/photos/2015/05/tactical_duty_kilt_2.jpg
https://www.airsoftkombat47.com/sites/default/files/imagenes/noticias/Abril-2013/511_tactical_dutykilt.jpg
I like Omar, he is funny. But seriously, if he has an “anger album” (suggesting he has said stupid stuff to Max just to troll her), you would think Max would get smart enough not to react because she knows he is a troll.
Internet 104: Do Not Feed The Trolls
Maximabaiting- not for the faint of heart.
Wait a minute… Is her anger at burkas in any way connected to that Mosque incident?
No, it’s more the “Women must cover themselves in public or be beaten with stones” thing.
Sharia Law.
Buzzword buzzword.
If it helps at all, I wear thin leggings under skirts. It solves my whole problem where I like to wear flowy things because it feels neat and is fun and you can do the whole tour around the circle skirt thing comma but also enjoy sitting cross-legged on the floor
If it helps at all, I wear thin leggings under skirts. It solves my whole problem where I like to wear flowy things because it feels neat and is fun and you can do the whole twirl the circle skirt thing… but I also enjoy sitting cross-legged on the floor…
As a child, nobody ever told me it wasn’t normal to always wear shorts under skirts. So I will forever think of the people who don’t, who only wear underwear if anything under their skirts, as quite insane.
I think “I also enjoy sitting cross-legged on the floor” was meant as another potentially weird thing you do, rather than actually being related, but in Baile Folklorico (my elementary school offered it as an afterschool activity), we were taught to sit cross-legged or kneeling and fold our skirts up into our laps so they wouldn’t be touching the floor, and I can see that causing underwear flashing in anyone bigger than a fifth grader.
I found that left ear of Dabbler’s that someone was commenting she was missing. Hiro stole it for his profile picture.
Discipline, what’s that?
If I could fly I’d probably wear pants, skirt AND a long cape. Don’t want the paparazzi to get a clear shot of the inevitable pants deeply wedged into my ass from below.
Honestly, I haven’t worn a dress or skirt since I was 16, and even then only on special occasions. I tend to sit weird, somewhat pretzel, and skirts require you to sit in a very specific way to avoid… stuff… which I would inevitably forget eventually, so I avoid them just in case.