We all went to St. Charlie,
We were there to see GODOT …
He set the zombies on us,
Soon the place is gonna blow!
A lady with a zap gun
Put the zombie on the floor!
She says she’s got my back now,
‘Cause the zombie don’t no more!
Smoke all the zombies!
McGuire is my name!
Smoke all the zombies!
To me, they look the same!
I just realized every badass media figure with an Australian accent I know of from living in the USA is male. There’s only the Crocodile Hunter, and Crocodile Dundee. No Crocodile Shirley or even Koala Sue in that entire nation?
Oh, thanks so MUCH for preempting my entire weekend plans. Unless I make a very difficult saving throw, I’m going to have to spend much of this weekend re-reading Digger…
If you have watched Farscape and/or the later Stargate SG-1 seasons there is Claudia Black (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085227/) and also from Farscape you would have seen Virginia Hey (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0382162/) aka Zhaan aka ‘the hottest blue chick on tv since Smurfette’ 🙂
Granted, neither Claudia or Virginia have a ‘ocker/strine’ accent, but to be honest, you’re more likely to hear that accent on the Simpsons than most Australia TV.
ps: If anyone wants to hear what a really ‘badass’ Australian woman sounds like, see if you can fine audio/video of any interviews Nancy Wake (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Wake) might of made.
If you want a badass female Australian media figure, you need look no further than our elected leader, Julia Gillard, announcing the Zombie Apocalypse….
If it is, as I suspect, Seanan McGuire, then she’s from the California East Bay Area and speaks with an almost flowing staccato soprano. And probably has a pink chainsaw hanging by her side.
On the other hand, she’s one of the few non-Aussies who could get away with saying the word “Crikey” in serious conversation. Also, her Newsflesh trilogy contains a running Steve Irwin joke of sorts, in that people who needlessly rish their lives to get cool zombie video footage are called “Irwins.”
The character certainly acts like Seanan would, especially the fourth panel.
Badges? We ain’t got no ba . . . oh wait, she does. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre line doesn’t apply here, huh? Was anyone else a little surprised that GODOT didn’t convince her it was a real badge?
I don’t recall any instance in which someone actually tried to deliver an electrical jolt to the walking dead.
I came to the conclusion that, just as UNITY is animated by a nanomachine collective something similar must be “motivating” the rest and that they are particularly sensitive to a jolt.
Thus we never see them electrocuted simply because it would take all the fun out of their terror, since an electric cattle prod would be all one would need to short them out permanently and in exceedingly large numbers.
My brain IMMEDIATELY said “Crikey, it’s Steve Irwin with breasts! And maybe a little Scully from the X-Files.” (I didn’t know my brain even knew words like ‘crikey’.)
I LOVE Seanan McGuire’s writing, and it’s wonderful to know that she’s not only a fan of Skin Horse, but a dedicated enough fan to grab a cameo! The way you write McGuire: St. Ch. ZomWatch is the kind of insanity I like to see in comics- well, one of the kinds ; )
Well… technically the paper is right.
(TUNE: “Smoke On The Water”, Deep Purple)
We all went to St. Charlie,
We were there to see GODOT …
He set the zombies on us,
Soon the place is gonna blow!
A lady with a zap gun
Put the zombie on the floor!
She says she’s got my back now,
‘Cause the zombie don’t no more!
Smoke all the zombies!
McGuire is my name!
Smoke all the zombies!
To me, they look the same!
Wow, hotness! Am I correct in guessing that this is Seanan’s cameo?
Good. Bad. She’s the hottie with the gun.
Do you mean THIS McGuire?http://www.amazon.com/Seanan-McGuire/e/B002R1LJIW/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1356687679&sr=1-2-ent
aka Mira Grant, author of Feed?
Could there be any other?
At the risk of provoking a collective big no, http://goo.gl/xfCTq
That entrance defined badass. From now on, the trope page should link to this comic.
I’m just imagining her with the voice of Steve Irwin from now on.
Danger danger danger…….
I just realized every badass media figure with an Australian accent I know of from living in the USA is male. There’s only the Crocodile Hunter, and Crocodile Dundee. No Crocodile Shirley or even Koala Sue in that entire nation?
