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  2. Posted

    6 hours ago, ijuin said:

    Flat? They’re rather large, actually.

    Yes, they are, but the surfaces are flat. Treasure chests are often portrayed with rounded tops.

    Kansas is both flat (for a US state) and rather large. You wouldn't want to keep one in your house.

  5. Posted

    I recall that exchange. M*A*S*H was one of the best shows ever, once they stopped imitating the movie and found their own way. The movie and the first season of M*A*S*H were good as well, but they were a different show.

  6. Posted

    13 minutes ago, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

    Pocket Dimensions.

    If I comprehended the water, sewer & HVAC systems, I would move into one today.

    No one ever talks about the stability of those pocket universes. Seems like you'd have to wait eons for it to stabilize to where it's habitable.

     

    1 hour ago, Amiable Dorsai said:

    The commentary calls those two boxes treasure chests. So she left herself a physical cache of cash, somewhere.

    Yeah, they were clearly chests from the get go, not styled like typical pirate nor fantasy treasure chests, I was guessing general storage, outfits and stuff. Given that she changed into jammes between panels, she may not need much storage. Why does she not store wealth the same way? Does it still exist somewhere it can be pilfered ? Like, if it was in the spirit realm, could another immortal abscond with it, perhaps unknowingly ("Look at the pretty disks I found) ?

    Presumably, in her pocket universe, they'd have to come in through the door by the new rules. And they might by extension have to open the chests to access what is inside. Begs the question, why no padlocks? Maybe too easy to bypass? There is a saying, 'Locks keep honest people honest.' Seems prudent, at least.

    Hope is, among other things, quite interesting.

  9. Posted

    Comic for Monday, Jan 15, 2024

    So Hope lives in a supernatural room, and changes her clothes magically, but sleeps like a human and dwells in the physical universe.

    Cute that she cares that Justin and Luke, both of whom she barely knows, are happy. "I (as Pandora) marked you, now I am responsible for you"?

    Does she breathe oxygen, and how does the room get fresh air?

    . . . So, up to now, the cast was Hopeless, and now they are encountering Hope.

    Amiable Dorsai reacted to this

  10. Posted

    1 hour ago, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

    How can I be sure that I am really me?

    As in, "I'm not myself today"?

     

    1 hour ago, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

    Could I be a spy working for the Snuffy Smith fan forums?

    My mind is now sufficiently boggled, thank you. I will attempt to list similar groups.

    Andy Capp fans.

    Gasoline Ally fans.

    Nancy fans. (Is noted for the efficiency of its art, neither over nor under represents concepts.)

    Smokey Stover fans. (Have not seen in ages; I recall that the numerous background gags were often better than the comic.)

    Henry fans

    Ferdinand fans

    Alley Oop fans

     

     

  12. Posted

    NP Comic for Saturday, Jan 13, 2024

    Aw, @#$%&, Oh, goody, another comic featuring Scrappy Kevin, my favorite piece of firewood stick character in the EGS comic. I need a laugh track device that I can play whenever I read his lines, to take the edge off.

    Someone mentioned characters that were a stand-in for Dan. Kevin. Not the only one, not even the main one, but that's really his only purpose.

    Gadzooks - I was guessing verb noun, but no, possessive plural noun. Also explains why you never see singular Gadzook.

    So, since WoD is WoG for the comic, Kevin could have said, "Danzooks" (except, presumably, Dan has never been crucified, at least not physically).

    Since there is no nail count involved, 'Danzook' should be sufficient.

    There is the answer to your 2nd panel question, Ashley.

    Also, Ashley, you forgot to mention to Kevin, the Stick of Instruction, that Tedd's device uses uryuom tech that is outside of his bailiwick, not that it really matters for his exposition.

    I think the comic is missing out by not making more use of Kevin for comedy relief. I could see this as a sub-genre, 'How can we abuse Kevin this week?' I think making use of Kevin's single outstanding physical feature, he's a stick, while he's 'sleeping' could add so much. Tedd needs to stir cake batter, Kevin is handy. Oops, Kevin has cake batter all over him, run him through the dish washer. Susan gets a puppy. Let's play Fetch! Nanase and Ellen are babysitting Akiko, and they give Kevin a makeover with pain and glitter and glue on googly eyes, so he looks more like Clippy, another beloved character from a different genre. During a camping trip, beavers abduct Kevin and he becomes a part of their dwelling.

    Such a delightful character.

     

  14. Posted

    I'm not saying it never happens, but a typical business building with shops does not have other shops in the back. It has the store room and a delivery or freight entrance that faces an ally. Another row facing the other way behind it would typically be a separate building.

     

    3 hours ago, Amiable Dorsai said:

    "...the shops on this side..." Am I understanding correctly? Hope is on the Griffins' side of the world?

