Jeff, I love your writing, and I’m really looking forward to seeing where you tale this story. Congratulations on finally reaching the ultimate level of Promoted Fanboy.
Is “Grillo Parlante” Jiminy Cricket’s name in the original Italian?
Also, it’s going to be hard to get my headcanon of Nera having a much darker skin tone out of my head. This is the problem with sudden changes in the medium in which a story is told. Not that I don’t appreciate the color and what it represented to the story~AND OH WOW IT WAS A WIZARD OF OZ REFERENCE THE MOMENT WHEN IT CHANGED FROM BEING BLACK-AND-WHITE TO IN-COLOR JUST LIKE THE MOVIE BECAUSE DUE TO THEIR ALTERED PERCEPTIONS THEY “weren’t in Kansas anymore” OH HOLY CHEESE HOW DID I MISS THAT~!?!?~
Yeah it was one of the first x files, when Scully would occasionally smile. The corpses? were turning up with weird marks on them and Scully ran up to Mulder, scantily clad, with weird marks on her back. But they were just mosquito bites.
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(TUNE: “Don’t Fence Me In”, Cole Porter & Robert Fletcher)
A brand-new part we will start with an inner monologue …
“Don’t shoot my butt!”
She’s so cute! I will shoot, and we’ll post it on our blog …
“Don’t shoot my butt!”
Just one shot, not a lot! Girl, you’re not a bad chick,
Hiding the evidence would be so tragic!
We must spread the word, because the world has magic …
“Don’t shoot my butt!”
My dear, I know,
Though you’re modest, you’re the hottest!
Let me first adjust the lights …
For we must show,
Though your booty is a cutie,
Those are not mosquito bites!
For it’s our choice, we’re a voice for the truth that’s out there,
Tell ev’rybody what it’s all about there!
I’m doing my best, but hearing Nera shout there,
“Don’t shoot my butt!”
Panel 1 made my day in 5 words.
Also – seeing this Garrity-drawn opening to a guest artist storyline, I suspect art shifts with narrative significance may follow….
My original thought with the talking cricket title was “Maybe Jiminy Cricket is going to be assigned as Unity’s conscience.” The poor guy would be lucky to just get squished rather than having to face Gentle Persuasion (or worse, having to try and serve as Unity’s moral compass for a prolonged period of time).
Well, Jonah’s back. Let’s see if he’ll be back again and again and again and . . ., well, you get the idea. Judging by his last experience, he should realize to always be careful for what you wish for.
I was speaking about trying to explain magic, not photographing Nera’s rear. Some things don’t require experience to be obviously dangerous.
I just realized something awful: this storyline happens two years after the “Choose” storyline.
Jonah’s checkpoint is two years ago.
If he dies, he’s coming back /pissed/.
Maybe he’s hit other checkpoints since then? It could operate like levels. Alternately, he’s out of the Asig temporal explosion device’s temporal ‘proximity’ enough that he can’t come back? I don’t know, but I doubt he’s shooting himself to find out.
Say, didn’t we see these two die a time or two (dozen)?
Although I still think Tom Cruise is too old to play Jonah.
Don’t take death too seriously…in the world of “Skin Horse,” it ain’t nohow permanent.
Too white, too.
Jeff, I love your writing, and I’m really looking forward to seeing where you tale this story. Congratulations on finally reaching the ultimate level of Promoted Fanboy.
Is “Grillo Parlante” Jiminy Cricket’s name in the original Italian?
Thank you, and yes, it is!
Talking Cricket, eh? Is it red? Does it change size? Is Eddurd one of the guest cartoonists?
Is it my time to squee?
“Blong?”
