Grrl Power #156 – Guerrilla plug
Going by the old Marvel RPG system, they could also be Remarka-balls or Incredi-balls.
Sydney may be a nut but she’s not stupid. “Don’t mind me, just casually demonstrating my powers over here… Bam! Plug!”
So Grrl Power is officially 3 this week. Well, late last week. The first comic went up on August 23, 2010. I almost hesitate to mention it just because it sort of highlights how little has happened so far. I mean… a lot has happened, but not in terms of story progression. It has made me start to replan some future scenes. Try to find ways to streamline them without losing anything. Cut down on the proliferation of character introductions, stuff like that.
I suppose I should celebrate the 3 year anniversary by starting to get serious about merch and stuff like that. As such I’ll try and get that seal shirt done. Hopefully I’ll have it up sometime this week, I just have to figure out Zazzle, since that seems to be a better deal than CafePress.
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Thank you for the balls in the who’s who.
ahh…was waiting for the plug
The armband makes its appearance after three years! Though the click is a touch ominous for a mere Pipboy.
What the hell is it?! I don’t remember it, though I have trouble remembering three weeks ago, nevermind three years.
Judging from strip #3, it seems to be a pager that gets attached to the wrist.
And going back to strip #3 lets me see how much Sydney’s glasses have slipped down on her face. Currently they are only useful if her cheeks are her real organs of sight. They also hang in front of her mouth like the world’s least effective sneeze-guard.
.. and judging my the timing, the bracelet might as well be able to induce an elektric shock or generate a “null-sound-field” around the wearer…. you know… as the only means to get Sydney to shut up! :-)
Happy 3 Years! Here’s to 3 (at least) more! :cheers:
It would be a missed opertunity if there was no shock build into her neckthingy already
Not only have her glasses slipped down her nose, the bridge of her glasses has moved up between the lenses – that’s the really impressove part. My glasses slide down frequently (usually a sign they need to be re-adjusted), and I push them back up, but any glasses wearer can tell you, the bridge isn’t gonna be moving around like that.
If that is supposed to be the wrist thing from #3 it’s on the wrong wrist.
Well, if she’s right handed then she’d probably want it on her left arm, meaning Maxima put it on the wrong arm. So, Sydney will probably switch it to the left arm at the first opportunity.
different wrist thing – this is for a target lock.
That very thought might be passing through her mind at that instant. She has been living with the paranoia that the government might lock her up or do other sinister stuff with her for months now. That kind of thinking does not go away overnight. Well, it might… but…
It’s a combination communication/control device similar to both a pipboy and a electric dog collar. Max decided that Halo couldn’t be trusted to operate on her own yet, so the collar will be used teach her the appropriate time to grab her balls. Really, it’s fairly obvious by Max’s expression there.
It must be removable, because it’s on her left arm in the first few pages; also over a shirt.
If I was Syd my next line would be “Don’t tase me bro, don’t tase me!”
If it’s the same as in #3, I actually have one of these IRL. Have had for a few years now. It’s…
*dramatic pause*
…nothing more than a smartphone mounted on a wristband. Granted, in her case it’s probably extremely ruggedized, waterproof (especially if she can’t take it off), and the apps on it might have significant uses in their own right, but the basic object is no more mysterious or superpowered than a gun or a car.
Of course, that is just a guess from what we’ve seen so far.
there’s a youtube video on how to make a Pip-boy that you slot your Iphone into. I’d love to see the miniaturization on that thing though.
A larger mount like this means less miniaturization required. For instance, one could build the wrist straps out of flexible batteries – an expensive option, but money is no object in this case – leaving more room in the main device for other things.
Also ARC has access to alien technology, to one degree or another. And magic. I think the only limit on what they can do is to stop it getting too suspicious to the general public. So long as folks are just saying “wow, they have done a really impressive job there”, they are doing ok. When they ask “so, how did they fit a humvee in that wristband”, Arianna will have her job cut out coming up with a convincing argument.
Happy Birthday!
Ohnoes! Sydney is being arrested by Maxima!
That’s some impressive tentacle you’ve got there Sydney.
…you know, I do find typing things like that kinda weird. An well. Nice plug with the pseudopod too. Ok that sounds wrong as well.
