“See, Jim? There’s one of them coming ashore now.”
“Oh yes, I see. That’s one of the smaller ones, isn’t it?”
“Yes, Jim, the really big, ‘beachmasters’ don’t show up until late April opr early May.”
“What is that aleady in the Beach?”
“I’m not sure, but Mr. Early Arrival probably calls it *Breakfast*”
It all comes down to leverage, y’see? If Big G’s insides are too slippery and squishy for Bud to find any purchase, then it doesn’t matter how strong she is.
…at least until Godzie there ‘moves the earth’. Then we’ll have a very upset (and smelly) Bud…
Or it’ll end up like the shark in Amanda’s “firewomen’ photoshoot.
As the monster will contemplate, sitting on his cloud with a humongous harp :”You know? It’s not the -getting grabbedbythetailandflungtohighheaven-, but that last bit of sudden deceleration that did me in..
{For those not familiar with Exiern, Tiffany was a classic brawny fur-jockstrap blonde northern barbarian until an evil wizard misplaced a decimal point or whatever…}
Ahhh, Exiern. I *love* that series (and Misfile as well). Tiffany is pretty awesome, if a bit unpolished but she means very well. Peonie on the other hand, grrrr. Would be quite interesting if they were to get matched up, although I think the father wouldn’t really approve.
Right now, I feel sorry for Drow’s situation though.
This is exactly what was missing. A Seamonster!
As I said to myself just yesterday: “You know what Wapsisquare could do with? A good seamonster…that’s what..”*nod, nod*
AAHHH!! Issa’ GORZILLAAAAHHH!!!!
I guess Bud’s having a dream after a late-night binge of too much Japanese monstermovies, cheese nacho’s and B&J..
I doubt she could naturally, there’s no biological process to increase the amount of melatonin in her skin. Heck, no skin anymore, really, just surface area. But if Jin can change the shape and length of her hair, I would assume there’s some magic whereby Bud could do similar cosmetic changes involving skin color. She’d just have to learn it.
Kiddies couldn’t care less. It’s the grown-up’s that are the problem and start acting weird when too much skin is shown..
Mebbe Bud is afraid The ComicsCode will get her. (‘s the only thing that could overpower f.i. the She-Hulk in the past… )
Bud has always been modest, no? hasn’t it been discussed that she has self image issues? plus, she isn’t tanning with that huge umbrella over head, and this way she can poit back and forth to get stuff she needs. ex. a cold beer from the fridge.
Bud is the one who goes running naked in the snow. Or confronts Kevin wearing nothing but a bath towel on the Southern hemisphere. I don’t think she has modesty issues.
Rule 1: Never trust an empty beach – there is always a reason why it’s empty
Rule 2: Avoid zones, where they made nuclear tests – treat those Beaches like an empty beach and refer to rule 1
Rule 3: If you ignored one or even both rules above and you are facing something big looking out of the water pray that it’s not hungry – or that you are a golem girl with enough power to rip the world apart and leave the fabric of reality bleeding.
I wonder if someone is playing a practical joke on Bud?
Notice the three claw marks on its head. And the barnacles. And unless that thing is smaller than it appears to be, the water is a lot deeper close in to the sand bar than I would have thought; must be a really sharp drop-off.
one of 5 things will possibly happen maybe:
1. it becomes Bud’s pet
2. they fight, it gets turned into sashimi or squid steaks
3. It knows how to party, so it shares the beach with Bud, until someone else pops in, then it reveals its sentience
4. it is really an aggressive transport to Lanthis, and as a result swallows Bud to take her there
5. Bud wakes up from a dream
I did say “possibly happen maybe” as in it could be one of those options, it could be all of them or it could be none of them. Paul is one of the few comic writers who can keep me guessing right up to the end. so lets just sit back and wait for the rest of the week shall we?
I am afraid that *4. will mean some serious acid-burn-like results for the poor beastie..soo..not likely.. I still say “binge-feed induced dream sequence”
That’s what I thought, but now I see Friday’s installment with the cast of the coming days comics shown in your face yelling “April Fool!” So anything goes.
You’re assuming that thing has a neck and no legs, or flippers. If it’s proportioned like a fish, say a tetrapod, it could walk that close and be “that deep” in the water.
I thought about the depth question too. One of the more interesting answers is we are assuming the island is natural. If it’s a small hunk of sand floating in the middle of the ocean, then our new critter could be anything you like.
We could also be dealing with artistic license.
Or it could be a big huge head on tiny little legs.
It was recenl
tly refered to as a small atoll, somewhere near Bermuda… I dont think the really small ones are mapped, being less than 12 feet across, just enough for a few chairs..
“Hey, s’up?”
