And the way she has that gun pointed in panel three, one slip of her finger, and she’ll remove alt-Nick’s brains from his head… unfortunately for him, not all in one piece.
It’s a little bit clunky, revealing aside.
You’re not some of those who can run and can hide
We’re not just some flunkies who do as we’re bid.
We’re here to inspect things, and not to forgive.
We’re going to pulp you, but then again, no.
We’ll draw and we’ll quarter, and unravel you, bros.
We know it’s a lot, but it’s what we want to do.
You just don’t belong,
We’re coming for you.
And we will tell everybody you don’t belong.
It may run riot painful, but now it’s begun.
Halt if you don’t mind
Halt if you don’t mind
We will put down you nerds.
Redundant our life is when you’re in the world.
Your leader’s a goof, a real albatross.
Your patchwork girl’s noggin well, it’s good for lacrosse.
And the science girl’s mind
Has somehow gone wrong.
(Though the small one is cute and he might turn me on.)
So excuse us for getting
To this phony review.
You’re all misbegotten
And you haven’t a clue.
Anyway, the thing is, you’re not in some dream.
You are the lamest excuse for a team.
And we will tell everybody you don’t belong.
It may run riot painful, but now it’s begun.
Halt if you don’t mind
Halt if you don’t mind
We will put down you nerds.
Redundant our life is when you’re in the world.
Halt if you don’t mind
Halt if you don’t mind
We will put down you nerds.
Redundant our life is when you’re in the world.
Evidence appears of a massive skill set. It’s early here, but I doff my cap.
What a NAME, Robert. School attendance must have been fraught with expectations. For your classes.
Well, I didn’t get the knack of it till about twenty years ago, and that was, oh, almost twenty years out of school. It wasn’t till I started subbing for edduard that I started grinding them out. Practice is the key.
Also should mention: if Shaenon and / or Jeff are going to put a line like “Halt, if you don’t mind” in a strip, it’s gonna naturally suggest being fitted to “I hope you don’t mind” in the original.
Don’t know that particular song; but, yeah, it’s usually one line that resonates into a hook for me. Not as often as for most of the other people that come up with these, of course.
Obviously what needs to happen next is that Tip must distract the alternate version of himself while Nick makes for the Osprey. What our heroes will actually do may vary from what is optimal.
OK, Captain, you scratch your ‘privates’ and come out with your little hammerless
five-shot revolver, fire it effectively fifty times as usual….THEN you can do make-overs on their entire team. The zombies really need some attention.
Hmmmm…If she’s that easily distracted by Nick, that competent-looking A-Sig team may have serious weaknesses, after all.
…But it could be a clever ploy, like the way Trinity had her violence triggered by mentioning cake-eating. Now’s not the best time to distract Nick with a come-on from a Ginnie-like female.
…Also wondering if their “Nick” is able to pilot the Osprey. Since the A-Sig team has a “Nick”, they must be aware that he’s in a new body. Are they aware of his potential?
(Is he?)
Alt!Nick is the submarine captain for when they need to examine A-Sig’s coastal, off-shore, and underwater assets, and as such is probably not compatible with the Osprey’s software.
If you’re thinking H.T., think again. His political agenda is anti-human (or rather, legalize eating humans), which is completely contrary to A-Sig’s anti-non-human stance.
I think that’s quite a stretch – even for him. He’d be farther ahead to just start eating A-Sig agents. Since they’re shadow gov, he’d be pretty safe. Sure, they could shoot him on sight, but how many of them can actually see him? And he couldn’t be prosecuted for killing people who quite likely don’t officially exist.
“We have met the enemy and he is us.”
Panel 3 makes me think “Ira’s Angels”.
Does the Alt-Tip keep his weapon in hammerspace, too?
Of course he does. Where else would one keep them?
Alt!Tip is adopting a mirror image of Tip’s pose from Big Bad Wolves: http://skin-horse.com/comic/he-hadnt-done/
They seem to have done a good job with the fake Jenny. ^_^
I’m sure they would argue that their Jenny is the real one.
And the way she has that gun pointed in panel three, one slip of her finger, and she’ll remove alt-Nick’s brains from his head… unfortunately for him, not all in one piece.
It’s a little bit clunky, revealing aside.
You’re not some of those who can run and can hide
We’re not just some flunkies who do as we’re bid.
