ChronosCat

All the theaters around here have arm-rests between the seats. I think some of the arm rests might fold up, but not in such a way that someone could sit half on one seat and half on the other comfortably (particularly as there's a gap between seats under the arm-rests).

In the previous image, Susan's pants still looked like very short shorts; now they look like bikini bottoms. It's hard to tell with her sitting in that position, but I think Lucy's skirt might be shorter too. Also, it might just have been the perspective, but I'm not sure all three of them were quite at the same height yet in the previous picture; presumably they all are the same height here.

http://egscomics.com/sketchbook/2019-005 Very cute, though not as shipping-fuel heavy as I expected from the poll.

Actually, before that there was the record player (though you couldn't easily bring one of those with you wherever you went). I jump around quite a bit; it only took me a year to get to Metroid: Samus Returns, but I didn't start in on Zelda: Skyward Sword until last spring, and I just beat Dragon Quest/Warrior II and III for the first time this month.

Didn't you know Aristotle was divinely inspired?

Has it been stated that non-Seer Wizards can make wands? This could be interpreted to mean either that Seers are a sub-set of Wand-Makers, or that Seers and Wand-Makers are just different terms for the same thing.

And when if you decided not to (or in my family's case couldn't afford to) keep up with the latest technology you weren't seen as a Luddite or behind the times... I didn't listen to much music on the radio back in the 90s (I mostly listened to movie scores on audio tape) so I don't have much nostalgia for the music of that era. I don't find much that interests me on the radio these days, but with multiple ways to buy or stream music online (including stuff so obscure or niche it would never make it on the radio) and much of the music that has ever been recorded available in one fashion or another I think these days are a good time to enjoy music. As for video games, that depends on the game. I still remember how much they advertised the enhanced graphical capabilities of the SNES and Genesis relative to the NES, and there were many games that included among their selling points their graphics. (And then they made a big deal about the switch to 3D graphics with the N64 and Playstation, which annoyed me because I preferred 2d graphics and because most of the early 3d games looked pretty ugly to me; but good looking or not it still represents a focus on graphics.) There certainly were games with good stories during that era (in my experience mostly JRPGs and "Adventure" games that would now be called RPGs too) but the impression I got was that the more story-heavy games rarely sold as well in the US as the mostly story-free Action and Sports games (leading to that great tragedy, Enix giving up on producing English versions of their games). (Mind you, I stopped trying to keep up on the latest games in the late 90s, and these days I almost never play recently released games, so I'm not really comparing the games of the 90s to those of the present, I'm just relating my memories of being a video game fan in the early-to-mid 90s.)

The way I read it, there are some spells that can't be copied at all (whether by normal Wizard or by Seer), even if a Seer can see how they work. From a storytelling perspective, this helps to preserve the uniqueness of each character's power set by preventing Tedd from passing out wands to all his friends giving them any spells any one of them has that any of the others would be interested in.

Well, Hitler did try bombing Britain in the hopes of softening them up enough to invade, but of course that didn't work either.

Certainly; I was just speculating on what Nanase might be concerned about.

The funny thing about this reveal is that if Dan hadn't linked Camdin and his powers when Smoke first showed up, I would have never have thought the two were the same person. Smoke doesn't act like Camdin, and doesn't look like what I'd expect a smoke-form of Camdin would look like. (Plus I had forgotten about him.)

Or maybe the artifact she's so eager for unsuspecting adventurers to take is actually cursed.

I've encountered some manuals that included both English and Chinese (among other languages). So a manual like that could still work as a Rosetta stone.

From what I remember of Dan's explanations, you have it right. Grace's Omega form is a combination of human, uryuom, squirrel, and lespuko. It can manifest with or without horns & spines depending on Grace's mood but presumably isn't any less powerful without them (just less likely to cause lacerations, puncture wounds, etc.). It's not considered a legion form because it's only combining forms she was born with (and in fact Dan has implied if not outright stated that she had the ability to assume the form her entire life, she just never realized she could until Painted Black). (Fun fact: The term "Omega" was going to be a term signifying a being's most powerful "natural" form or something like that; however it only ever got used for the Goo and Grace.) By the original definition, it would only count as Omega if it included her lespuko side but not any forms she gained through the TFG or other artificial means.

I find it interesting that Nanase's canine form in panel 1 has paws instead of hands, but appears to be otherwise humanoid. Actually, she was in a fox form in the second anniversary filler.

... ok. Ashley and Elliot wouldn't be noteworthy, so who else? ... Specifically it's about Ashley meeting Tedd & Grace; I believe he stated or implied most or all of the rest of the main 8 would be involved as well. So I'm thinking Ashley + everybody. (Well, all the main 8 anyway.) Also, if they're going to be there anyway, there might be time for some hints of Susan + Justin and/or Elliot, and maybe the OT3.

