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Missing The Point

by Paul Taylor on January 11, 2011 at 12:00 am
Story: Wapsi-Archive
Characters: Conscience, Shelly
Location: Boiler Room

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  1. Artemisia
    January 11, 2011, 12:12 am | # | Reply

    But she has a big friendly Smile!!!!

    • sq_rigger
      January 11, 2011, 3:19 pm | # | Reply

      That’s for sure–all 28 teeth are showing!

  2. nerf-dweller
    January 11, 2011, 12:14 am | # | Reply

    What a transition! Warm topical beach to Shelly’s dark and dismal subconscious. And Shelly’s Conscious is starting to grow on me. Going from a cute little girl to “Hey! Getta load of me!” creepy.

    And Paul, you misspelled the comic’s total. ‘poin’ -> ‘point’.

    • nerf-dweller
      January 11, 2011, 12:16 am | # | Reply

      Amd already ninja editted while I was typing. Sneak Paul, really sneaky.

      • jwhouk
        January 11, 2011, 1:17 am | #

        Conscience, btw. And she’s too cute to scare anyone.

        Then again, I work with juvenile delinquents…

      • nerf-dweller
        January 11, 2011, 7:52 am | #

        Ugh. That’s what I got for trying to type big words before I got to bed.

        Stupid spellchecker. Spell check what I meant to say not what I typed.

      • Fatuncle
        January 11, 2011, 7:17 pm | #

        LOL

  3. Jim
    January 11, 2011, 12:22 am | # | Reply

    Good thing Shelly isn’t a grown man.

    • jwhouk
      January 11, 2011, 1:18 am | # | Reply

      Ba-dum-TISH.

      • Some Unreg Punk
        January 11, 2011, 7:36 am | #

        or you could take the joke toward the creepy prevert angle …. Good thing Shelly isn’t a male priest.

      • Arkanabar T'verrick Ilarsadin
        January 14, 2011, 3:19 pm | #

        Har de har har.

        If you were to segregate child victims of sexual assault into groups based upon their relationship to the perpetrator, the top two would be stepfathers and single mom’s boyfriend. Also well up there would be uncles and cousins. Public school faculty would also be well above Catholic priests. I will freely admit that those assaulted by priests would likely outnumber those assaulted by total strangers, but not many other groups.

  4. Jon B
    January 11, 2011, 12:24 am | # | Reply

    I wouldn’t want to be there!

    • SoWhyMe
      January 11, 2011, 2:25 am | # | Reply

      I risk serious trouser turding for the opportunity to have a conversation with little miss Creepy Critter. It would be very educational and I’d be right at home in a dark, dank basement. Hope she has another chair. Preferably one without arm and leg restraints.

  5. vince
    January 11, 2011, 12:28 am | # | Reply

    I think a number of grown women might shit their pants if left alone in a dark room with her… Tina being one of them, if her mad dash was any indication…

    • Dusty668
      January 11, 2011, 12:35 am | # | Reply

      I might have to go buy more pants, just to make sure the pant shitting quota was met.

      • morven
        January 11, 2011, 10:31 am | #

        Reminds me of the old joke about what to do if you meat a bear/mountain lion up close: Reach back and throw some shit at it.

        What if there’s no shit behind you?

        Don’t worry–when you meet the bear/lion, there will be some.

    • Tessa
      January 11, 2011, 12:43 am | # | Reply

      Tina’s dash was more because she was late for work. The creepy little girl has nothing on Tina.
      http://wapsisquare.com/comic/nothingspooky/

      • kramegame
        January 11, 2011, 10:14 am | #

        yeaaa i’d think a grown woman with those eyes would creep me out waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more than a little girl with them…………mostly because i have a little sister, and i feel i could easily calm down any child on a murderous rage…

      • SoWhyMe
        January 11, 2011, 6:36 pm | #

        Thing is, Ms. Creepy isn’t a child. She just looks like one.

      • Fairportfan
        January 11, 2011, 11:05 pm | #

        Well, she is … and she isn’t.

        When something jumps out at you and goes “Booga booga!”, or you suddenly unexpectedly find yourself in the dark with no idea how to make a light … you regress in many ways to childhood reactions.

        Like many manifestations of the unconscious, she represents feelings that Shelly had at the time that she was the age that Creepy looks to be. Shelly has never worked through those feelings, so when they replay, in many ways they take her back to that age.

