Tom Sewell

Another reason why Susan's house might be better for the party. And, of course, Susan. Wherever the party happens, I can see a big pot of "rock soup" on the stove. For instance: Ashley might want Liz, Sarah, and Susan. Liz might want to bring her boyfriend (in which case he might actually get a name from Dan). Susan will feel obligated to ask Diane and Catalina. Diane won't come without Lucy. Grace and Diane will want Rhoda along, which also makes Catalina more likely. Possibly Diane will want Rhea. Or, maybe their adopted parents would like the older sibling to watch out for the younger, just like Rhea did at that New Year's Eve party. If Rhea comes, she come trailing Rick and Elijah--almost certainly if Nanase is coming. Ellen and Nanase both have good reasons to be elsewhere, but Nanase's mom might well insist that Nanase be there to make sure nothing bad happens to her "little cousin". Plus, Grace. Considering how much known magic is floating around, there may be one or more adult chaperones, such as Mr. Verres himself. Each of these could in turn bring along others, or others could come along despite objections. Mrs. Kitsune might bring along Akiko, either because her husband's out of town, or because she thinks the presence of an innocent child may help ramp down the raging teenage hormones. Arthur J. Arthur may come himself, and bring along his daughter Sybil. Maybe the least likely is Adrian Raven, but Edward Verres may decide it's a good idea, or have Arthur or Mr. Liefeld decide for him. In that case, especially if Diane is coming, maybe Noah. Nightmare scenario: Principal Verrucht invites himself. Obligatory: Matt Cohen, whether delivering the pizza again, or Susan decides to give in. Who knows, maybe this will scare him into giving up? If half of these people actually show up, Susan's mansion might not even be big enough. Maybe Tedd will come across Skuld's space expander from Aa Megami-Sama's own space-whale arc...

No we're not. March 9th comes after February, so if Grace's 18th birthday was on a Sunday, her 19th would be on a Tuesday if it was in a leap year. Grace's 19th birthday party sounds like the best excuse to get everyone together, but Dan seems to have decided that this party will be different. And if Ashley's comfort is priority one, and a non-initiate like Liz comes along, then likely Edward would forbid any spellcasting, summoning, morphing, etc. Hmm. Sound's kinda dull, don't it?

No, it would be two days later if this year is a leap year. A normal year is 365 days: 52x7+1. But a leap year is 366 days: 52x7+2, so any date after February would fall two weekdays after that date on the previous year. Anyway, this comic takes place two days before Grace and Sam encountered the smoky transformer who was not Camdin and, probably more important for the party, before Grace told Tedd's dad about it. So I'm thinking that maybe Tedd's place (which is also his dad's place) isn't quite the best venue. How about Susan's house? It's a bigger place with sleepover possibilities.

The dating system began with EGS in 2002. Day-of-the-month and day-of-the-week corresponds to that year right through to the New Year's Eve party. But Dan seems to have decided not to be bound by the Gregorian calendar any more than any other long-running comic. Personally I'd vote for 2013 for a base year, although as I myself stated in the Shivepedia, the initial dates also work for 2019. But 2020 is a leap year, so either the coming February will have 29 days while February 2003 and February 2014 had only 28 days. Anyway, Dan seems to be going for relative dating now, and it's appropriate for The New World, what with the spare Ellen at large, Diane hooking up with Lucy, etc. , I'm inventing a new system for Moperverse dating, based on NW-Day (for "New World"). Here's how recent events are timed out: NW-7 Friday Sarah meets Sam, Justin meets Luke NW-6 Saturday Ashley's first date with Elliot NW-Day Friday Day of "Minimal" Change (yeah, right) NW+5 Wednesday Grace askes Sarah about her not-date with Sam. NW+7 Friday Sam does not show up for the Friday night tournament at Salty Crackers. Later in Luke's dorm, we meet Camdin. Also that evening, Ashley and Elliot's shockingly uneventful third date. NW+8 Saturday At the mall with Ellen, Grace spots Sam, Sam spots Grace, Sam runs away, and Ellen misses the point. Also on Saturday, Elliot asks Tedd about a party next Saturday. NW+9 Monday Grace uses her antennae on Sam at Salty Crackers, then follows Sam outside and asks if he has a magic mark. They both encounter a smoky transformer who is definitely not Camdin, who is elsewhere, enjoying a sandwich. NW+15 Saturday (provisional) PARTY!!

