Grrl Power #125 – Action packed document review
So we’ve got some due diligence dialog to get through. Some of this and the next page or two is stuff that I might have skipped, but then I’d still have to make sure that I made it clear that she actually, officially joined the team – so I figure I’ll just show it and sneak in a few jokes along the way.
Oh, also I somehow managed to get Sydney’s eye color wrong in her pinup, I’ve fixed it at the DA site so re-download that if you like.
Did you know you can read Grrl Power in Español? Well I can’t, because I can’t read Spanish! Hiyoooo! JoseB has been diligently translating the pages and posting them as Las Chicas son Guerreras, which more or less means “The Girls are Warriors” as apparently there isn’t quite a direct Spanish translation of “Grrl Power,” or at least something with a similar sentiment. Here’s a better explanation.
JoseB held a fanart contest with some cute results. I’ve posted them over at the DeviantArt page, along with translations of the word bubbles where appropriate. Check them out below.
SuperheroThey're super, thanks for asking!
Meatspace ComicSeriously these are awesome. Check 'em out!
Not UpdatingNo longer updating or only updates sporadically, but definitely worth reading.
SeriouslySeriously you guys. If you like Grrl Power the check these out.
"Mature"Mature subject matter and occasionally something explicit but usually safe. Can't guarantee the ads are safe though.
Dongs Ahoy!Full frontal and backal. Lots of skin, sex on some or all pages, explicit or otherwise.
Does Ariana not wear her right earring when her bluetooth earpiece is in?
No, her bluetooth is her right earring
Actually, it looks like an error: on the cast page you can see Ari wearing both pearl earrings
I decided to look back and there only one page she has both earrings which is the same page the image up top is from. The error is really that page.
Was actually going by the cast page, which has an image very close to Panel 4
She’s wearing both earrings at the beginning of the bank thing, but when Maxima calls her, the bluetooth goes in and hasn’t come out yet. We’ll see if I remember to have her remove it before the press conference.
that depends on whether or not you want her called away during the conference, and the amount of damage Sydney can course since she’s not there to defect the questions with a well placed “no comment” or a “can’t answer that on grounds of national security”
of course if Sydney’s watched “The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya” and heard Asahina Mikuru description of time travel, then she may get some ideas (the explanation Asahina Mikuru gave in the “endless eight” was even better, every other word was “classified”)
I’d like to know where her eyeshadow has gone.
She obviously toned herself down for the upcoming press conference. She didn’t want her beauty to outshine the showcasing Superheroes/heroines.
Whoops.
New person in the cast pictures! Who is Jiggawatt?
She’s the one playing pool with Harem in Strip #112 (Hot Beefcake Injection).
I’m guessing she has electrical projection powers and is TOTALLY not an expy of Halle Berry. :3
Guessing she’s the person passing the window in panel 6.
Where? Not showing up in my browser. I really want to see her official info.
Same here: only showing 10 SWAT members and 6 non-powered staff
Same here. He sneaksed it back out again, didn’t he?
On a separate note, the “mega” level bugs me. I mean, it’s part of a series (kilo, mega, giga, tera, …) with a well-defined meaning (10^(3*N)), which is getting arbitrarily re-used for laughs. Which makes me sigh, really. Could’ve used “hyper” (google “space cadet keyboard” for the geeky connection) instead.
She’s in the title bar rotator, but I haven’t added her to the cast page yet because she hasn’t done more in the comic yet than walk by in a few scenes.
So….basically she’s just one of the, eh, MINOR-minor characters who just happen to pop up every now and then?
Yeah. The cast is a lot larger than I’ll realistically be able to focus on, but I wanted there to be tertiary characters in the background around the base. I couldn’t make it just the core team and still say they were part of some new government initiative. Well, I could, but then the comic would have more of a Fringe flavor (an our side, pre-Observer Fringe) or something, where there are basically 3 field agents and a handful of office workers.
