“Never rub another man’s rhubarb!” or “Dont’ get cocky, kid!” Either way, never laugh in the face of your enemy or you may get kicked in the butt.
This comic also received the “re-do” treatment. I’m fussing over the ending a bit too much, but with reason, as this will launch the next wave of 1977 comic’s and I want to make sure I don’t paint myself into a corner.
2010 is going back to many things that have been mentioned in the comic but never followed up on due to my either forgetting or deciding to build up another part of the story. One such subject is Lorraine’s birth mother will be showing up this year. Oh yeah, Lorraine thought she was “adept” and we’ll hint to how Lorraine left Iowa in the first place to eventually meet up with Robyn. The subscriber area will get the full story as I’ll be starting up “L&R: 1973” as a weekly insight to the story of Lorraine and Robyn’s trials and tribulations before meeting Bud and Jeff in 1977. That will be a fun look back at the ladies of 1977.
Tomorrow: the BIG ending. May just kill me getting it drawn on time, but it’ll be worth it. On Monday we do a brief epilogue with Bud and daughter that will be the night-cap on the story I started a year ago with Bud telling her the stories of 1977. That one is crackin’ me up just to draw it.
After that, hang on to your ass we’ll kick it back into overdrive into the daily antics of Bud and gang in 1977.
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Awesomeness!
Well, to pay myself on the back, I love the fact that I’m tying in something that happened last February in the comic to help resolve the storyline today. I love when TV shows or movies refer back to some small event that happened early on that more than likely most people forgot about. Nice twist I think.
But then, I wrote the damn thing, so I should think it’s good! Now to let all of you judge me!
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I love that too, and it’s a big compliment to your comic that you can refer back like that. It means you’re maintaining continuity and retaining readership.
Good job. 🙂
If she breaks the spell now, though, wouldn’t that leave Bud as a Buddette?
Well the spell makes him a woman physically, he’s still a “guy” at heart. So I’m thinking when a spell is broken, you’re returned to the state you were before the spell.
I will have to check the Incantations Union to see if I’m right or not!
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Well now…according to the Terry Pratchett principle of morphological field retention, once you’ve been turned into someone (or something) entirely different, it’s 1) easier to turn into that again, and 2) it tends to happen *without additional magic* in times of stress 🙂
Mind you, Bud already morphs in times of certain kinds of stress, so that could make it…quite interesting…
“never laugh in the face of your enemy” Is that like tugging on Superman’s cape or spitting in the wind?
And you don’t pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger, too.
I was going to use that reference at one point in the Road Trip story after Bud bought the Lone Ranger outfit, but I cut that out.
Heh. She’s a southpaw, but wields her staff with her right hand. 🙂
Of course, it’s easy to make up an explanation: the staff doesn’t work unless wielded with the “off” hand. There! How’s that? 🙂
Mostly that was the artist being lazy and drawing her in that pose as I thought she looked better than holding it with her left hand. But I like your explanation better that it only works in one’s right hand… maybe that’s why she can’t take left-handed souls!
OoooO!! Bingo!
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Wait…what…the Princess of Darkness is a South Paw. Naw…that’s just superstition. Whoa…deja vue man. Great strip today.
Thanks! Yep, it is Déjà vu! 🙂
Nice cliff hanger. What will Bud look like now?!
Ah! Yes, this would be a great way for a certain artist to transistion the over all style of the comic… if I were that clever, which I’m not. But what a great idea!
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whu-oh. Not good. This cannot end well, I fear. But either way, I’m sure I’ll laugh.