Erm, “that gal”? “Blob guy”? Please remind me when we last saw them, I can’t place either!
-oOo-
Meanwhile, is that really 50 year old dust or is it pulverized concrete? After all, the concrete UNITY accidentally bashed through must have gone somewhere…
Off topic, Sunday’s Skin Horse: Director’s Cut featured a villanelle by Nicholas Judza. This was another new poetry form to me, along with the sestina and the ghazal. Shaenon doesn’t just provide webcomics, but also a master’s degree in literature. I thought Violet Bee would make a perfect subject.
Villanelle for a Villainess
Don’t dismiss me, human fool,
You’re no match for a machine,
For soon Violet Bee will rule.
You cannot evade my plot:
Gold Bug works behind the scene.
Don’t dismiss me, human fool,
As a braided blonde who’s hot.
You’re too dull to suss my scheme.
For soon Violet Bee will rule,
And those Skin Horse losers? Not!
Same for A-Sig, Mr. Green.
Don’t dismiss me, human fool,
Though a heart I may have not.
I’ve a brain un-human keen.
For soon Violet Bee will rule
Take that, bag-of-bees Gavotte!
Puny stings can’t trump pure mean.
Don’t dismiss me, human fool,
For soon Violet Bee will rule!
(TUNE: “You’re My Soul And My Heart’s Inspiration”, The Righteous Brothers)
Through twenty feet of concrete …
Through fifty years of dust …
There are no prints of mad feet,
But if you’re science, then flyin’s a must!
Agents,
Welcome now to the Court of Ascension!
A cyborg angel will be your guide!
Holy cow, what a clever invention!
Beneath the subway is where we hide …
Oh hey. That sure is a cyborg angel mad genius! Which, actually, is kind of the best kind??? Here’s hoping this is an important character (because cyborgs are the bomb you guys) (but only in the colloquial sense) (because she probably didn’t build the wings to explode) (but then again she’s from St. Charlie so what do I know).
I am alas corrupted such that the third panel made me think of a Magic the Gathering card where the original art had the angel’s wings looking mechanical.
So, hmm, St. Charlie is connected to the Boston subway system. One might think they’d have a problem with ghouls (see HPL’s “Pickman’s Model”). Then again, mad science.
OK, I know her identity hasn’t been confirmed by Word of Jeff and Shaenon yet, but I couldn’t resist this one:
(Tune: “Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town,” Mell Tillis)
You’ve gussied up your wings and cut and styled your pretty hair;
Your flight suit and your scarf look great a-swooshing through the air.
The moon and sandwich said we’d find St. Charlie further down.
Oh Ruby, why are we underground?
What this “Court of Ascension” is, we’ll find out soon, I guess.
Odds are the Skin Horse team’s in for an Anasigma mess.
This whole thing has a whiff of Sergio and Dr. Lee,
Oh Ruby, and also Vi’let Bee!
It’s hard to love a morphing man who’s got a bad goatee,
But the sexy appeal of an underground lair, Ruby, it’s plain to see.
(Although for all we know, perhaps ol’ Mike is still around.)
Oh Ruby, why are we underground?
There’s fifty years of dust here undisturbed upon the floor,
And a smartass colleague in a dress I’ve little patience for.
And if I had time I’d take a broom to all these tunnels ’round.
Oh Ruby, why are we underground?
Oh Ruby, for cripes sakes, help these clowns.
Oh, so *that’s* what happened to that gal. …I wonder how things went with the blob guy?
Erm, “that gal”? “Blob guy”? Please remind me when we last saw them, I can’t place either!
-oOo-
Meanwhile, is that really 50 year old dust or is it pulverized concrete? After all, the concrete UNITY accidentally bashed through must have gone somewhere…
From Narbonic. At the awards dinner. Just as Foot is introduced. <3
Ruby the combat android? Maybe. The hair doesn’t look quite right, but…
It’s been a few years. Even combat androids sometimes need a new kicky summer ‘doo.
Or maybe, y’know, there may be more than just one battle android. Just saying.
Definitely her: http://www.webcomicsnation.com/shaenongarrity/narbonic/series.php?view=archive&chapter=10285&name=narbonic
The weird part? It’s years later and she’s still got a Band-Aid on her right cheek.
