Grrl Power #68 – I guess her other power is harassment.
I like the implied history between Mr. Amorphous and Achilles here. It’s probably nothing I’ll really ever get in to, but I like them referencing some crazy but non-critical-that-you-understand-it backstory. I imagine the incident with the missile involved some precision skydiving or something. I’ll let you fill in the rest. Beyond that, this page is really mostly setup for something later.
This page has some weird layout within the panels, after the little panels of Dabbler’s Science Corner, I massively overestimated the amount of space the word balloons would take up on this page, which is why panel 6 looks like it’s cropped weird. Also the last panel really should have been a shot of the whole interior of the ambulance showing more clearly that she had fallen on Achilles, but I’m getting tired of drawing the oddly blue interior of that vehicle so hopefully that’s the last we’ll see of it.
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That last panel has made me envious of Achilles.
that lucky son of a
Wow those guys are lucky! :D
Every week, I end up in gigglefits on Monday mornings. You made me look forwards to Mondays, Dave, a feat I thought impossible!
And I’m loving Harem more and more.
DaveB. Making our mornings bearable since August 23, 2010.
I ment monday’s bearable.
at least five times as much?
ba-dum ching!
“I’d make an inappropriate comment, but I’m drawin’ a blank here” <– Me in Amorphous' position
“All of a sudden, I have the munchies…”
Hah! Nice. Hmm… Amorphous: “Brook’d rip my face off if she found out aboutt his” Harem: “And…?” Amorphous: “I like my face where it is”
:P
well i have one thing to say,,, agaisnt a cruise misile,,, once its in the air you have almost no chance of catching it,,,, unless you can fly,,, so i think that little past mission is most likely involving trying to stop take,, nearly failed and achile jumping over the open lauch port to head butt the missle to stop it from fireing
stop taking off,,, sorry
Sure, but you’re thinking of a world where no one can fly at supersonic speeds too. Or if you’re already ahead of the missile or watching it take off from an elevated position.
Archilles + Maxima + Fastball Special = ?
Achillies+Maxima=Human Kinetic Kill Vehicle.
Drop him from LEO and he’s a human Thor shot! :)
He could have been the target.
Doubtful – cruise missiles are designed to take out ships or buildings from extreme range. Something small and highly mobile (such as a superhero) might register as a potential interceptor, but not as a viable target. Depending on the quality of missile, it might not even have noticed Achilles until the structural damage tripped its self-destruct.
Actualy im fairly certain a jet comeing from the oposite direction as a cruise missile can have a decent chance of taking out one, also AA missile silos should have a decent chance, and i know aircraft cariers have anti missile minigun emplacements on them for taking down incomeing missiles (more designed for smaller missiles that would be comeing from fighter aircraft, but that should make it even easyer for them to take out a cruise missile as they are much larger)
You mean CWIS It puts High Velocity lead in the path of the incoming target. 20mm or 30mm rounds. I don’t know it it would take out a cruise missile those are like 14 feet long.
thought that was called AEGIS
CIWS stands for “Close In Weapons System”, (radar aimed 25 or 30mm chain gun).
Aegis, based on the name the of mythical shield used in the defeat of the Medusa, is the name for the fleet defense ballistic missile defense system based on the Ticonderoga class cruisers and Arleigh Burk class destroyers. The missile (for example, the Standard) is generally vertically launched from a tubular launcher, to engage targets detected and tracked by such high capability radar systems as the AN/SPY-1. The vertical tubular launch system allows for the ready storage and firing of more missiles than turreted launchers, with greater mechanical simplicity of the launch system.
Given that the system is made to destroy missiles in flight, it follows that it requires a high degree of accuracy under adverse conditions.
A friend of mine who had been in the Army when they still had Nike-Hercules missiles in the field participated in a live-fire test of the system. Over a distance of several hundred miles, the missile his unit fired not only hit the target area, but the missile physically struck the painted 4×4 post that was used as the center point for accurate camera evaluation of the strike. And that was using a truck-mounted vacuum-tube based launch computer, before the creation of the GPS system or missile-mounted terrain-map-matching technologies.
