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by Paul Taylor on April 28, 2011 at 12:00 am
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  1. Radio365
    April 28, 2011, 1:52 am | # | Reply

    These girls all seem to have trouble with clothes.

    Pants Shelly!

    • Cherishbloom
      April 28, 2011, 2:04 am | # | Reply

      That is a bathing suit. They WERE going to head to a beach in the Bermuda Triangle but uh.. Bud had a hand in blowing it up.

    • Jamie
      April 28, 2011, 3:03 am | # | Reply

      I am sorry, I am unable to advocate any of the Wapsi girls wearing pants. I mean, I am generally pretty anti-pants, but these girls especially deserve freedom.

      • Faelin
        April 28, 2011, 10:04 am | #

        Totally unrelated to anything Wapsi but …
        Jamie, is that stuffed Ryo-Oki yours or just a pic you borrowed? If it is yours, where did you get it?

      • Alex
        April 28, 2011, 11:03 pm | #

        I remember an old (and uber sexist) joke “down with hot pants, up with mini-skirts!”

    • Dusty668
      April 28, 2011, 5:44 am | # | Reply

      Dangit, someone gave Tina a shirt! This is a crime against humanity!!!

      • Eee
        April 28, 2011, 8:48 am | #

        Shelly, too. The beach is out, they’re probably cold; it is inevitable.

        That’s a BIG tree…

      • illiad
        April 28, 2011, 4:45 pm | #

        if you missed all the last tshirt refs, they were dressed for a tropical beach, and it is quite cold (10C) in Minneapolis… unlike in UK, where its about 18C, except for the occasional hot spell we have had.. 🙂

    • Wyvern
      April 28, 2011, 7:13 am | # | Reply

      Yeah, Shelly’s showing a lot of that muscle-butt.

      Too bad about Tina finding a shirt, though.

    • Zhiwu
      April 28, 2011, 8:53 am | # | Reply

      Without color, it look like Shelly went to meet the gods in her underwear.

      • kingklash
        April 28, 2011, 11:28 am | #

        Better than meeting them in their underwear.

        (could have done the Groucho line, but this was the first thing in my head)

    • SoWhyMe
      April 28, 2011, 3:28 pm | # | Reply

      Strange she would put on a shirt yet take off her shorts.

      • Fairportfan
        April 28, 2011, 5:04 pm | #

        It was Monica wearing cut-off shorts.

      • SoWhyMe
        April 28, 2011, 5:59 pm | #

        Yes, but Shelly was also wearing some kind of shorts:
        http://wapsisquare.com/comic/very-important/

      • Kramegame
        April 28, 2011, 11:24 pm | #

        sshhhhh….SSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHsssssshHHHHsHSHSHHH… lets just this one go, m’kay?

      • Kramegame
        April 28, 2011, 11:25 pm | #

        lets just *let* this one go X-X

    • MidnightDStroyer
      June 8, 2017, 2:14 pm | # | Reply

      Why do you see a problem with that? I don’t see a problem with that. I see only good things from that.

  2. Fairportfan
    April 28, 2011, 1:57 am | # | Reply

    Big ol’ oak tree?

    • Paula
      April 28, 2011, 2:03 am | # | Reply

      i seem to recall something about a tree in one of the ancient myths and legends but that is norse?

      then again i seem to recall yddrasil being mentioned before.

      • NOTDilbert
        April 28, 2011, 2:18 am | #

        Yeah. Ygdrassil is an Ash, IIRC.

    • Zachariaha
      April 28, 2011, 2:19 am | # | Reply

      Can’t tell the type of tree. Since Irish connection could be oak or holly or linden. All have places in IRish folklore. Could be druidic as well.

      I think its the start of an initiation processes into one of the mysteries. The spirit of the tree would appear and offer wisdom, or guidance, on the path for the seeker. In tomorrow’s strip we should meet the spirit, or guardian of the tree.

      • mike weber
        April 28, 2011, 2:36 am | #

        Not Holly – bark and branch structure is wrong for holly.

