Grrl Power #75 – At least sell ArcNuggets
I had this page written, penciled and inked when I realized I forgot to include Maxima explaining the “Archon” on the building. Luckily I had a big establishing shot of the lobby which you can’t see anymore. Well it’s not the last time we’ll be here I imagine. Plus now I can touch it up a little since my architectural skills are slightly less advanced that a kid with Duplo blocks. Not lego mind you. Duplo.
Getting all this explanation out of the way is going to make for a short press conference, or at least to the reader, since I’ll be able to sum it all up with a “One Explanation Later” caption. That actually makes for better pacing though, so let’s tell everyone who’s a new reader by then that I planned it that way.
Oh and Maxima covering up her face with her salute? That’s called poor planning. Learn from my mistakes. Also, drawing people salute is surprisingly challenging. Especially from that angle.
I know Sydney’s head looks weird on the first panel and I forgot ‘co-ed’s’ glasses, I’ll fix that.
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lol i love sidney’s grin in last panel,, even tought it almost hidden by her hair
I’m not sure how long it will be before this msg gets read, but, hey, Sydney certainly has super-powerful resistance to very spicy food.
Like how Sydney does that thing with her hair in frame 2 & 3.
It did that on its own… she didn’t even have to touch it… tells you how dedicated she is to that hairstyle…XD
Ya reminds me of cat ears.
you know what,, i am starting to wonder if sidney aint using her telekinetic powers on her air on some uncounscious level,,,, that would explain some of her hair reactions :),,, like panel 2 to 3 of this page
basicly it looks like they were windswept hard in travel,, causing the hairdo we first see in this page,, but then they,,, pop,, back into palce,, and considering the way her hair often reflect her amotions or well just act in way hair doesnt,, i wouldnt be surprised if she was indeed using her telekinetic ability to move them ,, even if its uncounsciously,, a bit like ryoko did with her belt in tenchi muyo,, she would wave it around like it was a tail using her telekinetic powers
She was just wearing a hat before she came in.
It is standard procedure to uncover when entering a building unless you are standing at post, but this was probably an accident on Dave’s part.
Actually, Sydney lost the hat (and Maxima reclaimed it) two ‘issues’ back…
True enough. Navy wise, you only uncover after you ‘cross the quarterdeck’ of the building, that is, you stop and salute the Petty Officer Of the Deck and request permission to come aboard.
I’m not sure how they do it in the other branches, but if this was run like the Navy, Maxima would have had to remain covered until she saluted the woman at the desk.
max by army regs was required to wear headgear at all times in uniform outdoors and to remove the hat within 6 steps or 30 seconds of entering the building. also any non com (e rank) in uniform is required to go to attention and salute when max or any o rank gets within about 10-20 feet and wait for max or other o rank to return and drop the salute before non com may drop theirs.
Max would have trouble keeping the hat on while flying regs or no.
Tactile telekinesis.
Though that’s not to say some of the others might have problems, in which case they’d probably be allowed to take their hat off while flying.
As for the salute, imagine a baseball cap, with hthe brim. Your fingers touch just under it next to your forehead, With all fingers, touching the bill.
Vietnam War Era Veteran, 1973-1975.
wait really? i thought that was her tail.
nope,, she doesnt have a tail,,, she just used telekinesis on the loose part of her belt to make it act like one :)
ryoko wad a belt with a artaficial tail on it that she manipulated with either TK or a direct impulse similar to dabblers cybertail.
I like how Harem just happens to stands there when they talk about aggravating personalties.
Which Harem is that one again? I forgot what they/she were called.
that is suposed to be schoolgirl harem
altough it may be easier to diferenciate using hair color::
red harem= ”original harem”
purple harem= punk/uniform harem
blond harem = vogue harem
black harem =gothic harem
white harem= schoolgirl harem
Thanks, Maby DaveB can put up a little whos what board on the harem board.
I see he already did most of it, I was thinking of a little name under each picture.
Yeah, she’s a confusing character, people need all the help they can get with her. While the chokers help with her, I do need to keep in mind that people aren’t privy to my though processes when I’m drawing, so stuff that’s obvious to me won’t always translate to the page.
I also notice White Harem is missing the glasses she was wearing when she face-planted a cupboard as Maxima wedgied Punk Harem four ‘issues’ back…
She probable damaged them
Well she realy didn’t need them anyway, they were just so she could look cute and brainy.
Red hair – Original Harem, also called Farmer’s daughter
Blonde hair – Vogue
Purple/black long hair – Goth
Purple/pink short spiky hair – Punk (or military)
White hair – Co-ed (affectionately known as schoolgirl, it seems)
why is Harem useing the elevator?
There was the logical (if bureaucratic) necessity to register Sidney at the entry and get her visitor’s pass, and now that they’re in the lobby, with the possible intention of recruiting Sidney, why not start showing her the ‘official procedures’ without drawing the General’s wrath?
D’OH! I misread the question as why MAXIMA is using the elevator.
If Harem teleports everywhere, that’s a lot of exercise she’ll have to make up somehow, and a lot of missed opportunity for social experience and so on.
That or she’s in the habit of teleporting into spots just ahead of other people’s paths in order to facilitate human interaction. Or she just can’t teleport anywhere unless she has a direct line of sight, like when she needed to see the inside of the ambulance in order to show up there.
but as for the exercise thing… what if it takes a decent amount of energy to teleport?
I’d imagine that using 4 or 5 times the normal amount of brain usage, just for basic functions (such as breathing) across all 5 bodies, would burn a decent amount of calories too.
Most body functions like breathing are automatic body functions, that don’t need concious control. So that’s not realy a problem for Harem. Keeping five or more conversations going at once wile remembering what each body is supposed to do next is pretty hard though. Good thing for her she has five brains to do all that processing.
It is standard procedure to have new people entering a goverment building to sign in and have a visitors badge given to them. Expecialy post 9/11.
There are a few ocassions when this dosn’t happen, but those ocasions are either emergency situations, or as a prisoner.
Plus the badge usualy has a GPS moniter in it so they can keep track of outsiders going around in their building.
I’m guessing not GPS. I mean do you have what kind of error those things have? Well okay, these guys probably have access to milspec units and I’ve only used civilian GPS which is deliberately crippled, but it’s still probably not precise enough to locate someone in a building with the desired degree of accuracy. You’d get better results with an RFID tag on the badge and detectors scattered throughout the building.
That’s what I ment. I’m not familiar with a lot of technology myself, sorry.