Or like NCIS (great show, not meaning to knock it) that only seems to have Gibbs and Co with a few extra staff-members walking around in the background
Hmmm, always thought it was the same 6 in the title bar, just their mugshots are random (nice to see Panel 4 Ari make it on the rotation at the time of this postage :D)
Oh, it’s #6 who changes (usually it’s Heatwave but sometimes it’s Ari), will have to keep an eye out for other mugshots
The first 5 slots are fixed (I really need some new pics of Anvil) and the 6th one has a few people in it. Mostly Arianna and Peggy.
The first 5 are core squad-members, and you just don’t have room for the others so they all share #6 spot? Thats cool :D
I had to F5 about 40 times to get her to come up
^1st post as HCHB?
Arianna has heard Sydney speak right? Thats the least she’s gunna have to worry about, soon, Arianna will just advise Sydney to not say ANYTHING in public…which Sydney will then either forget or ignor
Or both. it’s probably both.
Can we get a legibly-sized version of the document to go with our “Action-packed document review?”
The document reads:
ATYPICAL RESOURCE ‘Super Power’ CONTRACT between the United States of America and Signee Below
Then you’ve got Social Security number blocks
Name (Last, First, M.I. , superhero codename)
Current residence
Day and evening phone numbers
The stuff at the bottom is probably the “nonstandard skills” you see on job applications (can speak multiple languages, computer literacy, etc.)
I must really commend DaveB for that contract. Well-researched little details go a long way in any kind of work.
Thanks, but I didn’t sit down and bang out an official looking contract in illustrator or anything. I just started googling stuff like “military contract” since I don’t know the name of the document that people sign when they become a soldier. I was assuming there was a name for that like “Agreement of Conscription” or “Army Service Contract” or “Mer’ca, Fuck Yeah.doc” but in reality it’s probably something lame like “ARY-604-A2.101034”
Then I realized the first page of any document like that is probably just sundry info like name, DOB, SS#, stuff like that, and it wouldn’t be legible on the website anyway (printing is another matter) so I grabbed something that looked appropriate and customized the header.
The biggest part of the paperwork is the SF86 for your clearance if you need one. Woe be to you if you leave something out. also for anyone going in, keep a copy of everything. It will get ‘lost’, repeatedly. otherwise, a birth certificate, a bunch of tests, a medical, and swearing in in front of an officer.
yep, sounds like bureaucracy, you need permit A38, which you don’t have, so you get send over to that department to get it, who of course cant issue it with out the necessary paper work (another department and more paperwork) . Task 8 of The Twelve Tasks of Asterix is a perfect example (Find Permit A 38 in “The Place That Sends You Mad”)
It is much simpler than that. The recruiter can blow all sorts of smoke up your ass about what they will do for you, but if it isn’t written into your contract then it is all worthless. You are the greatest thing since sliced bread until you sign and then you are another grunt to stuff in a slot. Any permits you need you get after you are in and they own you.
I think Sydney will have no trouble with the swearing part.
Dammit, ya beat me to it! Well played good Sir.
To paraphrase some average democrats:
You have to sign the contract so you can fin out what’s in it.
I love these people who say “Read the Contract” – what good does it do to read the contract if you don’t have an army of laywers to tell you what you read when you read the contract?
And this is why mom made sure I learned legalese…
Actually If you are good with the language the contract is written in and logic puzzles it is possible to decipher most Canadian contracts and the standard terms of use blurbs. I’d personally ask for a legal dictionary were I in that position, but I can’t see Sidney bothering to once she’s made everyone uncomfortable.
Funny things can happen with contract law. For instance any lawyer who miss represents a contract to which they are witness (aka there at the time of signing) can be dis-barred (banned from practicing law). And if they expect a contract to hold up in court, someone MUST explain to you any articles/sentences/words that you do not have clear understanding of including confirming assumptions. So if you start asking questions about a contract, its in the lawyer’s personal and professional interests to answer them correctly regardless of who they are currently working for (assuming they are involved in the matter at least).
Every time I fully read the contract and THOUGHT I understood it I got screwed by the legalize.
Last panel, Sydney’s like “Ah heh heh goodluckwiththat”
Yeah, but I also get a small sense of “I’m really going to have to work on that now, huh?” from her. I think she’s sincerely feeling sheepish.
Yea, Sydney is smart. She knows that she is really going to have to try to shake the habits of a lifetime. At least when the cameras are rolling. I think the sheepishness probably also comes from realising that she will have problems. But, at least she does try.
