Thomas Levy (ergonomytch) says: Makes you wonder what made Italy Italian…
NigaiAmai Yume (nigaiamai_yume) says: It’s ok to have comic-book-style radiation, as long as you’re consistant about it. So, no cancer, but giant monsters are cool. With sufficient camp factor. And that “yucky” face in panel three provides enough. ^-^
Thomas Levy (ergonomytch) says: Oh, and I like how he accented that hazmat suit with a floral print scarf. Safety is no excuse for looking drab.
Dave Van Domelen (dvandom) says: Blame it on Enrico Fermi.
Oh, and Tip…floral prints with hazmat orange? Pish tosh. Have you no paisley scarves?
Dave Van Domelen (dvandom) says: Oh, and…YAY MR. YUCK!
Rockphed (rockphed) says:
Dave Van Domelen (dvandom) says: Oh, and Tip…floral prints with hazmat orange? Pish tosh. Have you no paisley scarves?
Perhaps it is a Hazmat Orange Floral Print.
Alycia Shedd (leeshajoy) says: Who says it’s Hazmat Orange? Perhaps it’s a nice Hazmat Coral Pink.
D. Connolly (theogrin) says:
Undoubtedly, the silverfish have begun to derive their culture from the books they devour, the paper’s ink carefully scoured and rewritten, meticulously transcribed (on tiny scraps) before they feast upon that which gave them their livelihood, their renaissance, their world. And that sounds depressingly enough like numerous political events in human affairs that it -must- be true.
I bet they devoured the original of Il trionfo di Clelia. Philistines.
D. Connolly (theogrin) says:
And it occurs to me only _now_, after I’ve posted that prior comment, that undoubtedly the mortal enemies of the silverfish are a brutish force, opposed to them, and holding their own dominion over a separate room of the basement…
I daresay there’s a great potential for the War of the Silverfish Succession, here.
So It Begins (soitbegins) says:
20 chances to 10 Tip’ll have to deal with ninja centipedes!
The Madsci Wars:
Well, if nothing else, I now know that Mr. Purple Knight is a bit of an over-reactor. Also, the small quantity of nanobots I hid in the box should have hitched a ride on him by now. Once he rebuilds, the bots will drop off and bug his new lair.
Heh heh heh.
Jane Narbon (lady_madsci) says:
I actually vote for the centipedes being 1) sentient, and 2) British, old chap.
—– The Mad Scientist Wars:
Well, let me go over everything again.
Swallowed a 24-hour time-release dose of Universal Antidote: Check.
Turned on all the electronic stuff (and my cell phone): Check.
Practiced walking in high heels: Check. (ouch)
Tool belt is fully charged and in stealth mode: Check.
Ah well, here goes…
Ah, you must be the famous Professor Tinker. How are you feeling tonight? Fine? Wonderful! Shall we go? Hmmmm… seems decent enough. I think that I’ll do nothing nefarious. Not just yet. Conversation is sometimes a better tactic. Also, he brought that &#*$ vorpal bunny. I’ve told my tool belt to teleport a Holy Stun Grenade directly to me if necessary.
Yes. I’ll wait, and talk, and have a good meal. Then, I will decide what to do.
What could possibly go wrong?
(ominous roll of thunder)
Basil Jelly (basil_jelly) says:
“I bet they devoured the original of Il trionfo di Clelia. Philistines.”
If they are going to upchuck an old opera I’d prefer L’Arianna.
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says: As for old operas, why not Il barbiere di Silvifishia?
Johnny Assay (johnny_assay) says:
We already have one British character manning the desk upstairs, though. While British centipedes would be fun, I don’t know if there’s room for another pommy in the strip… My money’s on German, or possibly Greek.
Oh, and you have to love a strip that gets you to speculate on the nationality & sentience of centipedes.
Michael Taub (otakuloki) says:
Now, now… Why is everyone assuming Tip’s hazmat suit is orange? I agree that the floral print scarf is going to go poorly with that, but we’re talking Tip, here. He knows this.
So I find it more likely that Tip is wearing one of two other color schema for hazmat suits. First is the logical possibility that he’s simply wearing a radcon suit, not a hazmat suit – in which case the suit will be a bright canary yellow. And everyone knows that canary yellow just screams for a nice floral print, in jewel tones, to set it off properly.
Of course, since this is Ms. Garrity’s work we’re dealing with – I figure that there’s at least some chance that the gov’t has supplied Tip with the lowest common denomenator hazmat suit. That is one suitable for dealing with wastewater, sewage and other more common (if smelly) hazards. Yes, I think it’s most likely that Tip has been stuck in a Poopy Suit, not a proper hazmat suit. Which would be white,and so the floral print scarf could go with that quite well, too.
How can radiation make you italian? How can a blamanche from an alien planet make you Scottish (so it can win wimbledon)? It’s not a question that has an answer.
