Grrl Power #124 – The List is doing double duty
As much as I’d like every page to be densely chocked full of jokes and nerdy pop culture references, I do need to occasionally slow it down to get in some character moments here and there.
I’m not sure if Max saw The List being flipped over or gets the significance of that. It’s obvious to me, though, as Sydney does have thing in there that aren’t just there to remind her to plot against, like her wedding plans. One thing is certain though, Max knows that Leon has garnered Sydney’s interest, which as far as Max is concerned justifies the words of caution.
Being the socially… awkward? That doesn’t feel like it describes Sydney accurately. Being the social maelstrom that she is, this is probably as close as Sydney gets to flirting.
Also, I’ve updated the vote incentive with the final picture. Go throw me a vote and then you can also head to the DeviantArt page to grab a wallpaper sized version of it if you like.
Edit: The requisite errors and omissions have been fixed.
Ok so i finally read this all. OMG can i just say this is freaking fantastic!!! :D
Thanks man!
I don’t get it, what’s the significance of The List being flipped over?
The List lists all those (animate and inanimate) Sydney will one day dismember in humerous (to her) and painful (to them) ways, The Anti-List are those who will be spared as potential breeding stock/table-top gaming players (or both, at the same time), hence Maxi’s warning :D
Basically anything or person that really pisses her off in in the front and anything or person she really likes goes in the back. I imagine a few rare cases are in both.
That’s probably waaaay less rare than you’d think.
I guess I have to take your word on that. :)
I’d imagine that the orbs themselves probably feature prominently on both sides of “The List”
I think that EVERYTHING has been on one of the sides of The List!
if you know what I mean >w>
Oh my Gawd Guesticus (or whoever you are behind the hidden name bwahahaha) I nearly fell out of the chair laughing when you mentioned the reason for the “The List” book and the possible reasons for the “flipside” of the book…I cried/laughed at the “potential breeding stock/and or gamers” It just sounded exactly how it would have been worded in Sydney’s head!
Heh heh, thank you :D
Were it an option I’d buy a “The List” notebook.
you could always buy a blank cover notebook and write (The List) on it.
Actually i would buy a notebook with “the list” written on it if it was avaliable as merchandice for this comic, or even better if i could buy this comic in print and get a “The List” notebook included in some premium version of it… :o
Me too. It’d make a great incentive for a Kickstarter pledge.
Awe looks like Sydney has another crush (noting the blush) hehehe
Actually I think that is just where she banged her head to reset her brain.
check the cheeks.
Yeah, took me a second readthrough, but I noticed the blush as well.
Dude, I’m not surprised. The a match made in geeky heaven!
But, sadly, if you look at Leon’s bio in cast u see that he has a thing for red-heads. :( sadness
Just because someone has a ‘thing’ for a type, doesn’t mean they can’t (or won’t) fall for someone else
I love this comic. Sydney is a hoot and as random as the Doctor from Doctor Who. Just one question. What do you think the inside of Sydney’s List book looks like? Scribbles and doodles or alphabetized by whatever upsets her or joys her the most?
No need to guess for at least one page. Initially linked by DaveB above in his opening comments about the List.
Pretty sure the most prominent feature will be a chronological list of things that are so annoying they will be “dealt with” at a later date. The reverse of the List being other stuff, including doodles. Some speculation already in the previous comments.
What happens when the list gets turned sideways?
Ask Valentine Michael Smith AKA the Man From Mars (and have fun looking that one up…)
And deciphering what that means…
it gets disappeared? Surely Jubal would intervene.
Or ask the Mother-thing, if you can understand her mode of communication. (Have Space Suit, Will Travel)
Hey, I have A List. I just haven’t found anything to put on the Naughty (read “Destroy”) side yet :/
Hmmm. . . .Someone who is written upside down in her book, and stimulates her intellect. . . Either to be questioned further, or potential Chew toy! On the flipside how long before he shows up at her store trying to talk her into a discount?