I suspect the only viable option will be to glue her mouth shut.
….. Which won’t do a thing for the hand gestures Sydney uses when she REALLY gets going.
Wait, so now she’s about to become a Superhero, she has to also become super-squeeky-clean ad more nun-like than the holiest of fictional nuns? Didn’t that trio of holy-penguins she ‘met’ in the parking lot also swear?
Key term: “in public.” ;-)
Okay, her costume is probably going to include a gag or a sound cancelling muzzle.
As Billy Connolly (Scottish comedian, musician, presenter and actor) once pointed out “even the pope swears, mind you he’s dead sneaky, he swears in Latin”
Also known for dancing naked around either the north or south pole (can’t be bothered checking which, and I am sure only the penguins and polar bears would really care which).
No more than anyone expects the same of professional atheletes or musicians with endorsement contracts. But, as with the above examples, the people offering the contract have the reasonable expectation that you won’t embarass them in public with (say) rape jokes or Tourettes-like outbursts.
That having been said: HOLD OUT FOR POINTS OF THE GROSS, SYDNEY!
I dunno. The thought of somehow forcing Arianna to sue HERSELF has definite appeal.
do you think she’ll win?
A: “Dabbler, I need a way to split myself into seperate people”
Dabbler: “Ohh kinky!”
A: “Not for that! I have to …*mumbles*take myself to court…”
D: “And how did you manage that?”
A: “Turns out I need to look closer at anything Sydney pulls out of her pocket.”
D:Huh?
A: Turns out the first 5 pages of “The LIST” is a binding contract that lets Sydney have all the Triple-shot espresso Caramel Machiatos she can drink.”
Maxima: ARE YOU INSANE?!
Brilliant actually caffeine helps with ADD all stimulants do slows the mind really interesting actually.
True, but in my expierence, too much is like watching a flying squirrel with a rocket on it’s back
As a past sufferer of ADD (able to control it with training/effort) … I can attest to caffeine helping. To this day if I’m tired I have more of a chance to suffer ADD effects than if I’ve taken several hits of caffeine as my brain has trouble with processing/concentration. (Above effort mentioned)
Of course… this is also a case of ADD vs ADHD. I’ve never needed medication and caffeine does not make me “hyper” just more alert unless I’ve had extreme amounts in a short period. Sydney on the other hand has ADHD and takes meds.
Gonna have to point out here, ADD is the same as ADHD. The H only denotes hyperactive behavior (which some of us control through force of will… or just being more reserved by nature). Most medications for ADD/ADHD are stimulants (which ought to make unnecessary prescription of Ritallin a fellony), stimulating a portion of the brain which regulates self-control & inhibitions. Mild ADD/ADHD can often be controlled or completely suppressed by diet & judicious application of caffeine. Hunt up data on the Feingold diet sometime, it can be eye-opening.
Panel 4 just looks good. Just well drawn, a good portrait of Arianna.
Yes, one of the best so far (and loving the ‘Superman’ forelock she’s got there :D)
He Adam’s Apple is showing. :P
Her*
Thanks! That “down the nose” angle is surprisingly difficult to get looking right.
Yeah, that ‘up-the-nose’/slight ‘piggy’ look is a little distracting, but that half smirk makes up for it :D
Riiiiight. I think they’ll have an easier time of it to just change Sydney’s code name from “Halo” to “Blue Streak”. =P
nah,, her name should be either red tape, orPR nighmare
You do know about the two ladies codenamed “Lovely Angels,” hmmm?
Also known far and wide as the Dirty Pair to the public. (DON’T call Kei & Yuri that to their faces if you want to survive; however if they show up – leave the planet immediately!)
One can have an official codename as well as one (or more) unofficial codename(s).
their answer to everything involves a big gun, and if that don’t work get a bigger gun
I believe the key phrase is something like “massive-scale collateral damage”.
Interesting how Max looks rather detached and unhappy even before Sidney’s joke. Comparing to her earlier enthusiasm for making Sidney an offer, I’d bet that Max has a pretty low opinion of Arianna’s SOP, contract, and/or the deal that Sidney’s getting.