    I did not read it that way, TBD for now.

    We have yet to see that immortals regularly travel between universes. Since they have different rules, I'd guess they don't regularly communicate.

     

    1 hour ago, mlooney said:

    I'm thinking that she moved the door into the store and is living in the abandoned store. 

    She mentioned the door facing the river. That would mean it is behind the store.

  15. Posted

    Comic for Friday, Jan 12, 2024

    So, Hope has a physical dwelling. Is that a choice? Or a fallout of the new rules?

    Notice the bed; does Hope need sleep?

    It is unclear that she eats or not. The table could be for anything. Notably, only one seat. She does not intend to have her friends over.

    One wardrobe, and a couple of old school chests (lacking locks!) Is this the height of naivety or does she have magical intrusion prevention? 'Move the entrance' sounds like she carved a piece of extra-dimensional space and tied it to the EGS world with a single doorway. Perhaps you can only go through with magic.

    Again, she's very concerned about being seen.

  16. Posted

    1 hour ago, Don Edwards said:

    I'm one of those weird people who think there is no peanut butter, and no chocolate, so bad that they can't be made worse by combining them.

    Do you like them individually?

    My biggest issue with the cups, Reese's and otherwise, is that the chocolate and the peanut butter are both too sweet. Reese's is not as bad as the off-brands. I have on rare occasion found dark chocolate peanut butter cups, those are much better.

    Cocoa mixed into peanut butter is the bomb. One of my local grocery stores carries Peanut Butter & Co. Dark Chocolate Dreams. I like it better than Nutella. Of course, being a peanut butter, it has peanut allergy issues that Nutella avoids.

  17. Posted

    2 hours ago, mlooney said:

    I think that Hope is a lot kinder than Pandora.  We will see what she is up to in the next few comics as you said,

    She seems to be. But she is also young for an immortal, whereas Pandora was for the most part, other than the history around Adrian's birth, much older than any other immortal we've seen (so far as we know), way past her expiration date. Pandora did pretty well for 'intrinsically crazy'. I wish my dad had as many lucid times near the end of his life as she did.

    There is a sense of Hope taking personal responsibility and owning the things she did as Pandora. That could be good. I suppose it could also cripple her, but I don't see Dan taking the narrative in that direction, even though there are hints that her past is already intruding into her new life. She'll be a character, she won't be dysfunctional. She may have vulnerabilities.

  21. Posted

    1 hour ago, mlooney said:

    I've got the Game's Workshop's Legiones Imperiales box set now.  Reading the rules and have dug out my old epic models.  The rule book  is hard back and 240 pages long.

    I like many of their scultps, but good Lord, they've gotten expensive. I feel like there is more gouge than substance in GW.

    For me, no one I know of plays wargames any more. Eurogames, which may have some conflict, but are multifaceted, have more traction here. Several stores that featured GW games have folded (not all, and we do have a regional GW branded store).

    Will you find opponents in small town, KS?

  24. Posted

    14 minutes ago, mlooney said:

    Some guns cost less than even a banger used car.

    I was thinking in terms of needing to take a test at the DMV to show I am competent. Gun ownership has little in that regard, in the US. Concealed Carry Permit is the closest thing.

  25. Posted

    NP Comic for Tuesday, Jan 9, 2024

    Beefy Fox still looks threatening flexing and Nanase looks apprehensive. Why is Fox focused on her own physique? This seems like a subversion of what she's all about, a decoy or assistant. The big question is foreshadowing trouble or merely dramatic presentation. Even in the best case, she still seems like she is a bit more out of control than normal. And Fox does have a history of being competitive with Nanase in the video games. It seems to be part of her personality.

    So is each Fox basically a new temporary person? Or do they share some common thread? Does a new Fox remember experiences of previous Fox. It is implied they do; early on Fox made some error in front of Mrs. Kisune. She has not been shown repeating that error, needing to relearn each time.

    What are the moral implications of terminating a Fox? It seems that for Nanase, there are none; it is an understood aspect of having the Fox spell for her own convenience, pretty much like terminating a fairy doll is for Susan. What if someone deliberately kills Fox? Is it murder? Does the next Fox remember? Does that become a psychological burden? Does it harm Nanase? She felt some pain when her fairy dolls were terminated by Abraham.

    If Nanase is in her angel form, would using the Fox spell create an angel form Fox?

    Sadly now, I realize, I am hoping for more information. Yes, I am looking for Fox news. This is truly a sad situation.

    Ashley is the group's resident airhead. I find it difficult to care what she is thinking, because in a minute or two, 'Oh, there's a squirrel I should chase'. I might love my cat or dog, but generally would not ask them for actual advice. (They could be a sounding board for my own thoughts.)

    She did OK in the mall, though. I guess under duress she is more grounded.