        OTOH, Creepy knows what’s going on, and has seen the world through Shelly’s eyes as she grew older but not necessarily more mature. So, in that wise, she is “older than she looks”.

      • SoWhyMe
        January 11, 2011, 11:25 pm | #

        True, but I was looking at it from the perspective that she is all Shelly’s demons combined, and they were adults.

  6. NOTDilbert
    January 11, 2011, 12:39 am | # | Reply

    Uh oh – the boiler room has a lower level (stairs down)….Wanna go exploring?

    • NOTDilbert
      January 11, 2011, 1:18 am | # | Reply

      Almost didn’t notice the subtle use of color – prob’ly because it looks just right.

    • Jabberwonky
      January 11, 2011, 3:56 am | # | Reply

      Would that be Shelly’s sub-concious?

      • SoWhyMe
        January 11, 2011, 11:28 pm | #

        Where else would a sub-conscious be but on a sub-level?

  7. Fairportfan
    January 11, 2011, 1:05 am | # | Reply

    Geeze. Creepy Little has a lot of teeth.

  8. Schizzy
    January 11, 2011, 1:47 am | # | Reply

    I did…

    • RSinAustin
      January 12, 2011, 12:19 am | # | Reply

      Raises hand as well

  9. Paula
    January 11, 2011, 1:52 am | # | Reply

    isn’t the creepy little kid sposed to be shelly at a young age though?
    is she saying that shelly really has nothing to fear as she is quite scarey herself?

    or have i read too much into it 😀

    • Fairportfan
      January 11, 2011, 2:18 am | # | Reply

      No – from their earlier direct encounter we’ve seen, Creepy thinks Shelly is too dumb to know when she ought to be scared and when she shouldn’t…

      • Fairportfan
        January 11, 2011, 4:24 am | #

        Ah, there it is!

      • Jabberwonky
        January 11, 2011, 6:21 am | #

        I tried, twice, to post that, and neither one has yet to appear.
        I fell for Lil’ Creepy on that one, and the following one cemented it. I love that they both flash underwear in the first panel, and she’s pulling her shirt down in the second.

      • Fairportfan
        January 11, 2011, 8:46 pm | #

        There they are, now, though. Must have tripped moderation somehow, like i did yesterday.

        Looking at the posts, i suspect you had too much link-text: spam often does, so that may be what got you moderated – i apparently got moderated fro putting two URLs in one post (another spammy thing).

  10. Zorlond
    January 11, 2011, 2:24 am | # | Reply

    I wouldn’t mind spending time with Lil’ Shelly. We could spend it philosophizing about the darkness…

    Yes, I admit, I’m weird.

    • Jabberwonky
      January 11, 2011, 6:23 am | # | Reply

      A weirdo reading Wapsi Square? I’m shocked! Shocked, I say!

      Welcome to the club, weirdo…

  11. Jabberwonky
    January 11, 2011, 3:50 am | # | Reply

    I, for one, like seeing Lil’ Creepy back. I fell in love with her .
    And, I don’t think I’d join the Poopy Pants brigade. (Working in war zones the past 7 years has given me above average sphincter control)

  12. Jabberwonky
    January 11, 2011, 4:00 am | # | Reply

    I am glad to see Lil’ Creepy again. I fell in love with her , and .
    I still get a giggle out of Lil’ Creepy tugging her shirt down.

    • Jabberwonky
      January 12, 2011, 12:20 am | # | Reply

      Okay…here they are now…but I didn’t even get the “waiting for moderation” tag…

  13. The Old Wolf
    January 11, 2011, 4:53 am | # | Reply

    I think I would find it creepy beyond measure to have my demons appear to me looking something like Chucky. On the other hand, it might be useful. I’d always know to whom I was speaking…

    • Dusty668
      January 11, 2011, 3:01 pm | # | Reply

      I think with my particular fears, mine would appear as a sourceless voice in an empty room.

  14. J2P2
    January 11, 2011, 7:03 am | # | Reply

    Love love LOVE the art today!!! Just noticed that the basement in which the action is taking place has steps leading still further down…What lies even deeper within her unconscious?