Or maybe Max is looking forward to how much grief Sidney’s little quirks will be for her. :)
Minor art issue – Sidney’s mostly-missing left eyebrow is starting to bother me. OTOH, I’m a bit OCD.
Nah, Maxi just hates paperwork, even when it’s someone else having to the filling in
Dontcha know? Whenever someone dons an eyepatch, their eyebrow gets shaved off
Ah! – making that eyebrow re-appear in occasional panels must be one of the mystery orbs’ powers. :)
Not too badly OCD though, otherwise you would feel compelled to re-order it as CDO (in proper alphabetic order).
I hadn’t really noticed in prior pages, but the missing eyebrow definitely pulled my attention out of story this page. I’m not OCD in the least, but the close-ups make it hard to ignore…
I think it is just a matter of artistic license. What with glasses and eye-patch it is my assumption that Dave is choosing not to show the eyebrow as well, to avoid any more clutter. For me, it works fine.
It probably does not bother me because my favourite character (which I re-create in each game I play, if possible) is a female with an eye-patch. So I am used to the look. Plus, most of the time you would expect the eyebrow to be hidden by the patch anyhow.
I think arianna is just going to love sydney
“Las chicas son guerreras” is something more than just “The girls are warriors”. It could mean something like “the girls mean business”. For instance in this song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGEFx3pK1jI
And that is exactly the song I had in mind when I chose the title of this webcomic in Spanish! :) Thanks for linking to it :D
Hi! Thanks for the link to my translation of your webcomic :) To be precise, “Las Chicas son Guerreras”, on top of what you say, happens to be the title of a very famous Spanish rock song from the 1980s (the band’s name was “Coz”, which means “Kick of a horse”). I thought that some of the lyrics of that song were appropriate to describe the main characters of this webcomic:
“Las chicas tienen algo especial, las chicas son guerreras…
Jugar con ellas es como manejar, la nitroglicerina.
Tienen más vatios que una nuclear, y no son tan dañinas…
Ellas suelen llevar el timón, y hacen astillas tu pobre corazón.
Y si ves el mundo girar, es porque las muñecas han puesto la cadera funcionar.
Las chicas tienen algo especial, las chicas son guerreras.
De la más cursi a la tía más legal, las chicas son guerreras…”
Translation (not literal, but trying to give the meaning of the words):
“The [or, in context, ‘these’] girls have something special — These girls are warriors!
To mess with them is like playing with nitroglicerine.
They’ve got more energy than a nuclear power station, and they’re less damaging
They are the ones who control the helm and will break your heart,
and if the world keeps spinning around, it’s because they are the ones who (apply their strength to) move it.
These girls have something special, these girls are warriors.
From the flakiest one to the most serious one, these girls are warriors.”
Here is to keeping this going for a long, long time! :D
I wish that I had the opportunity to practice the languages I was fluent in as a youth, as I would love to translate the comic myself. Sadly, none of the languages were spoken internationally, unlike Spanish, so I have gradually lost them over the years, from lack of use.
However I would like to thank you for what you did. If only for the truly hilarious fan-art cos-play poker!
You’re welcome, Yorp! :) Glad that you liked the fanart.
Yay, a contract scene! Every time I hear or read somethin in that direction, I’m reminded to that particular movie scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1azumuu_vmQ
I wonder, if Sidney can top THAT! Somehow I doubt it, because there are two VERY serious people in the room!
In any case, Arianna’s life is about to go even more complicated from now on. I’m almost sorry for her…
Nah, just kidding! A lawyer doesn’t deserve any better! :-))
that picture of Leon in the cast list, is it me or is it just crying out for someone with a marker to blacken some of those teeth?
Shivers that is the recruitment paperwork you sign to join up something like 30 pages to sign and initial. Best mistake of my life.
By the way, Maxima’s power level is rated as “Penumbrate” on the cast page. Is that supposed to be “Penultimate”? Penumbrate isn’t a word I’m familiar with, although Penumbra means “a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light”.
The adjective form of penumbra is “penumbral,” which can mean “unobtainable” or “difficult to measure.” I think that’s what he meant.
Yeah I was trying to make up my own word there.
