NP Comic for Saturday, Sep 27, 2025

[Darth Fluffy 377]

NP Comic for Saturday, Sep 27, 2025

I'm with CinderTedd; "Eh?" - "Why did I need to see this?"

[mlooney 3,823]

59 minutes ago, Darth Fluffy said:

"Why did I need to see this?"

Because Prince Elliot leaving so fast as to cause wake turbulence is cute.

[Pharaoh RutinTutin 1,667]

 

This Prince must learn to delegate. 

If his first reaction is physical effort, then there are obviously not enough people working for him to do those things. 

As for how to govern? 

Stand up straight.

Shut up. 

Look dignified. 

Smile, frown, and nod on cue. 

And be ready to hand everyone in your court over to the executioner before they do the same to you. 

 

[Darth Fluffy 377]

2 hours ago, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

This Prince must learn to delegate.

Indeed. Finding trustworthy delegates is tricky though. He doesn't seem to have the maturity for that. The Adrian advisor seems good though.

 

2 hours ago, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

And be ready to hand everyone in your court over to the executioner before they do the same to you. 

"I've got a little list . . ."

[Darth Fluffy 377]

3 hours ago, mlooney said:

Because Prince Elliot leaving so fast as to cause wake turbulence is cute.

My

[Darth Fluffy 377]

3 hours ago, mlooney said:

Because Prince Elliot leaving so fast as to cause wake turbulence is cute.

post

[Darth Fluffy 377]

3 hours ago, mlooney said:

Because Prince Elliot leaving so fast as to cause wake turbulence is cute.

was

[Darth Fluffy 377]

3 hours ago, mlooney said:

Because Prince Elliot leaving so fast as to cause wake turbulence is cute.

referring 

[Darth Fluffy 377]

3 hours ago, mlooney said:

Because Prince Elliot leaving so fast as to cause wake turbulence is cute.

to the

[Darth Fluffy 377]

3 hours ago, mlooney said:

Because Prince Elliot leaving so fast as to cause wake turbulence is cute.

pacing.

[Amiable Dorsai 74]

3 hours ago, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

This Prince must learn to delegate

I think he's just in a hurry to call off the dogs.

[Don Edwards 581]

5 hours ago, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

As for how to govern? 

Same as how to manage: pick the right people to do the job - and then let them do it.

[mlooney 3,823]

On 9/27/2025 at 8:27 AM, Darth Fluffy said:

My

 

On 9/27/2025 at 8:27 AM, Darth Fluffy said:

post

 

On 9/27/2025 at 8:28 AM, Darth Fluffy said:

referring 

 

On 9/27/2025 at 8:28 AM, Darth Fluffy said:

to the

 

On 9/27/2025 at 8:29 AM, Darth Fluffy said:

pacing.

This is EGS, in a self-described “self-indulgent” arc.  Slow is to be assumed. I'm not sure DS really knows how to pace things.  NP more so than main of late.

[Darth Fluffy 377]

38 minutes ago, mlooney said:

This is EGS, in a self-described “self-indulgent” arc.  Slow is to be assumed. I'm not sure DS really knows how to pace things.  NP more so than main of late.

Also granting that web comic pacing tends to be much slower that real life, EGS & environs feels to me to be much slower than web comics in general. Or possibly, the time flow of many are similar, but much less seems to be happening within that time. I dunno. 

To be fair, comparing newspaper comics, if Peanuts aged in real time, the 'kids' would be geriatric, and Snoopy would be replaced several times.

[mlooney 3,823]

8 hours ago, Darth Fluffy said:

EGS & environs feels to me to be much slower than web comics in general.

I give you “The White Board,” which spent about a year and a half on one day of comic time, and “Freefall,” which has only had about 4 months of comic time over the whole of its run as examples of slower web comics.  Or “Kevin and Kell,” which has advanced maybe 4 years comic time since 1995 real time.

[ijuin 611]

On 9/27/2025 at 9:24 AM, Don Edwards said:

Same as how to manage: pick the right people to do the job - and then let them do it.

Also to clamp down on any overt misbehavior by your underlings.

[mlooney 3,823]

2 hours ago, ijuin said:

Also to clamp down on any overt misbehavior by your underlings.

And don't cover up their illegal/unethical acts.

[Darth Fluffy 377]

5 hours ago, mlooney said:

And don't cover up their illegal/unethical acts.

Helps to not be a felon yourself. 

[mlooney 3,823]

5 hours ago, Darth Fluffy said:

Helps to not be a felon yourself. 

Well, yeah, but I was thinking of Nixon in this case.

[Darth Fluffy 377]

3 hours ago, mlooney said:

Well, yeah, but I was thinking of Nixon in this case.

Nixon: "I am not a crook!"

Everyone else: "You sure about that?"

The man had positives going, overshadowed by the negatives. Disregard for the law was a noteworthy standout. Remember Watergate?

To be entirely fair, he was not as egregious as Hurricane Donald. We should move this to Political if you want to continue.

[ChronosCat 158]

On 9/28/2025 at 0:05 PM, mlooney said:

I'm not sure DS really knows how to pace things.  NP more so than main of late.

I'm sure a big part of the problem is Dan's writing process. Based on commentary, social media posts, etc., while he plans out stories in advance he doesn't nail down every detail, and he rarely has the final script worked out more than a couple pages in advance. This means he doesn't have much of a chance to go over what he's already written looking for what can be cut.

[mlooney 3,823]

Yeah, he knows what the forest looks like, but he has no idea what the trees look like.  Some times I think he doesn't even know what kind of tree they are.