No disrespect meant to Trevor’s reply, which gives similar information.
mmm,,, an inaprotiate comment;;; girl ,if the weight on my face is any indication,,, you weight more then brook!
that’d get you killed buddy.
I like the implied history between Amorph and Achilles.
Keep doing that sort of thing, when appropriate. Somewhere down the road, we can then have flamewars’n’fun trying to fit all that stuff together.
Between the different eye-color and, even more noticably, the dialogue, Achilles identity comes through clearly in the last panel.
The funny thing is that this is the worst possible way to introduce characters, as they’re still in disguise. I’ll actually do a Who’s Who badge for them once those illusions are dropped.
Achilles’ dialog makes me wonder if he’s a punk teenager under that illusion. :)
A real Heel.
not this again… I’m not footing the pun jar bill!
snicker.
Mr Amorphous is definitely me in this situation. Except for the bit about the hot girlfriend, alas, alack.
You should totally keep track of the ARC-SWAT crew’s “unofficial” powers, like Sydney’s atomic breath, Maxima’s “Intimidate civilians” skill and Harems harassment powers…
Oh, and put them on the cast page, with appropriate super-power symbols… ;)
Like that idea! It has boundless comic potential.
Sydney would be a veritable powerhouse – she’d max out the unofficial powerscale ;)
Just look at what we’ve seen so far:
*Atomic Breath
*Sonic Indecency Tirade
*Tongue Fu ;)
*Taunting
And all-around weapons-grade crazy :)
Not to forget, Hero baiting
I’ll take improbability drive and psi scramble for the block alex. what syd you don’t have sole claim to silly cultural references- hmmm not bad for a breath weapon syd but try this binary plasma napalm….. OK we friends now.
Well I’m sure this will be the highlight of their day.
ZOMG!! You gave her freckles in this strip!! >_<
She’s always had them, but in other pages I probably drew them too small so once I scaled the page down they were too hard to see. I made them bigger this time, so if you look at the working file for this page at 100% it looks like she’s covered in moles.
On this body, they look a lot like liver spots :( Maybe if you tinted ’em more red? That’s a major reason this copy looked older to me.
Yeah I’m super bad at drawing age in a face, though I think I’m better than most mangas, in which there are only 5 ages.
1) Main character age – supposedly 11-15, though they have much more developed bodies, at least the girls do to a creepy degree
2) Older classmate age – you know, the seniors, the student council president (unless the president is an ancient vampire stuck in the body of an 8 year old… which happens a surprising amount really)
3) Teacher/Parent age – supposedly middle aged but look 20 at most.
4) Old person – see #3 but with gray sideburns and a few lines on the face
5) Shriveled prune – Ojiisan, etc.
Still, drawing a 19 year old is tough. Sydney’s 22 but she’s supposed to look young, and she’s got more of a anime look to her anyway.
It’s funny you should mention Manga …. I recently saw a few episodes of an anime called Strike Witches … and all the girls acting like they were 13, they had a mix between super busty adult and creepy pedophile bodies. Didn’t get better when they went for a panty shot … which they did .. a lot !!! :(
And then one of them starts emo’ing about loosing her power because she was growing old .. ayup, she was near the ripe old age of .. twenty !
Total age dissonance there.
Compaired to that, you are doing mighty fine here. :D
@Harem
Darlin’ <-Nuff Said!
That IS break room banter… and I haven’t worked in any weird places, I’m simply not surrounded by prudes lol Although they think I am a prude… meh.
God I sound like a fat male nerd pretending to be a hot girl there! I’m just a girl… nerdy and taken and sort of plain… saved?
You’re probably alright. ^^
lol I was starting to think I was the only girl reading this.
There needs to be more stuff for females as this page seems to only be directed at males.
Agreed. Though I knew other girls read it: my best friend does.