        Bark and branches could be oak.

        Not familiar with linden.

        I can recognise – or make a good guess at – oak, holly, cherry [or other fruitwood], poplar, birch, beech pine, cedar and maybe dogwood, just from the bark; let me see the branches and i can make that definite for most of them.

        But linden … no. (Or rowan, come to think)

      • Zachariaha
        April 28, 2011, 4:02 am | #

        If you consider Norse mythology then Oak is the best choice. There was a oak by the entrance to Valhalla.

      • Wyvern
        April 28, 2011, 7:16 am | #

        Besides, the linden world-tree is online these days. I’d recognize it in a Second Life.

      • Rowan Hawthorn
        April 28, 2011, 7:40 am | #

        you rang?? (/Lurch mode)

    • ths7
      April 28, 2011, 3:13 am | # | Reply

      http://wapsisquare.com/comic/name-on-the-cross/

      • rnd2
        April 28, 2011, 9:42 am | #

        touché my friend touché…

      • Paula
        April 28, 2011, 3:40 pm | #

        thats what i remembered! 😀

        thank you

    • kingklash
      April 28, 2011, 11:29 am | # | Reply

      The Larch.

      The Larch.

      The Larch.

      • NOTDilbert
        April 28, 2011, 3:09 pm | #

        Thank you. This has been A Piece of Wood, BBC3

    • Jay-Em
      April 28, 2011, 2:39 pm | # | Reply

      Yeah, looks like it. Weirdly beautiful crooked and contorted, and very old oak tree, like I saw in Devon, close to Watersmeet. So .I say “Oak” too.

  3. The Old Wolf
    April 28, 2011, 2:00 am | # | Reply

    Lovely perspective. :3

    • Craig Roth
      April 28, 2011, 5:37 am | # | Reply

      Mmmmm, muscle-butt

  4. Paula
    April 28, 2011, 2:01 am | # | Reply

    ooh
    so to everyone else who touches it – it will scare them so badly it will send them nuts

    to shelly it gives her a map?

    or is it the opposite

    does it give them a map which leads to the type of treasure people will kill others over (like the ‘one ring’)

    and the people who wouldn’t care about such stuff would be given a vision which would scare them.

    • DJ
      April 28, 2011, 4:46 am | # | Reply

      I think it’s interesting how out of all the girls, the one who is the most “normal” is the one it works for.

      • Kramegame
        April 28, 2011, 5:30 am | #

        when was the last time you crushed a Stainless steel coffee pot with your bare hands? Shelly is just as strange as the rest of them….

    • Julie
      April 28, 2011, 8:01 am | # | Reply

      You know, that almost makes me wonder if the captain saw the tree and his shipmates saw the horror…

  5. Cherishbloom
    April 28, 2011, 2:05 am | # | Reply

    The plot thickens as my soup gets colder. I am going crazy with anticipation!

  6. Kramegame
    April 28, 2011, 2:14 am | # | Reply

    Adventure time! XD
    Also, if this goes up on ebay, i’ll bid for it. that last panel is awesome, and could definitely be a stand alone image if it wanted to.

    hmm, I’m guessing that Shelly is the chosen one since she technically doesn’t have any demons. I bet it wouldn’t show the GGG’s anything since they’re constructs, and i’m also gambling that if Tina were to make contact, she would get short circuited. thats just my crazy speculation though.

    • Kramegame
      April 28, 2011, 2:15 am | # | Reply

      and Shelly has a cute butt. looks very… pert. 😛

      • Joe Minotaur
        April 28, 2011, 2:23 am | #

        An earlier version of Shelly:
        http://wapsisquare.com/comic/12122001/

        Just for comparison, mind you.

      • Jay-Em
        April 28, 2011, 2:47 pm | #

        Shelly seems to let her hair grow out for a bit. Would be fun to see her with those tails(?) dreads(?) again.

