The current story arc started with this strip: A New Adventure.
I just realized that there is no line of dialog in this or the next strips that explains that Sandra did not take Woo to the trip deliberately. He sneaked into her backpack.
There are two new polls in the right sidebar.
- Harvey: Get off the boat, effing critter!!
- Sandra: No, don’t!! This is Woo!
- Harvey: Who’s Woo?
- Sandra: Woo’s my pet raccoon. And you’ve hurt him!
- Harvey: I have hurt him?!?
- Sandra: Yeah, you poked him in the eye. That’s why he attacked you.
- Cloud: Guys, better stop arguing and start looking for something to hold on to.
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Managers pay a lot for wildwater tours like this, and Sandra and her friends get it for free.
Ooh, talking back to your teacher….
At least she’s right.
whoosh!! 🙂 hope they have a fun ride! (wonder if it’s possible to get more soaked)
Okay so let’s sum this up so far: It’s raining, they broke a paddle, there’s an extra “guest” on the boat and … oh yeah they are going towards a waterfall/rapid waters. BOY if only I could have adventures like that. XD
Anyway how come they couldn’ see that there are rough waters ahead? O_o”
Wait, now it’s white-water rafting? 😀 Hold on tight!
As they go downstream, they’ll struggle to survive, when the rain is sweep away they realize that they were in a forgotten land far away from civilization filled with living dinosaurs.
And thus the beginning of Ka-Zar, the lord of the jung…
*Marvel comics attorney appeared*
Attorney: “Oh no you don’t” *waving copyright papers*
Whoops, sorry folks, move along, stay tune for the next Sandra & Woo!
Excellent! let’s hope that is not too big of a drop! or getting wet will be the least of their worries
“Who is Woo?”
I dunno why but this reminds me of this scene in Rush Hour…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU4lYcN6zEY
The boat does not look like it could withstand what comes next…
@ AckAckAck:
lol, wat?
Well this might be how the forrest-dungeon-adventure-thing starts, But I don’t think dinosaurs will play a role in it ^^ … maybe Bigfoot?
Ah, yes. Defending a trouble making pet. I know these moments well. (And from both sides.)
@ Someone:
The scene reminds me of an old Mad Magazine parodying the black & white King Kong movie (called Ping Pong), where the explorers using a raft to explore the unknown land by the river only to land on a dinosaurs filled jungle, I also remember Ka-Zar from Marvel comic where he rule the savage land, he has a wife called Shanna, and my mind start wandering, what if Cloud and Sandra stuck inside Savage land thru weird portal hidden in the river, to help you imagine that here is Ka-Zar and Shanna:
Warning, maybe a little bit NSFW, picturing a man in loincloth and a girl with tiger skin bikini.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DvKhdNIxfgE/TSvl_OFAs1I/AAAAAAAACyI/hw5XI2xkiGM/s400/With%2BShanna.jpg
Now imagine that sabretooth tiger behind them is a giant Woo, and Larissa is…. A queen of a tribe or something? she could be called fire goddess 😉
Wow, I was giving the impression that they where on a lake before. I mean, with the lack of concern that the chaperone had about apparently floating down with only one paddle and how level the water was when it broke it just seems like this is coming out of nowhere.
That said, I would say that it seems like a welcome distraction from the unwelcome events of the last comic. I can’t help but wonder where Larisa is in this strip. It isn’t that big of a boat. You think she would be in the background or something.
As a scout leader, I’m cringing at the fact that no one has a life jacket on. I hope they at least have some in that boat and think that now might be a good time to put’em on.
Woo better save everyone’s lives.
He better.
I hope those are rapids, and not a waterfall. It’d suck to have the comic end here…
Did Cloud remember to bring his standard rope and hook? If not, he’s going to get such a scolding if he lives to face his mother again.
I’m betting that all Larisa can think right now is, “Gah! My matches will be USELESS after this! USELESS!”
I just when i though things couldn’t get wetter
And just when we though things couldn’t get wetter
………..
I just realized something….
Let say they were taking a route with strong rapid, and then their ship crashed on the forest, I think they can survive it, but the hike back to the campsite will be long and tiresome, so…. how about Larissa? she need her medicines! this situation does not bode well with her health.
*panic* *panic* *panic*
Heh. He’s just mad a pet fought back. Woo FTW.
This weather is perfect ! Rain and mud ! Just the way we like it here !