I just realized, but your comment is funny because you said “flipside”
You get it, flip side. It’s funny because she flipped the… nevermind, guess it’s only funny for me ¬¬
Glad to see that Grrl Power is keeping in the top ranks of the Top Webcomics list. I am sure the vote incentive helps. Seeing Sydney’s bemused expression as she does her Venus de Milo impersonation makes me chuckle.
Bah, VdM is ‘armless :P
Botticelli’s “Birth of Venus”, perhaps?
Yea, I have a serious problem with names, usually just remembering them (even close friends, at times). However, VdM is just such an iconic name that I did not even do a mental double check to make sure I was assigning the right name to the correct work of art.
Kind of like the Mona Lisa it is not like you could confuse it with another painting.
As soon as I saw Guesticus comment, I realised my mistake. Two iconic images of Venus. I meant to reply to his message, but guess I hit the wrong button, as it went in as a new comment, below this.
Hm, she writes him in the front, but upside down?
I see that she flipped it so this is possibly the “GOOD LIST” but she is writing towards the back of the good list? OR are there just that many on the good list that she started at the beginning of the book and now only has a couple of pages left? Maybe all filled up with doodles?
Sydney probably writes on both sides of the page, so a lot of things will be filling the front of the book. Therefore, even upside down, only the back is free for good entries.
Doh! * Resets brain by slamming it into desk*
I should have known better than to mention a specific name without Googling. I, of course, should have said The Birth of Venus
Heh heh, knew which Venus you were talking about (just couldn’t remember the proper name either :P) :D
Is Sydney blushing behind The List? It looks like it to me, guess she must have a crush. Be afraid indeed.
Indeed! Though I wonder if having a girlfriend like her but without the powers would make my life interesting…
You know the old curse. “May you live in interesting times.” and “May you come to notice to people in power.”
Mwaaaahahahahahahahah!
Max whispering “Be afraid” cracked me up. One of these days, I’d like to find out what Sydney put in there, and what the blush was all about. Way to create suspense, Mr. B. :)
Has anyone ever pointed out that Sydney and Leander were the names of cruisers used by Australia and New Zealand in WWII? They were sisters. Coincidence? Hmm. Does Syd have any siblings? I don’t remember seeing any mention of her family, so far. Is she an orphan? A star child? Possibly a demon spawn?
Leander class cruiser https://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/class/67.html
Actually, the Leander class frigates were used by the Royal New Zealand Navy well past WWII – the last two Leander-class frigates, HMNZS Wellington (F69) was decommissioned in 1999 and HMNZS Canterbury (F421) was decommissioned in 2005.
Fun fact: I still have a bottle of limited edition HMNZS Canterbury decommissioning rum in my cupboard – and no, you can’t have any.
Frigates? I was talking about the Perth class cruisers, which were from the same design as the Leander class.
Perth class cruisers (including Sydney) https://uboat.net/allies/warships/class/68.html
Sydney does not come across to me to be the type to blush, certainly not looking directly at the possible object of desire like that
Here I’m just waiting to see if the “reset” worked, & what Max has planned for when Sydney lashes out again. As funny as her catching Sydney would be, her prepared to & Sydney not reacting would be a riot!
Ok this comic is now affecting the way I read. When I saw this news headline “Sydney bakes in hottest day ever“, the mental image that was invoked was our favourite one-eyed heroine baking a Ghost Pepper and Pure Cap Pie!
For all you trekkers/trekkies/sundry geeks/nerds/dorks, wrap your nostalgia lodes around this blast from the future past: https://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=FlTMXiqbDZU&feature=fvwp (used to know how to do the linkage, but haven’t had to use it since getting killed/banned from SWC last year)
I like this version. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHD8KXt5YQ0
Was Bones giving that dead female Redshirt a pelvic exam? O_o Or was he attempting mouth-to-mouth with the wrong lips? o_O
OK I’ll your
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHD8KXt5YQ0
and raise you this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNMV-BajfVU
That was soo cool! They even included Vivian (and possibly Rick {spelt with a silent ‘P’}) from “The Young Ones” :D
Did they release a video with, umm, pictures and animation and stuff? Could picture them all standing in a studio singing together ala Band Aid :D
why is it i never notice these typo’s until after i post?
