2017-05-29
Shaenon: This storyline was co-written with David Blake, who pledged at the Arbiter of Reality level of our last Kickstarter and thus gained the privilege of doing Jeff’s job for a week. As it turned out, this storyline was so fun we decided to stretch it to two weeks. So enjoy! And thank you, David! I really enjoyed working with you on this.
I am vaguely hurt by the implication that I had forgotten Remy, as opposed to desperately jonesing for more Remy screentime. 😉 😛
Chapter title is intriguing, though.
I KNOW! Who’s forgotten Remy?
How could anyone forget Remy?
Could have something to do with him not being in the comic for very long, his appearance having been a long while ago, and his role being relatively minor. 😛
That said, I remember Remy for whatever reason. Better than I remember what’s his name, the A-Sig generically handsome male scientist who actually plays kind of a big part at points (and who I think is a crossover character from Li’l Mell?).
That’d be Sergio
After all, it *is* still Remy-morial Day. (For about another 10 minutes at least…)
Remy Sage-Marron, the black-market body parts man and Unity’s connection? Never heard of him.
Oh, we’re starting a new chapter? Oh boy.
Also, Remy! Glad to see him back.
Is this list of ingredients like the bomb making material in “The Terminator”?
More like the inventory of an alchemist’s lab in the Discworld. (You have to have the stuffed alligator hanging from the ceiling, don’t you know?)
Just wondering how much does a dead alligator cost, and would that explain why Louis Vuitton bags are so expensive?
Depends on quantity, where you are, and also freshness.
Online you can get alligator meat for $20 a pound, but wholesale you can get it under $9 a pound. (Or you could a few couple years ago.) Prices were a lot lower a decade ago, less than half as much, before reality TV created interest (weirdly).
… I remember Brian more than Remy.
Who the heck is Brian?
Brian is there so when Remy says, “Talk to the hand,” Brian can take the call.
UNITY already made that terrible joke, which left Tip and Sweetheart speechless, and UNITY utterly embarassed.
http://skin-horse.com/comic/todays-comic-494/
Seriously though, who is Brian?
Okay, yeah – he’s a hand. Specifically, he’s UNITY’s old right-hand which Remy kissed, prompting her to swear she’d keep it forever. She then realized “it’ll eventually get all manky”, at which point he gave her a replacement to use, so the original could be kept as a keepsake.
But all that said, who exactly IS Brian? Who did he belong to before he was UNITY’s “right hand man”? (I’m not sorry.)
Better question – since he’s not attached to UNITY, what force is keeping him animated? Presumably once detached from her, the same thing that was making all the zombies come to life is what took hold of her severed hand? Which means Brian is a part of the Cypress, I guess?
If that’s the case, does that mean that Brian now -IS- the Cypress, since the rest of it was destroye by A-Sig?
Well, once detached from Unity, Brian still had Unity’s “essence” inside him, so he’s sort of like her “child”, but really just an extension of her.
It’s true, this comic does have a lot going on, but I hadn’t forgotten Remy.
Remy, the man with the moving mojo hand.
Huh; thought only my home town sold dead alligator… (Not the whole gator, just the meat when there’re too many and a season is allowed. Tasty enough, a bit greasy; not bad deep-fried.)
You know grocery stores don’t really pack the bags and leave the lush produce sticking out like that. That sort of thing just kills my suspension of disbelief.
Clearly you’ve never been to the Deep South. 😛
Note, also, the brown paper bags which in most other places have been replaced by plastic.
Just shopped at Sprouts (a whole foods/natural foods chain you find out here in the Southwest, I don’t know about elsewhere) today and you’re given a choice: plastic, brown paper or your own bags. I usually get the paper ones because my ferrets love to play in them. Also, I’m originally from the Deep South (NW Florida) and D. Walker is totally right.
Publix, where I do most of my shopping, asks “paper or plastic?” I usually get plastic. But they still don’t pack like that.
Publix is a bit more modern. Places like Winn Dixie, Kroger, and Food Lion are more likely to pack like that (dependant on region).
There must always be celery. http://www.lileks.com/institute/frahm/index.html
That link kind of made me hate everything.
High John the Conquerer Root is used in Hoodoo magic. And he does have a zombie hand.
Oh that’s adorable. Lookit Brian with his little toy!
Gasp! a chapter title that’s not a reference to a children’s book?
*boing*
Mmm, Remy.
I am the organlegger,
And I know what I command.
I’m an accommodater,
With an arm, a leg, a hand.
I’ve got some good connections,
For black-market body parts.
I would give up some skin and maybe a shin,
Some museum ears that would give her good cheer,
And a couple of spare hearts.
I am the organlegger,
I’ll get the goods for you.
It’ll be a little gory,
But that will have to do.
I’m proud of all my effort,
It’s kinda like an art.
But I must confess they’ll be a mess,
If I bring in the jack in a paper sack,
And I serve them a la carte.
I am the organlegger,
And I don’t want to grouse.
You saw I was invited
Out to the Little House.
I was ready, I was willing,
And it may not seem so smart.
But I had to make a stand and bring up my other plans,
And I’d get to be with Unity,
If it wasn’t for Sweetheart.
I am the organlegger,
I know the status quo.
I’m not a major player,
In the Skin Horse to-and-fro.
I play it to perfection,
But it’s hopeless, anyway.
Since the last time I appeared it’s been more than a year,
It just isn’t too hip when I’m drawn in the strip,
But not featured everyday.
—from “The Entertainer,” Billy Joel.
Remarkable as ever.
If I hadn’t’a heard it on my iPod this morning while I was cutting the lawn…
I like Remy a lot and I’m always happy to see him in the comic, so good call, David Blake.
But you know who I think really needs to make an appearance in Skin Horse, somehow, in some manner? Who I’d really love to *ahem* see Jeff and Shaenon (or a guest-Jeff) bring back?
Foxy Cop.
And we know she isn’t reality-blind. She clearly noticed when Gremlin!Dave volunteered to take a sobriety test, even if she ended up not reporting the incident.
She’s around.
Aw, I didn’t even consider the possibility of checking in on tertiary characters from Narbonic. Remy probably still would have been my first choice though. There’s just something about the guy I like.
Sqeeee! I love Remy! The little romance between him and Unity was so adorable!