Grrl Power #356 – Ring tone deaf
Sydney’s not really all that offended by Maxima’s ringtone, but she knows an opportunity to guilt someone when she sees it. Not that Lieutenant Colonels usually let themselves be guilted into stuff by recruits, but it’s clear to anyone that Sydney is a valuable asset to the team and Max is okay with bringing her around to a more military way of thinking gradually.
Being reminded of the need for extra gear for Sydney is not unlike the minigun incident. Max does still occasionally have trouble remembering the squishiness of humans.
For anyone unfamiliar with Maxima’s ringtone. I first heard that on Dr. Demento on the radio when I was in high school. I will resist explaining what “radio” is to the young’uns since I know it still exists, but as a medium I think it’s safe to say it is past it’s heyday.
We haven’t seen that blond haired guy in a while. I would link his last appearance, (which was also his first appearance) but the quality of the art is… less good. I also need to name him so he can appear in the Who’s Who.
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Fanboy just craped a brick and nerd jizzed his short, at the same time XD
Yea, I guess it is like pissing off Elliot Ness one morning, and having him pop up behind you the following morning, but bringing J Edgar Hoover along with him. The parallel even extends of not being certain if one of them is wearing a dress, or not, until he turns around!
I’ll bet not, he looks more like one of those self-entitled —bags that make all of nerddom/geekdom look bad.
I’d expect him to start criticizing them both for being too ‘butch’ because they don’t wear Power Girl style costumes and don’t conform to his wank fantasies. Besides, it would be more entertaining to see him act that way, and then for Sydney and Maxima to terrorize the little creep.
Just have to point out Glen, but your post looks a bit hypocritical there. You don’t say someone looks like a self-entitled douchebag who’s uppity about appearances when you’re smashing all over him due to his looks.
You… have obviously never read his first appearance, where he was telling Sydney that, because a certain book (or figurine or whatever he was after) happened to be shown in a catalogue, she had to have it in stock and to sell it to him at listed price, even though that item was a special edition exclusive CON-only(?) item and if he wants one he better look on eBay
He is being called a self-entitled douche-nozzle, not because of how he looks, but by how he acted the last time we saw him (which was only yesterday comic-time)
Ah yes, thanks for the reminder about past appearances to put things into perspective.
Hey, Max. is murder still illegal, or does Halo get a special allowance with her new government position?
Can we vote on that? *big sparkly eyes*
I am waiting on him mouthing off to Maxima. And her response whether that be verbal or physical.
And you apparently did not read what that post said. It mentions nothing about his prior appearance in the comic. It’s entirely based on his physical appearance in the comic, to which I responded as I did.
Read first, please.
Glen never mentioned anything about douche-nozzle’s physical appearance. He did use the word “look”, but I got the impression (as did other readers based on the confusion in this thread), that Glen was looking at his actions, not his physique.
Honestly, the style of art in the first few dozen pages of this comic is definitely different, but the quality was MUCH MUCH better. The amount of detail was much lower, but in a very good way that made the art much more readable. You seemed to know when to cut out the backgrounds, and didn’t go crazy on the lighting, and the line work was actually visible, and the coloration was less distracting, and it just generally looked way better all around.
Each to their own. I have always liked the art, even from the early days, but I love the way it has progressed. I felt yesterday’s in particular, was amongst the finest. Plus the fine detail makes it fun to examine every part closely. Not least in the hope of spotting the subtle Easter Eggs, which foreshadow future events.
Importantly though the high degree of detail conveyed through both the line work and the shading, allow for highly realistic expressions. You can read subtle emotions, and even follow subliminal conversations, through such.
Which would not be feasible with more basic artwork. Mixing and matching detailed features and emotions with plain backgrounds and the like would be highly incongruous. So I prefer having it all realistic.
Personally I prefer the newer art. The old stuff definitely looked nice and the cartoony vibe was way better for the comedic moments (my favorite moment in the entire series is still that time Sydney was shaking her pom-poms under the car at the bank) but the newer, more detailed work makes for way better action while still conveying the comedy well enough.
Really? What device are you using to read it?
It’s funny you say that on a day when Dave did that cool “outdoor light glow” in the last panel.