The military GPS is supposed to be much better at both keeping location an the degree of accuracy.
mil spec GPS can tell you within 1 foot on terrain and altitude for a vehical moving 25-30 MPH for about 2 hours before error grows to about 15 feet then needs the vic to stop to pull the error back down to 1 foot. there are vics that rate at inches and can maintain longer periods at higher speed without lost accuracy but they are for SF units.
She probably just wanted to be the first to get a look at the ‘new kid’, remember she still believies Syd is a teenager.
I am disappointed that she didn’t port in though. I would have loved to have seen Syd’s reaction to that!
Because that would be impolite?
Looks like a big movie theatre in there. A ticket booth and everything.
i also love maxima’s reaction to the arc-burger idea:)
not to mention her telling sidney she has no power,,,,, i wonder exactl;y how she know,,, i men with the rarity of supers i doubt its easy telling whobhas andf who has not from what we have seen of sidney so far,,, beside who is to say her power aint specific enough to affect only a specific kind of material,, matertial of wich the tube would be filled so she can use them,,,, i know it aint the case,,, just saying
Maby she has senses that can pick up when a super is near her, or if someone give off a powers vibe.
or as joel said,, aparently all super are extremely photogenic and good looking,, so maxima figured it how that way :)
It’s been stated that having super powers make you incredibly photogenic. IE: Like any comic book superhero. Sydney looks like the stick-that-walks.
So Maxima is making an educated guess based on what she knows and Sydneys dialogue “Now you know why they are on the list.”
I think they should run with the arc-branding thing.
So if Sydney hurts her foot she can use an arcane to get her to the arcar. Or have arcpizza with archovies. Or … well, you get the idea.
Thans folks I’ll be here all week! Try the arclamb.
*Grabs Sydney and gives her a Heimlech, causing a cloud of pepper-bees to chase Andor*
And somebody should hit you with an Arclight.
Or an Arc-hammer. :) Maybe an Arc-welder if you get real vicious.
I read it that way at first, too. But then I realized she’s urging her to admit her powers by suggesting the opposite is true. “You don’t want to report any powers that we can register and make use of, do you?”
I think she is implying that her powers, if she has any come from what is in the tube.
Or maybe, Max has deduced that if Sydney had powers, she would have used them when she went into BERZERK mode during the “bank robbery.”
Did… did Sydney use the muscles of her forehead associated with eyebrow movement to flip her bangs back into place? WTF?!
i think its more like i said on third comment
That was the elevator stopping. Apparently it moves way too fast for my comfort.
She stepped into the lobby. Actually, changes in air humidity can do that to your hair, especially if your hair isn`t curly by itself.
So the building isn’t over a mall? From the looks of the reception area I would hate to be someone who comes in to complain about something. I’d be afraid they would shoot me through those windows.
mmm,, is it me or are sidney’s glasses getting lower and lower as time pass,,, thy used to be right in front of ehr eyes,,, with the nose bridge about half way to the lenses,, but now they are way lower with bridge high on the lenses,,
Happens all the time with me. They just hang on the little knobby end of your nose untill they fall off, or you push them back up.
no, anon means the ~Construction~ has changed. originally the bridge was about the middle. Now they’re very close to the top. The bridge has ~physically~ moved on the glasses.
maybe the glasses are part of her disguise? a manifestation of the tube, with it putting out a subtle persuasion mind-control like aura that makes people ‘remember’ that she’s ‘always’ had glasses whenever she isn’t using her powers?
idk, i’m just complicating things.
Heh, it’s just me not referencing old pages as often as I should.
lol,, i just saw that dave added the maxima puzzled look to the top banner from when sidney does her matrix dodge :)
No, it came loos from her scrunchy. At least I think it did.
Sorry, this was supposed to go in The Aussie Bloke’s comment about Sydneys hair.
mmm,, another tought,,, maxima finaly reclaimed her hat,,,, where did she put it?
Probably in one of those cargo pockets on her pants.
Yeah I kept forgetting to draw it tucked under her shoulder strap so we’ll just say it’s in a pocket now.
why is a harem in the elevator? because sometimes even supers just want to feel normal. Also, there could be some kind of company policy dictating excessive use of powers or something, kind of like what Joel was talking about early on if I remember right… or was that the other superpowered webcomic I read,.. hmm…
Maby to meet up with Maxima and Sydney so she could escort them to the generals office.
If I could teleport, I know I would do it just to get form my chair to the fridge for a snack. And than teleport back to my chair.
Though it might get old after a few years, I would atleast do it to prevent walking stairs/waiting in an elevator
Getting rid of garbage or trash would be a lot easier too! :)
I I could teleport, I would pop from my couch-with-mini-fridge-in-front-of-the-telly to the gym for daily excersises and right back again. ;-)
Maybe she can just teleport up and down if the angle is not too steep?
considering her proclivities, she may just have a thing for elevators…
Looking good.
Arc-burgers?!? Dearie dearie me. I can see Sydney going overboard with the Arc-words as time goes by.
Ummm, what happened to Max’s hat? She got it back, after all.
According to Pickle (and Dave has confirmed), it’s in one of her pockets.
Welcome to the Arcswat entrance. All shopping civilians should be pointed to the mall entrance round the other side of the building.
Due to the risk of encountering civies at the entrance of the building, all super powered personnel should refrain from using their powers around this location.
Arianna requests that all super powered personnel please use the doors and roof exit. She already gained an extra window through an unauthorised exit, and we lost several important documents.
For any further enquires, please speak to the receptionist.
If we didn’t know Arianna was essentially Baseline, I’d think that ‘unauthorised exit’ was in fact hers, with a bit of assistance from one of the more volatile-tempered Empowered. Having said which, Archon may issue its non-flying personnel with some sort of levitation-parachute for emergencies.
Hahaha, Max’s eyes in that last panel! Perfect timing by Sydney and Harem, I think, that panel really made me laugh.
I’m glad, I wound up reworking the dialog on the last 2 panels about 3 times.
Keep doing that, it’s what makes it so great. Even if you think something is perfect, try three more times. if you can’t do any better, keep what you had.
Works perfectly, I think. Plus it’s good character development, since Sydney is aware of her personality traits that make her so loved by us all, and Max is both really perceptive and knows how crazy things can get and isn’t afraid to vocalise it.
From the last panel, it does look like Maxima finds Sydney less annoying than Harem! :)
the clothing pattern of the shirt Harem wears continues in her face
It’s not a clothing pattern, it’s that grid of shadow you see also being cast on the wall behind her.
no check the floor too its a wierd shadow effect from aprocsamatly overhead light source.
