This is why you keep a sword tucked away for random violent encounters.
Nonsense, what he needs is axe repellant.
Axeblock?
This is the first DMFA that made me laugh in a long time. :3
Good to see Sunshine and Cookies having fun again.
Ah, such fun they're having. I guess setting the lake on fire wasn't such a spectacle.
Haha..
Thats really good advise.. You should Always Make sure the first hit counts.. kuz you never know if you'll get a second one of not... >:3
Amber. Is. Stalling. Jyrras. And. Lorenda. AGAIN. GHAAAAAAAA!!!!! :tantrum :headdesk :cuss :boom :chainsaw
naw, jk.
Seriously, how long can she keep doing it? Its been like this for *checks* four arcs now, including the new one!
no, you see, what Dan needs is a S&W model 686.... Now where would he get one of those?
*tosses one of his loaded spares into a dimensional vortex*
Oops... :shifty
Interesting arc name, I must say. Yes indeed...
There's something about Dan's outfit and hair that makes him look like he's just come back from church. I like it!
Also, the staging of that last panel is very unlike most DMFA. Most shots with two people seem to have them in the foreground, extending beyond the bottom of the panel (see panels 1 and 2, but also look at a lot of A Recipe for Disasters. A lot of the threats or attacks fall into this category). Also, I'm surprised by the space left in front of Dan. Amber doesn't usually leave that much room for implied movement. It's different, but not necessarily in a good or bad way. Just thought I'd point it out.
Quote from: Kenji on April 23, 2007, 12:13:46 AM
Interesting arc name, I must say. Yes indeed...
I concur. I can't wait to see where this arc will go...
though it does sound like Amber is going to prove-YET AGAIN- that plots are optional, and is going to continue putting off all still-running plot devises (i.e., the Creature Council is after Jyrras, Biggs' and Destania's plan to end the Dragons, JYRRAS AND LORENDA... ect. ect.)
I'm surprised nobody has made an "axe effect" joke.
Hmm, Dan isn't wearing his robe. Guess Amber finally decided always having one outfit per character is unrealistic?
Oh, and this may be the Mab arc we've all been waiting for. It's only been like what, five or six years since DMFA started? Bought time Mab gets an arc considering it's "Dan and MAB'S Furry Adventures" =P
I want to know if Lorenda is lez or just trying to hook Jyrras up though!
Amber is a little trenchbucket of surpizes :3
Quote from: Kattuccino on April 23, 2007, 12:26:46 AM
I want to know if Lorenda is lez or just trying to hook Jyrras up though!
It's obvious she's both and just wants to start yet another love triangle.
She watches too many soap operas, ya see.
Quote from: Kenji on April 23, 2007, 12:29:15 AM
Quote from: Kattuccino on April 23, 2007, 12:26:46 AM
I want to know if Lorenda is lez or just trying to hook Jyrras up though!
It's obvious she's both and just wants to start yet another love triangle.
She watches too many soap operas, ya see.
Of course, it WAS obvious! How could I have missed that? My interpretative skills must be suffering from the constand
procrastination studying.
Phew. Well at least we got that straightened out now.
Dude... I thought that was a shovel.
But now that I see that it's wood he's carrying I understand what it is/can see it for what it truly is. (... yeah, I'm not sure why I said that either)
So, I'm thinking that Alexsi sent them out to get wood so atleast they got their job done, but then on further thought I figure that what actually happened is that they were sent to chop the wood, meaning they haven't even started.
They will chop something alright...If they dont be careful
Quote from: Manawolf on April 22, 2007, 11:58:41 PM
This is why you keep a sword tucked away for random violent encounters.
Unfortunately, dan did not happen to be wearing his dress today (http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_689.php).
they've already been out chopping wood, Dan's carrying some logs.
Just goes to show that nothing quite beats Dan and Abel messing around for a good laugh, though I wonder what Dan did to Abel this time.
You should stop reading this post right here. The rest is the stupid ramblings of a fanboy on not enough sleep.
I find it amusing and utterly pointless to note that Dan's running pose is quite similar to one I practiced for the next page in my own comic, in which the primary male protagonist is being chased. I'm quite happy with how that one turned out, now to finish the second panel.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!? I TOLD YOU NOT TO READ THAT!
If Dan needed to stop Abel all he would need to do is cut his finger a little and
show it to him. :P
I think Dan just likes running... you know, to keep in shape and all :ipod
Quote from: Fuyudenki on April 23, 2007, 02:45:06 AM
they've already been out chopping wood, Dan's carrying some logs.