All that's needed is for Tedd to tell Grace and the party will become inevitable. And since when do real teenagers even need a theme to party?

Maybe not, but in this comic, Tedd and Elliot are in Tedd's basement lair. Notice the stairs? The couch where Susan made out with Justin at Grace's last birthday party? Also the same basement where Voltaire revealed himself, and, later, Pandora, but we don't know if Ashley knows either of those factoids yet. But it's definitely a bigger venue, and it's not Elliot's house.

http://egscomics.com/comic/party-003

http://egscomics.com/comic/party-002 Well, Ashley does have long shapely legs in her wishlist. Also fishnets.

This is the comic where Sarah showed Elliot, Tedd, and Susan her cartoon of Dan. It's from seventeen years and two days ago, so this megaconcept has been a part of EGS for awhile...

Going back to the very first panel of the previous comic, has anyone else noticed that the fat guy carrying the beam is actually working and only grunts once, while the guy standing doing nothing grunts twice. Obviously the second guy is the supervisor.

How about fanfiction written by Ashley and illustrated by Sarah?

http://egscomics.com/comic/party-001 Has spring come to Moperville? She's not dressed for January.

I suppose she could be Susan just beginning to summon a hammer or three, but the only short skirt I could see Susan actually wearing would be a Star Trek Original Series uniform. I don't buy this as one of Sarah's fantasies as I think she would kind of like to make some men act like idiots because of her bod.

And in the very next sketchbook: http://egscomics.com/sketchbook/2018-013 Tedd's got fishy sleeves.

Dan has used the Newspaper comics to do this sort of thing for a long time. Possibly this might be a dream. And if it is a story told by one of the characters, it would be Sarah, the artist/cartoonist. Also, the sketchbook I was thinking of doesn't show Ashley wearing fishnet sleeves; Goth Elliot is wearing them. Three other characters with long shapely legs: Vladia, Lavender, and Carol Brown. None of them have been portrayed as spellcasters, though.

Ashley is cute but doesn't have long legs. She was drawn wearing fishnet sleeves once in a sketchbook, but she doesn't know how to use magic yet (check her hand in the last panel.) My best guess is that the lady is Pandora, the reigning queen of fishnet garments in EGS. BTW, the hardhats are in short-sleeved tees, so the weather is warm. And, of course:

Do British girls have loot in the boot? Then some in the transom?

http://egscomics.com/comic/tsos-46

Blasphemy! Every Q&A is another chance to see Lisa make out with Amanda!

Did Van know he had a sibling? Apparently not. Which means that Noriko didn't tell him.

Magic specifically said that it would be better that Tedd should not learn he was Van's sibling until later. Now, the very first thing Van said was that his mother would cut anyone who hurt him. Sounds to me like he's really close with his mum. And if Van actually tries to keep this secret from his mother, how many of you were really able to keep secrets from your mother at that age? For that matter, how many of you can now?

I don't think that fits Edward. Considering how much trauma Noriko has already caused Tedd, Edward would want to know if Noriko might be causing Tedd even more. Plus, by now Noriko should know about Van's encounter with Arthur and Tedd, would have checked with Arthur to confirm the story, and would at least thought about having a word with Edward.

http://egscomics.com/comic/tsos-47

I wonder if Edward has told Tedd he has a brother. Don't think there's much chance Edward doesn't know.

Well, the odds are against Smokey being a seer. However, considering how many improbable things that we know of have already happened in Moperville... Probably the odds are against this amazing crackpot plot theory, but doesn't Smokey seem kinda childish? We do know of one little kid who's a seer, and who has a connection with someone very close to Grace in this comic.