OK I’ll take your
it’s meant to say
My sister linked me to this comic and said “The girl in this reminds me of you.” I don’t have superpowers, though. I just get around by the Freakazoid run.
I’ve loved all of this, can’t wait for more.
A new inmate! *SQUEE!* *Tackle-glomphs* We’ll be such GOOOOOOOOD friends!!!!!
*hugs* Hello! This comic is so freaking awesome, I’m sure I’ll have fun here!
And the comments can be lots of fun too. So let your freak flag fly. We are all just a little off by normal (drone) standard. Some of us more than others.
Oh good. I get lots of weird looks at work, so it’ll be nice to chat here and be freaky. *laughs*
Freakazoid: Far deeper than you’d think. https://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/the-big-picture/6335-The-Prophesy-of-Freakazoid
Heehee I <3 the /blush xD Oh Sydney :3
ummm….. is it me or is she writing in the front of the list, but upside down now? bulk of the pages are on the wrong side i think…. but still freakin awesome comic dude!!!
Not just you. Current theroy is that written “Upside down” in the list means Bio-designate Sydney might actually pause a moment before she starts chewing on one’s cranium.
Never handwrite anything incriminating. An expert can identify your handwriting, even if you think you are disguising it. Of course, you could always learn how to write with your off-hand. Then all you need to do is hope that you do not come up against a good expert. Because that has been done before.
But, learn how to write upside down and back to front… now that is go’nna be near impossible to prove a match to you in a court! Who, other than a Grrl Power reader would even think to test that?
Of course, the only incriminating thing that Sydney might be writing is her “Tingle on first sight rating”. Oh yea… blush away girl.
Have long wanted to have a so called ‘handwritting anal-cyst expert’ check out some random pages from over the years, there are days it takes me awhile to work out that it actually was me that wrote it (and not by the style of writing but the content)
I drew the cover on the wrong side initially, when the book is open and upside down. I fixed that, but now it looks like the “kill all humans” side of the list is much thinner than the “you amuse me and shall be spared” side.
As a side note:
Saw this pic: https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/6975863808/h2A97C716/ – and immediately thought of Sydney
“And I now have a Burning Ring of Fire” sung in a Johnny Cash voice.
“I can’t sit down or my screams will go higher”
Can’t…stop…laughing xD
I had a sudden image of a great and terrifying super battle where, mysteriously, the only collateral damage involves five separate cars/structures/things, all of which are on the list… She’s gotta be able to cross them off the list somehow.
Like every one else here I love this comic. However as I am slightly obsessive (also like every one here) I feel compelled to observe that Maximas head , in the first panel, apears to just a little to big. Thank you for such a great comic, and keep up the good work!
Thanks! I definitely tend to draw heads and hands too big.
oh my gosh, he should be afraid.
You made her say “Star Wars/Gate/Trek”, but a true nerd would have said “Star Wars/Gate/Trek/Quest”, (and probably would have listed Trek before Gate, as it matches ranking of popularity).
Despite Star Quest sucking horribly, it still counts.
I take it the flipside of The List is The Lust.
+1
That is why she stores it in her pants.
You might want to change that DA link to the actual picture in question because it isn’t on your top page any more.
Geeze, I don’t remember what the picture was now.
I poked around Dave’s site, checking dates, and it seems it is most likely this one: https://davebarrack.deviantart.com/art/Harem-Playboy-Shoot-with-Tops-354161627
Or snoop near offset 24 in his gallery page.
Someday, we will finally learn what it means to be on…
THE LIST!
Dave, you should sell blank THE LIST notebooks. I would buy twelve.