While there are a few questions Tip could ask about this “spider” (mainly “do you want it caught dead or alive?” and “will it try to harm me if I interfere with it?”), he doesn’t ask.
Okay, I’m assuming the name isn’t a reference to the Brexit negotiator, the swimmer, the brand of adhesive tape, or the champagne. (And yes, I only knew about one of these before I checked google just now.)
I have no idea what — if anything — it is a reference to.
It could be a Kickstarter cameo. Mine showed up last week, although I didn’t connect the dots until today (despite specifically requesting to be cast as an anthropomorphic pig).
This is where he starts to realize the people above ground in this building aren’t all that different from the ones below ground in Alpha One, isn’t it?
“I’ll just catch it in this glass so you can see how small and harmless it is.”
[5 minutes later] “I’ll just catch it in this extra-large Pyrex casserole dish so you can see how small and harmless it is.”
This guy isn’t Mad. He’s not even crazy. He might be a little delusional if he thinks he’s a literal wizard (and notice he said “literal wizard”, not “literally a wizard” – subtle but important difference there). He’s just on a power trip (maybe on an acid trip as well) and likes to dress up in his wizard cosplay.
Unless he actually is a wizard. The Narboniverse isn’t only about science, even if it’s the primary focus; there are literal demons from hell and Voodoo spirits roaming the land.
Oh, me, oh, my, oh, you.
Whatever can I do?
Holy mackerel,
The problem is spec-tackle.
To what makes me distraught,
I’d put a lot of thought,
To contemplate this problem
Up behind the bathroom door?
Do arachnids lose their danger
If I handle them all right?
If I walk into some cobwebs
Do I scream and run in fright?
Will it poison me with venom?
Will it crawl on me and bite?
Do arachnids lose their danger
If I handle them all right?
—from “Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor,” written by Billy Rose / Ernest Breuer / Marty Bloom, probably best known performed by Lonnie Donnegan and His Skiffle Group.
This is at least as wacky as Project Skin Horse. The only difference is that all the employees appear to be human. Makes some small part of me wonder if they actually are, or if anasigma is a reality-blindness shellgame.
How big?
Half an inch across, at least.
While there are a few questions Tip could ask about this “spider” (mainly “do you want it caught dead or alive?” and “will it try to harm me if I interfere with it?”), he doesn’t ask.
He didn’t 13 years ago, he doesn’t now. See http://skin-horse.com/comic/maybe-that/
There is no sentient life form that cannot be subdued by the power of puppets . . . or Madonna.
Tip, first find out how big is big. Shelob sized spiders might not be a joke.
Either you catch the spider, or the spider catches you.
Maybe it’ll have four limbs instead of eight and dress in this odd reddish costume…
“There’s contempt it can’t disguise, in those beady little eyes” — Michael Flanders
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain
Reminds me of an MLP comic: https://www.deviantart.com/csimadmax/art/back-in-my-day-346306466
I ask myself what sort of “big spider” would disconcert a Master of Cryptid Studies, and only one answer presents itself:
Sweetdaddy Jupiter Velvet
I agree 100%
What about the nyar spiders from Girl Genius?
https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090729#.YVsS35rMJyw
“Yesterday you took out a whole army of clanks!”
“That was a small army. This is a big spider.
Okay, I’m assuming the name isn’t a reference to the Brexit negotiator, the swimmer, the brand of adhesive tape, or the champagne. (And yes, I only knew about one of these before I checked google just now.)
I have no idea what — if anything — it is a reference to.
It could be a Kickstarter cameo. Mine showed up last week, although I didn’t connect the dots until today (despite specifically requesting to be cast as an anthropomorphic pig).
This is where he starts to realize the people above ground in this building aren’t all that different from the ones below ground in Alpha One, isn’t it?
Sweet Daddy and Tip are Bro’s – and it would be exactly what we’d expect for SD to show up after not been around for many chapters.
“I’ll just catch it in this glass so you can see how small and harmless it is.”
[5 minutes later] “I’ll just catch it in this extra-large Pyrex casserole dish so you can see how small and harmless it is.”
Now we’ll never know if Tip had any cow eyeballs handy.
Oh, wait. All will be revealed in ten years.
Oh, wait.
I see Dr. Lee isn’t the only nascent mad that Mr. Green employs.
This guy isn’t Mad. He’s not even crazy. He might be a little delusional if he thinks he’s a literal wizard (and notice he said “literal wizard”, not “literally a wizard” – subtle but important difference there). He’s just on a power trip (maybe on an acid trip as well) and likes to dress up in his wizard cosplay.
Unless he actually is a wizard. The Narboniverse isn’t only about science, even if it’s the primary focus; there are literal demons from hell and Voodoo spirits roaming the land.
Oh, me, oh, my, oh, you.
Whatever can I do?
Holy mackerel,
The problem is spec-tackle.
To what makes me distraught,
I’d put a lot of thought,
To contemplate this problem
Up behind the bathroom door?
Do arachnids lose their danger
If I handle them all right?
If I walk into some cobwebs
Do I scream and run in fright?
Will it poison me with venom?
Will it crawl on me and bite?
Do arachnids lose their danger
If I handle them all right?
—from “Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor,” written by Billy Rose / Ernest Breuer / Marty Bloom, probably best known performed by Lonnie Donnegan and His Skiffle Group.
I know it best performed by muppets.
The Cryptid Studies believers have many assertive deceivers. But cleanup of spiders is for the insiders. Now Tip is the office retriever.
That tapestry in the background! I love how realized all these environments Tip is moving through are!
This is at least as wacky as Project Skin Horse. The only difference is that all the employees appear to be human. Makes some small part of me wonder if they actually are, or if anasigma is a reality-blindness shellgame.