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[Update 22 Nov 2015]: I changed Tommy’s dialog in the last panel so that he’s no longer mentioning the illuminati in it.
- Tommy: We’re being followed.
- Tommy: … But I expected that.
- Sandy South: I never would have guessed that there’s an active 5000 foot high volcano only 50 miles from my hometown.
- Tommy: The greatest trick we ever pulled was convincing the world that maps were to be trusted.
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Oh common… Illuminati? That is so NOT original… Powree and Novil, I’m sure you can do better than that… Well just joking, but still Illuminati are way to famous to deserve a mentioning in this comic…
Oh my, the comic is really going off the deep end as of this arc, isn’t it? Of course we’ve had raccoon goddesses and stuff before, but now…
I have still liked the vast majority of the past year’s strips, but personally I appreciate them most when the human side of the story is still firmly grounded in the real world, with no black holes in hallways and arrests of millions of people. Woo and company add more than enough flavour to the otherwise relatively normal lives of our human protagonists, at least in my opinion. Hoping to go back to some classic school drama (or even raccoon climbing drama) soon.
But again, the majority of recent strips have still been great fun.
Oh, come on. Don’t take things too seriously. This is good fun. Sit back, enjoy the thriller. It’s not (yet) like Gaia, where Viviana was having a graphic nightmare.
In Sandra and Woo’s world, quite a few urban legends are true.
Map makers hate him! Fight the powa!
Oh, I tend to love one-strip humorous asides a lot, even when the situation is a little absurd. As when Richard is literally sharpening his axe for Melody at one point, or the urban legends mentioned. It’s mainly when a whole arc is built upon some hardly believable person or chain of events that I’m a little thrown off, like the strawman-feminist teacher, or the results of Larisa’s little selfie incident.
Anyway, I’m really curious how this will play out. Now that I think of it, wasn’t Seeoahtlamakaskay an Aztec deity too? And a nearby volcano sounds like something Larisa would enjoy a lot… Many interesting possibilities.
I’m still waiting for the big reveal that this is all some story Sandra made up about her detective adventure so it’s more exciting.
Silly, silly, silly. It started off as a nice little sketch about a talking raccon, but now its just tuned silly.
[Update 22 Nov 2015]: I changed Tommy’s dialog in the last panel so that he’s no longer mentioning the illuminati in it.
Huh, a The Usual Suspects fan?
I agree with C30’s first comment.
If I may use classical (American) sitcoms to make a point, in “MASH” or “The Dick van Dyke Show” or “Mary Tyler Moore”, you had one or two “eccentric” characters in an ensemble cast. It’s the contrast with the “normals” which made them funny. A show wherein everybody is crazy/deranged/stupid isn’t humorous. Which describes too much of what passes for comedy nowadays.
Similarly, if a fantasy has no rules or limitations (Our heroes are in a seemingly inescapable deathtrap. The wizard teleports them out and turns all the bad guys into frogs, abilities which had never been mentioned or implied earlier in the book) you’d feel cheated and vow never to read that author again.
In other words, a little “unreality” goes a long way and should be used sparingly. Readers need to be able to identify with the characters. I’ll probably never meet a talking raccoon, but the premise was established in the very first strip and I’ve enjoyed seeing the consequences of that. It’s become “the new normal”.
So I hope S&W only runs off the rails occasionally. 8 weeks of the current arc are, IMHO, dragging it out too far. Of course, I still hope for a brilliant wrap-up (and soon). Some other readers have suggested possibilities.
Awww, now I want to see the comic with the Illuminati in it.
I guess that answers the question of who bought Larisa’s flamethrower.
Looks like Woo’s crazy friend isn’t so crazy after all if these guys have power over even GOOGLE!
And y’all take this too seriously. Novil does a great job. I love reading your comics and recommend them to all my friends….all 2 of them. Don’t change a thing. I wish I could create even half as well as you do, and I plan on reading these till the day I die. At which point Sandra may or may not have reached highschool, and Woo has become the first non-human president.
@ Edda:
The Much Shorter version of that comes from a friend of mine:
“I don’t mind Suspending my Disbelief,
but don’t ask me to Hang It by the Neck Until Dead.”
All you have to do is activate the Someone Else’s Business field and everybody stops paying attention to the mountain.
I’m reminded of a story from the Cold War. Soviet city maps could not be trusted as deliberate errors were put in those to confuse ‘the enemy.” So, everybody relied on the CIA maps of Russian cities. Which the CIA gave away to anybody who asked.
out of curiosity, what did it say before the dialogue update?
I don’t know what has tipped me off…but something tells me this isn’t actually happening. Like it’ll be a story Sandra is telling or something.
@ Demarion:
Most maps have deliberate (minor) errors. If someone else puts out a map with the same error, you sue him for theft & copyright infringement.