        It would make sense, since she has a boy-friend again, found a friend in Bud, and -if memory serves me right- after the stress and anguish about her Mom’s death made her cut her hair, it was only after becoming friends with Owen(however weirdly she showed her affection) that she let her hair grow again.

        I really like her current mop too though.

      • Julie
        April 28, 2011, 8:02 am | #

        Yay muscle-butt!! 🙂

      • Joe Minotaur
        April 28, 2011, 9:20 am | #

        Somehow, my reply got lost in “Moderation”:
        http://wapsisquare.com/comic/12122001/

        Another look at Shelly’s butt!

      • Danzier
        April 28, 2011, 9:51 am | #

        Wow.
        I am impressed….
        by how much Paul’s drawing skill has improved.
        And by Shelly’s hair.

      • Joe Minotaur
        April 28, 2011, 10:15 am | #

        It has been nearly ten years. It does seem that Paul has improved a lot as far as the character design and plot.
        Better buy up some of his original art before he becomes too famous!

    • Danzier
      April 28, 2011, 9:52 am | # | Reply

      “Reassemble, Stephanie! Reassemble!”

  7. Atomic
    April 28, 2011, 3:50 am | # | Reply

    Yggdrasil

    Perceval

    Galahadl

    Shelly?

    • Jay-Em
      April 28, 2011, 2:49 pm | # | Reply

      Perhaps.
      Shelly seems to be the one with the end-goal imprinted. A guide and protector of sorts.

  8. DJ
    April 28, 2011, 4:43 am | # | Reply

    I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore…

    • Danzier
      April 28, 2011, 9:46 am | # | Reply

      I don’t think we were in Kansas to start with. 😉

      • Jay-Em
        April 28, 2011, 2:54 pm | #

        Exactly.
        After I got lectured about the difference between Wisconsin and Minnesota ,I’ll never again forget it’s Michigan …ehhh…wait…eh.. Maine …No…ehh…. Massachusetts ..no..no..ehh..darn! You Americanz wis all dose leetle statez of yurz.. 😆 😆 .

        😛

      • bmonk
        April 28, 2011, 3:53 pm | #

        Not all of them are so little–we had some German visitors here in West Dakota a while back–one day they decided to go see Yellowstone Park that afternoon, and figured they would be back by evening. After all, it was only one state over…

        The travel distance one way is 500-600 miles, an 8 hour trip. And the same back.

      • SoWhyMe
        April 28, 2011, 4:02 pm | #

        Maybe they were just used to the Autobahn and speeds in excess of 80 mph.

      • bmonk
        April 28, 2011, 5:48 pm | #

        Even so, to do it in 4 hrs travel plus one or two hours of sightseeing, they’d be moving about 240mph plus. Which seems rather high, even for the Autobahn.

        Rather I think they were thinking in terms of European countries and their distances.

      • Danzier
        April 28, 2011, 6:19 pm | #

        @bmonk–
        Snerk!!

      • W.
        April 28, 2011, 4:33 pm | #

        Just to keep it in perspective.

      • Fatuncle
        April 28, 2011, 7:51 pm | #

        I remember reading recently that 80% of the population of Europe lives within 500 miles of everyone else in Europe…

        An article about why trains work so much better there than here, if I recall correctly – density of population.

      • Kramegame
        April 28, 2011, 11:31 pm | #

        hehe no wonder everyone can do road trips in Europe so easily… And why explorers thought the continent expanded into oblivion.

      • mike weber
        April 29, 2011, 12:13 am | #

        Fatuncle! Get going!

      • Danzier
        April 28, 2011, 6:18 pm | #

        Holy smokes, Jay-Em! Can you name a state I didn’t live in? 😉

  9. kaibyo
    April 28, 2011, 5:52 am | # | Reply

    Last panel – WOW!! Shelly’s pose is perfect – grace combined with strength – a worthy woman warrior. The tree looks likes it’s seen a lotta seasons go by. Beee–uu–ti-ful!

