Grrl Power #128 – Introducing…
I hope I haven’t misjudged the pacing here by not sticking to the conversation from the previous page, but 1) I felt I was getting a little too deep in the weeds. Even though it’s fair to levy that criticism at most of the comic so far, I think I need to start becoming a better self editor and try and take a step back every once in a while and think about the pacing. I don’t think omitting Sydney’s condition breaks anything, ’cause of course it will be brought up at some point in the future. 2) People basically guessed what it was in the comments on the previous page. 3) I have so much story and so many jokes I want to get to, but I still have a bunch of stuff that I need to fit into the first day, otherwise some of it starts to make less sense as time goes on. Or I just chalk it up to Sydney being unobservant until the correct time I guess.
I really need to introduce the two guys in the middle panel at some point soon.
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Shows that Sydney’s condition was met, in any case.
And is it just me, or does Mr. Amorphous look a lot younger in this comic than before?
When you have shapeshifting abilites, you can look as young as you feel!
Not quite Shape-shifting as he’s like Stretch Armstrong.
I like how Dabbler hooked her thumb in her waistband, cowboy style. She’s clearly thinking, “This is gonna be more fun than the bosses anticipated.”
Sorry about the double post. My connection froze mid-submit and reloading the page apparently submitted the comment again.
I got it.
I like the smirk that Achilles is directing at Mr. Amorphous.
For the record, actual ARC-Dark operatives have better poker faces than these two when people nearby are discussing their operations. Actually Achillies is one impulse away from leaning over an nudging Amorphous with his elbow, going “Eh?” *wink wink finger to side of nose*
Looks like Juniper broke.
The guys in the middle panels.
Beefcake #1 and Beefcake #2 ? :D
And damn it Dave, now I have to go read all the comments on the last one to figure it out.
Hmm, it loads for me. I don’t think I drive quite enough traffic to take down a server. Yet.
Girls With Slingshots on a guest strip day didn’t break our site either time we got it, so I think we’re good? It’s loading for me. :) Thanks for trying to check it out!
I dunno, the risk here is that you re-tread old ground. We already covered what powers she has, so you may end up repeating yourself unless one of the other characters can offer some new insight into her powers.
knowing Dave’s pacing, I doubt there will be a problem – it’ll probably be either fast-forwarded or something new and interesting will be shown (my money’s on the former)
cut scene with the text box that says “An hour later.” cheesy i know but it solves an issue
Re-treading old ground can still be fun if the jokes are new, and I think Dave has some in mind. If not he can [shameless self-plug follows] use the ones I suggested for Sydney giving Harem a hard time.
For me I could use a refresher on what the orbs do. I’d like it in a Q & A off comic to refer back to till I have it memorized.
Sydney does look a bit more rakish with the eye patch. Sort of fits her spastic swash buckle personality.
Never had a problem loading this page or posting in the comments. I use Mozilla Firefox.
Something like that seems to be a recurring request. Perhaps Dave might consider it as a reader’s request for a future vote incentive, rather than the beef cake he was mulling over in the incentive comments?
Failing that though, I did a detailed list of the Halo Orbs in comments. The list is near the top of the comments, so you do not need to scroll down far.
I keep the above link bookmarked in my browser favourites, as it is handy to refer to every now and then. Especially as it has a series of links to key scenes in the comic that deal with the orbs.
Wall-o-text, in speedtypestyle, with dumfounded faces, and “any questions?”
followed by a Dangerroom type shot of her using some of them.
and what is Dabbler doing with her top left hand that has the guy to her left giving her that look?
It looks like she’s scratching an itch.
With someone who has four arms, it can be a bit scary to keep up with just what she is doing.
Talk about a multitasker!
Is that what they’re calling it now?
I think that’s a “Please take your hand out of my pants!” look.
Continuity error in the background: look at the center speaker under the tv set, and look at it on https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/389. Did somebody decide to cut down a 14 hundred dollar Reference II center channel to make room for more dvds?!?
