Grrl Power #386 – Aggrandizer-X!
Ok so I sort of lied about how many pages this day has as this interview takes place on the same day, albeit super late. (It’s a show about economics and interviewing businessmen so it’s still working its way up to prime time.)
This will be an interesting experiment because really for the first time we’ll be spending a few pages away from the main cast, but I figured I needed to start setting up some story elements and characters for later.
“We’re interviewing the head of Machina Industries. I’m not going to say his name because the guy writing this comic can’t decide if that’s his first or last name, or if it’s a mononym like Sting or Madonna. Probably leaning towards mononym cause otherwise if it’s his surname then what, his full name is Motimer Deus? Brad? Jordache? No, just no.”
If any of Deus’s claims in panel 3 seem absurd, (I think shorting the banks for $7 billion is totally within the realm of realism actually – the upcoming movie The Big Short is about people who did this on a smaller scale, but only because they weren’t billionaires to start with.) especially moving a country up the GDP rankings so fast, keep in mind this world has super powered people in it, most of whom work for private industry, and Deus is probably “cheating” somehow.
#MakeComics: That map in the background showing all the countries with their local currencies might not look like it, but that took over 2 hours to make. I really would have thought something like that would already exist, like in open source clipart form, but my googling didn’t turn anything up. Obviously keeping something like that up to date would be a pain in the ass, and then someone has to decide whether to actually use the symbol for the local currency, or whatever they actually use the most when doing business. If any tourist can spend US dollars or Euros at any shop there, but they have a local currency that only gets used when people are buying their groceries, then what do you put on the map, or do you make multiple versions of it? Eh, not important for this show. It’s just a backdrop, but they probably get letters all the time about this country or that showing the wrong symbol.
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Hes cute. and i find the guy funny. looking forward to what Mischief hes up to. >:3 if any…
If you remember an earlier page, he had background lightning set up just so he could practice his megalomaniac laugh… I thing there’s no question about mischief ;)
I would love that country/currency map as a wallpaper.
Hear, hear. DaveB, since you’ve already made that map, any chance you could post it, either by itself or as a vote incentive?
So you are saying you have Rial Yen to get a copy? Let’s be Franc. If Yuan to bribe Dave into posting it online Euro going to have to make it worthwhile. Maybe you could offer to buy him Dinar, or buy his wife a Gulden necklace with Lats of Rupees. Then again some people can not be Baht. Just don’t get too worked up about it and Pound your head against the wall, it will leave a Mark.
Excuse me, I have to go now. I have a Zloty things to do. (rides away on my Penny-Farthing)
You win the comments for the week I think.
*offers a high-Fiver to O.B. Juan :D
Well, I suppose that qualifies as putting in your two cents’ worth…
You know, I could randomly capitalize words in my reply and someone would stare at them for a BIT and then spending fruitless hours googling to see if they are actual terms for currency.
(sings)
“Shave & a haircut. Two bits.”
:D
Nonono
Your suppose to let someone else reply “two bits”
I can tell you without googling anything that all of those are. Some no longer in use though, having been replaced by the Euro.
Considering I’ve literally been around the world and have several coins and bills of those different currencies named earlier
I dont think I’d be food by you capitalizing random words
And im pretty stupid compared to yall
I’m not certain his last assertion about his lovers should be taken simply because of his word. The other information can be checked with reliable sources. But only his “lovers” can vouch with any certainty about his abilities. I define a “lover” as somebody that is loved or loves, regardless of whether there’s a sexual component to the relationship. Since he seems rather full of self-love, it’s doubtful whether he has any real, deep-seated affection for anyone else. Also, it’s highly possible that his choice of bed partners might have no real feelings for him beyond sexual satisfaction. They might love him; then again they might simply be with him because they find him handsome, rich and accomplished. He’s stated as much himself. With all that being the case, where does love come into it?
Fortunately, most of the rest of the world defines a ‘lover’ as someone you ‘make love to or with’
…Aaaaand that’s where a large part of society has gone wrong, mistaking lust to be the same as love. What I like about Dabbler is that she knows better than to make that same mistake.
Again, there should be love involved not just sex. Otherwise, you could count prostitutes and gigolos are being lovers.
