Dissenting opinions…
This is one of those pages that sneaks up on you. At first blush, it might seem like what we here at ThreeOneFive Ranch like to call a “fly-over page.” There isn’t any action to speak of. There’s very little in the way of plot development. And, there is no shocking revelation (save for the little nugget dropped in the last panel). Normally, we try to avoid these pages like the plague. Keeping up a fast pace is crucial to the one-page-a-week format.
However, for my money this page is all the RICHER for missing those supposed “must have” elements. The interaction between Doc and the Chaplain give insight into their characters and reinforces their roles on the crew, and is also just plain fun. We also get a glimpse of Doc as we have never seen him before…just HOW MUCH was the man changed by his transformation in to a vampire?
Be here NEXT WEEK to see just HOW FAR Doc has fallen! Also, who is behind the MYSTERIOUS voice in the last panel, and what is their AGENDA? All of that and more is coming to a computer screen near you in just 7 days!
And, did you hear? We have a MAILING LIST…Oh, you did, huh? Then why the heck haven’t you signed up for it yet?!
As I believe I’ve mentioned we have some BIG NEWS coming and the mailing list is where you will hear about it all first. Also, we’ve been sending EXCLUSIVE behind-the-scenes content direct to subscribers’ inboxes every Friday…but NOW the FINAL COUNTDOWN has begun.
Going forward – until the announcement – we will be sending out WIP “first looks” at designs and artwork that are part of the EPIC project we have cooking – SUBSCRIBE to the mailing list NOW be the first to SEE what is coming!!
Welp, what do you think, did I sell that hard enough? Maybe there are some subscribers out there (who have already seen the first tease) who would like to weigh in?
Anyways, till next week!
-Matt-
hooo boy the drunk doc finds the beginning of the mystery by the docks, and unlocks probable treachery with a third party who probably is after the gold idol from which we get the volcanic cycle.
Lots of assumptions there, tkg…
Lets just say, we have a lot of surprises in store!
True…but considering how it worked out last time I estimated in an insomniac moment….
There’s no doubt that you have been ahead of the curve many times, calling pretty accurately what’s coming next…
And now, may…or may not be one of those times. HEH.
all that nice tech that doc does not recognize did get on the island somehow.
Hmmm, so Doc only notices the BIG MACHINE when he is drunk, you would think he is Irish or something!?
Oh well, I’m sure the Evil Guy will politely explain his dastardly plan to him before carrying it out.
As for the Bear King Idol, perhaps he is angry because he has either a squirrel tail, or a giant tongue licking his back all day.
Oh, is the Chief also the current Grand Poobah, of the Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes?
If so as this would also make him First Lord of the Treasury, Lord Chief Justice, Commander-in-Chief, Lord High Admiral, Archbishop of Titipu, Lord Mayor and Lord High Everything Else, so he probably has little time for a simple volcanic eruption, especially with all the feasting, and entertaining of guests, and Bear King Idols to guard…
Don’t forget Lord Chamberlain, Attorney General and Chancellor of the Exchequer. [I love that play, and my local library has it on DVD, so I can watch it again & again. ] Anyway, the volcano is about to blow its’ top; this could be…trouble.
Exploding Volcano? Ain’t nobody got time for that! Especially the King when there is drinking and feasting to do. Dude loooooves to feast.
On the Bear Idol King: The thing behind the bear is supposed to be a wave (like from the ocean), but I do concede that it very much does look like a squirrel tail. A giant tongue though? Gross.
If the wave is curling away from the Bear Idol King, without having broken around or wetting the BIK, suggests that the wave originates from the back side of the BIK, indicating that the wave consists of…. oh, dear.
‘Ascribe’, doc, not ‘subscribe’. You’re not that drunk yet.
Yes, admittedly I am tispy. However…
While you are correct, ‘Ascribe’ would be a suitable – perhaps superior – substitution for ‘Subscribe”, both are appropriate in this instance.
See the secondary definition of Subscribe: To express or feel agreement with (an idea or proposal).
Actually, using ‘subscribe’ was a sly subliminal suggestion in an attempt to prompt folks to…
SIGN UP for the MAILING LIST!
Have you, Seth?
I’m aware of the secondary definition, and while it could be appropriate here, it doesn’t work with that phrasing. Using that definition, it is correct to say that one subscribes to ideas, but not that one subscribes (or doesn’t subscribe) things to ideas.
I haven’t subscribed to the list, but I’m suddenly feeling an inexplicable urge to do so.
Apparently, Doc’s a real lightweight when it comes to booze…what can I say?
And, don’t fight that urge…sign up NOW! If you dig the Daredevils (which I am assuming you do) you won’t regret it.
Better watch out, or you might get eaten by a dangerous Thesaurus, like a velochaptor, or even a Tyranothesaurus Rex.