Yeah unfortunately the pacing of the comic has prevented me from fully introducing the cast, though I’m getting there. Neither Maxima nor Sydney are “typical females” in a lot of ways, beyond them having powers, and to be honest I don’t know how good I’ll be at writing that sort of stuff. I definitely want to avoid the problems noted in the Bechdel Test i.e. I don’t want them sitting around talking about their boyfriends all the time or anything. If you’re wanting a little eye candy of the male persuasion, that’s coming. Much of that will be informed by Gold Digger I suspect, so if you’re looking for a fix, I’d recommend checking that out.
Although I guess I take “stuff for females” to mean jokes and dialog that is specifically written to female interests vs. stuff that not written specifically to male interests. I mean, everyone enjoys a good joke, or is Amy wanting shirtless guys in tight jeans? :)
If they have very strong muscles that would be neat to see. But girl talk would be good too. I do get my fix of that from a comic called https://www.candicomics.com/ . You do not have to be more like the comic if you do not want to. I am still a fan of this comic. This page just seems to be geared toward the male fans but that is not a bad thing. elgoonish shive does the same thing a lot but he does some good cute stuff that I like.
Oh that said cute is good.
I don’t know about Amy but a little from coloumn a and a little from column b. I like that I can relate q bit to Sydney (I’m not as much of a spaz but still). I do want romantic subplots. I like o have a good mixture of romance, comedy, action (Oxford comma) and drama. That being said you don’t need to cater to the whims of each and everyone of your fans, else your comic will crash.
You’re right, I have to stick to my vision for the comic, and there will be some romantic subplots and so much other stuff that I haven’t had a chance to touch on yet. I can’t wait to get to the reveal and get all the set up done with.
I can not disagree with you at all. I did say he does not have to change his comic for me. I still like this comic as it is funny.
Oh and ya I can so relate to Sydney as well. Although I can not handle spicy food but my brother can.
Fun boobies
(In reply to “I’m not going anywhere until I hear something inappropriate”)
“In which case, I’m definitely not going to say anything!”
Which would probably count as the needed inappropriate comment. ;)
Inapropate comment #1: So, what do for the people your actualy dating? Because, if this is how you great your coworkers, dating you could put a guy in traction.
“So, What do you do” I realy should start proofreading these things before I send them out.;>
And the word is spelled “greet”, which means “say hello” as opposed to “great” which means “wonderful” or “awesome”.
Or “large”. Sometimes I’m a bit slow myself.
She must have been a porn star at one time not to take offense to that.
Oh and I still think it would be cool if Max really was her Mother. It would lead to a lot of funny moments.
I am trying to put my self in Harem’s place and I think I would be super embarrassed. My face would turn so red I would look like a huge apple or some thing else that is red. I think I would be a bit upset at Max too.
well,, that would be unlikely,,, as if i recall cortectly,, she is underage by american standards,,, but i have to say with her power she must be alot more,,,free,, with her body,,,,,i mean she get to see how it l;ooks from the outside point of view and beside as dave said she is kind of a sensation junkie,,,cannot get enough new experience,,,,, wich make me wonder,,, with powers like her she can give a whole new dimention to the sentence, playing with herself!
American rules for ‘underage’ are complex (depending on what State you are in, the State you are from, and the age of the other partner), but generally she wouldn’t be underage at 19.
unless trying to buy alcohol .
Well, the place she is now working at should be racy enough, with a sucumbus as a co-worker break room talk could get realy intresting.
So. When Harem makes a new copy of herself… another copy is destroyed? What a shame. Some of them so far have been really pretty.
By the way: How is Harem planning to unleash payback on Maxima? o_ò She pretty much admitted no one can wind the Colonel up like Sidney’s been doing, and I don’t give her very high odds for doing anything to Maxima physically, not with her ability to boost her physical stats.
You are forgetting practical jokes and/or embarrassment. ^_~
I was thinking the same thing too but Max is too fast for a whoopee cushion. No, the best thing to do would be to wait until Max and Sydney were on a long road trip to a mission and siphon the gas tank so they would be stranded together ….. for hours. With any luck Max will be too much of a basketcase to figure out whodunnit :)
Ooh! I like that scenario! :D
Except, Max can fly, and possibly Sydney as well, after the big reveal.