>.> Some do. Since ‘lovers’ generally tend to take part in intercourse, the term has been used for others who take part in such as well, thus leading to the use of the word in a more general term for such.
Language is a constantly evolving thing, sometimes for better, sometimes for worse :-/
“You want to know how I got these scars?”
“Not particularly no.”
“……Well, that took the fun out of it.”
I’ve got a scar in the middle of my forehead from where I was hit by a machinegun.
Not a bullet, I was taking an M60 machinegun apart to clean it, and a little piece sproinged out and hit me in the forehead.
I had a scar for a while when two guys tried smashing my skull open with a rock between my eyes. Gave me one of those Squall scars. They pretty much stopped when they realized the pain and blood angered me instead of made me defenseless. That and I kicked one in the crotch in response.
Leave the second part out and you’ll have something to impress people at parties! ;)
(Leave it in and you’ll have the additional effect of amusing them. :D )
Personally, I’ve got three scars on my head. One on top, somewhat back from the middle from where I fell backwards onto a tree stump as a kid. One just below the hairline in the middle (left-right) of my forehead from an accidental headbutt. One just to the right of my right eye where I fell on a Duplo (like bigger Lego) brick as a toddler. The corner edge missing gouging out my eye by a few millimetres.
This is my favorite instance of that joke.
Reminds me of Scar from FMA
He reminds me of “Dick Roman” from the 7th season of Supernatural—he was the head honcho of the shape-shifting human eating Leviathans. The actor was superb in the roll. He acted just like that. Not just sure of himself but arrogant in a matter-of-fact way as he tries to seduce you to his way.
He is bragging yet he is all he says so is really bragging?
“It’s not bragging if you back it up!”
It’s Donald Trump!
If trump were even one quarter as much of a big deal as he thinks he is, maybe…
Exactly.
“In a decade I’ve taken their God”
Possible full name suggestions:
“Christian Deus” (going for that extra-high narcissism)
“Jesus Deus” (maybe actually too ridiculous)
“Joshua Deus” (English version of the name Jesus (kinda))
“Iam Deus” (The Hebrew name of God, Yahweh/Jehova, translates as “I am”)
“Deus Noctis” (double entendre, playing off of “god of the night” and “day and night”)
“Deus X. Machina” (which would mean his company was named after him)
“Deus Keysuit” (based on the latin phrase Quis Ut Deus, which is derived from the archangel Michael’s name)
“Deus Divinitatis” (Latin for God Godhead. The Godhead is the holy trinity of God/Jesus/Holy Spirit.)
“Deus Ignitus” (Latin for Flawless God)
Of course, you’ve already established that your universe isn’t following the trope about people happening to have way-too-appropriate names. But this is the kind of guy who would totally have his name legally changed to any of the above.
How about Deus Vult (latin for God wills it)
Either his parents had high expectations, or they were very religious and considered procreation their divinely ordained duty. Or they just couldn’t resist a pun.
For some reason, I get a Nicodemus Deus Salts vibe from him.
With respect to this guys name, my vote goes to mononym.
Given the man’s ego and the fact that Deus is latin for god, I think it’s probably going to prove to be more of a nickname than a real one.
Now see if This guy was running for president then there would be *sets steepleage to maximum* interesting times ahead.
So I’m wondering, what are Deus super powers….. economic premonition, lets hope it’s specific or it’ll be hell taking him down, well, Sydney doesn’t think far enough ahead to be prevented against though, does she.
Who says he even has any super powers? Other than charisma and ego? o_O
As for a name, Deus is his nick name, real name is George G. Faltwealtierthy. real dull and stupid sounding. Give him an A in bookkeeping.
Oh oh! Can his name just be Xavier Machina?
Xavier Machina jr.(II) aka deus
clarification;
jr = II = deuce = deus
It has been suggested that Deus might be a super himself.
I believe it is possible and that his abilities may be so subtle that even he does not know they exist.
My take on them is’
1st is probability perception and analysis (intuition),
with probability manipulation (luck).
His “luck”would be an add of+2 or +3 with a re-roll allowed twice a day.
That map needs to be dynamically linked to the currency markets so that the symbols change color depending on whether the currency in question is up or down in trading. Possibly also the size of the font in regards to how much change in value there is.
Want to give that a shot?
Orbital bombardment cannons,
FIRE!