We’re here to inspect things, and not to forgive.
We’re going to pulp you, but then again, no.
We’ll draw and we’ll quarter, and unravel you, bros.
We know it’s a lot, but it’s what we want to do.
You just don’t belong,
We’re coming for you.
And we will tell everybody you don’t belong.
It may run riot painful, but now it’s begun.
Halt if you don’t mind
Halt if you don’t mind
We will put down you nerds.
Redundant our life is when you’re in the world.
Your leader’s a goof, a real albatross.
Your patchwork girl’s noggin well, it’s good for lacrosse.
And the science girl’s mind
Has somehow gone wrong.
(Though the small one is cute and he might turn me on.)
So excuse us for getting
To this phony review.
You’re all misbegotten
And you haven’t a clue.
Anyway, the thing is, you’re not in some dream.
You are the lamest excuse for a team.
And we will tell everybody you don’t belong.
It may run riot painful, but now it’s begun.
Halt if you don’t mind
Halt if you don’t mind
We will put down you nerds.
Redundant our life is when you’re in the world.
Halt if you don’t mind
Halt if you don’t mind
We will put down you nerds.
Redundant our life is when you’re in the world.
—from “Your Song,” Bernie Taupin / Elton John.
Wow.
Evidence appears of a massive skill set. It’s early here, but I doff my cap.
What a NAME, Robert. School attendance must have been fraught with expectations. For your classes.
Well, I didn’t get the knack of it till about twenty years ago, and that was, oh, almost twenty years out of school. It wasn’t till I started subbing for edduard that I started grinding them out. Practice is the key.
Also should mention: if Shaenon and / or Jeff are going to put a line like “Halt, if you don’t mind” in a strip, it’s gonna naturally suggest being fitted to “I hope you don’t mind” in the original.
Don’t know that particular song; but, yeah, it’s usually one line that resonates into a hook for me. Not as often as for most of the other people that come up with these, of course.
Well done, Robert. My hat is off to you.
“I’d tip my hat to you, but I haven’t got a hat.”
Major Winchester: “Corporal, my hat is off to you.”
Capt. Pierce: “Not to mention his hair.”
Obviously what needs to happen next is that Tip must distract the alternate version of himself while Nick makes for the Osprey. What our heroes will actually do may vary from what is optimal.
Nick just has to get “close enough” to the Osprey. We don’t know how close that is, or how far away from it they are. They may be close enough now.
OK, Captain, you scratch your ‘privates’ and come out with your little hammerless
five-shot revolver, fire it effectively fifty times as usual….THEN you can do make-overs on their entire team. The zombies really need some attention.
“If you don’t mind”? OK… Definitely A-Sig, Canadian division!
The little one, she’s looking at Nick right? Tell me that Tip now has to coach Nick through a seduction? 😀
Nick would probably wish for the instruction to include Dr. Lee, rather than Alt!Lee, but the laws of comedy indicate you might just be right.
Hmmmm…If she’s that easily distracted by Nick, that competent-looking A-Sig team may have serious weaknesses, after all.
…But it could be a clever ploy, like the way Trinity had her violence triggered by mentioning cake-eating. Now’s not the best time to distract Nick with a come-on from a Ginnie-like female.
…Also wondering if their “Nick” is able to pilot the Osprey. Since the A-Sig team has a “Nick”, they must be aware that he’s in a new body. Are they aware of his potential?
(Is he?)
Alt!Nick is the submarine captain for when they need to examine A-Sig’s coastal, off-shore, and underwater assets, and as such is probably not compatible with the Osprey’s software.
Calling it now: their Sweetheart is a fat bald guy, an A-Sig bureaucrat giving them occasional orders over the radio.
Their Sweetheart is probably trying to pass for human—with, one would hope, a better disguise than Sweetheart’s “Stevie Hugeface” try.
What about a very large feline with a political agenda?
If you’re thinking H.T., think again. His political agenda is anti-human (or rather, legalize eating humans), which is completely contrary to A-Sig’s anti-non-human stance.
He could be trying to subvert from within again.
I think that’s quite a stretch – even for him. He’d be farther ahead to just start eating A-Sig agents. Since they’re shadow gov, he’d be pretty safe. Sure, they could shoot him on sight, but how many of them can actually see him? And he couldn’t be prosecuted for killing people who quite likely don’t officially exist.