I get what you’re saying. The objective quality was clearly not as good, but the older quality/style actually seemed to fit the comic better.
I love how Dave has evolved his art so far. But you have a point that a lot of the finer details and thin line work gets lost in the heavy down scaling of the comic pages. That could easily be fixed by offering the pages at higher resolutions closer to the originals.
At the small page size we have now it would probably look better with thicker lines and simplifying of the finer details. Though I’d rather keep the detail and the delicate line work but at a much higher resolution. The current comic page size is almost as small as my hand at arms length.
Yeah, DaveB could make the page bigger, but what’s he going to do when he comes time to put everything into physical book form? o_O
BIG book
He should be called Brad. That way his nickname can be “Mad Brad,” because he looks perpetually angry about stuff and is always belligerent.
He is actually called brad, first pages has him named.
MAD BRAD! I love that!
Well would you look at that. I still say my nickname is good for him.
Other songs Maxima considered: Crazy by Gnarls Barkley and Frontier Psychiatrist by The Avalanches.
THIS Frontier Psychiatry?
“That girl needs therapy-” “Purely Psycho-sematic…”
Oh hell, my dad hates that song. It played over the P.A. instead of Reveille once when he was in the army.
Dr.Demento strikes again.
Was he so mad that they had to come and take him away?
I wonder if Max’s ring is actually her ring, or just one she set specifically for when Sydney is calling her? Cause if it’s the latter I would like to know what she has set for the rest? I can see someone putting Kung Fu Fighting for Math or him having it as his.
The latter. Otherwise she would not have been as self conscious about it. And it would be an unlikely choice for someone in her position.
I like the Kung Fu Fighting suggestion.
Dabbler might either have the cheesy porno soundtrack music, or some other song, don’t know too many songs that would fit her.
Sexy and I know it. LOL
Too Sexy.
Barbie Girl?
Nah, that song is about fitting in and conforming to some ‘perfect’ ideal, primarily. Dabbler doesn’t fit that.
(Might fit Heatwave, though…)
Bow chicka bow wow . . .
Max would never assign Dabbler a sexy song. She thinks Dabbler is annoying as hell, not sexy. So it would be something more about that.
Maybe something like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWGgfj8Sz4k :P
Or, give her a song that’s both sexy, AND annoying….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd-0wHETSSY
Odd how tastes differ. I do not find that annoying. The lyrics are monotonous and boring, of course. But that is not quite the same thing. And (to my ear anyhow) the tune is reminiscent of Dixie, which I have always liked. I quite often find myself whistling it, whilst out on walkies.
I meant what Dabbler would have as her ringtone.
https://www.songsforyourbody.co.uk/index.html?song=3
Max’s ringtone for when Dabbler calls her.
Now that song deserves the ten hour treatment :D
Just for you mate, enjoy.
Sweet! Thank you!! :D
*cranks the volume to 100 and puts speakers out the window*
Perhaps “Sexy, Naughty, Bitchy” by Tata Young.
Lots of lines in that one could apply to Dabbler from Maxima’s point of view, and Dabbler would be completely delighted by the choice.
Though it would definitely be a ring-tone that Maxima would answer FAST, since I imagine that Dabbler would have tried to prank her by calling her at inappropriate moments.
Actually just having the phone set to vibrate only for dabbler would work. Since any song would be inappropriate, plus dabbler would like the facts that she’s a vibrator.
I wasn’t sure if that was going to be her real ring tone.
or if someone *cough harem * was pranking her
oh as in at first. I understood at the end of the when she got her to go to the comic shop.
Do not remember that guy though
ugh. I keep pressing enter then realizing I didn’t finish my thought….
Name him Buckle please
Buckle Fowl.
It is a name that Sydney can be annoyed at or just stare at it weirdly.
I want this ring tone also
Hey Sydney, if you are worried about cell phone charges be glad you don’t live in Oregon. A story this week reports a family in Oregon had a cell phone plan for about one month with Verizon and then cancelled it. Their final bill from Verizon said the family owed them over 2 million dollars. Either there was a computer glitch somewhere or those are some hefty early termination fees.
https://www.kptv.com/story/30093504/damascus-couple-trying-to-resolve-mistaken-2million-cell-phone-bill
I’m Shipping Max and Joel. Who is with me?