And you succeeded. I use it. It will continue to spread too. Perhaps, someday, it will be widely enough used that it will be included in dictionaries. But that is just the icing on the cake. Shakespeare added 50 words to the English language that are still widely in use today. Given that I enjoy your work way more than his, I feel that you are entitled! And it has a nice ring to it.
Is that… (peers/squints closer) It IS! Ari is giving a half-smirk in panel 4. Is she having a flashback to why it’s now a standard contract? Possibly involving a certain hot Solid Gold dancer someone sitting bored at the table?
If Ariana is as good a lawyer as she says, she should know the contract is invalid if she, as an interested party, simply doesn’t encourage Sydney from having it reviewed by an independent attorney before she signs it, much less discourage that. Of course, if she’s a really good lawyer, she’s probably a good judge of character and realizes that Sydney probably won’t remember any of this until the next time she brings it up.
I think you may be mistaking the word “evil” for “good” in the last use.
An evil judge of character?
:p
[Bugs Bunny] Ehhh, couldbe![/Bugs Bunny]
I did not notice that the final sentence had “good” in it twice, until after I hit the “submit comment” button. Then decided not to re-post to clarify as the intent was fairly clear. Albeit I guessed I would be picked up on it, regardless. :-P
Remember: Lawyer. Good and Evil here are somewhat interchangeable.
Man comes in to a lawyer’s office:”Sir, I’d like to hire you, but you need to answer a question first. What is 2+2?” Lawyer dutifully answers: “4 of course.”
Man leaves, next lawyer’s office.
This one quickly answers: “5.”
So the man goes into a third lawyer’s office:
“Sir, I’d like to hire you, but you need to answer a question first. What is 2+2?”
Lawyer gets up, looks out the door, locks it, closes all the blinds at door and window, then sits back in his chair and leans over his desk to the man, asking in a hush-hush tone:
“What do you want it to be?”
Adriana knows the contract is invalid if the other side has the better lawyer. For a variety of reasons, which include her own ego, she is quite sure the contract is [or will be held as] valid.
Now her status as Sydney’s lawyer is distinctly shaky. She is hired by the unit, which means that is her true employer, and Sydney must get another lawyer if she has a dispute with the unit. Of course Adriana can function as Sydney’s lawyer in all other matters [with unit permission] and can even be contracted to represent Sydney over the unit [& be paid by the unit], but Sydney could indeed end up as a roofied date, who is not sure if she has been raped or not, despite the grin on somebody else’s face.
Pretty much Sydney is hoping there is no intent take advantage of her. There probably isn’t, but there is a very good chance the unit’s idea of what is a fair deal and Sydney’s idea will not coincide.
Sydney is just paranoid and doesn’t trust anyone and believes everyone is out to get her in some way (well, it takes a lot to earn her trust, but doesn’t stop the feeling of them out to get her one day)
As a very amateur shrink, I’d question if Sydney should be considered paranoid much at all. [She is clearly anything that gets a laugh, but that is another matter.] The paranoid is always suspecting the other and must think before acting. Sydney’s motto is to act without thinking.
Just because you are paranoid, doesn’t mean they are not out to get you
No, Syd’s motto (if she has one) is: act, what is this ‘thinking’ people keep telling me to do first?
I curious how this contract will effect Sydney’s business life. And do these folks live at Archon or do they have their own places off site?
Probably a mix of the two?
Before signing is certainly the time to haggle any business deals. Such as a preferential discounted rate on a store in the ARC building. Once she has signed in blood *, she will loose a lot of her negotiating power.
Metaphorically speaking. However, if this is a standard contract meant to be binding to all superheroes, including those known to be of demonic origin, then that may actually be normal! Whether they be traditional magical type demons, or scientifically advanced ones who insist on incorporating testable DNA in contracts.
