Grrl Power – Chapter 2
A little bonus page for you guys. Apparently Max gave the tube back – not that it matters. This is one of those cover element things where it doesn’t have to match what’s inside 100%. Which honestly is a bit of a pet peeve of mine, you know the cover shows Sabertooth feasting on Wolverine’s spine when nothing remotely close to that happens in the comic, and Sabertooth is not even in it.
That’s not as bad as other big pet peeve about comic book covers, which is where the cover is done by some amazing artist like Joe Madureira or Alex Ross or Boris Fucking Vallejo and the inside looks like it was drawn by some kid that just had a stroke. I mean, the interior art is usually fine, in comparison to the cover, there’s no way you won’t be disappointed.
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Cool perspective shot – looks a little like an angular Burj Khalifa from this angle… okay, like a scale model of it, anyway =)
It’s a perficty nice butt Sydney.
I have to agree. To pull off a seat like that, in semi-baggy jeans, it must be an AMAZING butt.
Well it ts a “Super-heroic” butt! :)
hrmm .. if it’s that amazing, I wonder if Dabbler will go for a grope on it ? :D
Sooner or later. Sooner or later.
yuck
Dabbler will go for a grope on ANYONE’S butt.
i would thing that since they are breaking fourth wall here i think insted of photo’grapghing’ it should be photo’copying’
And it’s such a perfect set up. By the time she’s said it, we know what we’re about to scroll down to.
Yer preachin’ to the Choir Brother B! As a kid… I freaking HATED with a passion every time an awesometastic cover was wrapped around shit guest art… with those little retard blurbs like “Spiderman No More” or whatever…
Oh really? You’r walking about from a multi-million dollar franchise just like that? I mean.. if you think anyone is going to believe you would willing dump 60 years of comic book history just to…. [glances at DC].. um… uh…*gulp* .. “Ahh.. fuck me” *face-palm*
Dave B. what are the grey things on the top inside of Sydneys ear’s?
The tips of her glasses.
Are they mounting that pentagon-shaped logo on the hexagonal section above the name? It won’t match very well (geometrically speaking). And is it “ARC-HON” or “ARCH-ON”? The former would match “ARC-SWAT”, but it would be pronounced like the latter based on the spelling. Yes, I’m nit-picking! :P
Yeah I’ve considered dumping the 5 pointed star for a 6 pointed one so that it fits nicely inside the hexagons which I seems to have acquired a bit of a fetish for. It would mean going back in and touching up all the pages I’ve put it on so far which would’t necessarily be a huge deal, as I do want to run back through and fix a few things here and there anyway. I just have to sit down and design it.
Yea! New reason to re-read the archives!
BTW Thanks for the bonus strip this week. Now I feel EXTRA loved.
Maybe that’s why the crane is there, they’re taking DOWN the pentagon star from the side of the building, so it doesn’t clash with the hexagon star they’ll be installing on the front of the building. They just finished taking down the giant -SWAT letters, and putting up the -HON in their place.
Your tax dollars at work, folks!
no they take the hon down second after the hex star is up third is put up swat on the building fourth is run an oppinion poll so arianne can see how the public responds to this team image.
Heh, just have Sydney make fun of Arianna for trying to fit a pentagon star on a hexagonal background.
Before you know it, Arianna would have it quietly changed, just so she wouldn’t get mocked again.
:D
I’m with ya on the covers vs. content thing. In fact, one of this month’s Avenger comics has Storm looking like a bad ace with lightning in her hands on the cover… not wanting to spoil for anyone who reads it, but she doesn’t call down lightning or really do much of anything in the issue. Lame.
*Click*
Waves the Polaroid whistles to himself.
*clickclickclickclickclick*
Gone to develop film, BBS.
oh why sidney,, that about the only supertype developed part you got going for ya
She’s probably worried that someone would do something pervy with it. Like say make “love pillows.”
“Those aren’t pillows. AAAAAA!”
well as long as they stay silent i wouldnt mind resting my head on them :)
what can i say,,, i am a butt girl,,,, i like nice round fleshy soft butts,, probably a reason why i am into girls and not into guys,,,
But with Sydney ‘Silent but Deadly!” takes on whole new levels of meaning!
Always. Expect. Ninjas.
Know your memes ;-).
I have the sudden image of Sydney breaking the fourth wall – by breaking wind…
Um, no…
*puts away camera*
Ok, now, for some reason, I want to see Boris Fucking Vallejo’s version of Sydney.
