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I thought about posting some random Haus of Decline comics in lieu of Hark! A Vagrant, but every single one of them has someone with a boner. Poor young Ada. The vices of poetry were all around, and within her very blood! If I were the Lady Isabella and had to deal with Lord Bryon swinging dark moods around the house and swinging what was in his pants around every human female I might have a bad opinion of “the Arts” as well. Isabella was a bit of of a whiz with a protractor herself anyway, we are told. Later of course, Ada became famous for doing some computery things with Charles Babbage, the mechanics of their work on the Analytical Engine being something I still don’t completely grasp, probably because my parents seemed not to mind if I read a poem now and then. Thus, no doubt: my mathematical ruin.  I have a strange cast of reoccurring characters, and Good Queen Bess is one of them. Heck, in one of the earliest ones, she’s already at Tilbury! I remember in the course of my being raised Catholic and Scottish and all (somewhere between the tartans and the endless mass, I recall) there was a distinct notion that “Mary Queen of Scots rules and Elizabeth drools” but who were we kidding? Elizabeth was terrifying and amazing and also especially terrifying (which is great). Anyway who can stay mad at a face like that? A face caked with lead paint featuring an impossibly high hairline and black teeth. Why I feel a sonnet comin’ on! I’ll just link to this ode to Margie from Fargo.  I wanted to get back into the world of composers because let’s face it, they are Grade A comic material. Too bad I know relatively little about most of them. I went on a reading spree and came out with Chopin and Liszt, who were friends according to some and not friends according to others. Interesting fellows, never all that any one assessment claims they are. Chopin was not always a Delicate Flower and Liszt was not always some approximation of Jerry Lee Lewis playing Great Balls of Fire. But hey, sometimes they were!
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Okay here’s a bonus Haus of Decline:
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Another blast from the past. In case no one saw the secret text: 
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timg'd: homophobic slur Seven men pissing into empties, calling you faggot. They cannot see you.  The drawing you didn't get to see was of him making a bad first impression on George Clooney  Ray got a front-row seat for this one and is gently elbowing everybody to whisper that he knows Cornelius.  Snoop Dogg is all, BITCHES do NOT LISTEN
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Only thing I went to read on my own after it started being posted here was A Bride's Story, and that stopped being posted here either way. Anyway I thought of this thread when I saw this bonus panel from yesterday's SMBC about AI art. 
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some plague rats posted:Oh you'll get your free dogshit alright, you'll get it real fast
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e-dt posted:timg'd: homophobic slur Previously on Opplopolis: He's probably never even heard the word Marvedyne.          
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Splicer posted:Yes yes we can all see your posts. booo
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Splicer posted:Yes yes we can all see my posts.
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Kill Six Billion Demons  Alt: The ley-stone is a pale replica of a true key. Like the key itself it serves as a tuning fork to merge the wielder's will with that of God, but on a far weaker level. quote:“Fynally, I wyll speak on the Ebon Devyl, or True Devyl.  Alt: Spin Wheel and Laugh at God quote:“Sure I’ve got a few debts in me, and I’ve got the marks to prove it. But power’s quite the mistress, fool. Tell me, have you seen this before?”  Alt: Vladok, Grandfather of Dhuutholmel quote:“Them that’s young and well and free and yearn to do their part, But first, let's see what's up with White Chain
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ho ho hum allison has gotten herself into a fine pickle by knowing nothing im sure itll turn out fine. 
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These recent K6BD pages have been pulling me in way more than the earlier ones did. There's a real sense of stakes and urgency, and it feels like we're actually watching the protagonist making her way through a story instead of being given D&D lore to read. It's hard to say whether the previous hundred pages of backstory were essential to make these parts work well, but I do think it's a shame that it didn't hit this kind of stride earlier because I'm probably not the only person who tried to read it once back in the day and bounced off the wall of homework before we got the part that feels like an actual story. I'm excited to see where it goes from here! And with that out of the way, here's some      
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vyelkin posted:These recent K6BD pages have been pulling me in way more than the earlier ones did. There's a real sense of stakes and urgency, and it feels like we're actually watching the protagonist making her way through a story instead of being given D&D lore to read. It's hard to say whether the previous hundred pages of backstory were essential to make these parts work well, but I do think it's a shame that it didn't hit this kind of stride earlier because I'm probably not the only person who tried to read it once back in the day and bounced off the wall of homework before we got the part that feels like an actual story. I'm excited to see where it goes from here! Yeah, this is pretty much how K6BD was paced - the first chapter is you as the audience getting forcefully dunked into the deep end, with a whole lot of flavourful but ultimately meaningless detail drowning you at once, which very much matches how Allison feels. Then, once she decides to actually come back for a purpose, we get a much more steady and solid introduction to the relevant parts of the world with a proper plot pacing. Essentially, we've reached the point where the story starts. The classic! I never realised this was part of a continuity thing.