Depends on what kind of demon you mean, in medieval times demons and fey creatures were considdered part of the same set and all had to function by the same rules
1 you must never speak falsehood (essentially you can’t lie, you can only tell the truth)
2 you must keep all contracts (this would include verbal agreements or even saying you will help with the laundry or something simmilar)
3 you must pay all debts in full (they must be paid to you in full as well, kind of a negative debt thing, but never go over what they are owed for that would form a new debt)
And the fourth unspoken rule
4 always lie, never keep a contract and never pay a debt while taking more than your fair share
The fourth rule is more of how they acted because of the other restrictions, they always spoke in half truths, found the most random loop holes and chose how they paid there debts so that the person they were paying did not recieve the payment they wanted, the reverse was also true they could magically compel you to fight a dragon for picking up a pencil for them because you said thanks and acknowledged the debt
Their outside business and home all depend. The fireman bunks in the firehouse. The cop works at the station, but goes home. Being military, there is likely a tendency to have barracks, but a lot of military men sleep at home.
Barracks speak of emergency actions. The bank is being robbed and we must stop it now. No time to assemble the team. It has to be ready already. As already noted, even the police go home at the end of the shift. So our supers could function easily enough as having on and off duty teams, and fairly normal lives when not on duty. Note that our first few comics suggest this with Sydney in a full civilian activity where nobody is aware of her job [or even really sure that supers exist, a point that is at some conflict with the bank robbery, which suggests it did not get the publicity desired. Maybe some brass decided the unit was to be secret, or …]
Isn’t this the first time they’ve mentioned membership to her? It just seems kinda sudden skipping to the contract signing stuff.
I think it’s the first time it’s been spoken out loud in the comic, but it comes down to the question of how much do I actually need to show in the comic vs. how much can be taken as wrote. Presumably they didn’t just slap a big contract down in front of her, there was a few minutes of “ok here’s the deal” before they did. I’m sure I could have come up with a page or two that made that moment interesting and/or funny but I’m as eager to get on to the next scene as everyone else is.
I was going to say that probably had to happen. Especially since she’s actually joining the military and therefore switching from being a civilian to being subject to the UCMJ, which is kind of a big deal. Lots of stuff can get you in trouble as a member of the military which are perfectly ok as a normal citizen.
…. And, possibly, vice versa.
Maybe just a narrator box that says “Eventually…”
Waiting for her to shine her truth-seeing orb on the contract and it to reveal something totally different.
blue eyed sydney looks nice and instead of saying you got it wrong you could say she has coloured contacts in
oh wait i think you did a page about contacts and it didnt turn out well for syd
Cute, funny and a foreshadowing of the political correctness nightmare that is to follow for Arianna. I suspect a pit is currently being populated by demons in the guise of Sydney, to spice up the eternal torment of lawyers damned to Hell.
I can just imagine Sydney using my favourite lawyer joke. “What’s the difference between a cactus and a legal practice?” “One is full of pricks and the other’s a plant.”
The bad-joke by Sydney is a wonderful send up to a big problem with ADHD, really hard to stop a thought from being “blurped” out once it hits the tongue. No one second, “wait…bad taste, don’t use”
No, just, oops, well didn’t mean to say THAT.
I’m sure Ariana is going to telling Sydney many time not to say a lot of things in public in the days to come once the contracts been signed. LOL
Maxima and the others will also probably lend a hand to cover Sydney’s mouth trying to prevent her from dropping pearls o’ wisdom when I microphone is stuck in front of her.
I love this dude’s comics! they almost inspire me. hey, anyone know the email address for Dave B.? I could use his help. P.S. Keep up with the nerdy ones, those are AMAZING!
Considering we know he reads the comments, He’ll get to ya when he can. =P
Easiest way is to hit me up on Twitter or Facebook. I have grrlpowercomic – at – gmail.com but I rarely check it. It should forward to my regular email but no promises there.
I don’t have the first two, but I do have a gmail acc (which is highly convinient ( I think I spelt that right)) It’s maily for one last bit of my senior project/graduation prject/still-a-stupid-title-because-it’s-due-before-gradutation-/-senoir-school-year project (yes, that was neccissary). And I hope that one day I can use my artistic abilities to do something like THIS!!! Heck, even making a character for this would be epic as all get-out for me. Plus, it gives me an escuse to laugh at my mom for doubting my dreams/goals. :P
Well, doing a comic like this is fun if you’re doing it cause you want to. Very few comic artists, web or otherwise get to impress their parents with their tax returns from doing it though.
“There is now.” gotta love it.