@ AckAckAck:
Yeah, I knew Ka-Zar, I was just puzzled about this mental link ^^ Also lol for giant Woo XD
And when I link Larisa and RPG I always end up with that one D&D spell “Produce Flame”.
@ AckAckAck:
Oh… you’re right o,Ô This could indeed become dramatic… well, lets see what happens.
@ Nikko:
England? (sorry, I just had to ^^”’ )
And I thought MY last camping trip sucked! 5 bucks says they get separated somehow, most likely Cloud and Sandra in one group; Larissa and the irresponsible guide in the other (Woo in either)
@ hb6x8:
I’ll take a piece of that action… 5 bucks say they stay together but someone breaks something. Probably the guide.
Icalasari wrote:
Don´t you think someone like Larisa has waterproof matches?
@ Sir Chaos:
At least a lighter. They’re not that hard to come across. I wouldn’t be surprised if she had a Zippo.
I pictured a commical “Bugs Bunny” style sitiuation where Harvey tells Woo to get off the boat and Woo swims to shore. Then Harvey goves over the waterfall.
@ Alex</ You have yourself a wager good sir! We shall see who was proven right in the next installment.
@ Moxie Man:
As a fellow scout master, and eagle scout. Yeah.
I’ve navigated hard rapids in a canoe no problem. I’m sure you could do it in a row boat, but normally you get out of the canoe and plot your path through the rapids before you go into them. And normally everyone has an oar so that you can get moving around them.
Water can take a steel canoe and bend it into a pretzel if it hits a rock. Holding onto anything won’t help much. Unless that anything is an oar. Then it might help.
So let me get this straight: the guide was insane enough to try to raft in low-visibility conditions rather than walk and FORGOT TO CHECK HIS ROUTE FOR WATERFALLS?
Waterfalls go “Zzrrr?”
“Uh oh!”
“Let me gess, we are about to go over a huge waterfall?”
“Is there sharp rocks at the bottem?”
“Most likely.”
“Bring it on.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhOrxkGlLDM
Oh shhh- I wasn’t expecting that, finally some wild-waters/waterfall action.
I have started reading this today, and I have to say that I love it! X3
Poor Woo got his eye poked…
The next question, if they all survive…”Do you have the required permits for that pet raccoon?”
“In many states it is illegal to own a raccoon. In many other states it is legal as long as you obtain a permit before purchasing a raccoon. Check the local and state laws thoroughly before purchasing a raccoon and obtain the permits you will need. If you have a raccoon in an illegal state or without a proper permit the raccoon can be seized and destroyed.”
arguing peoples+fast currents+waterfall at the end=recipe for disasters. This can’t end well.
Larisa is going to a) burn the forest down, b) scar Woo for life – not sure how but i can just see that happening – or c) spend most of her time entertaining herself by flirting with/groping their chaperone. Ah, the chaos she could cause! *sigh* I envy her…
Novil, never commented before. Have to say I love your comic, it’s my 3rd stop when checking for updates on webcomics. But i just wanted to point to a small correction, it’ doesn’t sound natural for the teacher/guide to say “I have hurt him” . If the expression intended is to sarcastically imply a question regarding that he hurt Woo; then it might sound more natural something like: “I, hurt him?” with a bold “I”. To show the normal emphasis someone would put on such a phrase. Well thanks for the great stories.Greetings from Argentina
Um Cloud, your mum did remind you to bring a rope before going on a adventure didn’t she?
@ gaboris:
Perhaps because it might have turned into a flash flood? Heavy rains can often turn normally placid streams and rivers into raging torrents. All that water has to go somewhere.
What the EFF, YGOTAS! 😀
The perspective of Sandra and Woo in frames 2 and 3 are amazing. The little details is what makes it. Woo covering his eye while Sandra holds him away, and how his ears are laid back while Sandra has her hand wrapped around the base of his neck to look at his eye.. I don’t know, for some reason those two frames blew me away. Keep doing what you’re doing, Powree!!
@ Piña:
The little details *are* what make it.
im gonna go out on a limb and say that within the next few comics, Woo will have to reveal his ability to speak English.
Try and guess what the unpleasant surprise is.
You know; I really like the amount of detail you put into this.
I feel more sorry for woo than Harvey. o3o
This reminds me of the 1970’s Land of the Lost theme song. Youtube it.
ps
thank god my epic fail of a post got deleted. thanks who ever deletes post.
@ Draco Blair:
yeah but not so fun in a wooden boat.