…The name’s MCGINTY!
He’s back! Er…well, timeline-wise this would technically be his introduction. Man, this timey-wimey stuff gets yer brains tied in knots sometimes, am I right?
Regardless, our old friend is here and spouting his signature over-the-top Scottish-flavored dialogue. I, for one, couldn’t be happier.
An aside: I am SHOCKED that none of you guessed this particular reveal, considering our favorite red-headed galoot even had a line of dialogue on the previous page. Tisk tisk. *wags finger*
Be here NEXT WEEK for a TEASE of things to come. This chapter may be over but there is still SO MUCH left to come!
Till next time!
-Matt-
This is just the perfect page to start a wonderful morning after the night I watched Inglorious Basterds for the first time!
Thank you!
And by the way… How is your opinion on the movie?
Disappointing?
You are welcome.
I like the movie very much. I love those tense scenes where almost nothing happens. I think the language issues and the insufficiency of the cover identities are very well handled. And the very short, very intense action scenes prevent action movie fatigue.
Glad to hear this page hit the spot, Timothy.
I also enjoyed Inglorious Bastards. I think it’s my favorite of Tarantino’s later films. I love that it takes actual history and throws it out the window to give the characters the pleasure of taking out Hitler.
Why am I unfazed by that last sentence?
Oh, so now you’re holding us to standards, eh?
Man, the ingratitude around here…I oughta spoil the next chapter’s ending on the FIRST page next time instead of the second to last page.
McGinty is a nice surprise, but I was blinded by the eternite’s weird science and didn’t recognize him with short hair.
The short hair is what you noticed? He’s also not fat anymore…this has to be an alternate reality or a much younger version.
Trust me, I am just happy that FOR ONCE we got away with a reveal that none of you called first.
@TKG – Yep, oddly enough, body shape is generally less of an identifier for me than anything/everything involving the head/face of a character, unless of course the profile view of the character is one of the most significant identifiers of their personality. McGinty is also missing his beard (as I recall without verifying because I’m too lazy to archive dive – HA!), but it really is the crew cut that threw me off. I also want to claim that his speech is harder to follow than it was in previous stories, but I’m not certain of that so I’ll chalk it up to my overtaxed memory.
@ThreeOneFive – Haha! Next time, Gadget! Next Time!
Consider it a compliment to the writers that you put in the clues, but still managed to write a surprise reveal. Well, unless of course you want to take the TV approach of storytelling where you just leave out essential pieces of information so the viewer can’t possibly solve the case, guess the outcome to the drama, or what have you, before the ‘writers’ want it revealed.
I loathe that kind of ‘writing’.
How about that…this plot twister is a category three hurricane instead. There has to be some form of literary award for the sheer number of twists in this arc alone.
We would like to thank the Academy…HA!
As always, thanks for reading, TKG.
They say you only get one chance to make a first impression, and when all else fails a gun stock to the forehead usually helps in making it lasting (if not pleasant) one.
Oh, and when time (and dimensional) travel is involved, you can in fact get several attempts at a first impression.
It is a win-win situation, except for the poor Sap with the busted head…
Now do they get to cut him in 1/2 and weld his innards to a submarine?
I’m really looking forward to this for some reason…
T. Gatto, I imagine you with your fingers crossed as you open the page each week, hoping against hope that this is FINALLY the week that Custer gets cut in half.
Heh.
Who Me?
[blinks innocently and hides chainsaw]
Easy on the head, dude; he’s already got a concussion (or something).
Totally. You can even see the welt on the other side of his head in that panel.
He is going to have one hell of a hangover when he wakes up.