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vyelkin posted:These recent K6BD pages have been pulling me in way more than the earlier ones did. There's a real sense of stakes and urgency, and it feels like we're actually watching the protagonist making her way through a story instead of being given D&D lore to read. It's hard to say whether the previous hundred pages of backstory were essential to make these parts work well, but I do think it's a shame that it didn't hit this kind of stride earlier because I'm probably not the only person who tried to read it once back in the day and bounced off the wall of homework before we got the part that feels like an actual story. I'm excited to see where it goes from here! I had only ever seen the last one with the wizard and never knew there was a connecting comic strip to it. It still works on its own though.
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Tenebrais posted:Yeah, this is pretty much how K6BD was paced - the first chapter is you as the audience getting forcefully dunked into the deep end, with a whole lot of flavourful but ultimately meaningless detail drowning you at once, which very much matches how Allison feels. Then, once she decides to actually come back for a purpose, we get a much more steady and solid introduction to the relevant parts of the world with a proper plot pacing. Yeah, I agree with this assessment. It's all gas no brakes from here on out.
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Tenebrais posted:Yeah, this is pretty much how K6BD was paced - the first chapter is you as the audience getting forcefully dunked into the deep end, with a whole lot of flavourful but ultimately meaningless detail drowning you at once, which very much matches how Allison feels. Then, once she decides to actually come back for a purpose, we get a much more steady and solid introduction to the relevant parts of the world with a proper plot pacing. I think these beginning chapters work a lot better as a binge. The rough bits are weird enough to be worth engaging with for a while (IMO) and you can get to the good bits pretty quickly. But if I checked the comic out when it was on like page 60 and had to wait for more pages I can't really imagine that I would have bothered keeping up with it.
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Synthbuttrange posted:ho ho hum allison has gotten herself into a fine pickle by knowing nothing im sure itll turn out fine. fun fact: In Abbadon's original script, this was going to be a very old Red devil, which is why in their description it mentions they darken as they age and you see that worn out one a little earlier. But a few people on this forum mistook it for an Ebon demon and asked him about it in between updates and he decided to run with it.
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drat, thinkin' 'bout buttfuckin' and the wizard's shotguns in the same update. It's all gonna be downhill from here.
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Captain Hygiene posted:drat, thinkin' 'bout buttfuckin' and the wizard's shotguns in the same update. It's all gonna be downhill from here. this is fine
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thinkin' 'bout buttfuckin' the wizard's shotguns
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Inexplicable Humblebrag posted:thinkin' 'bout buttfuckin' the wizard's shotguns Until it goes "click"
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Last time on Joey's Special Experience by Hirohiko Archie: A zombie ambushes Joost, but is dealt with easily! God holds his zombies back to go one on one with Joost! Joost swears to end Dio, for him and for those whose lives he's ended! Just as he steps forward, Dark Knight puts a hand on his shoulder! Read right to left:      e: actually, I have to include the previous panel too. That face  Just this whole thing lol
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Motherfucker wanted the comic to look darker so he tinted the whole page, white borders and all. Way to make my previous cheap edit look well planned and executed in comparison, you hack.
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Inexplicable Humblebrag posted:thinkin' 'bout buttfuckin' the wizard's shotguns you dont get enough credit for your gimmick
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Why is this the Whomp I feel most discussed by? Do people actually call those Macaronies "Elbows"? That's so gross.
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Anyway speaking of my posts, here's another one! This one contains some hell was full!!  
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cant cook creole bream posted:Why is this the Whomp I feel most discussed by? Do people actually call those Macaronies "Elbows"? That's so gross. Most but not all American-made macaroni is sharply curved, hence the qualifier elbow macaroni to specify. You can have straight macaroni, slightly bent macaroni, etc.
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"THE FANS ... ARE ALWAYS ON AT HIGH POWER" is so dumb and i can't stop laughing at it
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ah, a proto-DeBonesby (even though Branson did not invent DeBonesby) cant cook creole bream posted:Do people actually call those Macaronies "Elbows"? I've never heard them referred to as macaroni elbows, only as [uncountable] Admiralty Flag posted:elbow macaroni Empty Sandwich has a new favorite as of 22:56 on Jan 6, 2023 |
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I just love that Sherlock Holmes wrote a character who is famous for saying a specific, non-Sherlock Holmes line
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