Just no.
Actually, I was wondering if we were going to see some sparks between Joel and Olivia.
Loved the Dr. Demento call-out! Napoleon XIV was a mainstay for Radio’s Good Doctor in the pre-Weird-Al days. I had the privilege to do my college radio station’s “Dr. Demento-like Show” due to my own collection of weird records, and I met him one time, showing off some of my disks and was SO honored when he noted that he DIDN’T have one that I had, asked nicely to borrow it, recorded it and played it on his show, and returned it in a well-padded and autographed record sleeve.
But if you want some more alternative ringtone music with a “Crazy” theme, there’s a lesser-known Napoleon XIV song “Split Level Head” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3Ps5-CicEE as well as the official ‘response’ song “I’m Happy They Took You Away” by “Josephine XV” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3Ps5-CicEE . Of course, a little more serious and a lot more Punk was “Institutionalized” by Suicidal Tendencies, “Psycho Killer” by Talking Heads, Ozzy Osbourne had a “Crazy Train” and even the Osmonds had “Crazy Horses”. And songs just titled “Crazy” other than the one by Gnarls Barley… I prefer Seal’s, but for weird irony, try Patsy Cline’s country ballad. Yes, I did theme sets on my “Dr. Demento-like” radio show.
Discovering your bosses ringtone for you free Getting your boss to show up at your business priceless.
For everything else, there’s fwoosh…
so happy you made a reference to napoleon XIV
I wonder if we could some more background on some of the characters? But in written form instead of comic form so as not to slow down the comic even further. I’m curious to find out how long the team has been together before the official unveiling. Most of them seem to know each other long enough to be comfortable with each other.
I’m also curious why some of the supers joined the army/Archon in the first place. Like Harem and Stalwart.
Also what rank does one have to be to be allowed to know about Dabbler? Jiggawatt seems to know but the others of similar rank(Varia, Ren) don’t. Or is it dependent on how long someone’s been with the team? Jiggawatt seems like she’s been with the team for a while.
Also why is there such a large gap in ranks between Brook, Mr. A and Achilles? Didn’t they join at the same time?
Heatwave and Achilles are both listed as being corporals, so not a lot of difference there. Probably having earnt that much due to their prior experience (albeit on the wrong side of the law, as vigilantes).
Heatwave is rather slow, so it is understandable why she has not risen above that rank. And Achilles simply does not apply himself. Having no drive would preclude him from more senior ranks, in this organisation.
Whereas we can infer that Mr Amorphous, as a 2nd Lieutenant, was their team leader and has shown the relevant qualities to become an officer. But even then he is starting from the bottom.
The alternative would have been for him to be a sergeant, but this is a super organisation, where they will need to work in conjunction with other services. So anybody who is capable of holding down an officer rank would be promoted to match their ability. It will smooth ruffled feathers, in circumstances where a super has to take command, if their rank insignia is higher than that of the folks they are commanding.
Brook has the problem-solving ability of stuffed cabbage, and Achilles has a mullet. Both limit your ability to quickly rise through the ranks. :)
Not true, Brook simply processes things differently, but she always get there… eventually ;)
After being told. :)
Not so. She worked through the implications of the lipstick, in the ambulance, eventually. Without assistance. And we have the word of god that is normal for her.
One of my closest mates had a distinct disadvantage. Being surrounded by very smart individuals, with numerous highly educated friends (doctorates and the ilk). So would come off slow by comparison. Thus he grew cautious about voicing a counter-opinion to things which they had confidence of, through book learning.
But he absolutely excels at making accurate predictions about things which do not draw heavily from such sources. Areas where you have to take into account behavioural responses, emotional elements or crowd behaviour. Scientific nerd types might be able to write analytic software to help with such, but without that would just have to rely on their own judgement. And he is way better at that, than the average person.
Heatwave will doubtless have things she is good at too. Whether the comic features them or not. The comic has a vast cast, and she is not one of the core protagonists, so it may not. Thus there are many individuals who we can only get to see their general or superficial personalities.