Theme from Jaws?
Or…
Clash of the Titans!
Spawing?
“See, Jim? There’s one of them coming ashore now.”
“Oh yes, I see. That’s one of the smaller ones, isn’t it?”
“Yes, Jim, the really big, ‘beachmasters’ don’t show up until late April opr early May.”
“What is that aleady in the Beach?”
“I’m not sure, but Mr. Early Arrival probably calls it *Breakfast*”
If so, Mr Early Arrival is in for a rude awakening…
Of all the distractions Bud has to put up with on her bit of heaven, the most annoying has got to be the Jehova’s Witnesses.
No, i’d bet he’s proselytising for the Church of the Great Spider…
It’s a Cthulhuist missionary. (nod, nod)
Cthulhu saves (he might get hungry later)!
RELEASE THE KRAKEN!
See? This is what happens when you flush those cute baby krakens down the toilet.
hsssssss
I *knew* they just dumped the sewer water in the bay!
A creature from the “old world” perhaps?
Um, yo, squidley-in-the-water – you =really= don’t want to pick that fight…
Umm, Godzilla, ol’ boy – i recommend you go find something a little easier to deal with.
It all comes down to leverage, y’see? If Big G’s insides are too slippery and squishy for Bud to find any purchase, then it doesn’t matter how strong she is.
…at least until Godzie there ‘moves the earth’. Then we’ll have a very upset (and smelly) Bud…
…And steaks for everyone.
She doesn’t have to grab anything.
She can, among other things, breathe fire.
So, the “steaks” -bit was correct. ‘S goin’a be the mutha’ of all BBQ’s
And Poit
A little bit of heaven on the black lagoon.
All Krakens go to Heaven?
…Bud needs to smash that. I don’t care what it is. It’s severely creeping me out.
I suspect that’s what we’re going to see. Though, I wonder if it sees her as just as creepy and dangerous as we see it.
Or it’ll end up like the shark in Amanda’s “firewomen’ photoshoot.
As the monster will contemplate, sitting on his cloud with a humongous harp :”You know? It’s not the -getting grabbedbythetailandflungtohighheaven-, but that last bit of sudden deceleration that did me in..
All the geranium thought was, “Oh, not again…”
Better odds than if it was Brandi.
Awww noooo! Its got big sweet goo-goo eyes! I bet it just wants to know if it shoulda toined left at Albuqurque. Either that or it just wants a hug.
JIMINY CHRISTMAS!!
Well I guess we now see ONE of the things that makes the Bermuda Triangle dangerous. XD
Did you ever get the feeling, that you were being watched?
NAW!
It just my imagination.
Maybe he’s a dapper, docile chap that just wants to have a nice long talk with her.
Probably not, but one can hope!
Yeaaaah… And the opening line will be…
Git in mah belly!!!!
Well, if all those bananas and Brandi and Jin fit in Bud’s belly that fella is gonna fit just as well…
Might not be harmful… You never know, having a pet sea monster could be… fun…
Did you ever get the felling you’re being monitored?
D’oh . . . “feeling”
Golem senses……….tingling…………
Most likely it really stinks.
Oh, there should have been a way to work the “it’s right behind me, isn’t it” gag into this. Somehow. One way or another.
You mean, this (and the next one).
{For those not familiar with Exiern, Tiffany was a classic brawny fur-jockstrap blonde northern barbarian until an evil wizard misplaced a decimal point or whatever…}
well now that i’ve spent 6 hours reading that comic…. I’m going to comment on this one. its awesome by the way
Hah! Caught another one!
Ahhh, Exiern.
I *love* that series (and Misfile as well). Tiffany is pretty awesome, if a bit unpolished but she means very well. Peonie on the other hand, grrrr. Would be quite interesting if they were to get matched up, although I think the father wouldn’t really approve.
Right now, I feel sorry for Drow’s situation though.
Orrr … there’s this one and the next couple…
She’s gonna take it home and ask Monica if she can keep it as a pet.
I bet she turns around and screams “<3 Fido! <3"
DING DING DING, we have a winner! =P
“stinky”, actually, but, yeah, pretty much…
What’s that smell? heh heh heh
I smell a dream sequence.
That shape-shifting Nudge, what a joker!
Huh. Didn’t think of that. Might be the case.
Look, self-serve sashimi! (was gonna say sushi, but unless he brought his own rice, it’s sashimi)
I’m going to guess that our favorite shape shifting trickster is coming to pay a visit.
This is exactly what was missing. A Seamonster!
As I said to myself just yesterday: “You know what Wapsisquare could do with? A good seamonster…that’s what..”*nod, nod*
AAHHH!! Issa’ GORZILLAAAAHHH!!!!