And happy birthday Grrl Power! I didn’t get you anything.
Yeah, “impressive” is the word. This makes me wonder if it has a length limit: Hey Syd, shoot for the moon and see how far you get.
It’s probably limited to sight range, with accuracy of control fading with distance.
Heh, I see that we had the same thought. And, judging by the time on our respective comments, simultaneously.
Go on Sydney. You know you want to give the Moon a smiley face!
That just got me wondering. Did we ever find out if the ‘pod has tactile feedback … you know so that she doesn’t crush stuff ….. what were “you” thinking?
I wonder if that molestorb link thingy was the condition, or if she just did that randomly.
Arianna was not happy. It was random.
Very impressive length on the neon-advert-ball. Lifting strength I had considered. But not upper stretch limit.
Try poking the moon Sydney!
Also very impressive control, and creativity to draw something like that in the air (and drawing it with a continuous line, that’s pritty hard to)
Seems like it’s basically a tentacley lantern ring. Actually, what if it actually works exactly like that, but Sydney likes hentai so much that she subconsciously turns it into a tentacle?
But I like the character introductions…
One of the things that bugs me about finding new comics is that the art (and writing) changes over time – usually becoming more generic and losing whatever it was that attracted me in the first place. So I’d really like to say “Never change!”
On the other hand, another thing that bugs me about new comics is that the ones that I like tend to get cancelled because nobody else reads them…
On the other hand, it’s great to watch the art get better and better over time
True. I have no complaints so far.
And yeay, happy 3 year aniversary. And yeay merchandize
And it is fun to think about yea. We haven’t even completed a single day in-story yet. Best day ever though. This page made me laugh aloud again like the older pages, love it
Sometime in the next months that bracelet gets replaced by a different one (different design anyway) on the other wrist.
Be that as it may, to avoid too many jokes in entirely too bad taste, they have got to go with ‘something’ -orbs, NOT -balls for the… for the… for Sidney’s power-bestowing objects. Halo-orbs?
I’m thinking Hyper-Active Loudmouth Orbs myself or HALOs ^_~
[Ducks quickly] OK, Okay, how about – hmmmm – Hyper Spheres. Though knowing Sydney, she would probably prefer Orb-its. lol
Orbits is pretty good. Quick, to the point, less dirty.
Actually… HALOs sounds pretty cool, and totes fits with her callsign as well :P
So you might also say that HALOs belong to Halo, so they are Halo’s HALOs…
…then again, you might not.
Was thinking just that: HALO’s Halo
well halo halo. I don’t know why you say good-bye I say halo……….rimshot.
Halogens.
Happy Birthday
Max comes to save the day!! She’s going to be watching the conference later on and terribly, terribly regret her decision to bring Sydney back with her.
Arianna probably has some doubts about the whole plan by now
Sphereicules.
God particles actually sounds kinda cool.
They are most definitely Happy Fun Balls!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Fun_Ball
Do not taunt.
Great name (I bow in the presence of the master.)
I still like “Ioun Stones” myself.
Oh man! Sydney, you’ve redeemed yourself \o/
IncrediBalls is nice, but may I suggest that they are, in fact, AdOrbs.
Ad-orbs works, especially when you consider her actions in the first panel.
Following the thread, and as I think Sydney is adorable, I offer adoraballs.
How does Orbitals sound?
All the objects orbiting the Earth are high enough up that they are, barring a slight drag, effectively in a vacuum. So no matter what sound they make, no one will hear it.
Kinda feel sorry for Sydney in that last panel. What did maxima just put on her?
Oh, and as for merch, an ARC hat like Sydney’s would be cool to have.
more merch ideas include a set of halo’s orbs that glow and do gimicky tricks like the hentorb firing silly string, or the comm-ball projecting an image onto the wall, possibly with a slide customization option. the blaster ball could fire like five colored lasers, and the sheild ball could make thoom-thoom sounds like max whacking on it when shaken.
Do you have any idea how difficult (and expensive) it would be to do those? o_O
not particularly.
Do I hear – Time for kick-starter(s) – from somewhere?