Also, leaving us in suspense regarding Sydney’s one condition for at least 2 weeks now? Evil!
I actually cut and pasted the same graphic I used from that page, so it’s the same speaker. Part of it is just obscured by the edge of the panel.
Except on the earlier page the tweeter was to the left of the pair of brass colored speaker cones. Here it is to the right. And if the original source was the speaker I think it was (it may not be I admit), there should be 4 of those cones total, 2 on either side of the square tweeter horn. Meaning either A) this is not the model of speaker I thouhg it was and that someone has flipped around left to right since the last time we saw it. Or B) it’s a cropped down image of the speaker I was thinking of. [Or posiibly C) I am an idiot].
Eh – its a silly thing to nitpick, but I’ve already brought it up so I might as well explain my thinking.
In #72 there’s at least one copper cone on the other side of the black square.
in the top 2 panels it looks like those who have met sydney are trying to keep a polite distance away from her note the nervous looks from everyone except anvil and heatwave
i dunno. looks like a regular distance for a briefing to me. not everyone will have the same look base on the fact that they all have different personalities( therefore will think differently of sidney, unless they don`t know her yet which is why they would have an indiferent look in their eyes), that and it would be boring for everyone to have the same look. kinda static.
Don’t beat yourself up re the pacing – I love the comic and my only regret is only one strip per week!! Keep up the good work.
Yeah, Sydney. Tell us about yourself and give us a rundown of your powers. But save the dramatic demonstrations for later. Can you do that, Syd? Please?
I so very much want to buy this comic in print. The sooner the first issue comes out, the better. : )
“Show, don’t tell”. With two at a time limit, she can have it done in three panels (given two of the seven are unknowns). Knowing her, she probably has a choreographed demonstration, like air hostesses presenting an aircraft safety talk.
The problem being this is a target rich environment and the emergency exits are not clearly marked.
I love how Sydney looks completely different from all these huge hard bodies. It really highlights the distinction between the “regular” populace and super-powered people in a way you don’t usually see in comic books (i.e., some comic artists still just draw 2 body types, male and female, and dress them up in different clothes to establish identity). She just looks so tiny and “normal” next to Maxima and Dabbler!
I hope she just lists off all her powers instead of showing it off.
It’s kinda of cool that who made her ADD her true crippling weakness. Sure later when she has a better control on her thoughts she might be very formidable but right now she is too drunk off her power high to be any good in a team environment.
Thanks! I admit I’m not that good at drawing “general populace” body types (see: every overweight person I’ve put in the comic so far) but it was important to me that Sydney look like a weed next to the actual Supers.
I can only imagine the special requirements given to the office architect in order to accommodate the various needs for the assorted shapes, sizes and powers of the team members. Specially shaped or load-bearing seats. Desktop computers and keyboards resistant to electricity, heat, cold, acid, what-have-you. And don’t forget to lower the sensitivity of the sprinkler’s heat detector above Heatwave’s cubicle. (We won’t even think of the unpleasantness if the mounting hardware in a toilet stall fails to support sufficient weight)
Based on their appearance, It looks like there is a salon on-site to keep them all properly coiffed and made up. Which brings up a question I got from looking at Achilles’ bio. If he is totally impervious to harm, how does he get his hair and nails cut?
A couple of alternatives spring to mind:
One could be an aspect of the fact that in this universe, natural born super heroes all have good looks as part of the package. His hair might simply not have any split ends, for example, and he will never suffer from a “bad hair day”. It will simply grow to an appropriate length and stop. Perms are probably out, but there is no reason why it could not be combed into place or encouraged with hair gel.
The other idea being that, although his bio does state that his hair is invulnerable, it might weaken the further away from his body it gets. So, for example, the tip of the nail (where it starts to go white) may be weak enough that a pair of diamond nail cutters can do the job.