Dave breaking the 4th wall (I’ll tell you on the next page?) can be dangerous. I don’t think it fits this comic but it’s your call.
I know, but this page isn’t necessarily canon. I just thought this might be a nice shot. When I compile this into a book I’ll probably remove all the text besides “Chapter 2”
Ehh, I actually like it when the fourth wall takes some collateral damage from time-to-time in the comics I read, as long as never becomes ambiguous what is “in” and “out” of universe.
Maybe my fondness for this is from manga, where the characters will sometimes have arguments with the author/artist between chapters.
I do realize that forth wall humor is far from universally liked, however.
Mangas? Have you tried Dave Sim`s Cerebus The Aardvark? It takes the 4th wall to a whole new level of existence.
i just came here to read the comments, and lo and behold it is the Thursday update you said would probably not happen, but wouldn’t hurt to check. ITS HERE ITS HERE!
Yeah I didn’t advertise I was doing this cause I didn’t know if I’d have it done in time. I spent a whole evening trying to figure out an easy way to do the stairs and the block in the middle.
I like Deadpool breaking the 4th wall, this is more cartoonish, so why not break the wall now and then just for grins. Keep up the good work.
yeah i always loved deadpool’s comic sense,, when he answer the question:; wher are we now? with:; we are on page 14 panel 3!,,,, i just cant refrain from laughing :0
Nah. It’s not like there aren’t enough jokes to tell in the superhero/comic book genre without breaking the 4th wall. Usually 4th wall humour is hilarious the 1st time, and then goes down hill like potato salad in the sun.
Splash pages don’t count though. Like the man said, splash pages never count.
Anyone else find the reflection of the helicopter to be a bit odd? Not the image of it, but the fact that it is there. The perspective makes me think that the helicopter is past the building or directly over it, but either way it doesn’t seem like it’s in a location that would give us a reflection. Still, a nice reflective glass touch. Oh, and shouldn’t the giant logo thing have some guide lines tied to it so it doesn’t spin like crazy and can be positioned properly?
Yeah it probably would. I didn’t think about that. Maybe one of the construction workers has moderately powerful telekenesis though.
Yeah, reflection of the helicopter is definitely off… light takes an indirect path from helicopter, to building, to viewpoint. This covers more distance than the direct path, so the reflected helicopter should be smaller than the real one.
If it was a shadow of the helicopter, bigger is fine (point-source light projection from the sun) but then we would not be seeing the details of the helicopter in the building.
Having the helicopter, the crane and the logo there all at the same time probably deviates from proper construction & aviation procedures anyway. ;-)
Did anyone else see the figures on top of the building and think the Mythbusters are hanging out up there
Heh, interesting thought.
Then, if I was designing / building a superhero HQ, I would absolutely want input from those guys.
Except maybe cannon safety. :)
Too soon?
Wait… I got the name right? Wooh!
I thought the list was in her back pocket? Did she use hammerspace?
I want to put my request in now for some Sydney fan-service!
The fourth wall…what did you do to it?!
PRO: I love this comic and it’s murder waiting a whole week between updates. I’m not going to complain about fourth walls in a free extra bonus comic!
CON: The last time I was making small donations to my favorite comics, I tried and failed to find a donate button for your strip. Is there one? If not, why not?
I may do a donate button at some point, cause, you know, why not? I just haven’t gotten around to setting it up yet. I also want to do a little research about the options. I wonder if it’s possible to set up a donate button that allows people to throw a few buck over, but also has the option to set up recurring micropayments. I think it’d be an interesting experiment to see if I could get maybe 100 people willing to pay $1/mo so that I’d have a steady income to help defray the cost of advertising and getting shirts printed and stuff. I know there are webcomics that have actual subscriptions with member only access to stuff, or at least early access, but the ones I know of also charge a ridiculous amount. (I’m mostly thinking of Drowtales here but there are others) To me if a comic is charging more than an Xbox LIVE subscription then they’re asking too much… maybe unless they update every day or something, but $1/month seems reasonable to pay to support something you like I think. Purely optional of course. I don’t know of anyone else that’s trying that though, or if it would even work.
I would be willing to pay $1.00 a month, twice a week updates I would be willing to pay $5.00 a month. Move to 3 times a week updates … I would be willing to pay $7.00 … Daily … I would pay….well heck $10.00. That’s about the same as hulu and this is way funnier (^_^)
You know maby this building is the goverments response to all the super powerd people who are popping up. A nice looking area office for the registeation and policing of supers. Not nessicarily in a bad way, You can have an employe placement office where if say you could breathe under water and stand crush depts, they could set up contacts with various companies or scientiffic institutions and have a bidding war over your services.