I guess Bud’s having a dream after a late-night binge of too much Japanese monstermovies, cheese nacho’s and B&J..
Works for me every time.
On a more thoughtful note: If there’s Golems and Chimera’s, it’s no big stretch of the imagination there will be Titans too in the Wapsiverse.
Who say a it’s a sea monster? What if it’s friendly and just wants to play catch? They can call him Rover.
or even…
“hey jim! what ya doin here??? sheesh, man, what’s that stink?? been eating to much crayfish again????”
“Do you ever get that feeling that someone is watching you?”
HEY! I who ordered the sushi?
DOH!!! too late
that doesn’t seem to be an aggresive monster.
Just curious i would say.
“Who’s a good widdle sea monster? You are! Gooooood widdle sea monster! Skritchies!”
And then, next thing you know, it follows her home, and she has to hide it from her landlord because her apartment lease says “no sea monsters.”
Hokay.
Bud is, presumably, way off the shipping lanes.
Far from any other land.
By herself.
Why the suit?
That’s a good point. XD
Maybe she’s trying to teach herself some modesty.
I want to know what happened to the bikini she had. 1 Pieces leave too much white skin.
Can Bud tan?
I doubt she could naturally, there’s no biological process to increase the amount of melatonin in her skin. Heck, no skin anymore, really, just surface area. But if Jin can change the shape and length of her hair, I would assume there’s some magic whereby Bud could do similar cosmetic changes involving skin color. She’d just have to learn it.
What’s more, between the suit and the umbrella, is she even trying to tan?
No, because tanning is basically the toasting of your skin.
And Bud has outright said they can’t burn. So they can’t tan either.
think of the kiddies… we dont want this nice place ‘r-rated’…
Kiddies couldn’t care less. It’s the grown-up’s that are the problem and start acting weird when too much skin is shown..
)
Mebbe Bud is afraid The ComicsCode will get her. (‘s the only thing that could overpower f.i. the She-Hulk in the past…
augh, yes… bud may be able to destroy the planet, but that is nothing to the CC
Bud has always been modest, no? hasn’t it been discussed that she has self image issues? plus, she isn’t tanning with that huge umbrella over head, and this way she can poit back and forth to get stuff she needs. ex. a cold beer from the fridge.
Bud is the one who goes running naked in the snow. Or confronts Kevin wearing nothing but a bath towel on the Southern hemisphere. I don’t think she has modesty issues.
That^.
Buuut..knowing wimmenz, the wimmenz often wear stuff they like, only for themselves. Even when there’s no-one around to admire their fashion-sense.
It just may be her favourite one-piece..
And that, gentlemen, is most likely the correct answer.
She doesn’t like to be stared at. (Remember the ice cream.)
When it’s not her idea. (Remember dancing with Tina at Club Cerberus.)
Do Golems even tan?
Only if they want to use the hide later.
Rule 1: Never trust an empty beach – there is always a reason why it’s empty
Rule 2: Avoid zones, where they made nuclear tests – treat those Beaches like an empty beach and refer to rule 1
Rule 3: If you ignored one or even both rules above and you are facing something big looking out of the water pray that it’s not hungry – or that you are a golem girl with enough power to rip the world apart and leave the fabric of reality bleeding.
The Bikini Atoll is in the Pacific. Last I looked, the Bermuda Triangle is in the Atlantic.
However, the bikini triangle is another matter entirely.
Nah..I like my gardens natural….ooooy..did we just go there???
Where? Brazil?
lol this is why i love checking the comments before i leave for class. you guys are great.
Oh my..now we are down to waxing poetics?
Of course. How else do you get your poetic shiny?
So where is the Knoe Bikini Atol? (Thank you Beany and Cecil)
Two comments down and six hours earlier…
I wonder if someone is playing a practical joke on Bud?
Notice the three claw marks on its head. And the barnacles. And unless that thing is smaller than it appears to be, the water is a lot deeper close in to the sand bar than I would have thought; must be a really sharp drop-off.
waittaminute.. 3 claw-marks?? Did the seamonster pee off Logan somewhere in the past?? (Would be some crossover, to say the least)
Yeah. I was wondering about the drop-off.
However, whales sometimes have barnacles on their skin.
Three claw marks could just mean it got too close to some boats’ prop. Look at the scars Manatees bear sometime.
On another note.
Oh, poor fish. Poor, poor fish.
If it’s got a long neck it could be sliding its head forward along the ocean bottom up to the shore while its larger body stays in the deeper parts…
Orr, it is Nudge, with a really really cool hat..
*sings* If i werea deep one
XD well either its the Bikini atoll or the old ones are somehow involved.