It would also add a practical reason why he has long hair, over and above a liking for old styles. He may only be able to trim the tip of the hair, at the kind of length that split ends start to occur in normal people. Enough to keep it looking neat, and to stop it from growing down to his ankles, but not otherwise being able to cut it shorter.
Magellan dealt with this issue, and came up with a substance that could be used to trim invulnerable hair and nails. Which had the complication that it could also be weaponized for use against the heroes!
I understood that he was not always invincible, and his hair just froze in the state it was when he got his powers.. Might be wrong ofcourse
As elegant a solution as any of mine. Very plausible.
Just realized something that suports that theory:
On the cast page, his age is listed as “Age: At least 50 (appears to be in late 20’s)”
So it sounds likely that he’s completly frozen in the state he was when he got his powers
So the condition really did have something to do with her comic book shop? If yes, I’m glad- she may be ADHD, but at least she’s responsible enough.
It will take a while for them to build the stable for her new pony. ;-)
Notice also how the vigilante trio of ArcSWAT (Heatwave, Amorphous, and Achilles) are sticking together?
Well, Heatwave and Amorphous are dating. I guess Achilles is there because of their last mission. Or Iron-head is still teasing Stretchy about the Tounge-Fu Grip Sydney has.
Amorphous and Achilles are also simply good friends, so it’d make sense for them to stand next to each other
Max seems to be enjoying this bit. Presumably. she is looking forward to seeing what happens when Sydney meets the rest of the team.
Interesting to consider just how many of the people there have already been belted by Sydney so far.
Is it just me, or does Dabbler have 2 belly buttons? Not that that would be odd for her character, just something I hadn’t noticed before and I’m too lazy to do a continuity check. Just making sure my eyes aren’t playing tricks
now I can’t NOT see it…
https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/621
still a bit ambiguous… it COULD be just a deep line in her abs, but it sure does look like 2 navels.
Makes me wonder what kind of prenatal process a cyborg/succubus/alien/doppleganger would go through
Now ya got me wondering what DABBLER having a kid would be like. Imagine her with mood swings!
Yup, two belly buttons. As it says in her bio, her heritage is complex. She had two biological mothers. :)
So wait. Did they both birth her, or only 1?
It does take a bit of brain stretching to figure out the practicalities of that.
Putting aside keeping the two mothers physically connected, for the gestation period, as being rather an impractical solution, the closest to nature one that springs to mind is a marsupial-like baby. Kangeroo young can crawl around in the pouch, whilst smaller than a finger, and remain there until the baby roo is big enough to venture out safely.
If one mother had such a baby and it is then moved over to the other, it could continue its development there. Perhaps even gaining some genetic traits (or, at the very least picking up immune responses and the like). Certainly it would go some way to explaining the very strange percentages of races involved in Dabbler’s background!
Simple scientific (or magical) alternatives allow for one mother to be a surrogate host for the other. Transplanting the fertilised eggs from one woman, to be brought to term by the other. One thereby being the genetic mother, and the other the birth mother.
Yeah it is a little complicated. I’m sure Dabbler will explain it at some point.
You could always go the rout El Goonish Shive took with the Uryuom eggs. The egg is more or less “built” by two Uryuoms and just accepts any DNA you give it, producing an offspring that has traits of every organism that contributed genetic material, which may or may not include the two that originally made the egg. One of the main characters is one quarter human, one quarter squirrel, one quarter alien, and one quarter a different species of alien.
I’m pretty sure Dave already knew that, being an EGS reader.
aww heck that`s nothing. at some point, Dabbler has 2 sets of boobs lol ^_^
i mean haD* two sets of boobs hahaha… srry for the double post
Greedy Dabbler. She has two, whereas I have none!
Ah ha! I knew it, you’re a test tube baby implanted with superior and altered DNA and will later move on to become a member of the real life version of the above team! Also if you “ask” Dabbler nicely, really REALLY nicely, she may consider giving you one of hers if you don’t mind a purple bellybutton.
