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This strip really feels like one you’d have found in Edmund Finney’s Quest to Find the Meaning of Life. It’s a shame that Dan Long has abandoned it. It was my favorite webcomic.
- Larisa: Oh my God, that’s horrible!! The angels really plan to kill Sandra?!
- The Devil: I’m afraid so.
- The Devil: And in exchange for my help to rescue Sandra, I’ll get your soul. But only in case of success.
- Larisa: That almost sounds like a reasonable deal…
- Larisa: Don’t get me wrong, but you’re not really known for your trustworthiness.
- The Devil: Maybe once, but not anymore. You see, I have a new P.R. strategy!
- Poster: The NEW Devil! – The force of evil you can trust! – Our budget price: 1 soul
- Larisa: I’m not sure if that’ll catch on.
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Because I miss this point in the comments:
Say about Larissa all you want, but she is a damn brave good friend.
Well I still think Emperor Palpatine had much better PR department…
@ jabman:
Were did you get that from? I read both many fantasy books and many of the classical fairy tales and legends and I NEVER came across a version were you get to be devils puppet and lose your free will (while still staying alife). A devil’s pact might include performing certain evil deeds for the devil to postpone or avoid the collection of your soul (effectively just postpone, because the things you do for the devil would often be mortal sins that would secure you a place in hell anyway), but you always act out of your own decision and control. The whole point of the Christian Devil’s schemes is to tempt humans into turning from god and devoting themselves to evil willingly.
The devil might do well to rip off a slogan from a major bank. Scotiabank’s slogan is “You’re richer than you think”, the honest version of which would be, “We’re richer than you can possibly imagine”.
How about “You’re wickeder than you think”? Or maybe, “There are some things money can buy. For everything else, there’s Satan.”
someguy wrote:
“When You’re Evil”
When the Devil is too busy
And death’s a bit too much
They call on me by name, you see
For my special touch
To the gentlemen, I’m Miss Fortune
To the ladies, I’m Sir Prize
But call me by any name
Anyway, it’s all the same
I’m the fly in your soup
I’m the pebble in your shoe
I’m the pea beneath your bed
I’m a bump on every head
I’m the peel on which you slip
I’m a pin in every hip
I’m the thorn in your side
Makes you wriggle and writhe
And it’s so easy when you’re evil
This is the life, you see
The Devil tips his hat to me
I do it all because I’m evil
And I do it all for free
Your tears are all the pay I’ll ever need
While there’s children to make sad
While there’s candy to be had
While there’s pockets left to pick
While there’s grannies left to trip down the stairs
I’ll be there, I’ll be waiting round the corner
It’s a game, I’m glad I’m in it
‘Cause there’s one born every minute
And it’s so easy when you’re evil
This is the life, you see
The Devil tips his hat to me
I do it all because I’m evil
And I do it all for free
Your tears are all the pay I’ll ever need
I pledge my allegiance, to all things dark
And I promise on my damned soul
To do as I am told, Lord Beelzebub
Has never seen a soldier quite like me
Not only does his job, but does it happily
I’m the fear that keeps you awake
I’m the shadows on the wall
I’m the monsters they become
I’m the nightmare in your skull
I’m a dagger in your back
An extra turn on the rack
I’m the quivering of your heart
A stabbing pain, a sudden start
And it’s so easy when you’re evil
This is the life, you see
The Devil tips his hat to me
I do it all because I’m evil
And I do it all for free
Your tears are all the pay I’ll ever need
And I do it all for free
Your tears are all the pay I’ll ever need
And I do it all for free
Your tears are all the pay I’ll ever need
It gets so lonely being evil
What I’d do to see a smile
Even for a little while
And no one loves you when you’re evil
I’m lying though my teeth!
Your tears are all the company I need
Given that Larisa mentioned she’s a descendant of the Serpent, maybe she can get special terms or a family discount…? ^^;
This arc seems so amazing I can barely wait for the next update.
I agree with devil that’s the offer comes at a budget price. The Truth costed the souls of an entire country while they were alive.
Djunk101 wrote:
From Goethe’s Faust:
“Here, an unwearied slave, I’ll wear thy tether,
And to thine every nod obedient be:
When There again we come together,
Then shalt thou do the same for me.”
In exchange for fulfilling Faust’s every wish in life, Mephisto asks that Faust fulfill his every wish in the afterlife.
If the devil here works by the same rules, he’s getting a pretty sweet deal. Larisa can do a lot for him.
Rock wrote:
Larisa has probably already earned an employee discount.
Of course, God saying this outloud in full earshot of everyone present just screams he did it to get the big D involved. There’s layers of subterfuge going on here.
Oh dear, more than 60 comments already, I may be too late. Novil! If you can still see me way down here, Dan e-mailed me last week! 😀
He said he hasn’t abandoned it yet, life and work have just had him too busy to work on it for now, but he wants to make time soon to start updating it again. Let’s hope he finds the time because between this comic, Gaia, and Edmund Finney’s Quest to Find the Meaning of Life, we’ve got some of my favourite webcomics
Just to point out, if you read anyone reads stories concerning the devil, he has ALWAYS held faith to contracts he has offered or signed just because the people failed to understand what they asked for and then tried to get out of paying for what they received. Most notably in folk lore such as the story of John Henry Adams vs. the Devil.
The PR statement in the last comic was spot on too. In the bible God kills over 2 million people while the devil sits at around 10 confirmed kills. Also consider the story of Job, who had all those bad things happen to him to test his faith. A historian went to some of the more original (pre-christianity) texts and discovered that the one who questioned his loyalty was not Satan but Bielsatan (or Baelsatan, can’t remember the spelling), an angel of the class of Judges.