Being able to read between the lines is great for interpreting Bubbles, but it’s hell when reading comic books. All that dialog about smurfy smurfing is more verbally dense than Ulysses.
Also, yeah, Bubbles bonding with Killbot #2 and leaving Unity with Sweetheart just brings the system closer to its ground state. What with Virginia superpaling with Nick, it makes me worry that in the next strip, Artie is going to run into Sergio and Tip and Tigerlily are going to work out their thing and then and suddenly, I don’t know, Mr. Green becomes a beekeeper and Moustachio/Hitty come out and they all sing the finale of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers as the curtain comes down.
Heh. Love it. This is about as angsty as I’d expect Unity to get, even over a breakup. But I have a feeling is someone hurts Sweetheart, you’d see a rampage to end all rampages out of her.
Tip -still- hasn’t figured out how to communicate with Bubbles? Heck, practically everybody gets what she’s saying. Even I understand, and I’m that mythical creature that understands nothing.
That was extremely calculated of Bubbles. I don’t mean that it was evil of her, only that she knew exactly how to get the result she wanted without having to be the heavy.
Looks like UNITY has decided which ‘ship she wants to sail on. ^_^
But will Number 2 accept being Bubble’s… second choice?
I see what you did there.
Third, counting our revving 80’s friend.
Really, really enjoying Tip’s puzzlement and Unity completely ignoring it.
Oh damn. I am so happy with this totally unexpected twist. You are perfect.
Does this mean we won’t see more of bubbles but sporadically? She’ll be missed, she feels like part of the main cast now.
I’ll miss Bubbles, too, but I’ve really been missing Unity. It’s good to get back to SH HQ.
You know, it’s always interesting to see what it takes for incredulity to set in with these characters.
The electric pencil sharpener was giving attitude.
Sweetheart is old school.
Yes but, how does she keep the eraser from getting covered in saliva?
Ew.
Sweetheart is like my grandmother.
She _never_ makes mistakes.
Bubbles wanted Unity to move to the safehouse…with her… which is also where Killbot-2 works and lives.
OMG, Bubbles was trying to negotiate a 3-way.
Two inorganic robots and a mass of dead flesh animated by nanites? I dunno: mixed marriages can be tricky.
Also it might be easier to pop over to Atlantic City and both indulge her passion for gambling and sail her new yacht…
Being able to read between the lines is great for interpreting Bubbles, but it’s hell when reading comic books. All that dialog about smurfy smurfing is more verbally dense than Ulysses.
I enjoy it, too.
And yet people get upset when I want to unleash nuclear hell on Earth. It’s one of the most popular game franchises. I just don’t understand people.
Also, yeah, Bubbles bonding with Killbot #2 and leaving Unity with Sweetheart just brings the system closer to its ground state. What with Virginia superpaling with Nick, it makes me worry that in the next strip, Artie is going to run into Sergio and Tip and Tigerlily are going to work out their thing and then and suddenly, I don’t know, Mr. Green becomes a beekeeper and Moustachio/Hitty come out and they all sing the finale of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers as the curtain comes down.
ah, big budget office, but the pencil shapreners still work with cranks. The wonders of government
Maybe the hand-cranked sharpener isn’t a union member.
Sweetheart can work a pencil but not a crank? 🙂
Non-humorous use of logic is grounds for extirpation on either side of the 4th wall 🙂
Nah, she can’t really use them. She just MUST HAVE THEM SHARP!
A determined person can manipulate a pencil by mouth. However, the same mouth cannot hold a pencil steady in the sharpener while turning the crank.
I’very heard of dogs using their paws to use door handles. I’m surprised Sweetheart can’t use the crank in the same way.
Maybe she can… but it’s too tiring and difficult for her to turn it enough times to sharpen a pencil?
No electric pencil sharpeners in the Skin Horse office? Strong union…
The comic is hilarious and the comments thus far are cracking me up.
I guess they can’t afford an electric sharpener? Or maybe it’s just too dangerous to have one of those things around Unity.
Do YOU want a pencil sharpener you have to pay a salary?
Moustachio *is* out of the office at the moment…
See? That’s what I was afraid of. Bubbles is being written out!
Heh. Love it. This is about as angsty as I’d expect Unity to get, even over a breakup. But I have a feeling is someone hurts Sweetheart, you’d see a rampage to end all rampages out of her.
In fact, she seems to be completely incapable of angst. Whether that’s by design or not, it’s certainly a useful feature for a deadly weapon.
And ability to angst is unrelated to her ability to be RIGHTEOUSLY FURIOUS that someone hurt her babe! 🙂
Tip -still- hasn’t figured out how to communicate with Bubbles? Heck, practically everybody gets what she’s saying. Even I understand, and I’m that mythical creature that understands nothing.
Understanding nothing is exactly what it takes.
I can understand simple concepts from her. But I can’t get, say, “The rules are different for robots” from “Is…my?”
Well, I understood it as “I’m allowed… right?”. A little extrapolation, and you arrive at the same conclusion as Unity does.
I imagine Bubbles broke up with Unity using six words or less.
That was extremely calculated of Bubbles. I don’t mean that it was evil of her, only that she knew exactly how to get the result she wanted without having to be the heavy.
Makes sense that a robot would be good at calculating odds . . .
soooo…why doesn’t Sweetheart have an automatic pencil sharpener?
Machine Union.
So THAT’S what they’re calling it these days. . . . :3