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Cat Mattress posted:The craziest French comics were written either by a Chilean of Ukrainian origin, Alejandro Jodorowsky, or by the Bosnian/Slovak Enki Bilal. Still got some pure French craziness like Druillet or the great Giraud (Moebius). Yeah, European Comics would be a better term, although the French/Belgian scene is pretty influential. I'm lucky because being french-canadian I can just read it in the original french, and it's pretty easy to find even obscure stuff. There's a bunch of specialized comic book shops in Montreal that are pretty good for that. 
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I'm just popping in to say that this comic is amazing in every way and i'm glad i ordered it basically on accident. See, I saw there was a pre-order for a paper version and i ordered it a few weeks back, the whole time thinking that it was Necropolis. Oops! To be fair: 1) It was late and i was tired. 2) They've both been on my "to read" list for way too long. In any case now i'm hooked. Cio is the greatest. It contains (not so) secret anime.  The art is so fantastically detailed, Allison is awesome, the setting is fantastic. The demons and world in general bring Wayne Douglas Barlowe's Inferno to mind: the floating rune/sigils, the mutable bodies, the ancient ruined husks, angels with shorn off wings. Now, since i've only started reading the second book on his website i'm going to vanish back to that part of the thread until i catch up!
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Fudge Handsome posted:Didn't angels spring from the male side YISUN, too? I thought that was why they present as male. Eh, humans and servants sprang from one side each too, and they're gendered.
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Sep 19, 2016 03:08
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Oh god, i'm already caught up. I thought there was more. This is terrible! 
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Sep 19, 2016 03:22
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Welcome to the wait.
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a kitten posted:Oh god, i'm already caught up. I thought there was more. Now go back and read all the text posts that go with each page
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MikeJF posted:Eh, humans and servants sprang from one side each too, and they're gendered. The angels probably reject gender as part of their aloofness from the world and commitment to the law. It's bullshit of course, but that feels like the reason.
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Tuxedo Ted posted:Now go back and read all the text posts that go with each page Way ahead of ya. Incidentally, I've determined that Dead Can Dance is a great soundtrack to read this by.
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If you donate $5+ a month to his Patreon you get to see early page previews and extra art and tutorials and stuff. Just tossing that out there. I am eagerly awaiting the next tutorial because I hella need to work on my art. It's also pretty rad in general.
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Sep 19, 2016 07:57
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MikeJF posted:Eh, humans and servants sprang from one side each too, and they're gendered. I believe that after YIS and UN literally, metaphorically, and actually fought and hosed each other to death, everything that has come after them has got a bit of peanut butter in their chocolate and vice versa. The 'created' entities like demons, humans, angels, and servants, despite their nice, neat little creation myth(relatively speaking), the 'flames' of their origin were never 'pure' despite Michael's void-tinted yearning.
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Sep 19, 2016 10:14
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The angels are genderless in the same way that western society is colorblind: there's a gender or ethnicity that is assumed to be the default, and if you're not it, you're a bad person.
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Cat Mattress posted:The angels are genderless in the same way that western society is colorblind: there's a gender or ethnicity that is assumed to be the default, and if you're not it, you're a bad person. That's about it in a nutshell. Just as having a gender is offensive to angels at all, being gendered as specifically female is considered worse. Which says a lot about their gender assumptions and what they consider closer to the "true" neutral nature.
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Sep 19, 2016 11:28
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You don't exactly meet a lot of girls named Michael.
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paragon1 posted:You don't exactly meet a lot of girls named Michael. You've never met a Michelle?
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Schwarzwald posted:You've never met a Michelle? This only reinforces my reinforcement of Xarbla's point.
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New Page I am pretty stoked about this, there might be more strangely specific kung-fu.
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someone's about to get their rear end kicked and I'm not sure who
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atomicthumbs posted:someone's about to get their rear end kicked and I'm not sure who The correct answer is probably 'everyone'.