Yeah, you'd need to abandon any community online connected to your real name or which the people you're trying to distance yourself from are aware of. However, for most people I would expect the hardest part about this to be emotional, and someone who could handle the severing of emotional bonds with the people they know in person could probably also be able to handle this sacrifice. (Incidentally, I don't see why you'd have to stop reading the comics you like, so long as you don't discuss them online.) On the other hand, changing your (government approved) ID is a practical challenge, and depending on what details you want to change it may not be possible to do it legally. They could, but without a friend in high places (like Mr. Verres), would they? ...I suppose if it was the easiest way to maintain the masquerade they might, but unless they have actual policies in place, I could also see some people falling through the cracks.

Well, the scales might be the artifact, but if Nanase and Sarah are going to give the crypt a good rating they still need to be able to recover their lost clothing; presumably they would be at the end of the tunnel. I'd thought of that, but so far he's only brought it out for stuff in the main universe. He might have thought it too confusing to bring it out for an alternate universe that isn't likely to be seen in the main story until some grand alternate-universe-crossover story that we won't be seeing for many years (if ever). (That said, I do still think it more likely it isn't canon - I'm just saying the lack of the canon isn't proof.) So, this is mostly speculation and personal head-canon here, but this is how I see it: There is the "Main EGS Multiverse" - the universe the main story is usually about, as well as those connected to it; this multiverse seems to be what Dan is talking about when he says whether something is canon. Then there are stand-alone universes like AF04, Grace-a-Monsters, and Nanase Craft, which could fit into the EGS multiverse but haven't been confirmed as part of it. There's a good chance they are intended to be separate stories just sharing the same characters, but until there's something in canon saying otherwise I'm going to think of them as part of the EGS multiverse anyway. Finally, there is the "Non-canon universe", a world where the cast of EGS are actors playing roles in stories. Some of the Sketchbook images and strips show this world, with the characters not playing any roles. These actors are playing those parts even in the main story; the fourth-wall breaking moments are when they break character (this is my preferred explanation for Matt and Ratt - they were not very cooperative actors and refused to follow the script). Squirrel Dan lives in that world, where he has great powers (though I haven't quite figured out how my "actors" head-canon meshes with the scenes early on where Squirrel Dan was watching other universes through computer monitors and even had buttons that could affect those worlds). The Goonmanji stories are in a strange half-way place between the "Non-cannon Universe" and the universe the actors in it portray. The best explanation I can come up with is that the cast are roleplaying as their canon selves without a pre-written script for them to follow, hence the tattered but sometimes still there fourth wall.

For much of human history (and pre-history), it was possible to move somewhere far away and start over in a new place where nobody knew you. Prior to reliable delivery of mail you could even drop out of contact with those you left behind without it seeming strange. However, starting over was always a lot of work (and it didn't always work out), and many who did it to run away from their problems found they brought their problems with them. In this day and age, you can move away from a physical location, but the internet will still be there wherever you go; to make a proper break you'd need to change your online habits/identity as well. More importantly, a lot of things these days require ID (including most legal jobs, getting a loan, driving a car, etc.) so if an official ID is going to reveal your secret there's really no way you can live an approximation of an "ordinary" middle class life while maintaining that secret. This is particularly relevant for Sam, as any government-issued IDs for him are likely to list him as "female". (This got me wondering if the government in the EGS world would have rules for changing the documentation/IDs for people who are permanently transformed. However, the magic rules prior to Sister III didn't really have many options for permanent transformations, so it might not have came up enough to have any rules set up.)

Most stories are canon to themselves (the only exceptions I can think of is when there's no fourth wall or there's a lot of meta-narrative going on), and any such story can be said to have it's own fictional "universe". Some story-universe exist as parts of larger story-multiverses, or (like the main EGS story) contain a multiverse within their fictional world. However, the universes and multiverses of fiction are often not canon to one another. I'd say the world of Nanase Craft works as a fictional universe; the question is, "Is it part of the multiverse seen in the main EGS story?" In other words, it's canon to itself, but is it canon to the main story of EGS? It's hard to say for sure, but Dan hasn't included any parody worlds among the confirmed "canon-to-main" alternate universes so far, so my guess is "no".

I was actually thinking that maybe Nanase and Sarah would give Diane the artifact at the end of the dungeon, and keep the scales for themselves.

Their most recent save file might not have helped; things had been going downhill for the Germans in Stalingrad for quite some time.

My thinking is that Ms Pompoms dislikes men so much she doesn't see why anybody (male or female) would want to be in a relationship with one.

"That Month"? Which month?

Well, it could be that this change of attitudes is the result of transformation shenanigans, which also affected her teeth. On the other hand, Rhoda is supposed to be puppy-like in the same way that Catalina is cat-like. Could it be she's always had fangs, and just never opened her mouth on-panel in such a way as to show them? (I doubt this, but I think it would be cool if it were the case.) One other possibility comes to mind, but it's not as fun as the first two: Artistic License.