She doesn’t hesitate at all.
on January 17, 2018 at 12:01 amChapter: The Seventh Power
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OH HEY T noticed that I left a panel out of yesterday’s, so you can go back and check it out. It has some very good Joyce art by Jason Waltrip.
Anyway, that’s DEFINITELY a face that says “i’ve never shot my own clone in the face.” TRUST IT, RIKK! TRUST IT!!!!
Oh, sure, NOW everybody starts wondering if Rikk’s being rational, right when he STOPS treating literally everyone in this entire goddamn universe as an enemy combatant. You guys, honestly.
As Joyce gets closer, it’s not her apparent innocence that wins Rikk over. She’s been through some hell herself, as had Alisin before she met Rikk. Despite wildly different personas, both Alisin and Joyce have chosen idealism over cynicism despite their lingering issues. Rikk has seen enough of that and enough of genuine naivete to tell the two apart.And yes, “she accepts all she sees” is an intentional echo of this.
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Will and Alisin have faces like, “What are they doing with their hands?”
Originally Posted:
April 28, 2003
Also, that Joyce artwork now on the previous page wasn’t in the original lineup…. I’m like 98% sure of that.
Yeah, I don’t see it either.
I’m glad that the two groups are getting along, but it’s weird because I didn’t expect it to be so easy. I assumed they’d fight and then realize they’re not enemies.
Alisin looks so disappointed that they’re not going to rumble.
“Aw man, I got the chain out an’ everythin’…”
I half expected the “universal greeting” there but I guess it doesn’t work across dimensions…
Also it’s not Joe.
Joyce Brown is an ideal representative for a First Contact because no-one can plausibly see her as threatening.
Just ask her clone!
Funny how people can meet and notice they’re on the same wavelength without even trying.
PS The restored first panel to yesterday’s strip is very important. It sets up everything. Glad it’s back.
It did seem a bit odd that trying to communicate in Spanish was Joyce’s plan A…
The thing I like about T’s crossovers is that he puts the work in. He doesn’t just go for one-off jokes. Any crossover I’ve read, it’s obvious he’s read and understood his partner’s work, and tries to create something that feels authentic.
Seconded. It’s that attention to both the big picture and the small details that make T’s work, whether with his own characters, others’ characters or both, a pleasure to read.
It’s why I hope that when Guilded Age (his only remaining ongoing series) ends in a few months, he’ll have another webcomic in store for us. Hint, hint.