It has been said that free will is not a matter of choosing what we will do, but how. Tip has proven that the line between disappointment and joy, between failure and opportunity is just a matter of perspective. For this, kudos to him and to the authors for reminding us of this.
Panel 1 is totally “It’s a Small World.” I first saw it at the World’s Fair in New York in 1965, then encountered it a couple years later at Disneyland. It’s obnoxious inside, but the outside architecture is some of Mary Blair’s most enchanting work.
I was on the ride a couple years ago with a Persian friend and his little Chinese daughter. We went through area after area dedicated to every part of Europe, while she kept looking for the Chinese children. Finally, we found a small area that represented China and Japan. Her parents pointed to a couple acrobat dolls and said “Look! They’re Chinese!” My Persian friend didn’t even get that much of a bone thrown to him, for which he should probably be grateful.
There is an entire room dedicated to the Middle East including Persia. Although for the individual dolls representing specific countries on that ride, blink and you might miss them.
Sorry; but as much as I like Dom DeLuise, I can’t get the picture out of my head of Brando — in said tutu — wheezing out those immortal words: “Let me give you a makeover you can’t refuse…”
I dont know why, but i just love panel one here so much. Its just… really beautiful, and tips posture and so on, i just wanna blow it up and color it with swirls and pastels.
Is anyone else beginning to suspect that Tip may be a latent mad beautician? It’s rather uncanny how events conspire to allow him to perform makeovers on persons who would otherwise never accept them…
When life hands you lemons, make a lovely lemon chiffon pie, with a graham-cracker crust, topped with blueberry crème fraîche and lemon-zest curls.
…which explode on contact.
It has been said that free will is not a matter of choosing what we will do, but how. Tip has proven that the line between disappointment and joy, between failure and opportunity is just a matter of perspective. For this, kudos to him and to the authors for reminding us of this.
But only if the pastry hasn’t been over-werked.
(yes I have been watching a huge amount of great British bake off)
They mistook his deep thoughts for disappointment. Compared to the princess gig, redecorating Nick is a true challenge of all his skills.
Deep thoughts nothing. That is Classical Scheming Pose #1, as often employed by Mr. Burns and Gendo Ikari.
Ooh, Nick is not going to like this *snerk*
Panel 1 is totally “It’s a Small World.” I first saw it at the World’s Fair in New York in 1965, then encountered it a couple years later at Disneyland. It’s obnoxious inside, but the outside architecture is some of Mary Blair’s most enchanting work.
I was on the ride a couple years ago with a Persian friend and his little Chinese daughter. We went through area after area dedicated to every part of Europe, while she kept looking for the Chinese children. Finally, we found a small area that represented China and Japan. Her parents pointed to a couple acrobat dolls and said “Look! They’re Chinese!” My Persian friend didn’t even get that much of a bone thrown to him, for which he should probably be grateful.
There is an entire room dedicated to the Middle East including Persia. Although for the individual dolls representing specific countries on that ride, blink and you might miss them.
The disappointment of not becoming the princess.
The thrill of becoming the fairy godmother.
Cue fairy Godfather jokes.
If you’re accepting nominations for fairy godfathers, I’d definitely nominate Dom DeLuise. Dom in a tutu saying “You disappoint me, Tip.”
Sorry; but as much as I like Dom DeLuise, I can’t get the picture out of my head of Brando — in said tutu — wheezing out those immortal words: “Let me give you a makeover you can’t refuse…”
(Pretty sure I’m not getting any sleep tonight…)
I dont know why, but i just love panel one here so much. Its just… really beautiful, and tips posture and so on, i just wanna blow it up and color it with swirls and pastels.
also, MAKEOVER YES
And thus we see Tip’s *true* superpower, or at least wished-for superpower: alchemical transformation.
(TUNE: “Love Hangover”, Diana Ross)
Tip, surely you must be
Disappointed! Disappointed!
Nick, well it’s true that he
Was anointed, was anointed!
Nick, although he won’t confess,
Needs to fix his hair and dress!
He’s a hot mess …
He’ll get a Princess Makeover!
Time for Tip to take over!
He’ll get a Princess Makeover!
[Insert five minutes of Tip oohing and ahhing over Nick, and Nick griping and wrongswearing. Disco was weird]
Like a circle in a spiral; like a wheel within a wheel. Never ending, nor beginning, on an ever spinning reel . . .
Is anyone else beginning to suspect that Tip may be a latent mad beautician? It’s rather uncanny how events conspire to allow him to perform makeovers on persons who would otherwise never accept them…
Ooh! I just realized: Tip’s glasses are opaque with shine.
But yeah, this is probably just part of his mundane superpower. Tip gets what Tip wants, unless it’s funny or dramatic to do otherwise.
Nice Gendo glasses, Tip. 🙂
I can’t believe we didn’t see this coming. How could we not see this coming?
You didn’t. Many of us did.
I LOVE the Gendo Ikarii pose in panel 3.
…why do I hear a chorus singing: “always look on the bright side of life?”