    The set-up reminds me of a line from Winnie-the-Pooh (how often does THAT happen?): “If ever there is tomorrow when we’re not together… there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”

    I know the chapter it’s from (“Galleon’s Lap”), but not the book (“House at Pooh Corner?”).

    Anyway, that seems to be what Shelly’s demon is pointing out to her right now…Shelly is braver than she believes, and really needs to fear nothing at all.

  15. Dín Arran
    January 11, 2011, 8:03 am | # | Reply

    She looks like the female version of my alter-ego 😛 lol

  16. Julie
    January 11, 2011, 8:05 am | # | Reply

    Love the coloring on this page!

  17. W.
    January 11, 2011, 8:21 am | # | Reply

    The subtle use of color can be extremely effective in producing ‘atmosphere’. This is one of those times. Bravo! Oh! I love the eyes on the little girl too.

  18. Eee
    January 11, 2011, 9:12 am | # | Reply

    Woo-hoo, Conscience is back! Happy days. ^_^

    Nice teeth.

    But I’m not sure where Conscience is going with this. Yes, she can be VERY scary and weirdling; the thing is, Shelly’s not afraid of her (even though she may be quite dangerous) because Shelly knows what she is and accepts her as a part of herself. It’s not a matter of courage, it’s familiarity. If that’s the point she’s trying to make, that might work. The trouble is, since nobody knows what’s in that graveyard in Ireland, it’s not as if Shelly can prepare for it…

    • Fairportfan
      January 11, 2011, 3:56 pm | # | Reply

      She’s pointing out that Shelly is pretty brave…

      • eschmenk
        January 11, 2011, 9:35 pm | #

        I agree more with Eee. I think Conscience is saying that Shelly is afraid of the unknown, but can handle normally scary things that she is familiar with.

  19. kingklash
    January 11, 2011, 9:41 am | # | Reply

    Creepy or not, I want to give the kid a teddy bear.

    • Jim
      January 11, 2011, 10:40 am | # | Reply

      Hah! 🙂

    • Jabberwonky
      January 12, 2011, 12:50 am | # | Reply

      We’ll have to ask Eddie Munster if he’s still got
      Woof-Woof.

  20. kramegame
    January 11, 2011, 10:16 am | # | Reply

    anyone notice Paul is still being coy about Shelly’s choice in bathing suit, there is still no definitive answer…

    • Fairportfan
      January 11, 2011, 3:56 pm | # | Reply

      Panel One, yesterday.

    • Jabberwonky
      January 12, 2011, 12:41 am | # | Reply

      Paul is an ornamental carp?

      • NOTDilbert
        January 12, 2011, 12:58 am | #

        EXCELLENT.

      • Lee
        January 12, 2011, 6:46 am | #

        Nah, that’d be koi. Not that anyone here is ever coy about carping.

      • morven
        January 13, 2011, 10:58 am | #

        A golden reply. Are you fishing for complements?

  21. Danzier
    January 11, 2011, 10:37 am | # | Reply

    Truth told, I’d be nervous about spending any time in a dark room with Shelly herself, let alone with her creepasaurus in the boiler room.

  22. Jim
    January 11, 2011, 10:48 am | # | Reply

    If Mr. Taylor isn’t careful, he might end up spoiling us with this subtle use of color. Then we’ll all be clamoring for more.

  23. Solbet
    January 11, 2011, 1:49 pm | # | Reply

    I wonder who would win in a fight, the creepy girl from The Ring, the creepy girl from The Grudge, or the creepy girl from Shelly’s Mind.

    • Fairportfan
      January 11, 2011, 4:00 pm | # | Reply

      Make it a tag team match – add in the girl from Let the Right One In.

      • Lee
        January 12, 2011, 6:47 am | #

        And what about the creepy girl from Silent Hill?

      • Virnin
        January 13, 2011, 1:08 am | #

        River from Firefly/Serenity, hands down.

  24. CyberSkull
    January 11, 2011, 4:10 pm | # | Reply

    Ooh! Me! I would!

  25. Alechsa
    January 11, 2011, 11:27 pm | # | Reply

    She reminds me of a kid I actually KNOW…..

    Not quite as creepy looking, but same smile and messy hair….

  26. Seananners
    June 30, 2011, 1:48 am | # | Reply

    GODDAMMIT THIS MADE ME JUMP! NOW IM PARANOID!! THANX PAUL. ±-±

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