I read of a case recently where the mapmaker placed a fictitious town (call it Z) at a crossroads in the back of nowhere. Some locals spotted it, erected a building at the crossroads, and posted a “Z General Store” sign atop it. It’s still there, but only open occasionally since business is slow.
You removed Illuminati? O_O
May I humbly ask why exactly? (I know that i said that it is not original, but I didn’t mean it that way)
I originally assumed they would be going into the woods where Sid and Shadow lived and Sid’s friend with the derringer was going to save the day. I imagine they are probably pretty far from Sid’s stomping grounds.
The last panel dialogue also suggests that Tommy isn’t doing this by himself.
I’m looking at either a flamethrower or ray gun. Either way, fun times are ahead.
And people wonder why there are such things as naval bases in Greenland and the Arctic cropping up on Google Earth one day and removed the next.
@ Novil:
I hope you didn’t decide to change it because of the comments. None of us have half your talent. If we did we would be writing our own stories rather than commenting on yours.
So bring on the silliness,
Tommy “expected” to be followed? That sounds a bit too far-fetched even for this fantasy. Did you perhaps mean “anticipated” or “prepared for”?
“Expected” means not that he merely thought of the possibility but that he had a good reason to believe that it would happen.
In order to “expect” that he’d be followed, he’d have to already know that Woo/Qoo could somehow summon aid, and know that such aid would arrive in time for him to be followed. That seems unreasonable even for such an obvious fantasy.
@ Novil:
Well, you can also remove the tag, then.
@ Cony:
I’ve been operating under that assumption since this arc started.
@ Lookfar:
I think he removed it so as to not be so blatant. After all, would the illuminati come right put and SAY they were illuminati? No, they’d say “we”, and such.
@ Melkior:
Or he misused the word, allowing for more natural sounding dialogue, as people LITERALLY always do?
@ MaxArt:
Why would he? Dude’s still illuminati. Not like illuminati members go around telling people they’re illuminati.
Ok, this is getting a bit surreal
@ Trimutius:
Clearly, Novil was too close to the truth and so “They” made him change the dialog.
Melkior wrote:
He might simply be paranoid, so he believes any car behind him is following him. If it turns onto a side road, it’s trying to head him off. If another car takes its place, they’re conspiring with one another.
It’s fun knowing there’s an active volcano in your figurative backyard. In my case, that backyard is about 260 miles long, but as long as it’s in the same state, I’m counting it.
nicktyrong wrote:
Of course the Illuminati tell people they are the Illuminati.
Since they convinced everyone that they Don’t Exist, it makes people dismiss them as “Harmless Nuts” whom they then proceed to Ignore.
Which is the Real greatest trick they ever pulled.
Melkior wrote:
You’re criticizing the word choice of a gun-wielding worshiper of an Aztec god during a kidnapping and car chase?
Apart from that “I expected that” is a common phrase from liars when something unanticipated happens.
@ Jerry:
I think you’re mistaking those who claim the illuminati EXIST with those who claim to BE illuminati. I’ve never heard the latter, plenty of the former.
This is the story that Sandy’s telling her dad because he asked about her day, right?
I’m thinking “amateur film project”. Probably with Cloud or Larisa directing.
Active volcano 50 miles from hometown? Are they in the famous Mountains of Illinois? http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheMountainsOfIllinois
nicktyrong wrote:
The Illuminati is composed entirely of empty splinter cells. All new members are sufficiently paranoid that they subconsciously brainwash themselves into believing that they are not members. This protects them from interrogation because A) They have very little information to divulge, and B) No one will take anything they say seriously, even if they are later proven correct.
Of course I’m just speculating, ’cause I’m not a member. 🙂
Ya know, I’m not thinking about the Illuminati thing.
I’m wondering WHAT THE HECK KIND OF GUN IS THAT?
@ hkmaly:
There’s a few candidates. Most active volcanoes in the US within 50 miles of the kind of environment shown in the strips are rather higher than 5000 feet, though.
If this is real I am rooting for his success at sacrificing the guy to the volcano at least. I mean, think about it. We know gods actually exist in this universe, so maybe he’s not actually crazy and this god will destroy the world or cause WWIII if he doesn’t get his scheduled virgin sacrifice. If so this guy’s just doing his part to keep us safe.
And yes, I’m trolling a bit, but something to think about…
@ MattStriker:
With Woo starring as the talking raccoon? Interesting way to gloss over the reveal of his ability to talk to Cloud and Larisa if true.
nicktyrong wrote:
True, true. Mea culpa.
Agarax wrote:
Old Brit wrote:
The biggest insanity of the sane is expecting the insane to behave as though sane. :-J
@ GnarlyDoug:
Cabin In The Woods.
Isn’t this set in Colorado? There are several volcanoes in Colorado and Wyoming. Why is that so far fetched?
Huh, that’d actually be a pretty good conspiracy theory you know?
I mean, how else would you know if you never went and checked?