Thomas Levy (ergonomytch) says: Makes you wonder what made Italy Italian…
NigaiAmai Yume (nigaiamai_yume) says: It’s ok to have comic-book-style radiation, as long as you’re consistant about it. So, no cancer, but giant monsters are cool. With sufficient camp factor. And that “yucky” face in panel three provides enough. ^-^
Thomas Levy (ergonomytch) says: Oh, and I like how he accented that hazmat suit with a floral print scarf. Safety is no excuse for looking drab.
Dave Van Domelen (dvandom) says: Blame it on Enrico Fermi.
Oh, and Tip…floral prints with hazmat orange? Pish tosh. Have you no paisley scarves?
Dave Van Domelen (dvandom) says: Oh, and…YAY MR. YUCK!
Rockphed (rockphed) says:
Dave Van Domelen (dvandom) says: Oh, and Tip…floral prints with hazmat orange? Pish tosh. Have you no paisley scarves?
Perhaps it is a Hazmat Orange Floral Print.
Alycia Shedd (leeshajoy) says: Who says it’s Hazmat Orange? Perhaps it’s a nice Hazmat Coral Pink.
D. Connolly (theogrin) says:
Undoubtedly, the silverfish have begun to derive their culture from the books they devour, the paper’s ink carefully scoured and rewritten, meticulously transcribed (on tiny scraps) before they feast upon that which gave them their livelihood, their renaissance, their world. And that sounds depressingly enough like numerous political events in human affairs that it -must- be true.
I bet they devoured the original of Il trionfo di Clelia. Philistines.
D. Connolly (theogrin) says:
And it occurs to me only _now_, after I’ve posted that prior comment, that undoubtedly the mortal enemies of the silverfish are a brutish force, opposed to them, and holding their own dominion over a separate room of the basement…
I daresay there’s a great potential for the War of the Silverfish Succession, here.
So It Begins (soitbegins) says:
20 chances to 10 Tip’ll have to deal with ninja centipedes!
The Madsci Wars:
Well, if nothing else, I now know that Mr. Purple Knight is a bit of an over-reactor. Also, the small quantity of nanobots I hid in the box should have hitched a ride on him by now. Once he rebuilds, the bots will drop off and bug his new lair.
Heh heh heh.
Jane Narbon (lady_madsci) says:
I actually vote for the centipedes being 1) sentient, and 2) British, old chap.
—–
The Mad Scientist Wars:
Well, let me go over everything again.
Swallowed a 24-hour time-release dose of Universal Antidote: Check.
Turned on all the electronic stuff (and my cell phone): Check.
Practiced walking in high heels: Check. (ouch)
Tool belt is fully charged and in stealth mode: Check.
Ah well, here goes…
Ah, you must be the famous Professor Tinker. How are you feeling tonight? Fine? Wonderful! Shall we go?
Hmmmm… seems decent enough. I think that I’ll do nothing nefarious. Not just yet. Conversation is sometimes a better tactic. Also, he brought that &#*$ vorpal bunny. I’ve told my tool belt to teleport a Holy Stun Grenade directly to me if necessary.
Yes. I’ll wait, and talk, and have a good meal. Then, I will decide what to do.
What could possibly go wrong?
(ominous roll of thunder)
Basil Jelly (basil_jelly) says:
“I bet they devoured the original of Il trionfo di Clelia. Philistines.”
If they are going to upchuck an old opera I’d prefer
L’Arianna.
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says: As for old operas, why not Il barbiere di Silvifishia?
Johnny Assay (johnny_assay) says:
We already have one British character manning the desk upstairs, though. While British centipedes would be fun, I don’t know if there’s room for another pommy in the strip… My money’s on German, or possibly Greek.
Oh, and you have to love a strip that gets you to speculate on the nationality & sentience of centipedes.
Michael Taub (otakuloki) says:
Now, now… Why is everyone assuming Tip’s hazmat suit is orange? I agree that the floral print scarf is going to go poorly with that, but we’re talking Tip, here. He knows this.
So I find it more likely that Tip is wearing one of two other color schema for hazmat suits. First is the logical possibility that he’s simply wearing a radcon suit, not a hazmat suit – in which case the suit will be a bright canary yellow. And everyone knows that canary yellow just screams for a nice floral print, in jewel tones, to set it off properly.
Of course, since this is Ms. Garrity’s work we’re dealing with – I figure that there’s at least some chance that the gov’t has supplied Tip with the lowest common denomenator hazmat suit. That is one suitable for dealing with wastewater, sewage and other more common (if smelly) hazards. Yes, I think it’s most likely that Tip has been stuck in a Poopy Suit, not a proper hazmat suit. Which would be white,and so the floral print scarf could go with that quite well, too.
How can radiation make you italian? How can a blamanche from an alien planet make you Scottish (so it can win wimbledon)? It’s not a question that has an answer.
I believe that it’s caused by probability particles, they’re released by decaying phlebotinum.
TinkerDwagons: also not unheard of.
mnem
don’t read this.