Shhh! Don’t tell anybody!
Ditto that getting on with it trumps covering all the details. Leave us guessing sometimes – you don’t need to give hints or apologize. And hints can occasionally be wrong.
Looks like the “Who’s who.” feature got overloaded. Oh, well.
Sam – with this many “personalities” on hand, I don’t see much danger of “boring”. (+/- Dave’s creative abilities, but we’re not here because he’s so bad at that.) I’d give 50/50 that Dabbler is already “arranging” for something interesting to happen…
7thsealord – are you hinting that Max would like to see Sidney belt more of her “problem” subordinates? How extremely unprofessional of her! :)
Any bets on who’s names will soon be added to which end of The List?
Don’t worry about the pacing and leaving bits out for now. You a can always add in that one page with the full contract laid out [but not in pentuplicate please] with the rider tacked on at the end. Now I am curious to see how Sid does her signatures. [time for handwriting analysts to do a little construction based on her personality profile – this should be a doozy]
Bonus is you can ask a contract lawyer, there should be at least one reading these forums, to draft it for you based on what you wanted in it, including teeny weenie almost too small to print text that should get your book readers howling in mirth for years to come. OR it can be a bonus extra as an actual contract document ….. that …would … be … so … cool …..
Any guesses what the beefcakes will be?
My guesses are no-neck is a human-computer/chessmaster type, and black-shirted asian is either a freezing guy or materializes ranged weapons (knives, spikes, etc)
You’re going to have to be more specific, most of the males in the page have traps that extend to the base of the skull (actually everybody does, they just aren’t that developed).
I figure he means the fellow Dabbler’s leaning up to, the gentleman in the nice suit. I’m curious, myself as to their abilities and identities.
The two by Dabbler are just her version of Halo’s orbs. They are ornaments in close orbit around her. Given where they are, they probably do have powers. Dabbler will be able to activate them by batting her eyelids.
Ha ha, nicely said! Speaking of “activate Hiro (black shirt) looks like Dabbler is already doing something to turn him o…no screw that, obvious joke obviously obvious to an obvious degree! Also, Hiro, as Dave mentioned in the commentary for the “Hot Beef-Cake Injection” page, is basicly like Superman only not as powerfull. I believe the name of the other guy was Stalwart and I can’t remeber what his power was if mentioned at all, maybe super durabilty and extra super-duper strength?
I thought Stalwart was the immovable object. If does not want to be moved, he isn’t.
Ah, I didn’t think about that. I don’t know why, but that power just seems to go perfect with the name. It would be intersting to see a fight between him and Maxima if that’s the case.
The ARC cops are who gets called out when the SWAT teams and Marines are calling out “mummy!” If he is good enough to make that team, and if immovability is all he has, I think we can assume his power is strong enough to justify it (putting aside the possibility that he is there for his mundane abilities).
Nicely Done. I am just suprise that Syd went from Evil Grin with an implied threat to shy insecure little girl. I figured she would have left it at the implied threat. I guess the question know is how much information does she give her new team mates, or does she just use some of her powers on them instead. I hope she will go with a demonstration, and use tentical orb(purple) and the hologram image of self/true sight orb. You could have some fun with it.
“BADGERS!!!!!!!! Hahahahahahahah.”
Apart from panel 5, throughout Sydney is clearly showing her nervousness and insecurity. She then unleashes her extrovert to cover her insecurity, in her habitual fashion. But immediately hesitates and reverts to her nervous self with her shy “right”.
Max can read her spot on, being a lapsed nerd herself.
Unlike her ominous pose on the previous page, this time she clearly comes across as just having a brash front, rather than being some power-crazed megalomaniac.