We should have enough techno-geeks on here that someone can come up with a viable design and others with cost effective / frugal / inexpensive manufacturing and then convince DaveB that each one is a good idea in and of itself.
My idea? Plain and simple molded resin orbs with the various patterns/designs cast or laser etched in with a do it yourself polishing kit – aka Dorodango – A great stress reliever and each owner can truthfully say they made them once they are finished.
uh… did Max change her clothes?
Yea, she left to prepare for a live fire demonstration. You don’t go blowing up tanks in your formal clothes
Seeing as how none of her clothing is likely to be hardier than she is, if she was really concerned with ruining clothing, she should have come back in a bikini.
I think it’s more about aperence. The combat uniform is fine for.. combat.
You wouldn’t go fight someone in a suit. What if you get dirt on it
Or worse, someone’s brain matter (do you have any idea how difficult that is to get out of silk? o_O)
depends on how it’s applied and how long you let it set, unless you mean by etheric means then it’s easy in most situations.
Sydney’s reaction to Max clamping something on her arm in five…four. …three
Considering Sydney’s hyperactivity, it’s more like 5, 4, ZERO!
Max is fast enough Sydney’s punch.
Argh! Proofreadd, Profred!
Max is fast enough to dodge Sydney’s punch.
“spheres of influence”?
Halo’s Electrons
Halo has a full shell of them and they all have energy effects. If half get lost we can make turtle jokes.
It struck me that the wrist thing might be a power dampener, but it shouldn’t work on her since she has no power herself. Other than of swearing.
I am just trying to see if Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle applies to Sydney’s behaviour.
If she starts locking cats in boxes to see if they die, I will go right off her.
Wow Balls! Awesome Ballz! Power Pods! Zappy Globes! Rotato-spheres! Neatospheres! Huevos de Poder!
Wait, now I feel like I’m coming up with euphemisms for breasts….
Actually, it sounds like you’re coming up with euphemisms for testicles.
Zappy Globes are clearly breasts.
Orbsticles…of hairy, wrinkled-ness.
Actually, I’m surprized Dabbler didn’t suggest “Benwah Balls” ;)
That would have been too much even for Dabbles
I’m guessing the wristband is similar to the remote Ariana used to have to “try” and control Dabbler, and probably about as effective.
Given the number of names we are coming up with, I can see a brainstorming session in the works to decide what they will be called. I also suspect Ariana will have the final say because, you know, marketing.
Oh wow, Sydney worked in a plug for her store. Who could have imagined that happening last week? Me! (does happy dance)
Dave. Have you actually registered that web address before someone else grabs it?
I haven’t. Didn’t seem like it was necessary. Everyone going to it will be from this comic most likely. Although it doesn’t cost that much so it might be amusing as a joke for a while.
If you remember the old commercial with the website, InstantBetter.com I think it was, A charity organization used that website address as the entry portal for their organization. Smart use of promotions IMO.
It now forwards to the comic’s home page.
Unless i misspelled it.
Someone must have bought it and set up a forward. Thanks!
Also I just realized that eventhorizoncomic.com (no plural on “comic”) is another webcomic. Well, at least it’s some sort of an art blog that’s telling a story?
You could always use that website as your store when you start selling more merch.
Freaking genius.
Super Spheres or
LEOs – Low Earth Orbs
Also, I forgot to say that I look forward to the end of year 4 when Sydney goes to bed at the end of the first day, although I don’t think you should rush the story to make that happen. I like the story pacing.
People says the arm thing appears in strip 3, but it actually appears in strip 4 the first time :|
My two cents – call ’em “ORBitals”.
You can send me my “No Prize” via e-mail.
Love the Korgoth reference.
[AS] really dropped the ball (ha! puns) in not making that a series.
+1
I think Sydney is beyond balls.
Since Dave has already used the Stan Lee alliterative naming theme for Sydney Scoville they would have to be:
Battle Balls
Barrage Bubbles
Gadget Globes
Mini Moons
Mystic Meteors
Overhead Orbs
Sydney Spheres
Ahh, I see my mistake, I should have said “Beyond Balls”. *
* The Marvel system uses power ranks, such as Typical and Exceptional. Going up to Unearthly for powers normally above those normally found even amongst supers on Earth. But the scale progresses further than that, ultimately ending up at “Beyond”, which equates to infinite power.