    • Julie
      April 28, 2011, 8:03 am | # | Reply

      Totally agree…it’s quite lovely.

    • Old Crow
      April 28, 2011, 9:20 am | # | Reply

      A lot of seasons indeed. It’s stood since the beginning of time, and holds nine worlds in it’s branches.

  10. Leak
    April 28, 2011, 5:52 am | # | Reply

    “…now I feel weird with you you dorks watching me.” could use some you-sectomy… 😉

    And yeah, I totally agree about the perspective… 🙂

  11. ziggy78eog
    April 28, 2011, 8:10 am | # | Reply

    So, what is Shelly looking at? Yggdrasil?

  12. TheDoctor
    April 28, 2011, 8:49 am | # | Reply

    Looking at the first panel I thnk; “M, don’t lookdown too fast you’ll break your jaw.” I mean croosing her arms enhances her…’atributes’ is it necessary? Oh, and great Tushie shot of Shelly too.

    • kaibyo
      April 28, 2011, 12:36 pm | # | Reply

      How could she break her jaw on all of that….ah….buffering? She might bruise “the girls” or get two black eyes tho’.
      Speaking as one who is fairly well-endowed, crossing your arms like that does enhance what old Mom Nature gives us. We can’t help it. It, like shit, just happens. And yes, it IS necessary. Where did the phrase, “If you’ve got it, flaunt it.” originate?? I think it’s from the 60’s or 70’s. Rowan and Martin??? Anyone remember???

      • Cranc
        April 28, 2011, 3:22 pm | #

        Right?

        Personally, that is my favorite Monica pose: kinda huffy (indicating self-confidence and that you’ve got her full attention for good or ill), enhancing her already titanic silhouette (which is titillating – yes, a pun) and , frankly, just pure, unadulterated sex appeal.

        Yes, please!

      • Paula
        April 28, 2011, 3:54 pm | #

        “If you’ve got it, flaunt it” – The ad slogan used by Braniff Airways, starting in late 1968 or early 1969. It was apparently inspired by the famous line said by Zero Mostel in Mel Brooks’ great 1968 comedy movie, The Producers: “That’s it baby, when you got it, flaunt it! Flaunt It!”

        holy crud that was hard to find…

      • SoWhyMe
        April 28, 2011, 4:04 pm | #

        Most likely even the writter of The Producers got if from someone who had it and flaunted it.

  13. AvengerReloaded
    April 28, 2011, 9:27 am | # | Reply

    Shelly, you need a better travel agent…

    • Paula
      April 28, 2011, 3:55 pm | # | Reply

      i dunno
      instant travel to your unexpected destination is pretty good.
      least she wasnt stuck in an airport for a couple of hours.

  14. Danzier
    April 28, 2011, 9:48 am | # | Reply

    Monica looks like she has a sore back. Poor Monica. 🙁

    And I didn’t see the Shelly-vision as a tree until I read the comments. I thought it was an underground river and was quite impressed with the cave structure. 😯

  15. MerchManDan
    April 28, 2011, 10:18 am | # | Reply

    Well, dang.

    And yeah, Mon seems rather unhappy about all this. Can’t say I blame her: First her island gets blasted out of the water, then she gets the snot scared out of her by what appeared to be a banshee. Now her best friend is about to get her mind put through the mill by this Lanthian thingmathingy; what a day!!

  16. Vorlonagent
    April 28, 2011, 10:40 am | # | Reply

    Did anybody besides me notice that the artifact doesn’t have its flanges in the final panel?

    • sq_rigger
      April 28, 2011, 10:55 am | # | Reply

      You can’t tell whether or not it has base protrusions (if that’s what you mean by flanges), since the base is hidden by Shelly’s right thigh.

    • kaibyo
      April 28, 2011, 12:05 pm | # | Reply

      If you mean the “arms” on either side of the vertical unit, I think the view is side-on.

      With that chain on it, it STILL looks like a piece of rapper or Mr T. bling to me. My bad.