I used to do something similar myself. Bearing in mind I say that as the world’s most modest man.
i cannot wait to see the look on dabbler’s face when she sees halo’s tentacle. because i do believe she missed seeing that one in action.
meh, i`m sure Dabbler har seen way worse/fun things than one measly human size-ish tentacle. being a succubus and 150-ish Years old or something? she had time to see things that defy human logic/immagination. suddenly, makes me wonder what kind of content the succubus karma sutra has inside lol ^_^.
are you including Rann`s work, wereworld, as part of Dabbler`s history or is it something entirely different like a parallel universe or something?
i would call that an alternate universe, or possibly, due to her cybernetic enhancements not currently being present in THIS comic, it could be her ultimate future. we don’t exactly know when that all happens, or what the lifespan of dabbler is. fir all we know, “dabbler” could actually be the name of her species, and the dabbler in Wereworld is actually a different member of her species entirely! there are plenty of alien cultures that use their species’ names to define their own name. also, there are many superheroes in other verses that call them selves similar things. like, “The American” or some such thing. we’ve also seen plenty of movies where people are called, “human” as their name, simply because their names are unknown, or unpronounceable in the alien language
Quark (actually most Ferengi): Huumon,
Her Character profile says ahe has a cybernetic arm, I assumed it was just blended in with the rest of her. It does seem odd though, if she could construct a high-performance cybernetic prosthetic that has been shown to work about as well as the real ones (Flail-Fu Fail) then why wouldn’t she make one for Peggy? I understand potential differences in Dabbler’s nervous system compared to humans, and humans may well out right have difficult nerves to work with thus requiring a more complicated means of attatchment and function, But this is Dabbler. If not for her attantion span, should could probably have that issue knocked out in a week. Maybe it’s more complicated than I’m thinking, or maybe the aren’t sure if they can fully trust Dabbler’s technology, or maybe Peggy was just more comfortable with the prosthetic she had gotten used to.
I had not considered that. Plus your points are all well thought out. I can add a couple of other ideas too.
One is that Peggy’s dislike of super powered individuals habits (blurting out their powers for example), also extends to the thought of her having some uber cybernetic enhancement. She would rather have a mundane prosthetic which gives her reasonable mobility, and rely on her own capabilities to overcome any limitation that brings.
Perhaps through a sense of extended camaraderie to other military amputees. “Until we can make them available to all veterans, I will not be singled out for special treatment”.
The other option being that maybe she does have a Dabbler made prosthetic. Enough to give her full mobility, but with no weird gadgets in it (given that her power rating in the team list is no more than “expert human”).
One final thought has just occurred. It is possible that Dabbler has not even noticed the prosthetic leg yet. Depending on how closely they associate, of course. Humans will look strange to her, being alien and with a strange number of limbs. So the nuance of any limp or restricted mobility may not be apparent. And it does not strike me as being the kind of thing that Peggy will volunteer in casual conversation.
i can’t help but think that your last argument is possibly the most likely of all listed here.
She might have offered to make one, and Peggy just said “No”.
It is possible to buy diluted pepper spray for spicing up your food. Knowing Sydney, she’d love the stuff.
Is not spicy enought for her. Although she might use it for flavor next time she has THE UNMAKER!!!! for lunch.
She wants it full strength. Point and shoot onto her lunch. The problem is the propellent will push the lighter parts off the plate.
When Maxima calls a meeting for ‘everyone’, how many copies of Harem need to be there for her to be officially counted as ‘present’? Also, I think she is starting to get the hang of dealing with the new problem child. The threats and lectures are giving way to pats on the head and ‘that’s nice dear’ comments. And sometimes the scariest thing you can do to an attention hog is to give it to them, in full glaring spotlight.
Just one. She is her own quorum.
I’m not quite sure how long I’ve been reading the comic, but it’s been a while now. I know I didn’t have to take a lot of time with the archive, so I think it was early on. Point being, I’ve been here for a while and as long as you’re making the comic, I’ll continue enjoying it. So, go on with condensing the first day to keep things moving, it seems like the right idea at this point
Actually, it would even make sense for the scene to skip forward again, since the audience already knows the Sid’s powers.