There are also Special Needs issues. Many superpowers come with a downside, Someone who breathes fire might need comfortable fireproof furniture, somebody else might need things built to withstand great strength, or shoes that work with talons, all kinds of little domestic difficulties. Social support too, especially for the people who are empowered enough to be weird, but not enough to be cool.
Interesting point. Most of these could be made by the same industries that make them for the disabled or simply by special order, so it`s not likely to be an on-site service (thought the industry may have representatives – even by means of an independent agent – to take measurements and calculate costs). If you`re going to use them for supers you might want to do some more screening than usual, though. But maybe the government already has a few of such companies under contract already? Prosthetics for soldiers disfigured on the battlefield? Furnishing and refurbishing for the high and mighty?
Had an RP going at one point that actually addressed that. One of the characters ran a company that either manufactured or modified things for “Super” use (Faraday caged appliances for an electrically powered girl for example, or special writing instruments for an artist with feline claws )
you have a funny comic strip, a main character as deserving of censorship as deadpool, and all the people have super powers ( a sci-fi fantasy strip) i say to you … WTH NOT break the fourth wall?? it brings more comedy to the already hilarious strip… if it causes peopel to have accidents or puts them into the hospital due to a hernia from laughing ( it can happen you are stretching you abs alot from laughing and if you happen to double over from laughter while laughing part of your insides can get squished by your ribs ( i think thats how it happens right?) ) then so much the better. whats wrong with more comedy? btw love the strip DaveB
i defend my character referral by pointing out… whats her FIRST question in this page??? yeah… case closed shes got as bad a potty mouth (if not worse) than deadpool.
Comparing Sydneys mouth to DeadPool’s is like comparing a Mac truck to a SUV. Sure they are both big, but in the end there is very little contest. DeadPool cusses a little but mostly he’s just joking around, whereas Sydneys cussing is a freeform art that is creative and jaw droppingly original. So in the end there is realy no contest whatsoever.
now i have an image of sidney wearing a deadpool uniform that leave her hair free tought,, and the glasses over it,,
I still want to know which dragon half trained syd as a knight leaving her dangerously insane but without the control to limit its occurance and direction.
… “the inside looks like it was drawn by some kid that just had a stroke” … So, Rob Liefeld then? ;)
I have no complaints so far. Keep up the good work. :D
Ya know after her fight with the “Bank robbers” and the various freak-outs and pee-inducing flight not to mention time under cars and on the ground. Sydney could probably use a wash-up (hint hint) or even a shower (Hint Hint Hint) before she heads back too the store.:D
(Yes I know I’m a perv but it is the internet)
A splash page? For Chapter 2? Did we get one for Chapter 1? It’s been so long, I can’t remember…
I’m loving this comic, and am hoping one day my children will find out what’s in that tube… :D
Is there still gonna be a new page on Monday?
Dang it! I’ve been reading this for over a year and the two weeks that I have not checked for mid-week updates are the weeks that one was posted. And to agree with posters above, nice butt Sydney. Keep up the good work David, I hope to be enjoying this comic for years to come.
“…There had better not be anyone photographing my butt.”
Immediately I look at her butt.
Um, shouldn’t the crane be positioned on top of the building instead of standing on its own outside of it?
You do know that archons are kind of the ‘bad guys’ in Gnostic thought and religion, right? They’re the servants of the demiurge who is essentially ego blown up and personified. (Thinks he’s better than everyone and everything, is trying to keep everyone else ignorant and his own power assured, that sort of thing.)
Hmm. I read a little on Gnosticism on Wikipedia and I can’t say I understand what it’s on about, in any case, it’s a secular organization and the name sounds kind of cool. They’re more concerned with people freaking out about militarized super heroes than fringe religious elements getting wound up about it.
But it’s such a nice butt ;p
Agreed. Certainly one of the best drawn butts I’ve seen lately, and without the gratuitous cheesecake pose that a ‘mainstream’ comic would have used.
Sydney has been described with the word gratuitous before, but never cheesecake.
well… almost 8 years later and we still in chapter 2 (officially)
I’m guessing she’d have to give the tube back in order to move Sydney anywhere.
Chapter 1: 74 pages
Chapter 2: 1174 pages and counting