What about locker room stuff? I’m pretty sure girls play pranks on each other in the locker room. I’ll leave it up to your imagination what they could do.
in response to maxima being to fast for a whoopee cushion: Fear Vomit
Nyxrain that IS a practical joke. ROFL. Why do so many people think the only jokes you can do are store bought [shakes head]. I once played a practical joke on one of my RA’s at the dorm where I borrowed a half dozen alarm clocks and set them for 15 minute intervals starting at 3 am then hid them around his dorm room. He was out drinking at the time. Trouble is I should have chosen 4 or 5 am because he didn’t get back till just after 3 am. I didn’t plan that one out too well but it was a great idea and the whole dorm got a laugh out of it.
My biggest laugh was one of the alarm clock though. I borrowed it from one of the Japanese students (an extremely beautiful young lady too). It was in the shape of a chicken and the alarm clucked and crowed to wake you up (The Snooze button was even the cock’s comb on top of the head. Funniest alarm clock I’ve ever seen.).
That reminds me of the stuff that I hear MIT students pull on their dorm mates. Putting together an entire car in your dorm room, filling the entire room with jello, or a joke that gets played in the special forces, as the victom is sleeping they use fishing line to lift everything in the room until he is three inches from the celing. Now those are some good ways for her to get back at Maxima.
So, Harem just gets Sydney on her side and have Sydney do it.
Actually, now that I think about it, I think Harem and Sydney could get along quite well.
No, Harem does not have to destroy copies when she teleports. She can have up to 5 bodies out at once.
Well, so far she can have 5 separate copies. For all we know that number may change as she matures/her powers evolve. Remember she’s only 19 right now.
and this goes back to the earlier discussion of her powers (momentum control, not jumping to occupied point)
Girls who Shoulderboob co-workers are harder to offend than others. And with five brains to put to the task, I’m sure Harem can think of a way to ruffle Max’s feathers.
one brain, basically in five locations.
more like networked computing, one os with 5 towers. for the non geeks/nerds, you’re just here for the hot girls, what do you care about the science.
pffft i’m here for the superpowers! well came for the superpowers lots of reasons to stay
D: ouch….while I consider myself a touch on the side of math nerd and/or geek (everyone’s interpretations are different) I don’t think I qualify for either…and as I am strictly straight and a female, I am not here for the “extra” qualities of the females…
so you’re statement is in error dragonking d; I do not technically count as a nerd or geek, and I am not here for the girls lol
oops….forgot to add; but I stil enjoy the science *major sci-fi reader fan-like-person* >.> so yeah….I still enjoy the brain behind the busts….
or whatever, was going mainly for alliteration there, sigh, oh well *shrugs with palms up and a “what-can-you-do?” expression* lol
enh, anyways, I do enjoy the science, as well as making my own theories from time to time d;
So… you’re saying Harem is Scatterbrained?
*rimshot*
that a full band of harem turns into a song intro.
Inapropriate comment from me (That I wouldn’t say for obvious reasons.) “Stay right there, I could always use more floss!”
Harem FTW!! love the Freckles
Lol Even I’m a little envious of those two. XP I’d rather not have my face sat on, but the freckled-boobie-pillow-face-plant I can’t say I’d be against. XD
I have to admit… When I saw the first panel, and noticed what Amorpheus later commented on, for a moment I thought her ‘uniform’ was going commando…
…A guy can hope, right?
” I had thought you would be more of a thong girl. ”
Inappropite comments can be fun when one knows that one wont get fired for it.
Possibly the funniest webcomic of all the Intertubes put together….
Thanks! Hopefully you’ll enjoy the page that this one sets up as well. :)
SQ is right, this webcomic is in my top five list. I only wish it posted more. But I know DaveB has a regular job, and if he tried to post faster it would effect the artwork. By the way, your one of the best webcomic artist out there in my opinion.