Thus far, apart from the general for reading, she’s the only one who needs glasses.
Those weren’t reading glasses the General had they were DRAMATIC! glasses.
There’s the guy that founded ARC, he wears glasses, too. But then he’s hardly field personnel.
Are you referring to Zephan? Yeah, he is near-sighted, well his eyes are, and needs the glasses to see anything at a distance.
I wonder if Sydney is far-sighted or near-sighted. The prescription does not seem to be all that strong.
I like how Anvil sitting down is as tall as Sydney is standing! Nice way to subtly point out the scale, without either having to draw everybody real small, so Anvil is fully in shot. Nor having her head above the top of the panel.
Only flaw is that Anvil, Leon, Arriana, Math and Harem are not in the Who’s Who list on the side of the page. Normally you reserve it for speaking roles but you have listed a bunch of silent people so eh. The 2 unknowns behind Dabbler and the half a secretary by Leon can be gotten away with as we don’t know them yet.
I like how Sydney seems a little bummed at Maxima downplaying the terror combind with the quick telling of her powers.
Onw quick question: you gonna try for a table at A-kon 24 Dave or do I have to try to pick you out of the massive crowd?
I originally had everyone on the page that I had introduced in the Who’s Who, but it was taller than the comic. Which I guess isn’t actually a problem, it just looked weird. I know there are some pages coming up that would benefit from having everyone listed, but I’m not sure how to make the badges shorter and keep the 60×60 portrait, which is already really small.
I was hoping to have a table this year but I still don’t have anything to sell. I’ll have to have a planned meetup or something for those that want to grab lunch or dinner.
You could always experiment with a ‘spoiler/reveal’ button. You know, like in forums. So, the who’s who wouldn’t be readily invisible unless someone clicked the button.
meant “visible”
Huh… that’s a good idea. I don’t know why that never occurred to me. And I just implemented that on another page for work. I shall experiment with that on the dev site. After I finish the vote piece. And get the next page penciled. And a million other things. :P
I’m pretty sure that “half a secretary by Leon” is actually half of Zephan Zoeng.
personally, i think its fine that the pacing is a bit slow, because i have plenty of other comics to fill the wait, and if thats how you best create your comic i think thats the best way to do it, because trying to change your pace to fit your readers will most likely end up with you losing interest in it… i think.
My phone can’t read the code on Leon’s shirt.
Is it real? Or am I wasting my time?
It’s probably real, it’s just that the image is too small and possibly damaged by the JPEG compression too (JPEG isn’t good with sharp edges with high contrast). David commented earlier that there’s some sort of joke relating to it, but he forgot to include it earlier, so he had Leon spill something on his shirt so he’d have an excuse to put that in.
I tried submitting the image directly to a few online QR code readers, and they couldn’t read it. I guess we’ll just have to wait for a slightly larger and clearer version of the shirt to find out what the code says.
“If you can read this you are too close!”
“My other shirt comes with a brown bow tie”
“Always expect Ninjas!”
“I’ll try to be nicer if you’ll try to be smarter”
“There are no stupid questions just stupid people!”
“It’s not that I can’t explain it’s just you wouldn’t understand!”
He is their IT guy.
“I may be drunk, but you’re an idiot, and I’ll be sober in the morning.”
My other shirt is covered in Mountain Dew!
it probably reads “www.grrlpowercomic.com”
Nice to know the condition was met what every it was. Grumble bloody flirt makes a body wait for the other shoe to drop. Nothing worse then a comic cliffhanging tease.
I can think of one thing worse. A comic cliffhanger tease, with a ninja!
Heeheehee. Poor Amorphous looks ascant at Achilles, who smirks at him. He’s never gonna live down being tongue whipped, and spaz beaten.
I like the pacing, though I have trouble remembering what happened previously, including who all the people are (someone said something about mr amorphous, I remember him but could say which one he was).