Just goes to show that nothing quite beats Dan and Abel messing around for a good laugh, though I wonder what Dan did to Abel this time.
I immediately thought of the spiders. Looks like Dan and Abel's "fresh start" has gone down a treat.
Well when i cut down trees with my brother uasally we make a deal over who choppes the tree into manageable pieces and who carrys those pieces over our 4 acres of land. This could auctually just be a fredly woodchopping experience is a sort of ummm Dan vs. Abel way. 1 more thing... what happened to Dan's good clothes?
Quote from: Fuyudenki on April 23, 2007, 02:45:06 AM
they've already been out chopping wood, Dan's carrying some logs.
Yes, and if Abel isn't careful, he's going to cause Dan to drop some of them.
Funny, this suddenly reminds me of this strip frmo a completely different web comic:
http://whiteponyproductions.com/comicstrips/ctc/ctc0152.htm
Only it probably shouldn't.
(the non-animated version doesn't seem to be avaiable, oh well...)
That's not a wood axe he's carrying, maybe more of Abel's 'Origami' ?
Quote from: Kattuccino on April 23, 2007, 12:26:46 AM
Hmm, Dan isn't wearing his robe. Guess Amber finally decided always having one outfit per character is unrealistic?
It ain't that unrealistic, why take me for example, I've been wearing the same aquamarine top with dark jeans combination for nearly two years now. :lol I have about 12 of the same top and jeans. Don't know how that theme started though
All hail Queen Mab? Interesting chapter name. 3 cookies says that this will happen again. :tohell
Quote from: Ouai on April 23, 2007, 03:04:53 AMIf Dan needed to stop Abel all he would need to do is cut his finger a little and show it to him.
I don't think that Abel actually has any murderous tendencies toward Dan, so if Dan really did cut his finger, Dan would be taking things too seriously. Remember, it's all fun and games until someone gets vasovagal syncope.
Quote from: Rythak on April 23, 2007, 04:52:32 AMWell when i cut down trees with my brother uasally we make a deal over who choppes the tree into manageable pieces and who carrys those pieces over our 4 acres of land.
Ding! We have a winner. What's more, often times wood is chopped and stacked in larger pieces than people need. You take that larger wood and bring it back to the chopping block, where you chop it into more manageable pieces.
Quote from: ??? (Hellcat) on April 23, 2007, 05:51:45 AMI've been wearing the same aquamarine top with dark jeans combination for nearly two years now. :lol I have about 12 of the same top and jeans. Don't know how that theme started though
She's like Superman!
Hm... It seems, noone has noticed, but Mab looks much different than she used to, same to a lesser degree with Alexi. I guess its just because Amber hasn't drawn either of them in a while.
Quote from: RobbieThe1st on April 23, 2007, 06:32:46 AMHm... It seems, noone has noticed, but Mab looks much different than she used to, same to a lesser degree with Alexi. I guess its just because Amber hasn't drawn either of them in a while.
Maybe Mab, but Alexsi looks pretty normal. It's a different pose than Alexsi usually takes, so that's probably why you think she's being drawn differently.
Quote from: superluser on April 23, 2007, 06:36:29 AM
Quote from: RobbieThe1st on April 23, 2007, 06:32:46 AMHm... It seems, noone has noticed, but Mab looks much different than she used to, same to a lesser degree with Alexsi. I guess its just because Amber hasn't drawn either of them in a while.
Maybe Mab, but Alexsi looks pretty normal. It's a different pose than Alexsi usually takes, so that's probably why you think she's being drawn differently.
Yea, as i said.. Slightly. But i can see what you mean - If Mab looked the same as she did in the older comics, I probly wouldn't have noticed it...
-RobbieThe1st
I thought something looked a bit different in Mab and Alexi, but decided Mab looked extra chipper, and Alexi extra -i dunno what-. Likely the new close on Alexi, and the expression, and my immagination. Seems lots of new outfits have arrived :)
Mmm I hadn't noticed the name of this arch...
Perhaps we will get the flashbacks we were denied Here (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_414.php)? Hehe
Edit: Yea.. Mab's face looks funny.. like kinda flat.. I dunno.. Alexis Looks normal tho..
*Charles stupids!* Ah, I think Abel just wants to 'axe' him a question. *ba-dum-dum* This little 'slice' of life could prove important as it could end up 'cutting' deeply into other matters, should Abel hit the mark! Yessir, Amber might end up with various plots 'on the chopping block' if things continue! *ba-dum-dum* :milklaugh
*Charline grrs and walks over to Abel* Might I borrow that axe for a moment? >:[
more axes to swing at *Ba-dum-dum* I hope Dan is more faster than Abel if he catches up to him with ax and all.