Thanks a lot guys I really appreciate it. Of course as an artist I have to disagree, but then I guess artists are never really satisfied with their work. Part of my problem is that I like too many different art styles, which I suppose is why Sydney is manga and Maxima is Marvel, if you get what I mean.
Actually being able to change your draw style is actually really helpful and really skillful. I’ll be curious to see how you refine your work in the future.
And the clash of styles makes me think I’m reading some kind of comic mashup, which is fun ;) There isn’t such a great disparity in the art that it detracts to the look of it. But your audience is mostly webcomic readers (I think) which means I think your readers will be used to the variance you’ve shown.
But why is she hanging out in the ambulance? Aren’t they worried about the paramedics coming back in?
She’s trying to get the memory stick back in the recorder but keeps getting knocked around. It’s not like she can’t disappear if she hears someone grab the handle of the door. She doesn’t leave any obvious tell tale behind like Nightcrawler.
I can just imagine ” OK, who farted? It smells like rancid eggs in here!”
I love how young Harem looks when she’s surprised. All the “sophisticated-experienced-woman” front just blinks out for a second, leaving a teenager to cope.
well she is a teenager. Dave did a much better job of showing that this time around
In this page she pretty much looks like a teenager throu out the entire page. She basicly looks like a girl in her late teens who wants to be seen as an adult around her co-workers, who are mostly in their mid to late twenties and many have military experience.
I just thought of something. What will be Sydney’s reaction to Dabbler considering her geek background?
I could just see her trying to figure out Dabbler’s hit points based on her racial mix and the D&D stats for those races. :D
after waving an improvised crucifix at her screaming “Begone Satan!!!”
Or Glomphing her to make sure she’s real.
Considering that Sydney pulled pom-poms out of thin air, I think it might be a real crucifix rather than an improvised one.
I made the forum topic for this.
https://community.910cmx.com/index.php?/topic/12507-comic-december-5-2011/
Sydney to Maxima: dare you to juggle that ambulance, the newsvan and the cop’s car.
Scary thought.
but also absolutely hilarious to watch! XD
They have a word for that sort of incident. The Noodle Incident.
Some folks just deal with certain things differently than others do. A very dear friend of mine from many years ago while at a local sci fi con lost his loin cloth to which he said something to the effects of that it your fired picking the offending article up and tossing it in the trash and then went and got a towel.
Personally having had a kilt blow up while walking up stairs you simple just keep going to hell with what others see if they like it they can ask for the number later. as long as they are gals that is.
Guido
At a con I went to a somewhat overweight gentleman dressed as Satan came by. Aside from the cape and horns he had somehow glued a black patch over his loins (no straps, I’m guessing Spirit Gum like makeup artists use).
When he passed by a friend of mine named Jim said “See you in Church tomorrow. There is NO way I’m going to Hell if that’s waiting on me.”
heheh.
Max after prank: “Achilles don’t make me get Amorph and hog-tie you again!”
Achilles: “We promised never to speak of that again!”
*Syd and Heat look at each other*
Together: “Max, 10 bucks if you do it.”
“How is that a threat?”
“Uh…”
Yeah, that made me laugh out loud.
Interesting, I thought Dabbler was suppose to be the oversexed one of the group, but then again when you choose you’re super name to be “Harem,” I suppose that leaves a few hints.
From the bios, I think it can be better stated as ‘Maxima’s the straitlaced one’.
I think it will be quiet amusing when Harem and Sydney meet, and Harem learns that Syd is actually older than she is.
They seem to act around the same age.
He certainly won’t be complaining!
I almost forgot Harem faceboob FTW!
I had a thought. Did she turn the black box back on when she put the modified tape in?
I don’t think that Harem has even had a chance to pt it in yet, with all the jostling around she had. the first scene it’s in her hand as she’s sitting on Amorph’s face, then she stands up to smooth out her skirt and is tossed into Achilles for the boob/face-plant… i think the thing may even have been lost in the shuffle as well.