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Given that Cio appears to be riding into frame atop the mast of some sort of ridiculous flying ship, I suspect Mottom may be about to catch a dangerously campy case of "shaking her fist at the retreating backs of our bloodied heroes, screaming that they cannot escape the inevitable."
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The cool, refreshing taste of big drat heroes, sir.
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Dead Reckoning posted:Given that Cio appears to be riding into frame atop the mast of some sort of ridiculous flying ship, I suspect Mottom may be about to catch a dangerously campy case of "shaking her fist at the retreating backs of our bloodied heroes, screaming that they cannot escape the inevitable." If a demiurge isn't capable of shooting a flying ship out of the sky then that's a pretty lousy ruler of 1/7 of existence, IMO
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Pureauthor posted:If a demiurge isn't capable of shooting a flying ship out of the sky then that's a pretty lousy ruler of 1/7 of existence, IMO If Alison isn't capable of wrenching one measly flying ship into the far flung reaches of the void using only her will then she's a pretty poo poo king.
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Pureauthor posted:If a demiurge isn't capable of shooting a flying ship out of the sky then that's a pretty lousy ruler of 1/7 of existence, IMO What, and risk killing her one ticket out of emo queendom?
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akulanization posted:If Alison isn't capable of wrenching one measly flying ship into the far flung reaches of the void using only her will then she's a pretty poo poo king. If she could do that she'd've already done it without the ship, though. Her teleportation's flaky as as poo poo. Might work just in time for a dramatic exit, though.
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This page is particularly great. Mottom positively drips menace here in a way that feels really great, even if she's about to get loving clowned.
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Well people were entirely right that it was going to be "AND YOU ARE TAKING THE JOB ONE WAY OR ANOTHER."
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Sep 21, 2016 12:20
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"Tha flaxen-brained soggy fop-moppin." Yes, good.
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Cio is just the best.
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Yessssss, more Cio  More Cio insults
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I think Cio is a bit out of her depth here.Dead Reckoning posted:What, and risk killing her one ticket out of emo queendom? If she can't come up with a million different magic solutions to "Allison is escaping on an airship" then yes she is a lousy excuse for a witch-goddess.
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GunnerJ posted:I think Cio is a bit out of her depth here. What about an airship also occupied by Problem Sleuth, Ace Dick, and (Past) and (Future) Pickle Inspector? Hmm?
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We know that Cio has previously managed to steal a key of kings, so presumably she has some sort of tricks up her sleeve. Although I have no idea how the transition between masks/etc. changes things for devils and what that might mean for her now. I don't expect her to go one on one with Mottom, though.
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GunnerJ posted:I think Cio is a bit out of her depth here. I have no idea what one small fanfiction writing blue devil (+ airship) can possibly do in this situation, but that doesn't stop her from being the best.
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Bilirubin posted:What about an airship also occupied by Problem Sleuth, Ace Dick, and (Past) and (Future) Pickle Inspector? Hmm? Still an easy solution, but it would take 17 kalpa to resolve.
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a kitten posted:I have no idea what one small fanfiction writing blue devil (+ airship) can possibly do in this situation, but that doesn't stop her from being the best. Well, she used to be one of the most powerful ebon devils in existence, so she might still have a few handy titbits knowledgewise, even if she doesn't have the raw power anymore.
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a kitten posted:I have no idea what one small fanfiction writing blue devil (+ airship) can possibly do in this situation, but that doesn't stop her from being the best. Oh, I agree. I'm just a bit worried for her. White Chain just got literally flicked aside like a bug and she's no slouch. GunnerJ fucked around with this message at 16:05 on Sep 21, 2016 |
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a kitten posted:I have no idea what one small fanfiction writing blue devil (+ airship) can possibly do in this situation, but that doesn't stop her from being the best. I believe in Ciocie Cioelle Estrella Von Maximus the Third. 
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Mr.Pibbleton posted:Ciocie Cioelle Coca Cola
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Cio isn't really the kind of person to wander in to fight a demiurge without having a fairly clear idea of how she might win, so I assume she knows something.
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