I wonder if Ursula Vernon’s “Digger” has an Aussie accent? Would make sense for a wombat. Probably not quite what you’re thinking of.
Oh, thanks so MUCH for preempting my entire weekend plans. Unless I make a very difficult saving throw, I’m going to have to spend much of this weekend re-reading Digger…
The Sluggy Freelance demon hunter parody had the accent too.
If you have watched Farscape and/or the later Stargate SG-1 seasons there is Claudia Black (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085227/) and also from Farscape you would have seen Virginia Hey (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0382162/) aka Zhaan aka ‘the hottest blue chick on tv since Smurfette’ 🙂
Granted, neither Claudia or Virginia have a ‘ocker/strine’ accent, but to be honest, you’re more likely to hear that accent on the Simpsons than most Australia TV.
ps: If anyone wants to hear what a really ‘badass’ Australian woman sounds like, see if you can fine audio/video of any interviews Nancy Wake (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Wake) might of made.
Thanks for the heads-up. Nancy Wake is so badass she makes other badasses look like goodasses. The documentary about her is terrific.
If you want a badass female Australian media figure, you need look no further than our elected leader, Julia Gillard, announcing the Zombie Apocalypse….
If it is, as I suspect, Seanan McGuire, then she’s from the California East Bay Area and speaks with an almost flowing staccato soprano. And probably has a pink chainsaw hanging by her side.
On the other hand, she’s one of the few non-Aussies who could get away with saying the word “Crikey” in serious conversation. Also, her Newsflesh trilogy contains a running Steve Irwin joke of sorts, in that people who needlessly rish their lives to get cool zombie video footage are called “Irwins.”
The character certainly acts like Seanan would, especially the fourth panel.
Seanan manages, somehow, to be an Irwin and a Fictional simultaneously.
She confirmed it on Twitter earlier this morning. (And I have seen her My Little Chainsaw.)
Don’t trust the note, Tip!
She got it from the same agency that issued Monty Python’s cat license.
The one named Erik if I recall.
Thx for the reminder – I wanted to put the Monty Python Instant Record Collection onto my Ipod.
Giggling to yourself at work w/ no apparent reason is fun. I also do that listening to Pratchett’s “Wee Free Men”.
Badges? We ain’t got no ba . . . oh wait, she does. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre line doesn’t apply here, huh? Was anyone else a little surprised that GODOT didn’t convince her it was a real badge?
Actually, it’s not clear that GODOT could fake a handwritten note well enough to fool someone of normal intelligence (post-crash Unity doesn’t count).
McGuire has been waiting for this moment for a very long time.
I’ve got that same badge! Never mind the wet ink, it’s still my badge!
Is it just me or does that “KZAKK” sound a bit like a zombie stun rifle?
I don’t recall any instance in which someone actually tried to deliver an electrical jolt to the walking dead.
I came to the conclusion that, just as UNITY is animated by a nanomachine collective something similar must be “motivating” the rest and that they are particularly sensitive to a jolt.
Thus we never see them electrocuted simply because it would take all the fun out of their terror, since an electric cattle prod would be all one would need to short them out permanently and in exceedingly large numbers.
“Yeah! You stunned him, just as he was wakin’ up! Norwegian Blues stun easily, major.”
Everything is cooler in sunglasses.
The St. Charlie Zombiewatch. Founded by McGuire about two minutes ago.
But really, who hasn’t wanted “I shoot zombies” in their job description?
I wonder if she’s a lone troubleshooter (when trouble occurs, she shoots it) or if St. Charlie has an entire police agency behind her?
The “You are the French Teacher” (and she turns badass) moment from “If Looks Could Kill” just popped to mind. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_Looks_Could_Kill_(film)
Is she a ‘normal’ who has snapped like the teacher?, or a badass finally cutting loose?
My brain IMMEDIATELY said “Crikey, it’s Steve Irwin with breasts! And maybe a little Scully from the X-Files.” (I didn’t know my brain even knew words like ‘crikey’.)
I suspect Tip has his next target…
I LOVE Seanan McGuire’s writing, and it’s wonderful to know that she’s not only a fan of Skin Horse, but a dedicated enough fan to grab a cameo! The way you write McGuire: St. Ch. ZomWatch is the kind of insanity I like to see in comics- well, one of the kinds ; )