I’ve seen that kind of patterning in old goverment buildings ehere they have a screen over the lights. Usualy when the lights are at a low intensity.
Yeah it’s supposed to be a grid below the lights in the elevator, but it makes it look like a cargo lift. My panel layout and coloring skills being what they are, I didn’t think it was obvious she was in the elevator after the doors opened, so I put the different lighting in the elevator. Maybe I was over thinking it, but now I’m compelled to do grid shadows every time they’re in the elevator. :P
woah, cool
I guess I didn’t see anything to cause a shadow, and thought it an error
Well the building is still under construction, you could change it any time you wanted and just say it was part of the redesighn.
They usually solve that problem by showing the panel with buttons for each (alternate) floor. ;-) You`ve chosen a solution that is very tricky to draw.
Duplo is Lego tho.
Duplo fits onto normal Lego. Duplo has a 2:1 size ratio compared to normal Lego. Doesn’t work the other way round since the Duplo nubs are obviously twice the size of normal Lego.
Being Danish I’m required by law to know stuff about Lego :3
Interesting fact, Duplo is twice the size of normal Lego, but Quatro is twice the Duplo, making them 4 times the size of normal Lego. Guess how they got those names :D
Quatro was sadly discontinued half a decade ago.
And here I thought Quatro was either a model of car by Audi or the name of one of the Pilots from “Endless Waltz”.
No, Quatro is the stagename of Susan Kay. :-)
It can work the other way (LEGO onto DUPLO), or at least it does using the vintage of blocks I had accumulated by about ten years ago. It requires a bit of a trick: put a 2×2 full-height LEGO block over each DUPLO nub, and you can build up from there.
Indeed, but it’s only blocks with side lengths that are multiples of 2 that works onto duplo, so 1×2 3×2 ect doesn’t work, so it’s not a complete compatibility.
If I remember correctly, don’t the little cylinders on the underside of the LEGO brick interfere with the DUPLO nub for any size over 2×2? I think I always had to put that ‘adapter’ layer in between (which often meant no more 2x2s left for higher up the tower).
I wonder how Sydney and Harem are going to get along.
i would say like oil and vinegar
so quite well, just need to give them the occasional shake
I’d be more interested on how Syd and Dabbler get along.
and theres the lovable purple shaker
well,, the real saying is we get along like oil and vinegar,, we work together but dont mix!
Who’s the oil, and who’s the vinegar?
Its goes without saying… so I am not saying ^_^
*Whacks a Thrud and makes them go THUD*
I seem to remember a game called “Whack-a-Thrudd” but I’m old and I could be wrong, :)
I really like what you did with Maxima’s eyes in the last panel.
Yeah, looking at Harem like that. I didn’t see it untill you mentioned it.
I’m trying to remember what my father told me about the protocol for saluting. Maxima doesn’t need to salute the woman in the booth (officers generally don’t salute subordinates outside of a ceremony), and saluting is generally not done indoors unless the officer is wearing a hat I think. It always bugs him when he sees them getting it wrong in the movies.
Unrelated note, is it a rock in the tube?
My first thought was also vague wonder at the saluting receptionist. Since it’s indoors (is it, protocol-technically speaking?) she wouldn’t wear a hat (and that implies Max would’ve taken hers off?), and I’d expect she would usually sit (though these things are usually raised a bit), and perhaps as a result not be required to salute. As it’s lower that salutes higher (who then return the salute) and receptionists aren’t usually very high up, she’d never get any work done. Note that I don’t actually know the details in this, but there’s bound to be people around who do know this sort of thing.
Your guess is as good as mine. Seriously most of my military experience comes from Stargate SG-1 so… Come to think of it, I guess they didn’t wear hats indoors much did they? I didn’t pay much attention to the ranks of office functionaries either. :P
Yes, it’s technically incorrect. The receptionist should not be wearing her cover unless outside or carrying a side-arm and actively using it in a law enforcement, security, or escort capacity (she’s doing none of these). Even if the kiosk is outside, she’s still inside. It’s certainly possible that a local procedure is in place that compels military guards/receptionists will salute incoming officers (or maybe she’s just new and nervous), however; and once a salute is rendered, it must be returned (thus the shot of both saluting).
Fair enough. I may fix that some time this week as well, though then we won’t see her sweet beret. I do love it when comics go down some rabbit hole, like how all of Masamune Shirow’s books (Appleseed, Ghost in the Shell, etc) will actually burn comic time talking about the virtues of the firing pin configuration of this gun vs. that or whatever. I don’t have that sort of expertise at much of anything really, so I should at least strive to get the basics right, eh?
Just ask around. As the comments show, plenty of your readers are in the know about this kind of thing, and would gladly provide the relevant information if asked.
Security such as being entry guard to a highly secured facility? The last place I worked, the receptionist was part of security.
It’s kind of a grey area, but in this case, probably not, though the guys at the balistraria do qualify…
another very simple answer is that ARC regs allow covers on all personnel at any time – especially in the case of cool berets
the cover may be duty uniform and as for saluting both are in uniform so even with out the beret the desk clerk should salute an officer. but thanks for calling it as max is under arms (her pistol) she is still authorized to wear her cover indoors by army regs.
I asked my father (veteran of the Marines), you salute a superior if:
1. Under arms (guard duty, etc).
2. Wearing a hat outdoors.
You don’t salute indoors if you are not under arms.
Presumably you’re pretty much always wearing a hat outside unless you’re out for a jog or digging foxholes or something? I wasn’t planning on drawing helmets on everyone, except for the armored ‘regulars’ in the unit.
Come to think of it, I guess the guys up in the firing ports would have to salute… unless they have orders to be wary at all times and don’t take your hands off their weapons when there are people in there.
Actually, a few more questions about dress code, since it beats pouring through a government written manual.
Since the person in the pillbox thing there is basically public facing (receptionist) would she be asked to keep her hat on? Also around what rank would she be? You can’t see it but she’s got sergeant stripes on her shoulder flap thingy at the moment. Also, do women in dress uniform have to wear skirts still? I don’t want to sound massively sexist by saying I hope so, cause that’s a thing that Max’ll object to for sure.
If this is using standard military rules, entry control is not really security (with regard to use of arms), so even if armed, does not require use of a cover (actually, even those under arms are not “required” to cover up, they are simply *allowed* to).