Oh, the need to start telling lawyer joke is getting harder to resist. :P
Activating resist joke telling mode. Activation… failed…
Warning: dirty joke incoming!
Patient: Is it really possible to have anal sex?
Doctor: Yes. You just need to take precautions against getting pregnant.
Patient: Wow, can you really get pregnant that way?
Doctor: Of course. How else do you think lawyers get born?
Darn. I have the memory of a mayfly. I thought I had spoilers down pat.
I’m afraid to make a lawyer joke in fear of getting sued.
Several of the creatures”attorneys” in question in the family that and a pig farm. The majority aren’t bad I have found over the years it is just a few bad apples that tend to ruin the lot. But to quote other people money “Attorneys are like nuclear bombs everyone has them and when someone uses them the f*** everything up.”
All too many lawyer jokes really are not specific to the practice of law, and simply trade on popular dislike of lawyers. You could substitute “lawyer” with the name of any group you don’t like (Democrat, Republican, whatever) and it would be just as funny.
Or not
You reminded me of a lawyer punch line with your comment ;-)
A lawyer calls up an old friend from law school. “I have an ethical dilemma and was hoping you could help?”
“Sure, what is the problem, bud?”
“Well, I just discovered I have accidentally over-charged a client by $5,000”
“I guess that there is no chance he will find out, or we would not be having this conversation?”
“That’s right. Ok, here is my moral dilemma. Should I split it with my partner or not?”
A young couple in love were in an automobile accident the night before their wedding, and both were killed.
In heaven soon afterward, the guy told St. Peter, “My fiance and I really miss the opportunity to have celebrated our wedding vows. Is it possible for people in heaven to get married?”
St. Peter said, “I’ll tell you what–wait five years and if you still want to get married, come back and we will talk about it again.”
Five years pass and the couple still wanted to get married. They repeated their request to St. Peter, who told them, “I’m sorry, but there’s a problem. You’ll have to wait another five years.”
After another five years go by, they brace St. Peter again. This time he answers, “Yes, you may marry now. Thanks for your patience.”
The couple got married. However, they soon found that they were not compatible. Going to see St. Peter, they asked if their was such a thing as divorce in heaven. St. Peter gave them a thousand-yard stare, and finally muttered, “Look, it took us ten years to find a minister up here. Do you have any idea how long it’ll take to find a lawyer?”
Panel 6:
Whose shadow is that?
Just a random person walking by in the corridor, in panel 5 you can see the shadow of someone else (leg & foot) walking the other way.
I expect Maxima is going to have words with her over that one…
hehe, Sydney is going to piss Arianna off endlessly.
Quickly, someone that can draw, make a short joke comic of Arianna suing herself, Ace Attorney style
Hey, random cast page lineup! You have a character called Jiggawatt? Cool!
If there were 1.21 of her, she could power a time machine. :P
You mean, that isn’t her power? O_o
Before signing a contract, always ask two questions: “What will I be forced to do?” and “What will I no longer be free to do?”
The problem is those two things are hidden in pages of legalese so thick no normal person can decipher it. Which is why you should have a lawyer look at it first.
Once Sydney signs the contract, she is going to be going to basic training, isn’t she? (If she does, Gawd help the military)
I don’t want to derail the comic with 14 weeks of boot camp, so Sydney will get a lot of field training since supers are such a limited resource. There will be some training montages I’m sure, where appropriate and amusing.
the best kind of montage.
Just so long as we get to see the chaos of her testing/demonstrating the PPO.
I would be interested in seeing the part of the contract regarding responsibility for ‘collateral damage’.
“Lets’ see. There’s the cost of the car you threw at the bad guy, the plate glass window it went through, the obligatory broken fire hydrant spewing water into the street and the ensuing water damage, and the scorch marks from the laser blasts on the surrounding buildings. Will that be cash or charge?”
As a co-owner of a small retail business, how does Sydney NOT have a contract attorney on speed-dial?
Can you imagine what said attorney’s reaction would be to a contract like this? “I’m sorry, that’s way out of my specialty!” is the least you can expect.
IMO, it is more likely that the response would be something like “I’ll need some time to study this” – then bill on an hourly rate.