Not least she has managed to win over Mr Amorphous. Not that we have seen too much of him either. But what little we have, points at him being a caring, emotive guy and smart enough to become an officer. Who may not have been won over by a shallow person. Albeit he looses a few taste points by being best mates with Achilles.
She worked out 1/2 of the implication.
One explanation later, she figured out the truth. After being told the truth. Probably in small, easy to understand words.
shiny skin+wall of light=brand new flashlight in a bright roof…personal experience with skin white as paper *-_-
*room
Isn’t the blonde guy named Brad? The guy who wanted a comic ordered that was not available.
He was in his original appearance, but some folks here have come up with some more . . . descriptive names for him.
*Checks*
Yep, Brad!
https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/120
Brad?
“Asshole!”
…sorry, RHPS callback habit.
So that is why I keep getting the urge to say that when I see him. I thought it was just because he was so annoying. I had forgotten that aspect of the fine tradition.
Well, it’s probably also because he IS an asshole.
However, if Dave introduces a character named Janet and you feel the urge to yell “Slut!” when she’s on-panel… yeah, -that- urge is from RHPS.
And if her be Jane, “You ignorant slut”
Nah, that’s SNL.
DaveB, blond-haired guy’s name is Brad. At least according to what you had Joel call him a LONG time ago in the comic, when he warned him about how Sydney might cut him (then showed his appendix scar).
Yeah, yesterday. How often does Brad show up there?
Hmmm… the last time I remember seeing Brad in the comic was actually back near the beginning, when he came into the comic book shop with his apparently typical demand of ‘COMIX!’ then started demanding a limited edition comic book that was featured in an article in Wizard magazine or something, which obviously would not be something Sydney and Joel’s store would carry. And Sydney wanted to check with Joel about if murder was still illegal.
Like I said, yesterday, before Sydney went to the bank.
You know… it actually passed over me that it would have literally been yesterday in story time when you said that the first time :)
Five years, and only a little more than a day in story time. I suppose the fact that the store is still open shows that it’s not that late in the afternoon yet.
Perhaps as they were desperate for customers before their business died they became a safe haven for customers who had gotten themselves banned from less resilient/desperate comic book shops?
I noticed in your page comment you called Max a Lieutenant Colonel (O-5), but on her hat you have an eagle, which would be the insignia of a full Colonel (O-6). If this is deliberate, no big deal. If it is accidental, the right insignia for an O-5 is a silver oak leaf. Okay, they are called oak leaves, but they don’t actually look like any oak leaf I’ve ever seen in real life. And on a camo uniform they use a subdued version that is dark grey for the metal pins but a dark blue for the sewn on cloth version.
Oh yeah, liking the comic thus far.
Hmm. I recall them being referred to as an “Oak Cluster”..
That rank (and various others, including Sydney’s) were retroactively altered, once Dave got advice from military readers. Correcting the old art work (and cast list) are on the ‘to do list’, but may take some time, as there are other priorities.
I get a heavy Warhammer 40k dark angels vibrant from her logo.
Wouldn’t they be classified as unclean/mutants, with Sydney guilty of using Alien Constructs?
Actually, DaveB, that tune would be even more apropos if it was sung by Alvin and the Chipmunks, or just sped up from 33 to 45 on a turn table.
So, Team ARCHON is already making a strong showing for nerd trivia night.
BEST RINGTONE EVER!
Had that ringtone on my mobile and got dirty looks EVERYTIME when it played. Some people just take life too serious.
My basic philosophy is: Don’t take like too seriously, because you’re not about to get out of it alive.
Hah, I will. Or I will die trying!
And I shall be undead.
I’m a transformer. I an just be rebuilt & my Spark returned. It’s even possible my Pretender Armour could revive me. Yay me… :)
ring tone deat? did you mean ring tone deaf or am i missing something?
It’s deaf, the top of the f keeps getting cut off but if you look at the t and f on other pages there’s a subtle difference in the bottom of the letters.
I bet Meth has a tune by the Holy Modal Rounders on his phone. :-)
Ha. This typo is funny to me.
Took me awhile to spot the typo :D
Glad you liked it. The song mentioned by the Rounders, (which also was on Dr. Demento), was “Do You Like Boobs A lot”.
I TOTALLY went out, found that song, downloaded it and set it to my Mother-In-Law’s ringtone!