Appropriate rank would normally range from E-2 to E-4, AF Airman through Staff Sergeant, Army/Marine Private through Sergeant, but more commonly at the lower end of the scale (possibly higher at a high-vis unit like this). Dress Blues/Class As/Service Dress does include an option for women to wear skirts, but is not required, and seems a bit like overkill. More likely uniform combination for such a position would be Blues/Class Bs (i.e. same uniform shirt & pants/skirt, but not jacket). A likely possibility, though is the purple uniform IS the class B, and the shirt is also dark Purple. If this is the case, then there’s likely a contrasting jacket (based on what we’ve seen of the utility uniform that Max wears, I’d recommend the Service Coat then be in green).
With regard to customs/courtesies/institutional issues, truth be told there’s not a lot for a rabid feminist to rail about in the modern military. It’s true that the numbers still stack against women, but for the most part, the obstacles have been removed. The promotion systems are about as fair as they can be while still including human beings in the process; and it’s simply a matter of time before relative equity *within the community* exists (fact of life: fewer women are interested in pursuing a career in combat arms, just as fewer men are interested in pursuing a career in elementary education – that doesn’t mean either community is inherently discriminatory against the minority participant).
Side note on the beret: I’ve commented on this elsewhere, but there’s nothing that says you can’t make the cover a strictly optional item. I’ve ranted in the past that if I were in charge, there would be no military covers except in safety and ceremonial situations.
depends on what level of importance or level command the post falls under company being posted alone e 4-6 bat e 5-6 brigade or above e 6-7 or o 1 higher importance can have higher rank watch up to matching brigade+ but thats rare event normaly group of 2-3 soldiers on duty desk comp or bat 1 e 5-6 and runners e 1-4 brigade e 5-7 and runners e 3-4.
Jee has gotten me beat on details. I’m only a Corps brat, but I haven’t noticed anything in ARC’s background which says all its members must be American. If they headhunt talent from other militaries and PMCs then protocol might be lax enough to allow each member to carry out their duties and dress according to the regulations they learned when first inducted into their own militaries. That way, if you occasionally flub a detail about clothing or salutes, you can just find a military in which that behavior is acceptable and say that’s where they came from. They’re more focused on results than being shiny on parade, right?
Yeah, they’re really cops with military structure and backing. I don’t usually think of cops as being particularly concerned with the crease in their pants and a whole lot of saluting, unless they’re at an awards thing or a funeral. Maxima runs a fairly relaxed environment except for in certain cases, like when they’re in dress uniforms, and the General, who I need to name, lets her run it however she wants within certain tolerances, as he’s more of a Washington liaison than someone who gets involved in the day to day stuff.
General Eisenhower, He hates it because people keep asking if he’s any relation. ^_~ OK seriously then, I’m assuming the General isn’t super himself BTW. Here’s a few to consider. :)
Scott, Flint, Hector (Ben Bova had a character named Hector H Hector once), Dunn, Pemberton (Sylvester A Pemberton might be funny), Beauregard, Schmitz, O’Brien (I actually knew a young lady once whose parents hung the name Demon O’Brien on), Belvedere, Archer, S. Murphy (Don’t call him Papa Smurf), Fire (possible if he has NA ancestry), Zaleski or Gonzaleskivi, just to name a few off the top of my head.
General Nicholas Tortelli. ;>
General Jaeger. His parents came from South America. He’s a bit touchy about that.
hows brigadier general dorseil (other than colorful with green hair highlights) he may even like being refered to in this.
DaveB remember this is your universe you can have the military protocols and dress code be any thing you want,if you want them saluting indoors and the female dress unform to be a skirt to annoy maxima then do it that way.
I’m former Navy myself and I agree with Jee about the ranks of watchstanders. However, when standing watch on a ship’s quarterdeck or a major Naval building such as Base Operations (where base admin & the C.O. is), there are usually two watchstanders, E-2 to E-4 to handle normal traffic, and either a senior non-com usually an E-7, or a junior officer O-3 or O-4 to handle anything unexpected.
About covers indoors, if the the ‘reception’ is considered a watch station, then the ‘receptionist’ is required to wear a cover.
At the risk of over-simplifying, perhaps:
a) The receptionist salutes everybody in uniform, because she encounters a large number of different people from different traditions, and probably even from different countries. “Just salute everybody” seems like a wise SOP in that case.
b) Maxima, of course, needs to return the salute.
Is THAT a salute? I thought Maxima was just adjusting her glasses and the receptionist was fiddling with her ear-piece. (Hint: in most services I am familiar with – agreeably not that many – the elbow should be in line with the shoulders. That is, it should be completely sideways. Maxima`s military reflexes would have her stand far enough from Sydney to avoid elbowing her to the side of her head.) Then again, this might simply be a way of saluting that I am not familiar with. :-) It might also be trickier to draw, especially when you show a person from the left, like the receptionist.
Also, Maxima would stand at attention when saluting properly, which means with head straight i.s.o. slightly leaning forward. Then again, rolled up sleeves, no shirt, exposed belly button…? Looks like Maxima just isn`t into formalities. :-)
I don`t remember it being stated in which country (real or invented) this is, but the situation is giving some hints on that. As for the beret thing, living in a country that was occupied during WWII, we weren`t allowed to carry our berets under our epaulets (I don`t know the English word for that one, but it seems to me ‘shoulder straps’ are for bras and the like) because that is how the Germans wore them, and the civilians didn`t like seeing them that way. In either case (under the epaulet, or in the cargo pocket) the emblem would be left showing, as in sticking out.
I now have weird fantasy about the receptionist wearing nothing but boxer shorts below that jacket. :-P
So, wait, they’re putting on/taking off a five pointed star in a hexagon outside, but inside there’s a five pointed star in a pentagon within a circle. Damn I love government planning!
Actually I guess it’s consistent with the patches on their uniforms, but still..
Also, I love that the lobby doubles as a kill-box with those armed guards standing with their rifles at the ready in front of gun portals (or whatever they are called). Man, if I was in that room I’d be scared that they were going to execute me.
In case you think otherwise, I do love the comic, and I would have never noticed those things if you hadn’t mentioned covering up the entire establishing shot first.
Anyone else wonder how Maxima is signing anything through that (presumably bullet-proof) glass? I dont see one of those little bank drive through slots or anything. :)
Sorry, fridge logic.
As for the saluting: Its the Navy and Marines that dont go for the “uncovered salute” stuff. Army/Air Force do, or at least will do. Archon probably pulls from all the services, so saluting can be legitimately weird even in universe.
