There was never an X-Files episode with the Jersey Devil in it. Next you’re gonna be claiming there was an episode about the Face on Mars, but I know for a fact that that never happened.
Very, very few webcomics are scripted *that* close to publication (and doing so’s a real nightmare), so I’m going to say it was always going to be the Devil, and the fans just know their cryptids. Especially since the ID of this critter could have a pretty big impact on the plot.
Also, the Monster of the Week strip for the Jersey Devil episode is basically all about how bitterly disappointed she was that it wasn’t the proper Jersey Devil, so I would guess she’s been wanting to have Proper Jersey Devil in the Narbonverse for a while.
There was that thing with Bubble’s name, but I imagine it didn’t take too long to adopt it. (I’m kind of assuming they took the cue from the comments, because if they didn’t… well, coincidence is possible, but unlikely.)
Still, I don’t think reader cues were needed for the Jersey Devil. I mean, we all read Monster of the Week, right?
To be fair, even a lot of people who don’t know their cryptids know about the Jersey Devil. Now, if all y’all had deduced an upcoming joke about barnacle geese or the Nameless Thing of Berkley Square ahead of time, that I’d be impressed by, but identifying a scary unseen monster in the rainy pine forests of New Jersey as the Jersey Devil is like identifying a scary unseen monster in the ocean as a shark (correctly deducing that the scary unseen monster in the rainy pine forests of New Jersey was a shark would have been impressive, though).
I REALLY want Chessie to be drinking a Natty Bo in that 3rd panel. Hopefully with the dulcet strains of an old Mary Prankster song (perhaps ‘Blue Skies over Dundalk’, or ‘Tits & Whiskey’) playing in the background.
And how long ago did Chessie leave? Was it because nobody saved the heels of loaves of bread for them after Captain Chesapeake went off the air? Come back, Chessie — we have a convention named for you now!
Also, since when does the Chesapeake Bay Monster have big ears? Those seem like a bad idea for a mostly underwater creature, and all the drawings I’ve seen of him as a cryptid make him resemble Nessie, with a smoothish head.
This version suggests that he’s a land creature who is capable of hiding underwater, but even for an amphibian, those ears!
No, I think this is really a small dragon, pretending to be Chessie for his own nefarious purposes.
Captain Chesapeake! Many’s the afternoon he and Chessie graced my television in the ’80s. (Also, once, my elementary school.) Hooray to d’Glenn for thinking of that one!
On first glance, thought that was a foot and a red sneaker on the Chesapeake Bay Monster in Panel Three…a closer look and it’s a hand and a beer can / soda can.
“Uncle Shelby” was not actually with the group yet when they heard the loud screechy monster type noise. I’m thinking shape shifting and perhaps telepath. Or he could be just Uncle Shelby getting caught up in circumstances that make him look bad.
I wonder if the safehouse also contains the Flatwoods monster.
No mere safehouse could contain the Flatwoods monster
Am I the only one imagining the blue monster there speaking in a scooting accent?
There’s a decent chance that you’re the only one who knows what a “scooting accent” even is
I thought that was a Chinese dragon.
Or Fin Fang Foom trying to go under cover.
I like that he actually goes by “Chesapeake Bay Monster.” He probably has a normal name, but why would he use it?
Maybe the robot is being sassy.
Well, it IS Chessie for short. The USGS even named a really big manatee for him.
http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2011/10/fieldwork5.html
He is real and he is cavemen.
The Jersey Devil must be real! It was in that episode of the X-files!
There was never an X-Files episode with the Jersey Devil in it. Next you’re gonna be claiming there was an episode about the Face on Mars, but I know for a fact that that never happened.
I’m wondering now if Shannon planned the Jersey Devil all along or just picked it up from the comments
*Shaenon
I need more sleep
What’s wrong with the name Shannon?
Nothing at all, aside from that it’s not the cartoonist’s name.
Very, very few webcomics are scripted *that* close to publication (and doing so’s a real nightmare), so I’m going to say it was always going to be the Devil, and the fans just know their cryptids. Especially since the ID of this critter could have a pretty big impact on the plot.