Quote from: ShiningShadow on April 23, 2007, 12:24:36 PM
more axes to swing at *Ba-dum-dum* I hope Dan is more faster than Abel if he catches up to him with ax and all.
It dosent matter how fast Dan can run, Abel has magic on his side. If he needed to i'm almost sure he could easily kill dan at a good 30 ft.
I can't honistly tell but is this the first or second time we saw Dan not wearing his silk robe?
Though I must say Abel is quite scarry with his calm expression, the axe and him chasing Dan.
sinse abel is wearing a sleeveless muscle shirt we can assume dan has changed into lighter clothing that its okay if hes getting hot and sweaty in. we must remember, dan and alexi seem to opperate outside the normal bounds of fassion and preffer clothing with many layers and that renfaire look.
i am supprised i havent notised a 'bury the hatchet' comment, but i guess that idiom has been mostly lost to time anyway
QuoteDo not use a hatchet to remove a fly from a friends forehead
Quote from: Brunhidden da Muse on April 23, 2007, 01:59:39 PM
sinse abel is wearing a sleeveless muscle shirt we can assume dan has changed into lighter clothing that its okay if hes getting hot and sweaty in. we must remember, dan and alexi seem to opperate outside the normal bounds of fassion and preffer clothing with many layers and that renfaire look.
i am supprised i havent notised a 'bury the hatchet' comment, but i guess that idiom has been mostly lost to time anyway
QuoteDo not use a hatchet to remove a fly from a friends forehead
*Charles erfs* NOW you tell me! :paranoid
Wait... is the title of this arc a joke or not?... If it isn't then I say this:
WOO! GO MABBY! GO MABBY! :mowmeep :mowcookie
Funny comic too.
Quote from: ??? (Hellcat) on April 23, 2007, 05:51:45 AM
Quote from: Kattuccino on April 23, 2007, 12:26:46 AM
Hmm, Dan isn't wearing his robe. Guess Amber finally decided always having one outfit per character is unrealistic?
It ain't that unrealistic, why take me for example, I've been wearing the same aquamarine top with dark jeans combination for nearly two years now. :lol I have about 12 of the same top and jeans. Don't know how that theme started though
Wow, do people at school accuse you of never washing your clothes?
I have always speculated that Mab was a Farie princess, only evil...but then she suffered some kind of dramatic memory loss and her old personality "evil" personality is just waiting to be revealed.
maybe this might clear up a few things- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Mab
I always thought it was a coincidence though
I'd hardly think so. I don't believe in coincidences much. And the "Queen Mab" link immediately came to mind the first time I saw the comic. Not that Cogidubnus, resident maester of poetry, wasn't quick to point out a few other similarities...
As for the comic, I find this particular strip to be just somewhat... generic. I can't even think of a good reason for Abel to be chasing Dan, really. Certainly not with an axe, anyway...
Quote from: Aurawyn on April 23, 2007, 09:23:43 AM
...Perhaps we will get the flashbacks we were denied Here (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_414.php)? Hehe
Perhaps is the outcome of the last wallpaper war (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/WW08_390.php)... :rolleyes
Abel's just trying to get back at Dan for the spider thing the night before.
Would be most wise to make sure the one who bleeds first gets a cookie last
Quote from: Stygian on April 23, 2007, 06:18:16 PM
I'd hardly think so. I don't believe in coincidences much. And the "Queen Mab" link immediately came to mind the first time I saw the comic. Not that Cogidubnus, resident maester of poetry, wasn't quick to point out a few other similarities...
Contrary, I suspect that's where Amber got the character's name from, given I have seen no signs that it's short for anything but "Miss Mab."
Quote from: Falcarthum on April 23, 2007, 06:49:48 PM
Quote from: Aurawyn on April 23, 2007, 09:23:43 AM
...Perhaps we will get the flashbacks we were denied Here (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_414.php)? Hehe
Perhaps is the outcome of the last wallpaper war (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/WW08_390.php)... :rolleyes
Mm.. Forgot all about that Wallpaper war..
Yeah, wasn't there some Matilda wallpaper that was "almost done" four months ago or something?
That, I believe, was the Librarian, which was eaten by her computer crash in August.
The librarian was done... I know, because it's in the appropriate section. it was the matilda wallpaper that i'm pretty sure was nuked.
