Grrl Power #86 – OMG It’s… The hell are those?
So here they are. I know after all the buildup the reveal is going to be a letdown to some, but this is what they’ve always been. It’s interesting to finally see them though, even for me – this is basically the first time I’ve ever drawn them. Of course, revealing what they actually do should be fairly amusing, and will happen quickly over the next few pages. Then her meeting the rest of the team, then… arrg, I wish I could draw this thing faster. :P Speaking of which, it’s ridiculous it’s taken this long to get to. 86 pages and a year and a half just to get the tube open? As some of you know, I had Sydney’s powers listed in her bio on the cast page for several months, cause the reveal was always “soon.” Hopefully things will start moving a little faster now, but it’s a balance of getting in those little moments of character development, jokes and keeping the story moving.
This page, being the big reveal, is unfortunately a little short on content and jokes, but we’ll… uh, call that pacing. It would be nice to be able to say I got lots done on the next page since this one didn’t take quite as long to draw, but that didn’t happen. I did get some banners made up that I’ve been meaning to, it occurs to me I should make a page with all that stuff on it in case anyone wants to grab stuff to link back to this page with. That’s another project for the upcoming weeks.
When I drew the tube, I didn’t pay much attention its size, but now looking at the orbs, I’m not sure they would have fit in the thing. There’s 7 of them (hopefully I haven’t forgotten one, hah) and they’re about the size of a tennis or baseball. Each time I draw the tube its size is a bit different though… the version on this page seems especially skinny, but we’ll say they just barely fit.
There were quite a few good ideas bandied about in the comments (lots of really silly ones too of course) but more than one person suggested the tube was full of gaming dice. I really liked that idea. So much so I almost started trying to figure out how I could merge the idea with everything else I had planned – baseball sized dice, one of each kind, etc., but it would have changed things too much. Still, I could easily do a whole other comic around that idea.
Thanks for all the TWC votes guys. Hitting #1 and even holding it for a couple of days isn’t something I thought would ever happen. I thought I’d be at this for years before even getting into the top 100. It’s quite a feat given the sheer number of webcomics out there and the size of their audiences’s. I’m glad you find my daydreams as amusing as I do.
Okay, insert ‘balls’ / ‘marbles’ joke.
Now that that’s off my mind, I wanna give DaveB two thumbs up for the comic.
Doing my part in voting as well.
Now, there’s just a couple of questions.
Can the floating orbs be knocked out cold, to the ground, generally from their halo trajectory?
Can one of them be separated from the others, perhaps by force?
But you should be careful, DaveB.
We all know that ‘somebody’ *cough* had to have a certain term with ‘s’ and ‘hero’ copyrighted.
Speaking of copyright, since I’m writing a couple of novels about metaheroes, could I mention the ARC-team in a passing note or relate to them?
Maybe just mentioning you and your comic.
I’m sorry I never replied to your comment, I must have overlooked it since this thread had a crazy number of comments in it. Feel free to reference the comic in whatever you’re working on, assuming it’s not too late. :)
Can you tell me the names of the books when they come out (if you’re sharing them)? I like superhero things and one even partially influenced by this comic should be good.
weird thought just hit me…LoL
Sydney- What these orbs? No, they arn’t anything special; its this packing foam that I get my powers from duh.
In this comic? Wouldn’t be that much of a surprise.
Maybe she should give Dabbler and Harem a couple of her marbles…
I hope Sydney has named the orbs
They are not in any way relating to chaos emeralds are they, i think I’m looking in to this to much.
catching up after a few weeks w/o computer. Obviously she stole them from David Bowie
dam it I was wrong… *throws money at the screen*
….sweeet though….
gives me a “what does this doooo” feeling all over again~~~
Then Sydney stands up and put down the carrier cylinder.
WOO Ioun stones!
Others have mentioned “Loun Stones” here. But I don’t recognize the reference. I understand it though.
that would be ioun stones not with an L, and as far as I know the term originates from D&D, sounds Norse, but no idea
I love how she told the truth here: https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/163
I kinda assumed that since we knew from the flash forward that she became a super hero.
Testing [spoiler] is this hidden? [spoiler]
You have to close the bracket on the second one – [/tag]
Hmm… pretty much what I expected. :)
Oh hell no, there HAD to be 7 of them. Hopefully that will be the end of any perspective resemblence to DB/Z/Sonic.
dragon balls?
infinity 8(7)?(s-cyred reference)
Rainbow balls?
I’m new to this comic (and making a point to avoid the cast page), so I apologize for this comment being outdated, but I’m assuming the orbs are somehow tied to different elements; I can make out Wind, Fire, and what might be Earth, Light, and Darkness.
More complex than that. Keep going and write down the powers, two are still mystery globes of power.
Her glasses are deffo too low on her face…
So… Sydney is Invoker? Quas! Wex! Exort!
Know I’m really late, but it’s good to see that a dota player reads! Nice to meat you.
It’s Materia! She can cast magic and weild a giant sword and be thought of as angsty, when she really wasn’t until later material!
Looks like Halo got that splash page she was after!
rereading the comic again, when i got to this page i thought it would be a funny note to have Maxima say “What THE–” just like she is so used to hearing other people say when they see her for the first time
Balls to that!
SHE HAS THE 7 RAREST MATERIA ORBS
Awww. No Dashie.
Looking back after all this time, that reveal panel is still great.
hey Dave, can u give me the colors you use for the orbs? so i can color my keyboard with them?
Square got to final fintasy 6 on the SNES. That is 6 games from 1987 to 1994 while Valve still cant get a nother sequel in 14 years. Japanese developers knows what fans want even if they make failures like 13 they are quick to bring it back. Meanwhile at bethesda. “”Let’s drop another Skyrim and not remake arena or Daggerfall. btw what about paying for mods now? We are to lazy to make our own stuff””
That much power coursing through her WOULD explain the ADHD based battle style.
Oh, I love the ting sound effect!