      • Jay-Em
        April 28, 2011, 3:05 pm | #

        Not really. To me it looks like something made from a mystical variation of faucet-part.. “steam-punkish” so to speak.

        It’s the prongs on the bottom that concern me. Is it just a bunch of Jack-plugs, to be clicked in place on an apparatus, or is it again something that has to be plunged into some hapless victim.

        Those Lanthians do seem to have had a warped desire to lather anything they cobbled-up, in bloody sacrifice…

  17. SoWhyMe
    April 28, 2011, 3:27 pm | # | Reply

    Oh … friggin … wow!

    Odd though. It looks like the trunk is laying on it’s side with the branches coming from the center of it. Or is Shelly just sort of floating and looking at it from an odd perspective? Previously a character said it was growing through some rock. Is the entire tree growing in rock? I mean is the background sky or rock? As if the whole thing is growing into rock. tiny branches and all.

    At least she’s kind of used to this sort of thing after being with Creepy Girl in her world off and on.

    • Jabberwonky
      April 28, 2011, 3:50 pm | # | Reply

      It is a vision. Shelly is standing in Monica’s kitchen, the ‘camera angle’ could be from any angle.
      Got to play merry hob with your sense of balance, though…

  18. M
    April 28, 2011, 5:08 pm | # | Reply

    Ahem

    http://wapsisquare.com/comic/06072004/

    http://wapsisquare.com/comic/06092004/

    http://wapsisquare.com/comic/06162004/

    • Kramegame
      April 28, 2011, 11:36 pm | # | Reply

      Indeed, Owen missed out. big time. I also like how he got the swirly eyes going in the last frame there.

  19. W.
    April 28, 2011, 5:12 pm | # | Reply

    To me Shelly looks like she’s up in the tree. Does anybody else?

    • Kramegame
      April 28, 2011, 11:45 pm | # | Reply

      well now that you mention it…. I believe Shelly is in the middle of the tree height wise, and on the side of it. it would probably look like this:
      http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Man_walking_to_the_sky_Jonathan_Borowsky.jpg/408px-Man_walking_to_the_sky_Jonathan_Borowsky.jpg

  20. harukohoshiko
    April 28, 2011, 6:37 pm | # | Reply

    Monica just a holdin’ up the boobs. 🙂

    • MerchManDan
      April 28, 2011, 9:11 pm | # | Reply

      Well, somebody has to do it. They’re pretty heavy!

      • harukohoshiko
        April 28, 2011, 10:52 pm | #

        I’d volunteer, I’d be more than happy to help. (and no, I’m not a fan of big boobs, I actually like them small.)

  21. Jim
    April 28, 2011, 10:03 pm | # | Reply

    While Shelly’s tush is something to behold, giggity, I’m still taken with all the girls expressions in the first panel.

    • Kramegame
      April 28, 2011, 11:47 pm | # | Reply

      Paul has the amazing ability to nail expressions exactly how he wants them to appear, and how they would look in real life. I believe including body language as well as facial expression really just makes everything better. 😛

  22. Opus the Poet
    April 29, 2011, 1:00 am | # | Reply

    And I wonder what’s delaying Paul this time? I’m going to bed.

  23. Centaur71
    April 29, 2011, 8:43 pm | # | Reply

    Here you now,
    but lo, you’re gone,
    doth left thy name to carry on;
    High in branch thy soul yon dwell,
    Welcome dear dreamer; thou art in HELL!

  24. choronzonseyes
    May 18, 2011, 5:37 pm | # | Reply

    AHA! This is where the story of the first Shelly starts as this one is wearing a shirt and the one right before her… the day before… was only wearing a bahing suit.

  25. Opus the Poet
    June 2, 2011, 6:07 pm | # | Reply

    Now I see the difference. Shellinx was wearing hot pants/Tap pants. the Shelly in the last panel is wearing a brief bottom.

  26. Fairportfan
    July 8, 2019, 1:57 pm | # | Reply

    From here it gets weird…

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