Have to say, though, I’m a bit frightened by the neck muscles on the guys in panel 2.
I think the two new guys are “Mountain sized brother 1 and brother 2.” next to Heatwave.
No those are amorphous and achilles
Anyone else notice Heatwave has blue hair from the back?
That’s dabbler not heatwave, you can tell from the two beside her, one has that weird shaved head stuble thing and the other has spiky hair neither of wich match either amorphous or achieles.
the horns are a dead give away too.
Sorry I am an ID10T. Did not realize Dabbler had the new guys.
i beleive the better reaction will be mr amorphose’s realization that sydney has no powers without the orbs, obviously he feels ok with getting beat by another super, but what a blow to his newly repaired ego when he finds he lost to a spazy little girl for real
that being said i cant wait for the formall introductions between the two
“Ow! My nose! Why did you just punch me?”
Amorphus running into her the the hall: “NOT MY TOUNGE!!”
Sydney: ?!?!
I was thinking on the way to get coffee that if the condition is that Joel and the comic shop are to be protected they would have no problem with that. Arianna would have no issues with that nor would Max or even Falk, this is similar to have families live on post you know they are safer there. The question I have is how much mass can Harem move at one go if she is able to do what I think she can the move to the new store would be very fast since she can be in multiple places at once.
there has been many theorys of what the condition was can you please tell us what it was?
It is appropriate for Dave to save for a later reveal. But if you really want to know, there is a clue hidden below:
Is this what inspired Sydney’s condition or neigh?
OH NOOOoooo! Not another link to the archives!
Every time someone does that I get lost in an archive binge.
How long is she going to wear that eye patch for? I thought the doctor had special healing powers.
Sydney will probably keep wearing it as a pirate fashion accessory until someone takes it away from her, or she is forced to give it up by a comedic lack of depth perception.
Why is that guy in a suit and tie? It seems out of place. Perhaps he’s one of Dazzler’s public “handlers”?
That could get him arrested. She had better make sure he only does that in private or as part of a licensed photo shoot.
You don’t need to become a better self editor you just need to PRODUCE MORE PAGES PLEASE!
Easy there. I think we all agree that more pages would be nice, but let’s appreciate the work being done. Having done a bit of drawing myself, I think it’s incredible that Dave can put out a page a week, especially at the high quality that his art is. Today I read Juniper, too, and read their posts commenting on single strips eating up half a day, and Dave’s pages are about 4 times the size and have a wee bit more detail. Keep up the good work, I say.
Yea, work is progressing slowly on finding a billionaire philanthropist to sponsor Dave, so that he can give up his day job. I am coming to the conclusion that I shall have to cut out the middle-men and implement one of my fortune making schemes! *
* As a point of interest, some time ago I was offered the opportunity to become a British Olympic athlete. In a new discipline that had been proposed for inclusion in the 2012 Olympics. In recognition of my world-class achievements in the field of apathy. I intend to send off the acceptance form sometime.
First Dave B. makes no money doing this so he needs a full time job to keep food on the table.
Second the artwork is far better than any daily comic I’ve ever seen and that takes a lot of time.
Thirdly demanding more from someone who is giving away a class product for free shows a certain lack of respect and is somewhat rude.
First, he does say please.
Second, reading the entire comment (and not just the part that’s in all-caps) reveals that it is less of a demand than it is a request that Dave increase output even if it’s at the expense of art quality.
Alas no. In fact, he looses money, as he has to pay hosting costs for the site, and advertising revenues do not cover that. Although we are ever hopeful that he will release the comic in book form, set up a store with lots of cool merchandising and be able to give up the day job. Perhaps some day.
I’m very fine with the one page a week given the content and quality of the art. The plot pacing seems to have hit a red-shift, though. I’m wondering if we’ll get more than halfway through Sidney’s powers next week (for that matter, repeating them at all would be a mistake, since we’ve already learned about them).
Still a fine comic on the balance.