As in “We blong dead”
Jonah’s back, awesome~!~ And the opening narration paralels the start of Choose~!~ Hooray for narritive symmetry~!~
Also, it’s going to be hard to get my headcanon of Nera having a much darker skin tone out of my head. This is the problem with sudden changes in the medium in which a story is told. Not that I don’t appreciate the color and what it represented to the story~AND OH WOW IT WAS A WIZARD OF OZ REFERENCE THE MOMENT WHEN IT CHANGED FROM BEING BLACK-AND-WHITE TO IN-COLOR JUST LIKE THE MOVIE BECAUSE DUE TO THEIR ALTERED PERCEPTIONS THEY “weren’t in Kansas anymore” OH HOLY CHEESE HOW DID I MISS THAT~!?!?~
Oh my god, they’re back!
“Blong! You are a Pickle! (The Blong-Pickle Master’s Guide to Ego Submersion)”
…Daniel Pinkwater?
Yup.
I don’t understand. What marks?
Probably explained in strips to come. Also, it sort of reminds me of the only X-files episode I ever saw. I sort of doubt it’s a coïncidence.
“From Outer Space“? Written by a certain Jose Chung, by any chance?
Yeah it was one of the first x files, when Scully would occasionally smile. The corpses? were turning up with weird marks on them and Scully ran up to Mulder, scantily clad, with weird marks on her back. But they were just mosquito bites.
Yes, and she’d stripped to the underwear in front of her new partner for no other reason than fanservice.
I only wish. I can barely get my own stuff drawn. 🙁
Previous comment was a reply to Tetra Valent. Following is for everybody …
(TUNE: “Don’t Fence Me In”, Cole Porter & Robert Fletcher)
A brand-new part we will start with an inner monologue …
“Don’t shoot my butt!”
She’s so cute! I will shoot, and we’ll post it on our blog …
“Don’t shoot my butt!”
Just one shot, not a lot! Girl, you’re not a bad chick,
Hiding the evidence would be so tragic!
We must spread the word, because the world has magic …
“Don’t shoot my butt!”
My dear, I know,
Though you’re modest, you’re the hottest!
Let me first adjust the lights …
For we must show,
Though your booty is a cutie,
Those are not mosquito bites!
For it’s our choice, we’re a voice for the truth that’s out there,
Tell ev’rybody what it’s all about there!
I’m doing my best, but hearing Nera shout there,
“Don’t shoot my butt!”
“Scenes From A Multiverse” just linked to the David Byrne version of this song! So much goodness. Thanks Ed.
Is Jonah using a Toynbee tile as a bookend?
Yay Jonah and Nera!
Panel 1 made my day in 5 words.
Also – seeing this Garrity-drawn opening to a guest artist storyline, I suspect art shifts with narrative significance may follow….
My original thought with the talking cricket title was “Maybe Jiminy Cricket is going to be assigned as Unity’s conscience.” The poor guy would be lucky to just get squished rather than having to face Gentle Persuasion (or worse, having to try and serve as Unity’s moral compass for a prolonged period of time).
That actually was the Talking Cricket’s fate in the original Pinocchio. Crushed by the eponymous puppet in his first appearance.
I already miss the usual gang.
Well, Jonah’s back. Let’s see if he’ll be back again and again and again and . . ., well, you get the idea. Judging by his last experience, he should realize to always be careful for what you wish for.
I was speaking about trying to explain magic, not photographing Nera’s rear. Some things don’t require experience to be obviously dangerous.
He’ll be harder to kill this time. He’s had lots of experience with unexpected horrible ways to die.
I just realized something awful: this storyline happens two years after the “Choose” storyline.
Jonah’s checkpoint is two years ago.
If he dies, he’s coming back /pissed/.
Maybe he’s hit other checkpoints since then? It could operate like levels. Alternately, he’s out of the Asig temporal explosion device’s temporal ‘proximity’ enough that he can’t come back? I don’t know, but I doubt he’s shooting himself to find out.
I think that when the temporal explosion device was fixed, his checkpoint was lost.
It wasn’t, that much was clear. He risked going back once more after it was fixed because Nera died, remember?
Huzzah, Nera! And Jonah, too, but he’s less intrinsically fun for me.
Yay, they’re back! I’m glad they’re still part of the overall story, and not just one-off protagonists :3