…are you sure it’s not the Nobikini Atoll?
Well as gentlemen (more or less on the men part) i cant comment that in a proper way but i am aware of One-piece Atoll.
“Beanie & Cecil” reference – the Nobikini Atoll was the home of Dinah Saur…
She sang.
(ooops. typo’d the e-mail. repeating comment.)
“Beanie & Cecil” reference – the Nobikini Atoll was the home of Dinah Saur…
She sang.
one of 5 things will possibly happen maybe:
1. it becomes Bud’s pet
2. they fight, it gets turned into sashimi or squid steaks
3. It knows how to party, so it shares the beach with Bud, until someone else pops in, then it reveals its sentience
4. it is really an aggressive transport to Lanthis, and as a result swallows Bud to take her there
5. Bud wakes up from a dream
Right. Like it wouldn’t be Jin playing a prank on her.
Remembering the “whipped cream-incident” not entirely unlikely….
If you’re wondering, that incident is here. We never have gotten a good explanation of Bud’s hatch (although that banana sequence is hilarious).
I did say “possibly happen maybe” as in it could be one of those options, it could be all of them or it could be none of them. Paul is one of the few comic writers who can keep me guessing right up to the end. so lets just sit back and wait for the rest of the week shall we?
I am afraid that *4. will mean some serious acid-burn-like results for the poor beastie..soo..not likely.. I still say “binge-feed induced dream sequence”
That’s what I thought, but now I see Friday’s installment with the cast of the coming days comics shown in your face yelling “April Fool!” So anything goes.
oop… forgot about fool’s day. i can see the prank thing happening now.
No way. They’re old friends.
No, no, no! It’s Flounder! He’s never been the same since the little mermaid got legs and married!
Is he bearing fan mail for Rockey?
Something’s fishy.
All hail Father Dagon!
I had that thought too!
Duhn duhn duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhnnnnnnnnnnnnn!
The water right off the edge of that sandbar has got to be incredibly deep…
You’re assuming that thing has a neck and no legs, or flippers. If it’s proportioned like a fish, say a tetrapod, it could walk that close and be “that deep” in the water.
Just saying. I don’t know either way.
I thought about the depth question too. One of the more interesting answers is we are assuming the island is natural. If it’s a small hunk of sand floating in the middle of the ocean, then our new critter could be anything you like.
We could also be dealing with artistic license.
Or it could be a big huge head on tiny little legs.
That last bit about the big-headtiny-feet would make for a great visual gag.
But Paul wouldn’t. He is forever the serious comic-artist. He never would indulge himself with some great visual gags…..
NOT!!
Her name is Linda.
It’s like a theme today, between this and today’s Gunnerkrigg Court. Maybe April Fools came a little early this year?
Ah! That’s a good point. Friday is April first. I have a feeling we should not take this weeks episodes too seriously and just enjoy the prank.
Is this “charming spot” somewhere on earth, or somewhere “other”? Enquiring minds want to know!
It was recenl
tly refered to as a small atoll, somewhere near Bermuda… I dont think the really small ones are mapped, being less than 12 feet across, just enough for a few chairs..
it could be nudge in a mask
or jin?
Objects in mirror may be closer than they appear.
One of the great “Far Side” panels shows a mirror reflecting one huge bloodshot eye.
“Objects in mirror are nearer than they appear.”
(The greatest “Far Side” shows a burning building labeled “Crisis Center” floating down a flooded river toward a waterfall…)
It’s Bud’s former lover, stalking her. The restraining order doesn’t apply in international waters.
Good Lord. Theres more camp in these comments than you’d find at a Boy Scout Jamboree.
Ok my working theory? Its another Lantian creation namely a Leviathan. Its not Snake-isch enough to be Jormungand from the Norse Mythology.
Spot of heaven??? that??? NOT…IN…YOUR…WILDEST…DREAMS!
OH, Yes …
Sounds so familiar … been there, done that.
I just hope it doesn’t belch on Bud…………….eeeeeewwwww!
Pet fishes are generally boring but pet fish monsters? Do want! I hope she names it ‘Bubbles.’ Or ‘Mr. Bubbles’ if he’s trained well enough.
Ooh, this is OSCAR’S dream…
IT’S MR FISH!
Any second, Lio is going to pop up with the leash to take it home.
And scold it.
That last panel is just so Calvin & Hobbes
It’s a giant goldfish.
Next panel:
“Hey Brandi! It followed me home! Can I keep it?!!?”
And Brandi finally finds the one stray animal she is NOT gonna take in, but Bud loves it and they have to anyway <3
Maybe it can shrink to puppy size?
Anyone else reminded of Shel Silverstein animation while looking at that squid?
OHAITHAR