About time she was locked away. :P
just spent a solid 4min giggling like a 14 years old schoolgirl AMAZE-BALLS
Yeah well I’m NOT a 14 year old school girl (nor am I Perez Hilton) so I had to google “amazeballs” to get the joke – and I still don’t think it’s all that funny. :P
I didn’t even know that was a reference to anything, but looking back I think it’s pritty fitting
Oh, is that the name of the comic store she works at?
Hey, that URL isn’t real! Don’t you know you’re supposed to buy domains and make a website before you tell people about fake websites!
Oh it’s real alright, you just have to take the spaces out between the words.
See; https://www.eventhorizoncomic.com/
So that’s what it says. I tryd a few times but couldn’t make out the R properly, so ended up with some very weird variations of that. Kinda a brainfart moment
Actually, Marscaleb is right. If you spell it with an “s” on the end like Syd did you get no results.
Is that wrist-thing always going to be on her right arm? If so, you might want to move the buttons to the other side of the screen, otherwise her left hand could obscure the screen when she goes to press them.
Don’t feel bad, EGS is 11 years old and has only had about a year pass in-story. (And 6 months of that was a time skip.)
Question: just how long has this comic been on the same day?
Would it, in fact, be three years?
Technically, minus several months, given that we are currently in a flashback. I predict that in three centuries we will have caught up with the start time.
*Fluffs a cushion, to make the wait more comfortable*
Just as long as DaveB keeps them as funny as they’ve been so far, I don’t have any complaints.
Well the flashback started at comic #5
So since than we are in this 1 day
I submit ‘Ballesticles of Day-um”
Sydney now has a wristband with a screen and buttons on her right arm and she has only one working eyeball. Do we have to start calling her Leela now?
Max has already changed out of dress uniform. Perhaps action is a coming?
Oh My!
Did someone just get volunteered to the live demonstration?
Any super can punch a tank but can they punch a team member through a tank?
[that’s my prediction / hope for a page just in time for Christmas ]
Not sure about anyone else, but personally feel there has been plenty of story progression these past 3 years
Don’t feel you should have to speed things up or change things just because some people just want to see ‘action’ right NOW!!!
I know, I know. I’m doing the comic I want to do. That doesn’t mean I want to try my hand at some action as well. :)
Believe you meant to add a “don’t” in there (“That doesn’t mean I don’t want to try my hand at some action as well.”)
Uh oh! Seeing Max thump to the ground and snap a leash, er, comm device to Syd’s wrist makes me think her happy-go-lucky days are over. This ought to be fun (for us, not so much for her).
Ari seems milfed. Did she talk Syd out of the naming rights for her orbs? Does she already have a kid/consumer friendly name picked out? Amaze Balls isn’t bad. I can imagine a kid yelling “Timmy took my mazy ball!” I like Awe Spheres, but I’m afraid that’s too hard to pronounce for kids. Can’t wait to see what Ari came up with.
Thanks for the new page, DaveB. I’d show my appreciation by buying your stuff from Zazzle, but a Donate button would be a lot more convenient. Is it too much hassle on your end?
“Ari seems milfed”
Freudian slip?
Heh, I missed that. I was going to say that you would make a good poof reader. But then I reconsidered as I decided you might accuse me of wearing Freudian slippers.
Ah, what a tangled web you’re weaving…
Next stage: Freudian slipknot.
::snicker::
Sometimes a banana is just a banana.
I’m not opposed to a donation button. I just have to figure out how to stick it on the page. It’s probably 10 minutes of work, I just haven’t looked into it yet.
For now if you want to throw some cash my way that won’t actually cost you anything, you can shop on Amazon via my “What I’m Reading” widget. You don’t have to buy the same book. Apparently if you click through to them via that link and then go buy a $6000 4K TV (for example), they consider me the referrer and I get a fraction of the purchase price as a kickback, and it doesn’t cost you anything extra. So… you know, if everyone did all their Xmas shopping via that link, I wouldn’t object. :)
Good to know. :)
That’s my bad, Freudian slip or not. I like Arianna, but there’s no evidence that she’s got kids.