Found the image comparisons I was looking for.. http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_416.php
I think Alexi's ears are getting more perky/pointy and her dress fasion changed a little (to show off hips)..
Also, the 3rd scene is obviously based on Red vs Blue, if I'm not wrong.
Quote from: Psaakyrn on April 23, 2007, 11:27:24 PMFound the image comparisons I was looking for.. http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_416.php
I think Alexi's ears are getting more perky/pointy and her dress fasion changed a little (to show off hips)..
Also, the 3rd scene is obviously based on Red vs Blue, if I'm not wrong.
1.) Her ears are pretty pointy in 379 (http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_379.php).
2.) So she changed clothes. I hope most of you do the same.
3.) I'm pretty sure that's not from RvB, unless it's from #95.
In this chapter " All hail Queen Mab ", so far I see Alexi, just with fashion decorations and a new dress, but a new expression on her face . However, I find that Mab inquiring on Dans location a bit worrying, as her line of thought can become slightly disjointed . ( re: # 232 " The mind of Mab is a weird place " )
Ze title... I didn't see it before... (although I also didn't even realize Lorenda and Kria's meeting constituted an arc by itself.)
Well, I'm psyched now.
though I should have realised this earlier but Abel is mixing up a shapr object for a blunt object.
With a blunt object the first strike is generally free of blood, all following strikes carry blood.
With a sharp object it doesn't cause blunt force trauma and possiably death it simply cuts and shears the object into pieaces.
I would hand Abel a mallet but I don't take the mallet over the axe.
Quote from: Madmann135 on April 24, 2007, 09:24:04 AM
With a blunt object the first strike is generally free of blood, all following strikes carry blood.
With a sharp object it doesn't cause blunt force trauma and possiably death it simply cuts and shears the object into pieaces.
I assumed he meant that dead people don't bleed...
Quote from: Tapewolf on April 24, 2007, 09:26:58 AMI assumed he meant that dead people don't bleed...
No, no. I think he's saying that dead people can't counterattack.
Explaining jokes makes them less funny.
:erk I wonder what they were arguing about before??
Getting back at Dan for that spider I rather throw a water ballon full of Nair if I was Abel >:3.
Quote from: ShiningShadow on April 24, 2007, 12:24:16 PM
Getting back at Dan for that spider I rather throw a water ballon full of Nair if I was Abel >:3.
One of my friends threw a water baloon filled with bleach at me one time... It got all in my hair and for about four months after that i had weird blonde spots in my hair; Imagine a black guy with black curly hair with little blonde spots everywhere in his hair. I got weird looks everywhere i went.
Quote from: superluser on April 24, 2007, 09:42:31 AM
Quote from: Tapewolf on April 24, 2007, 09:26:58 AMI assumed he meant that dead people don't bleed...
No, no. I think he's saying that dead people can't counterattack.
Explaining jokes makes them less funny.
I assumed he meant that if the first blow was fatal it would be worth the nausea.
It must be fun to able to materialize weapons at will. "Axe? What Axe?"
The new look in Alexsis face is that of a girl who has a boy friend and is happy about it. Or so I think. :boogie
Is Dan going to lose his edge at being an adventurer ? the look on Dan's face was quite similar to him in " The Special April's Fool's " Comic, # 3 . If he gets to become withdrawn into himself, it could become quite mind destroying for an adventurer. Anyway, look at that old art, and get a snigger out of what a bad day can be for an adventurer ...
Quote from: Stig Hemmer on April 24, 2007, 07:58:47 PM
The new look in Alexsis face is that of a girl who has a boy friend and is happy about it. Or so I think. :boogie
By the way, how is Pyroduck faring now ?
Quote from: kaskar on April 25, 2007, 01:31:01 AM
Is Dan going to lose his edge at being an adventurer ? the look on Dan's face was quite similar to him in " The Special April's Fool's " Comic, # 3 . If he gets to become withdrawn into himself, it could become quite mind destroying for an adventurer. Anyway, look at that old art, and get a snigger out of what a bad day can be for an adventurer ...
Dan dosent seem like the snap and kill everything everywhere kinda type. I think that in order to go crazy and kill people somebody would have to give Dan a little push in that direction. I hear mind control/possession/deception magic can make you do some fx'd up things. . . .
On a side note I wonder where Pip is (hint hint nudge nudge incoming Pip attck)
EDIT: Spelling of "incoming"
Dan in the Dark Pegasus battle he fought like a true hero and died very cool in my book. I suspect Dan is the kind of guy will not let any injustices go without retribution.