And if saluted properly, officers SHOULD always return a salute (though not initiate out side of things like a medal of honor recipient) from a junior. They dont always. But they should. Maxima is almost certainly returning the salute there. Id say even a Drill Instructor would let that sequence slide. And as any good Marine will tell you, you rarely go too wrong saluting, even if saluting would technically be wrong :)
Just to throw my two cents in, it looks like there may be a slot under the glass, possilbly with a retractable cover for when its not in use. Also, way back when I was in the navy you never wore you cover (hat) indoors, unless you were on watch, and likewise never saluted when uncovered, unless you were returning a salute from a junior.
When I received military training, I was taught to salute all officers unless I myself was uncovered, with the exception of US officers, because they were used to being saluted even when the junior was bareheaded. Which means that saluting while uncovered is kind of unusual.
“You don’t have any powers, do you?”
This line makes me wonder how exactly Max can guess that. I mean, okay, obviously (from the PoV of someone in the comic and not from our perspective as reader) something’s going on between Sydney and the object in the poster tube, but how can Max make the logical leap to assume that her superhuman abilities actually lie in the tubed object rather than something within Sydney? For example, you could have a superhuman whose powers are brought out by an object (like an aid, a focus or a catalyst) but otherwise originate from themselves.
Maybe she was guessing and Sydney just confirmed it. :)
no Sydney is related to baldric, and its all part of her cunning plain
Sounds like a well-established guess. Max, and we, has seen Sid do a lot of things, none of which are definitely super, and she has been in a number of situations where use of any super ability would have been wise, or even mandatory. She is, however, in possession of something of incredible, tho likely restricted, power. So the presumption would be that she is normal [or abnormal since we are talking Sidney here] and just was [un?]lucky to encounter the Amazing Artifact. Max will likely want to test that presumption, but she would use it for the moment.
Mmmm, Arc-burgers. :D
Harem was probably chewed out by the big cheese and is getting punished by needing to physically get from point a to b instead of ‘porting. That would be the most likey result of using their powers for a prank that almost exposes an op, assuming they didn’t do something more severe…
Harem is most likely still being chewed out by the boss as she’s meeting Max & Sydney downstairs, as well as recovering from the fallout of Max’s Atomic (“Oh my aching bodies…”). Not ‘porting during that time strikes me as a wise choice for the time being.
The way Maxima knows Sidney has no powers of her own is simple: she didn’t use any in the Bank robbery sequence, which involved being seized as a hostage, beating up a bad guy, and being shot at. If I had anything even vaguely useful as a superpower and something like that happened to me, you’d see it!
she gassed a guy with her breath, grabbed him by his TONGUE, judo-flipped him over her head, and then left fangmarks on a rubber-guy’s cranium. I’d say she has powers. :)
Not really a super power though the results are similar. My 4’113/4″ (her claim) sister could achieve results much like those when sufficiently annoyed. As a (at times) annoying brother I can attest to the volatility of small slight girls.
Yeah, they feel no compunction against useing EVERY OUNCE OF STRENGTH they have. It can realy cause a lot of damage if they are not careful. The human body is stronger than you think. Expecialy if your will is realy focused.
not only that,,, but a shorter girl will actualy have an easier time throwing a guy over her shoulder then taller girl,,, because her cnter of gravity will be lower compared to the guy’s
Not to mention said shoulder being lower to begin with.
they also tend to be quicker and harder to hit than a bigger person
I often likened my sister to a humming bird. She hardly ever slows down and has enormous energy. She “helped” me move once. I was renting a room but had a growing paperback collection(about 4 sets of shelves worth) but she me packed in the van and ready to go in 30 minutes. I felt like a turtle caught in a hurricane.
I see Arianna sold on the idea of a whole line of super hero “arc-burgers” to be sold by known franchises. Publicity for the group with license.
Like the way Sydney’s wing-bangs flop back into position after the fast air hairdo she was sporting. I’m guessing she has in her tube probably some kind of strange irradiated rocks, or sculptures from the rocks an are of meteoric origin.
I don’t know all the protocols for saluting but I do remember that at least in some cases the lower ranks tend to salute the upper ranks when they see them. But some places don’t follow a strict protocol all of the time on that. So I’d say that DaveB has plenty of leeway in that.
So ARCSWAT controls the entire building. I hope they have tank traps and thick walls hidden under the pavement in front against truck bombs. That is when sensors detect certain chemicals etc, they will pop up from the ground to block vehicles. Depends on how much money has been allocated to them for anti-terrorist protection.
I have seen some uniforms with an epaulet and that can have their berets tucked in to it. (If that is what it is called.) A small circle of cloth that they beret can fit in. But a pocket will do just fine.
I think Maxima’s scowl has set in her face from doing it for such a long time. Maybe when she was in the womb the frown started.
Sometimes even Superman would have to take an elevator if the windows don’t open, and he had a guest with him he must escort. So does Maxima even if it is an ornery girl with a mouth bigger than she is.
Nah, the tank traps and concrete road-blocks are _behind_ the outer wall. It`s easier to subdue attackers if he let them enter your web first. Less conspicuous as well. The second (or third) wall is carrying the structure. ;-)
Seriously, the police station in my former home town had an all glass facing on ground level facing a street on the opposite side (it was on a T-crossing), the day desk to the left if you entered and the stairs to the offices on the right. The wall on the rear – only a few steps away from the facing – had some posters on it and wasn`t carrying. You could easily ram your way into it, but then you`d want to have really good brakes to avoid breaking through the rear wall as well, because the station was build directly against the city moat – five meters lower. ;-)
Somehow that still seems more effective than the post 9-11 ‘Fort Knox’ they build in my new hometown.
The tank traps an walls would pop up from the pavement. Hidden otherwise. For emergency use only!
Ahhh, I love a new story Arc.
That talk about all supers having super bodies gave me a thought that Arianna might like Sydney just because of her more normal figure. A lot of people can relate to that more than to the “top models”. Which makes Sydney the best they have for a good part of public relation work.
Even if all she can do is speak to ants she is a normal looking super. Arianna might insist Sydney joins the team. She has just to find a way to deal with Sydneys speech patterns.
now that is a chalenge for anyone,, super or not,,,and would be a fitting punishment for her :)
i think censor button man can attest to Sydney not being a good choice for a spokesperson. that was her TRYING not to curse.
Well, obviously not a spokesperson. There are other ways to do PR work with someone than to let her deliver speeches.
fly around crowd shacking hands or using strength display in playful way like pick up car move few inches to side to center it in parking space. alt idea put her RPG gaming on TV while her halo is up. basicly demonstrait her powers in a just like you set up.