A local Shreveport, LA radio station played that song on a constant loop for the first several weeks (a month?) when they 1st came on the air. It was hilarious!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KTUX
KTUX began life on April 1, 1985, debuting as a contemporary hit radio station, “Fun Radio Tux 99.” The month before Tux 99 officially debuted, the 98.9 frequency continuously played the 1966 novelty song by Napoleon XIV “They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!”
Grrl Power is getting a big readership now. It might interest you to know that one of the DJ’s from that station, at that time, is actually a fellow reader!
omfg i heard this song when my music class did an experiment to see witch songs went with the wizard of oz thought i would never hear or see anything from this song again XD…and then Sydney’s face needs to captioned “really nigga”
Do you suppose any body is using “Super Freak” by Rick James as a ring tone for Dabbler?
Here’s some better ringtones for Dabbler:
Sex Magik – Red Hot Chili Peppers
Come Together – Sons of the Sea
Dirty Little Thing – We are Harlot
Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees) – Aerosmith
I Want Your Sex – George Michael
I Wanna Sex You Up – Color Me Badd
Insatiable – Darren Hayes
Let’s Do It – Cole Porter
Let’s Get It On – Marvin Gaye
Love Gun – KISS
Me So Horny – 2 Live Crew
Nookie – Limp Bizkit
Physical – Olivia Newton John
Promiscuous – Nelly Furtado
Sex – Lenny Kravitz
Sex in the Lounge – Nicki Minaj
Sit on My Face – Monty Python
You Shook Me All Night Long – AC/DC
Or just put “porn groove” into YouTube and pick one.
Nine Inch Nails – Closer
Fleetwood Mac – Big Love
Depeche Mode – I Want You Now
Nine Inch Nails – Get Down, Make Love
Morcheeba – Undress Me Now
Moose T. vs. Hot ‘n’ Juicy – Horny
Lemon Jelly – Come Down On Me
*throws one to Yorp*
Fun Lovin’ Criminals – Scooby Snacks
I couldn’t eat people. :-O
Not even criminals!
I think bod means this song. Could make for an interesting Dabbler custom ring tone.
Since they weren’t entirely sure she was on their team (that’s why X was following her), maybe Sabotage by Beasty Boys? Or since she’s an alien, Star Trekking?
I think you’re working too hard at this. The obvious choice is:
Darling Nikki – Prince
I was considering MIA – Bad Girls (Why is everyone else putting song before artist here?), Bloodhound Gang – The Bad Touch, or maybe Shiny Toy Guns – Le Disko, as Max’s Dabbler ringtone… but it occurs to me. Everyone is paying attention to her sexual nature, and totally ignoring her mind. If anyone would /not/ do this, I think it’d be Max. So… back to those science songs on comments page 2?
Yours if they find her attentions welcome (even after she’s out of range with her glamour etc…)
This one if they wish she would leave them be.
https://www.songsforyourbody.co.uk/index.html?song=3
This one if they find her way of life kind of empowering, awesome, etc…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Agfhgn1_yKE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5mtclwloEQ
Or, perhaps some Right Said Fred?
well his first name is Brad, you are half way there.
Considering that Dabbler seems to have a thing for Max, do you suppose this is the ringtone she hears when the Lt. Colonel calls her?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv-34w8kGPM
Dabbles has a thing for almost everyone :P
This would be Maxi’s ringtone for Dabbles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r26krlXFmOI
Everyone’s talking about Napoleon XIV, and I’m just here preferring the redux by Neuroticfish…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDbojVcpee4
People have also made some interesting Anime Music Videos with it too…
There are so sooo many songs that are tailor-made for Dabbles, but found one for Maxi to have for Ari: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPkTGm4RtVM ;)
Not sure if this one would be for Harem or Dabbles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvoV2Lfk7Qg
Ooh, I had not seen her before. Yet I had a friend with a City of Heroes character by the handle “Joan Jet”. A super-speeder, as you might expect. And a good likeness too (with a hint of Sonic the Hedgehog, thrown in for good measure).
Wait, what? o_O O_o
You hadn’t heard of Joan Jett before? She has been around for over 30 years!!!