Also, the Monster of the Week strip for the Jersey Devil episode is basically all about how bitterly disappointed she was that it wasn’t the proper Jersey Devil, so I would guess she’s been wanting to have Proper Jersey Devil in the Narbonverse for a while.
That was actually the first I knew of the Jersey Devil NOT being a caveman. (The original myth hadn’t reached us in Yorkshire.)
There was that thing with Bubble’s name, but I imagine it didn’t take too long to adopt it. (I’m kind of assuming they took the cue from the comments, because if they didn’t… well, coincidence is possible, but unlikely.)
Still, I don’t think reader cues were needed for the Jersey Devil. I mean, we all read Monster of the Week, right?
Well, It might have been inspired by all the Jersey Devil comments the first time they visited the Pine Barrens
To be fair, even a lot of people who don’t know their cryptids know about the Jersey Devil. Now, if all y’all had deduced an upcoming joke about barnacle geese or the Nameless Thing of Berkley Square ahead of time, that I’d be impressed by, but identifying a scary unseen monster in the rainy pine forests of New Jersey as the Jersey Devil is like identifying a scary unseen monster in the ocean as a shark (correctly deducing that the scary unseen monster in the rainy pine forests of New Jersey was a shark would have been impressive, though).
There’s some creature lurking in Loch Ness! I wonder, what could it be?
Now, when you say it destroys all it meets, are we talking the lethal sort of destroying, or one of the other kinds?
Well they say it’s destroying *and* destroying all it meets, so I think that would be both. First it destroys it and then it destroys it.
https://twitter.com/RoboRosewater/status/706928900367106048 😀
Aww! Chesapeake Bay Monster is kind of an asshole but adorable at the same time! I want to HUG him! <3
The governor of New Jersey maybe many things, but a monster he technically isn’t.
Are you sure? Maybe he’s a men-in-black style monster hiding in that fat body.
Hence the “technical” part.
Hooray for Chessie!
Chessie is in New Jersey!? What did we do to drive them away? D:
I REALLY want Chessie to be drinking a Natty Bo in that 3rd panel. Hopefully with the dulcet strains of an old Mary Prankster song (perhaps ‘Blue Skies over Dundalk’, or ‘Tits & Whiskey’) playing in the background.
And how long ago did Chessie leave? Was it because nobody saved the heels of loaves of bread for them after Captain Chesapeake went off the air? Come back, Chessie — we have a convention named for you now!
[Thanksgiving weekend, replacing Darkover.]
Also, since when does the Chesapeake Bay Monster have big ears? Those seem like a bad idea for a mostly underwater creature, and all the drawings I’ve seen of him as a cryptid make him resemble Nessie, with a smoothish head.
This version suggests that he’s a land creature who is capable of hiding underwater, but even for an amphibian, those ears!
No, I think this is really a small dragon, pretending to be Chessie for his own nefarious purposes.
Captain Chesapeake! Many’s the afternoon he and Chessie graced my television in the ’80s. (Also, once, my elementary school.) Hooray to d’Glenn for thinking of that one!
yay Chessie!
Maybe Mrs. Leeds was a mad scientist?
When the voice of reason emerged
From mythical creature submerged
Its safe to recall
And tell to you all
That sanity’s totally purged
On first glance, thought that was a foot and a red sneaker on the Chesapeake Bay Monster in Panel Three…a closer look and it’s a hand and a beer can / soda can.
I was wondering where old Green Face took off, too. Haven’t seen him running around the hills in years. Apparently, he’s been recruited by Lovetron.
“Uncle Shelby” was not actually with the group yet when they heard the loud screechy monster type noise. I’m thinking shape shifting and perhaps telepath. Or he could be just Uncle Shelby getting caught up in circumstances that make him look bad.
Meanwhile Alfie hasn’t given up yet.
When your voice of reason is a monster that most consider imaginary, you know that things are deep and dire indeed.
could someone provide a bit of context? I only know the jerseys of the red devils of the national football/soccer team of Belgium…
A legendary monster roaming the pine barrens in the southern portion of the state of New Jersey here in the US.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_Devil
I was picturing him being voiced by Chris Rock…
For my money, i prefer the Snallygaster.