That reference to moving a car reminded me of a time a bunch of us went to see a movie and the only parking space close by was taken up by one of those D-bags that parks across two spaces. Well I put the car in park we all got out and lifted the back end (it was a mid-sized front engine car) walked it over till it was correctly parked then pulled into the empty space. We went to the movie and when we left the car was still there. Often wondered what went through the mind of the driver when he/she returned.
Man, the company that had the building before Archon was huge into the logos huh? ;P
and I’m guessing the “stupid rock” is Maxima’s arm?
also, I know she’s supposed to be petite or whatever, but Sydney looks like a guy…just being honest… The good news is its consistent with the way you have drawn her since the beginning, so i’m not going to ask you to change it, but maybe her posture, the way she holds herself, could seem a bit more feminine in the future to get the point across, because even her name is unisex…
We had a similar problem over at Spinnerette, with Katt O’ Ninetails. Was mentioned as a “she” the page after she was introduced, yet people still think she is a guy, despite being seen almost naked. (well her last layer of clothes, which is a lot less than she normally wears XD)
There is a point somewhere in there… i promise.
Also, I see you’re keeping the purple uniforms. That makes me happy. :D Tis a very regal color, appropriate for a team that is 100% Elite.
no th stupid rock is reference to last panel of this pagehttps://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/396
wait, really? jeez I thought she was a he. huh i’m finding a lot about other stories here today
really? what gave you that idea?
https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/91 Panel 1
sydney does seem to have a bit of a curvey chest, not as much as the woman in pink on https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/147 panel 5, but it is there
https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/120 panel 1
Joel “Dont antagonize Sydney Brad, she’ll cut you”
https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/120 panel 3
Brad “That’s from an apendectomy!”
Sydney “Maybe that’s what she want you to think”
Not only that Joel’s bio does say “..Is usually good at putting up with her special brand of crazy”
srry srry wasn’t clear in that post, i was talking about Katt O’ Ninetails from spinnerette. i have never had difficulty knowing Sydney’s gender
I think body language is important for a character, and while I’m not a master of the subtleties, I do make a conscious effort to make it match up for each person. Sydney is more of a tomboy than even Maxima. Max doesn’t stand with her chest thrust out or her butt up in the air, if anything she’s got a bit of a introverted posture, arms folded or feet wide in a ready-to-throw-a-punch sort of way, but every once in a while she’ll lean on one leg or another, and she has enough of a figure that it comes across sexy, even if she doesn’t intend it that way. Sydney on the other hand is bereft of grace and poise of any kind, tromps around, literally does not own anything high heeled. Neither does Max come to think of it. Harem and Dabbler are another matter, but neither one has had a chance to show it off much yet. Haven’t quite decided on Anvil yet. She knows she’s all woman but she’s still self conscious about her non feminine qualities, ie height and musculature.
Besides, Sydney has eyelashes. That’s how you tell with 100% certainty in
yaoibishonenmangawestern comics.well reguarding anvil:
heels?;not a chance,, well unless its short wide flat heels,, her size and weight would pretty much crush and heels she try not to forget the change in position would make her leg muscles and abs all the more aparent,, thus actualy putting her muscular side on display rather then her feminine side!
now as far as clothes go,,, i can give advices,, as i have a similar problem,, ok,,
feets;nothing past the ankle,, or not much past them,, because otherwise it will only emphasize her lower leg muscle and look lumpy!
pants/skirts; ok,, there your best guess is baggy pants,, not shiny either like leather or latex,, as it will draw to much atention to every lump caused my her muscles,, so military pants,, cargo,, jeans,,business suit pants,,,,also nothing shorter then top of knee,, otherwise it will emphasize the tight’s muscle to much,, same goes for skirts,, altough in this case non puffy skirts past the lower knee will not look good either!
top and such;, main thing to remember:COVER HER SHOULDERS!,,,,,,ok,, i am large i the shoulder area myself,,, and dresses,tops and such that either have free shoulder or spagheti strap will make her look even larger there,,,single shoulder coverage,, if puffy or large will work wonder tought,, but best it cover both with nonstrech material,,that way you make them look somewhat less large and more feminine,,,open shirts with tops and things like that are amongst the best to downsize her musculkar side and emphasize her feminine side,, another thing that can help are suspenders as they will draw attention away from muscle and draw it toward her feminine assets
now all that is assuming she wanna appear feminine,, you could easely reverse them if she wanna appear intimidating!
another advice,, hair,, avoid both to long and to short,,,hair should be slightly past shoulder lenght to middle back lenght and preferably loose or played large as a narrow hair style will again only emphasize the largeness of her shoulders!
There’s a shoe company in England that specializes in making shoes and boots for drag queens and heavy women. I think it’s called Kinky Boots, they made a movie about it a few years ago.I for one enjoy the sight of a tall woman in high heels. More to look at.
Personally I looooove me some fit women. For me there’s almost no such thing as too much. Almost. There was a girl who was obviously a powerlifter working at a Vitamin Shoppe near me, every time I went in there I’d be all “I love your arms and want to nibble on them.” I mean I never said that to her or hit on her at all since I’ve always been a huge pussy around women. Luckily my wife hit on me or that would have never happened. But I digress.
I’d love to draw Anvil flaunting it all over the place, but over time she evolved in my mind in a way that it seems more likely that she’d be fairly self conscious about her body, given the inescapable societal expectations of femininity, also she didn’t chose to be big and muscular. Obviously there are some women who revel in that though. Maybe Anvil will loosen up over time, and she’s obviously pretty relaxed when she’s among peers. I mean, if she’s standing next to Max and Dabbler, she’s the normal looking one.
Do a thursday sketch of your wife. I think we’d all like to see the woman who caught you. Plus she might like it if you do some stuff with her in it.
Hee hee, – 0O< – Self Portrait. While he looooves him some fit women, Alas, I am quite "Well Rounded" :-P
Is that your way of telling us you are Mrs. B or just a comment?
she could wear a team band with a D for drafting minor side character uses mistic brushes that paining/drawing come to life (temporarily) from also grants reason max thinks of power item dealing with syd.
What I ment to say was you could draw up a great picture of your wife and post it on thursday. Sort of a I love my wife filler.
like my idea better besides it’s cuter to make her his personal superhero.
You never know, DaveB may have already done that and just not told us.