…what? o_O
Never tell a guy named ‘DR. REVENGE’ to ‘give that a _shot_’. He will take you literally. And interpret ‘that’ as he wishes.
Ground Zero is no place to make a stand on anything…
I have no idea *how* to do it…only that it should be done. =]
Can only imagine the nightmare this background would’ve been for you if the Euro wouldn’t have been introduced.
Yeah, some of us have reason for ego, but none of us has reason for egotism.
I dunno, I think Deus as a surname works, at least with the right given name. “Brad Deus” sounds silly; “Mr. Bradford Deus” sounds respectable.
So when is someone going to ask about the scar in the comic? >.>
It’s not a scar. It’s an awkward tan line. ;)
Any way we can get that background map image?
Harem appears to be spying for him, and that helps to lead me thinking, he’s got some sort of super power over others wills or actions or supremely suggestive to do things that will at least be useful for Deus….which would be a fantastic power to have if one was to be as successful and egotistical as Megalomaniac thinks they already are.
It was also quite apparent in his interview he’s a big dick and proud of it.
Oh my God, I finally finished. Just found your comic a few days ago and I’ve been reading through it.
Holy shit, man, you started this comic back before Dota 2 was a thing and the next day in the comic the main character is debating it! The pacing is… Not amazing. But damn, it’s a nice story!
he has to make SOME concessions to IRL… for example, when he STARTED the comic Barrack Obama was NOT the President… but for anyone reading the comic any time after this, he will be an INSTANTLY recognizable POTUS however, this ALSO happened the next day in comic terms… as for the pacing of the actual comic pages like, say the 50+ page fight-scene, yeah, he admits that it was a bit excessive, but it NEEDED to be that long to get the best info/ exposition out of it, while he could have shortened it but then we’d be let with a lot of off-camera stuff that we’d be scratching out collective heads over later on…i’m sure that once he gets around to it and makes a dead-tree version, it will make more sense over the pacing, but in the meantime at website update speeds, it drags a bit… but, oh well, that’s life!…
Monk Preston comes up for AIR! Did he suffer brain damage for being under so long! probably……
Thanks! Comic time is a real problem. The only way to combat it is to have 3 years between each story arc, and then you have to deal with whether the characters age or not. As far as I’m aware, Kitty Pride has been 16 -20 for 30 years? Maybe not, it’s been a while since I’ve picked up an X-man.
Am I the only one who likes C.C. St. Croix as a name better than Deus? That’s a freakin’ awesome name, although it does sound a little adult-film-star-ish (which is part of the appeal, I guess.)
That’s probably because of all the people I can think of named St. Something, half of them are porn stars. I tried to look up the ethnic/geographic origin for that name and couldn’t find it, but I didn’t look too hard. Everyone I know of named that looks like they hail from northern Europe, though it wouldn’t surprise me if the name got exported to anywhere missionaries went.
The surname’s French in origin: an abbreviation of (de) Sainte Croix, or (of the) Holy Cross. I’m not sure exactly which other examples you’re thinking of, but all that I’m aware of have similar origins. They’re not exclusive to French-speaking countries/regions, as people have moved about and taken their surnames with them, but are often unusual enough elsewhere to get noticed.
I’m curious if he’s “evil” billionaire like Tomas crown, comic lex Luther or movies lex Luther
What if his real name were Amadeus? You know what, until officially stated otherwise, my headcanon is that his name is Amadeus Xavier Mach.
Good moderating on comment page two. Sorry about that.
Our first page without one of the protagonists. Although I guess that this could well be what one, or more, are watching on TV. So continuity can be consistent.
I haz no internet now. And will be snowed in before I can get a replacement service provider hooked up.
*waves paw bye bye*
See y’all sometime in the future.
Please tell me I’m not the only one who envisions him sounding like Lex Luthor from Justice League animated series
I’d argue that the belief your accomplishments and astonishing hair make you more important than other people counts as “unwarranted” feelings of self-importance. The value of human life isn’t a contest, Deus.
Tell that to the alien overlords who are ranking us all. Line up for your gold star!
I’ve recently started thinking Deus is a completely made up moniker, and his real name is something generic and possibly in common with somebody else who is already famous, like Michael Bolton, Ben Stein, or Kevin Smith – especially someone he does not want to be associated with.