M. Alan Thomas II (and what a fine family name that is): Borg-style cheek implant. She didn’t have it in human form. http://www.webcomicsnation.com/shaenongarrity/narbonic/series.php?view=archive&chapter=10283
Thank you.
Good point. The image is much clearer in today’s strip (i.e., the strip after this).
Off topic, Sunday’s Skin Horse: Director’s Cut featured a villanelle by Nicholas Judza. This was another new poetry form to me, along with the sestina and the ghazal. Shaenon doesn’t just provide webcomics, but also a master’s degree in literature. I thought Violet Bee would make a perfect subject.
Villanelle for a Villainess
Don’t dismiss me, human fool,
You’re no match for a machine,
For soon Violet Bee will rule.
You cannot evade my plot:
Gold Bug works behind the scene.
Don’t dismiss me, human fool,
As a braided blonde who’s hot.
You’re too dull to suss my scheme.
For soon Violet Bee will rule,
And those Skin Horse losers? Not!
Same for A-Sig, Mr. Green.
Don’t dismiss me, human fool,
Though a heart I may have not.
I’ve a brain un-human keen.
For soon Violet Bee will rule
Take that, bag-of-bees Gavotte!
Puny stings can’t trump pure mean.
Don’t dismiss me, human fool,
For soon Violet Bee will rule!
Very nice, Kay! Before now, I always thought that Lex Luthor was Villain L.
ahahahahahahahaha…….I see what you did there….:)
I Lex Luthor is Villain L, then violet Bee must be Evillanelle.
(TUNE: “You’re My Soul And My Heart’s Inspiration”, The Righteous Brothers)
Through twenty feet of concrete …
Through fifty years of dust …
There are no prints of mad feet,
But if you’re science, then flyin’s a must!
Agents,
Welcome now to the Court of Ascension!
A cyborg angel will be your guide!
Holy cow, what a clever invention!
Beneath the subway is where we hide …
Oh hey. That sure is a cyborg angel mad genius! Which, actually, is kind of the best kind??? Here’s hoping this is an important character (because cyborgs are the bomb you guys) (but only in the colloquial sense) (because she probably didn’t build the wings to explode) (but then again she’s from St. Charlie so what do I know).
Uh-oh. The “Court of Ascension” sounds suspiciously like the “Court of Miracles”
I think it’s more the court of ‘Now let’s go back upstairs’
So, a man bites dog story?
Actually, it’s a “Cross-Dressing Man Bites Talking Dog!” story.
The best kind of Court of Ascension is the one you have to descend through concrete to reach.
I am alas corrupted such that the third panel made me think of a Magic the Gathering card where the original art had the angel’s wings looking mechanical.
So, hmm, St. Charlie is connected to the Boston subway system. One might think they’d have a problem with ghouls (see HPL’s “Pickman’s Model”). Then again, mad science.
OK, I know her identity hasn’t been confirmed by Word of Jeff and Shaenon yet, but I couldn’t resist this one:
(Tune: “Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town,” Mell Tillis)
You’ve gussied up your wings and cut and styled your pretty hair;
Your flight suit and your scarf look great a-swooshing through the air.
The moon and sandwich said we’d find St. Charlie further down.
Oh Ruby, why are we underground?
What this “Court of Ascension” is, we’ll find out soon, I guess.
Odds are the Skin Horse team’s in for an Anasigma mess.
This whole thing has a whiff of Sergio and Dr. Lee,
Oh Ruby, and also Vi’let Bee!
It’s hard to love a morphing man who’s got a bad goatee,
But the sexy appeal of an underground lair, Ruby, it’s plain to see.
(Although for all we know, perhaps ol’ Mike is still around.)
Oh Ruby, why are we underground?
There’s fifty years of dust here undisturbed upon the floor,
And a smartass colleague in a dress I’ve little patience for.
And if I had time I’d take a broom to all these tunnels ’round.
Oh Ruby, why are we underground?
Oh Ruby, for cripes sakes, help these clowns.
Rock on! Very well done!
Thank you, good sir!
“Bite me,Tip”… well, that would be news. Is Sweetheart becoming a publicity hound? But on a covert mission, all publicity is bad publicity.
One wonders whether Ruby* (if it be she) is still working in lasers, or whether she has migrated into robotics after her unveiling.
*Named in honour of the early 694.3 nm Al2O3:Cr pulsed laser technology?
Well, Sweetheart, if Tip bit you, it would be news.