Minor caveat: Tip didn’t “apply” anywhere. Chris already worked for A-Sig, and so he already had a valid company ID that was not yet associated with a band of rogue rebels. That’s why Tip assumed his identity. It was an easy way in.
But yes, I’m sure Tip knew all along that it was Chris’ name on the top of that org chart.
Given that Tip helped Chris win Marcie, I imagine that Chris would have let Tip out, if he ever found out Tip was incarcerated there in the first place, which is somewhat questionable.
Does today’s revelation mean that we’ll be left having to be left to imagine how Tip Wilkin would look wearing white (or, at least, off-white) pumps? https://skin-horse.com/comic/fraught-pause/
I predict they’d either battle to the death or immediately become BFFs. The scariest part is, I’m not sure which option would cause more collateral damage.
1. Attempt to battle to the death.
2. Something bigger and more in need of clobbering arrives.
3. “Whoever gets more kills owes the other one a drink.”
4. PROFIT!
The first panel is a wonder. Shaenon is a once-in-a-generation talent for drawing people jogging while hefting comically giant mallets. Still, it’s the fourth panel that steals the show. Pure fanservice. Thank you.
She was always cute. Frankly, I think she was cuter as a violent, gun-loving, plaid-skirt-wearing college student. But as long as she’s violent and gun-loving, she’ll always be cute.
Au contraire… Anything involving weapons and/or violence comes quite naturally to her. She doesn’t even have to think about it (which is, of course, part of the problem).
Several of yinz in a few comment threads above have brought up the fact that mallets just happen for Mell, so in case anyone was looking for it, here’s the canonical reference in the November 7, 2006 Narbonic strip.
Oh. My. Mell in panel 4 sounds just like Unity!
I want to see Mell and Tip “.. running around beating people up” SO BAD!
Mell has a hammer now, did she bring it? Or, find it?
Either answer has it’s own questions.
This is Mell. Weapons just happen around her. She can evidently access the Warner/Acme Continuum and just pull stuff out of Hammerspace.
I didn’t notice Mell’s Mallet of Loving Correction until you pointed it out. Thanks, Duane!
She has a hammer in the morning, she has a hammer in the evening, all over this land…
(So what if it’s a mallet?)
I have yet to read Narbonic, yet am entranced by the thought of Mell wielding Mjöllnir!
Mell has rampaged through both Heaven and Hell. Asgard wouldn’t stand a chance.
Hammerspace is a wonderful thing.
You’ve got cause and effect wrong, Unity is the one who frequently sounds just like Mell. That’ll happen when you’re based on someone’s brain.
That would be because Project U.N.I.T.Y. used Mell as the base.
If Mel every got infected with Unity-blood….. Melception!
OOhh, that’s a SCARY thought!
I wonder if the nanites would even be rejected?
Unity may be infected with Mell’s DNA.
The feedback loop would devastate the landscape for miles.
Hey, Tip. They’re coming back for you.
Looks like Tip had Mel completely figured out by panel 4. He really is a good psychologist. 🙂
Well, he’s not really very good at being a psychologist, but he is good at psychology.
Love that giant mallet Mell seems to have pulled out of hammerspace in the first panel.
Yeah, those just kind of happen for Mell.
Like I said, parallel Dupree.
Apparently Mell is one of the few people who can pull Tip out of himself. I’m impressed. (Although I suppose I shouldn’t have been surprised.)
I wonder if Tip realizes it was he who put Chris there
Given that Tip applied to A-sig as Dr. Chris Sanders, I’m pretty sure he can guess what happened.
Minor caveat: Tip didn’t “apply” anywhere. Chris already worked for A-Sig, and so he already had a valid company ID that was not yet associated with a band of rogue rebels. That’s why Tip assumed his identity. It was an easy way in.
But yes, I’m sure Tip knew all along that it was Chris’ name on the top of that org chart.
Sure Mell needed to break Tip out of the brig. Bureaucracy being what it is, Chris would never have been told he was in there in the first place.
Agreed. And any generic “Release all prisoners” order just might have drawbacks…
“Pulu se bagumba!”
And that’s assuming Chris would order Tip’s release.
Given that Tip helped Chris win Marcie, I imagine that Chris would have let Tip out, if he ever found out Tip was incarcerated there in the first place, which is somewhat questionable.
That seems highly probable.
Does today’s revelation mean that we’ll be left having to be left to imagine how Tip Wilkin would look wearing white (or, at least, off-white) pumps? https://skin-horse.com/comic/fraught-pause/
I’m surprised Tip is still wearing his prison garb.
Oh yes! I want to see Mell and Unity meet.
I predict they’d either battle to the death or immediately become BFFs. The scariest part is, I’m not sure which option would cause more collateral damage.
1. Attempt to battle to the death.
2. Something bigger and more in need of clobbering arrives.
3. “Whoever gets more kills owes the other one a drink.”
4. PROFIT!
A scenario offering optimal satisfaction.
Tip claims breaking-out wasn’t needed. At A-Sig he’s been superseded. With a mallet in hand, Mel won’t understand, no matter how hard Tip has pleaded.
The first panel is a wonder. Shaenon is a once-in-a-generation talent for drawing people jogging while hefting comically giant mallets. Still, it’s the fourth panel that steals the show. Pure fanservice. Thank you.
Confused Mell is cute. Yes, I’m saying the violent, gun-loving lawyer is cute. Besides, she has a big mallet, mallets make anyone cute.
She was always cute. Frankly, I think she was cuter as a violent, gun-loving, plaid-skirt-wearing college student. But as long as she’s violent and gun-loving, she’ll always be cute.
So Unity comes by her love of weapons naturally?
Nothing comes naturally to Unity.
Au contraire… Anything involving weapons and/or violence comes quite naturally to her. She doesn’t even have to think about it (which is, of course, part of the problem).
Several of yinz in a few comment threads above have brought up the fact that mallets just happen for Mell, so in case anyone was looking for it, here’s the canonical reference in the November 7, 2006 Narbonic strip.
Ah, yes… the classics. Thank you for that.