Don’t forget: Anvil is 6’7″ (about 2 meters) tall and her cast page mentions she’s a bit sensitive about it. She not going to do anything which makes her seem even taller than she naturally is, which means heels are not on her to-do list (although she may wish she could get away with them).
fair and good points. and about Max, cover up the nail polish and her lips, and she looks like a guy in the last two panels. So you’re doing a really good job of the body language thing. The fact that I didn’t pick up on it means you’re doing it right. :D
I have to respectfully disagree… I LIKE Syd’s tomboyish manner!
I also personally hate when an artist feels the need to remind readers of a characters femaleness by having her assuming a pointless cheesecake pose every so often, esp when it would be OOC.
I’m glad that Dave doesn’t do that; all his cheescake poses have a point! :)
I agree with Maclare. I like Syd just the way she is. Her individuality and quirkiness are attractive in their own way. It’s nice to see a blatantly un-girly girl.
Yeah, although I’ve never met a girl quite like her before, I can see her actualy existing in the real world. Although wich parent she took after to have that mouth is up in the air.
You don’t get a well rounded and fluent cussing vocabulary by being raised by June Cleaver you know.
Well obviously that parent was not a sailor, per the previous page entering the bank where she made a sailor blush.
She was raised by premium cable channel stand-up comedians and web forums. Or at least that’s what her language reminds me of at times.
Archon obviously has support personnel that aren’t intelligence or it would be Harem behind the counter (or more often not behind the counter when she ought to be). They’ll need an Arc-name.
Also, Archon has regular troops that aren’t elite? Who were those guys who piled out of the Osprey with rifles a while back? I guess they were “elite”?
In the Real World of 2012, budget cuts are forcing the services to discharge personnel who’d rather stay in uniform than face an uncertain economy. If Dave wants to add some redshirts to Archon, it can pick up some of this slack.
Nobody said you had to be Empowered to be an Elite. Take a top squad of SBS and put them up against just about any of the Empowered we’ve seen so far with carte blanche to neutralise, and I’d probably put my money on the soldiers. The only possible exceptions are Maxima (on basis of training) and Dabbler (due to lack of information). Most people with Powers won’t be used to using them in combat situations or in co-ordination with others, whereas any special-forces outfit you care to name will have trained that sort of thing until it’s reflex. The soldiers will also have trained to a wider range of tactics than most Empowered, who’d presumably concentrate on the type of situation which best suits them and potentially leave themselves vulnerable in others (e.g. a sniper might not be good in hand-to-hand, or a brawler might not know how to avoid snipers).
Yeah, look at the Punisher, and Batman. Every super powered individual in those world’s respect and fear them in some way. They even made a What If comic a few years ago where the Punisher killed off all the supers. Just go’s to show you whith the right will, planning and training you can accomplish a lot.
Thank you. I get so tired of seeing the typical hollywood trope of trained military (and to a lesser extent, law enforcement) personnel running around like a pack of lemmings and being wiped out by some random person/organization/robot/etc that has some unspecified superpower. In the real world, combat troops generally don’t act like panicking livestock when fired upon, despite what movies and tv would have us believe.
Watch Battle for Los Angeles. It has marines battling geneticly engineered alien soldiers from outer space. Marines do a great job wile being outgunned.
Not to spoil anything, but the the non-super elites aren’t redshirts. Arc Knights? Hmm. I dunno, is that dorky? I want to be able to label them somehow so I don’t have to call them the “non-super troops” or whatever, cause you could make the argument that many of them straddle that line between human limit and superhero. A few of them flat out cross it while technically still being human actually.
I too hate it in movies/TV/comics/whatever when a squad of presumably well trained soldiers get mopped up by some untrained twat with a few powers. Think about how many times you’ve seen some punk get surrounded by a squad and they call in “Subject is secure” and the punk goes, “Oh, I don’t think so” and he starts powering up to do something, and all the guys on the squad are stunned by what’s happening long enough for the punk to get his attack out? That is such horseshit – the instant he started doing any he’d get lit up. I know it’s filmed a certain way to look dramatic, but what it winds up looking like is that a bunch of mall cops are wandering around the museum in stolen riot gear.
“Redshirts” was such as fun way of putting it.
I took Maxima as saying that Archon didn’t have any non supers for troop duty.
Most supers we’ve seen to date would fare pretty well against soldiers.
Maxima is invulnerable, assuming she actually stands still long enough for a soldier to aim.
Anvil absorbs kinetic energy. Bullets? Yum.
Achilles is Invulnerable with a capital “I”
I have confidence that Dabbler could handle men with guns, but her biggest problem would *how*. She has so many abilities and options she could get into trouble by taking too long to decide.
The big question with Harem is how combat-trained she is. Assuming she doesn’t freak under fire, she’d be impossible to pin down and would make a very good and deadly sniper (she would be her own spotter to boot)
Mr. Amorphous: how stretchy is he really? Bullets may just poke hm really hard. Sharp stuff like shrapnel might be a different story.
Sydney: All depends on 1) what’s in the tube and 2) when she’s last been to certain Asian restaurants. At the moment, she’s a walking chemical warfare treaty violation.
she’s a walking chemical warfare treaty violation.
^^^^ + 100 Internets for you.
Question Mr. DaveB, When You publish in ‘book’ form, are you going to include some of the comments? Because in my opinion, it would be awesome! And you could do one without, for “Everyday” type of people.
Peper spray is considered chemical warfare that is used all the time by police, milatary, and civilians alike. So Sydney’s breath could be classified in the peperspray catagory of chem-warfare.
not likely it’s a little (lot) to strong more fitting blister agent add her private brand of judo/ verbal smackdown and she is just too toxic / virul for the conventions.
what about her fear-vomit?
linked to pepper breath aka concentraited form
Actualy, about the printing of comments. Have it on the side of each page, but in small print where if they wanted to read it they would have to use a magnafing glass.
Some of these comment boards go up to almost 300 posts lately. That would take up a lot of space.
Well, I’ve formatted the pages to be exactly comic book size, though I realize I have some size options when it comes to doing a trade volume, but I was pretty much planning on just doing a straight up book, with a little bonus material here and there obviously, but I don’t think there will be room on each page for commentary. The books and the website will each be their own thing. On a gag webcomics, sometimes commentary is ok, especially if it’s a comic about video game news or something else that’s time sensitive, but with a running story, I think it would break the flow.
What about a digital (ie..CD) archive of the site for a little more with the book?