Yea, my friend was surprised too, when I told her. Mind you fans are always surprised when non-fans have not heard of their star. But we all experience different things in life. I honestly could not name any number one years. Maybe even a decade.
It will be even more so for other folks, who do not listen to music at all. At least I do follow a few radio shows. But none that fixate on what the charts are doing.
Well, just hope you went and listened to at least some of her music :D
Joan Jet? Interesting. Seen this song a few times in movies, couple of times on Rage too, an Australian ABC music video show that only shows the song’s name at the start. They’re better cause the show the entire song, just don’t expect to see the name towards the end. So if you like a song, too bad if you missed the name…
I did. Just a couple of songs. They were ok. But that is true of the majority of music for me. Very little of it moves me. Some of it irritates me. Katie Melua is the only artist who I have found to be consistently enjoyable. Even amongst those who have individual songs that I love.
Queen are amongst the few who have more than isolated songs which I like. But even then only a handful, rather than the bulk of their music. The rest of theirs is… ok.
No worries, not everyone likes everything, but at least you give them a go :D
iol want that ring tone lololololol
I remember a very similar situation happen at work a few years back. Our supervisor got a call and the ringtone was “The Imperial March” from Star Wars. We all did a 1 second look at each other, then a 1 second look at the phone, then simultaneously said the name of our manager, then simultaneously broke up laughing. In our case, however, the subject of the all-too-appropriate ring-tone was not present.
Just don’t make the mistake of using this ring tone for your boss.
That was a ring tone? o_O
Probably could use it as 1. Has some German ranting at you to answer you’re phone? Yeah, could work…
You should call him Bryson
LOL big time.
i really don’t blame her for putting that as her ringtone for Sydney. that is perfect for her right now
One thing I’m wondering: Why did Sydney put her phone to her ear? She already realized she dialed the wrong number, and not ending the call because she wanted to listen to Maxima’s ringtone. Normally, wouldn’t people keep holding their phone in front of them in that situation? They’re not actually going to speak through the phone, after all
My thought would be that she was checking to make sure that her call was ringing through, and that actually was her personal ring tone she was hearing coming from Max’s phone.
Okay. I just thought of something. It just occurred to me to wonder what would happen if you used the PPO or Max’s energy blast on an incredibly low-scale discharge. Say, something around 5 Joules per ‘blast’, but fired a few ‘blasts’ per second. Doing it like this could produce some drastically different effects from when it’s used at high power. By comparison, look at lasers. At incredibly high power, lasers are used to ignite momentary fusion reactions for studying fusion power. At very high power, they are used to shoot down missiles. At high power, they are used to cut through materials very precisely. At medium power, they are used in laser shows and projectors. At some of the lowest power levels (averaged, not instantaneous), they can also be used for cosmetic hair removal. So, as we can see, the varying power levels allow for an incredibly diverse range of uses for lasers. Now… the exact form of energy that the PPO discharges is, I believe, presently unspecified. But if discharges of coherent light can have such a wide variety of uses, surely whatever the energy blast is could be used for at least a few other things than blowing up tanks, right?
For a second look at things with multiple uses, take a look at Tony Stark’s thruster modules. When set to continuous discharge at medium power, they let the Ironman suit fly. The same device, set to instantly discharge at a much higher power level, however, is one of the Ironman suit’s primary weapons.
Ooh… hmmm… Another use for lasers is for etching designs into things. Incredibly short laser pulses at high power cause the formation of interesting nano-structures on metalic surfaces. If Sydney were given an excuse to experiment, she could find a new way to sign her autographs.
Oh, is Grrl Power no longer being translated into Spanish? I was curious as to how the ring tone gag was handled, but can’t see a link to it anymore.
You kidding? I’ve got like four versions of that song on my computer, including one that sounds like it was remixed into the doctor who theme. If my phone wasn’t so stupid I’d probably have that ringtone myself.
Though I suppose that could just be her ringtone for when sydneys calling….
Don’t really use phones, cell or landline, but last millennium made a couple .wavs* of Ozzy Osbourne’s “Mama, I’m Coming Home”. Still haven’t figured out how to convert it into an mp3 or get it onto a cellphone
*anyone remember .wavs and .midis?
Waves hand! :-)