I was thinking of how they put wrighters comments in manga books. That kind of stuff. I know this is a superhero comic but you put a lot of manga like things in your art. That is a good thing in my opinion.
You raise perfectly valid points, but I stand by mine – the supers displayed thus far have been trained in tactics and in maximizing their specific talents. That puts them on even footing with a trained unit of soldiers. Throw their powers into the mix and they clearly have the upper hand. My specific objection was that hollywood tends to portray random people that happen to have superpowers (but have never seen actual armed conflict, have never trained, and don’t have the intellectual capacity/maturity to figure out actual tactics) easily annihilating trained, experienced, combat-hardened units without so much as breaking a sweat.
Sort of like that movie trailer where these collage age kids go into the spaceship, start developing superpowers and one of them go’s nuts with the power.
well i would say it all depend pn powers,,, i mean it obvious that some powers would completely overwhelm even hard ass trained troops with no need for real training,,, while some powers wouldnt,,
take a super who’s power is a personal centered repulsor blast,, even if he is surounded,, as long as it doesnt have a long powerup time,,his power would pretty much give him the upper hand,,,but take someone who can create a bright flash of light,,, while it would blind them,,, most any trained soldier would probably still fire a few blind rounds,, unless there was risk of hitting another soldier standing across the target from him/her,,,but otherwise i aggree that trained soldiers and law inforcememnt tend to be way underplayed,,, altough you have to admit that it is likely that anynone who has not faced a super before and see a dude turn into living fire will most likely freeze for a second or two from surprise
Again, if you haven’t looked at the Whateley Universe, do so – or at least take a look at the wiki. One former group there is a perfect example of this: the Dragonslayers were a team of five normals and two mutants with powers so weak they were effectively normals, who took on some of the most dangerous solo villains (i.e. the guys rampaging around, not the guys waiting in lairs) in the world, and usually won. Their strategy was to attack rapidly and stay mobile, so the enemy wouldn’t have time to respond to one attack before the next hit, and would quickly lose track of where they were coming from. Some of the stories have descriptions of their fights, and you can really get a sense of how terrifying it was to be on the receiving end for most of their targets.
Yeah I’ve glanced at the site but haven’t really dug into it. The website doesn’t have a “New Reader?” thing or anything to give people an idea of where to start. It’s just “here are a bunch of stories written by different people” Also one of the first things I see is a Harry Potter fanfic which I have no interest in. There might be some interesting stuff in there but I’ve no idea where to start, and not a lot of time to read either.
Oooh! Link please?
https://www.crystalhall.org/
Just go to the stories page and start from the top, it’s in (mostly) chronological order.
Also, just as a warning, it does contain transgender themes (some characters were naturally gender-dysphoric, others were changed by their powers for some reason or another) for most of the main characters, so don’t read if you are averse to that kind of thing.
Well I read EGS and (used to read) Misfile (before I fell massively behind) so the transgender stuff doesn’t bother me at all. Actually I’d like to read some stuff that explored those ideas a little deeper, but the few I’ve seen tend to get very depressing (in the case of real world transgender experiences) or immediately turn into smut. Which I’m fine with really, but I don’t think I’ve seen a mature comic about it (mature as in mature, not XXX) that isn’t kind of a bummer.
ok,, looking at the page again,,, with the glasses that low,,, nad specialy the last fgew panels where sidney pretty much has to look over her glasses to establish eye contact,,,, i So wanna see her do a puppy dog pout!,,,
or a puss in boot cutey attack l;ike in shrek 2
Is it just me, or did you purposely not draw Maxima’s breasts at all, even though she’s in a majority of the panels?
Not intentionally, but now I’m looking at it, the side view of her saluting makes her look flat chested and her torso is weirdly short. I literally spend an hour on the pencils for that pose, tying to get it right too. Well, drawing, erasing, googling “salute,” complaining on twitter that google image search sucks, etc.
They named their intell unit after B52 convention bombing strikes?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Arc_Light
Actually, we helped DaveB pick Arc-swat as the team name quite a few pages back, I think when the osprey first landed. Arc-light was one of our suggestions as well, and it works well with the whole Arc section names.
So here’s where we stand:
Archon = Generalised branch
Within Archon we have:
Arc-Swat = Frontline squads (Arc-Apha, Arc-Delta etc are possible sub teams)
Arc(-)light = Intelligence and tactics divison
Arc-Angels = (This was the suggested name for the pilots and crews of the vehicles. Subject to change)
Other possible sections include:
General security
Engineers (Arc-Weld? Lol)
R&D
Dabbler (Because she’s too hard to classify in just one section)
What do you guys think?
dabbler that lovable little (quite literaly as shes part succubi) hellion is obviously arc-hell
R&D arc-tech LOL ;p
security arc-tillery maybe
logs & records could be the arc-ives
Groan. And yet I may steal that.
That does sound like something Arianna would use…
You mean arc-hives? ;-)
So who`s the Arc-villain?
Hey, lets not go off on an arc-tangent here.
That’s it! I’m gonna Arc-Light the next person who makes an Arc joke!….crap
*hundreds of lightning bolts hit Adamas*
you forgot to arc-shield ( flurry of leftover bolts skitter off barrier).
I think Co-ed Harem’s glasses are missing from smashing her face into a cabinet…Maybe she just decided that for the moment the glasses were more trouble than they were worth? It’s not like she needs them. In my opinion, whacking your face into something while wearing glasses feels a bit worse than it would have without them…Also,Sydney actually admits that she’s confusing and aggravating?
She may have heard it described of her.
Most of her life, and enjoys the distinction.
As a lifetime member of the bespectacled, I can tell you that smashing your face like that wearing glasses is likely to break the glasses! If you really need them, you do some kind of spatchcock field repair and carry on as best you can, if you don’t you pocket the bits until you can visit an optician.
Also, Sidney’s 21. People have been telling her how annoying and confusing she is at length and in detail for at least ten years now .
Glad I mentioned the covers issue on Twitter when you were still drawing this. Makes me feel like I did something worth a damn. Great comic. And since Maxima’s rank came from the Air Force, it could be said she’s still bound the the AF’s protocol, so her saluting indoors without a cover is no biggie.
Of course, judging by the feedback of some other commenters, it looks like you’ve got a few active service members willing to give you pointers, so you don’t need me :)
Not sure if this has been mentioned before- Ever considered additionally posting the textless version of the comics for those really well-drawn scenes that end up getting covered by text?
Yeah I wouldn’t really consider the lobby really well draw, but if people want a certain panel as a wallpaper or something I’m all for it.