Confirmed, Violet has a Dixon Ticonderoga pencil. This comic has officially attained peak detail. Georgia, I salute you. (Besides which, panel 2 is gorgeous.)
A swamp-marsh? A swamp has trees and a marsh doesn’t (see panel 2 – no trees) but is this a swamp that turns into a marsh or a marsh that turns into a swamp?
Those of us in whom the more percipient observer might just be able to detect the very earliest hints of the preliminary indications of the initial signs of the beginning of the fading of the first flush of youth know the origin of the “record scratch” sound, but how many others do?
So much to love about this story arc – the artistry: details and colors; the flip from the role play to reality; and my personal favorite, Lupin’s single fang!
Melpomene: I’m just blown away at all this lovely pollen we’ve gathered! I can’t wait to make honey!
Queen Titania: For someone who represents tragedy, you are very cheerful.
Mel: The point I like to make is not that life is one constant tragedy, but that we all need to deal with tragedy when it comes our way. It’s like the song says:
ELO: Don’t Walk Away
When life comes your way
Don’t walk away
If things aren’t like they were before
Don’t fret, just let us help some more.
Don’t run aground, we’ll never leave,
We’ll be right there to help till the awful days are gone
Gone! Never fret, we’ll carry on!
…….
Don’t walk away, or even fly
We’ll be right there, we’re standing by
When nighttime falls, when day is done,
All through the night, it’ll be alright,
We won’t walk away!
Thalia: And don’t forget there’s a lot of happiness to be found as well, although sometimes you have to look for it.
Titania: And I understand you two have been looking for magical flowers. Have you been successful?
Mel: Not really. We thought we had found some, but they told us they were just ordinary flowers.
I lost track of our bard, but there she is, honoring us with the music swell. My favorite detail, fairly obviously, is Elvis’ wizard staff. I do wonder why he did not choose Clucky Chicken to be his familiar.
I recognize the cross on the front of Pucky’s “shirt”, but I cant recall the name.
my friend google says the “patriarchal cross” or the “Cross of Lorraine”.I first heard of it in a mystery story where someone saw it from a train(?) window.
(spoiler alert)
it turned out to be a partially obscured Exxon sign.
Since I’m doing these shoutouts, can we all give it up for… tad1! Tad1 always likes peoples post and comments friendly things, even if they haven’t been a part of go comics for as long as sue ellen they still I think are just as great a person
Gaming can be iffy. I play an online game and…well…have a small issue with figuring out my new character’s powers. I have this winsome little knack of unintentionally inflicting near-chaotic ‘friendly fire’ when in a dungeon. I’ve had other players actually flee in droves when they spot my main character.
I love how Pucks vestments cover the fact that his character has all of his limbs. D&D has been a place for the differently abled since the beginning. I remember a series of novels (before the D&D cartoon) where a gaming group was sent to the world and became their characters. One of the players had cerebral palsy and when they were getting sent home, he decided to stay in the body of his healthy character. Anyone remember the name of the series? That needs a reread for sure.
I’m not sure if my lady and I would have been admitted inside for the game sessions had we ever shown up without Papa Murphy’s pizza in hand. Since we never failed in that endeavor, I don’t know what would’ve happened.
My understanding is that some boys got together to play D&D and learn skills like dice rolling and snacking while some girls got together to practice cliqueing and shunning people who were different or whose jokes they didn’t like. :)
Later in life, women would be wondering why so many men were fat gamblers and the men would be wondering why some women were such …
(I am being trolled by someone who has done so before.)
JDP_Huntington Beach about 2 years ago
“The worst time to have a heart attack is during a game of charades.”
McColl34 Premium Member about 2 years ago
1st rule: Never forget the snacks!
lpayne.1632 Premium Member about 2 years ago
I’ll have kettle corn and sarsparilla, thanks!
deadheadzan about 2 years ago
I love them in their costumes but then reality sets in in last panel where they are looking for the snacks!
Le'letha Premium Member about 2 years ago
I passed a graduate school course on the power of snacks once. Don’t knock ’em.
dmah Premium Member about 2 years ago
I’m staring at Elvis’s wizard staff and I can’t help wondering … could he stop a balrog with it?!
dmah Premium Member about 2 years ago
I LOVE that center panel — it feels so EPIC!
Olive O'Sudden about 2 years ago
That middle panel is going to find its way onto a mug. Mark my word.♥
Aspen_Bell about 2 years ago
Confirmed, Violet has a Dixon Ticonderoga pencil. This comic has officially attained peak detail. Georgia, I salute you. (Besides which, panel 2 is gorgeous.)
JDP_Huntington Beach about 2 years ago
@dmah RE: can he stop a Balrog with his staff?
Of course, Balrog’s are known for their almost exclusive diet of goldfish and orcs.I tried to reply to you but it kept popping my reply up to my first comment
saobadao about 2 years ago
To the pantry AND the wine cellar!
saobadao about 2 years ago
Panel 2 – once again beautiful water colors
Robin Harwood about 2 years ago
A swamp-marsh? A swamp has trees and a marsh doesn’t (see panel 2 – no trees) but is this a swamp that turns into a marsh or a marsh that turns into a swamp?
Robin Harwood about 2 years ago
And without snacks they are, of course, in a very sticky situation.
WelshRat Premium Member about 2 years ago
Buzzy is Elvis’ familiar?
Sionyx about 2 years ago
I LOVE Buzzy Mouse playing the familiar! Guess Clucky Chicken isn’t the role playing type.
Catmom about 2 years ago
Panel 2 is gorgeous, great night sky as always, Georgia! And yes, it needs to be on a mug!
kgornick Premium Member about 2 years ago
I LOVE all of this! Middle panel is simply magical. And the wizard’s staff is a fishing wand…perfection.
RuinQueenofOblivion about 2 years ago
Yes, check for cheese! You must get it to bribe the VM!
Le'letha Premium Member about 2 years ago
If I were the GM for this game I would incorporate the Quest for Snacks into my narrative, in-world.
Robin Harwood about 2 years ago
Those of us in whom the more percipient observer might just be able to detect the very earliest hints of the preliminary indications of the initial signs of the beginning of the fading of the first flush of youth know the origin of the “record scratch” sound, but how many others do?
222jo about 2 years ago
I love Puck hop/shuffling along in the second panel, with too much costume on.
ElliottB.C.Rennie about 2 years ago
Reminds me of our weekend games back in highschool. One Easter we forgot the snacks so we dared each other to eat the dog’s milk bone treats.
Spoiler: they are mostly tasteless, and have a gritty texture but they will fill your stomach.
ikini Premium Member about 2 years ago
Pucky thumb, last panel! (Not sure if I see toe beans.)
deojaideep aka Courage about 2 years ago
I love the Sound Effects!! “Record Scratch!!”
I AM CARTOON LADY! about 2 years ago
I hope he snacks include, Yum Yum Spider Treats!
DM3456 about 2 years ago
Buzzy Mouse is on Elvis’ shoulder as the wizard’s familiar.
Miss Mina about 2 years ago
Another gorgeous night sky from Georgia!
Miss Mina about 2 years ago
“Check for cheese!” Love it!
pixiekitten Premium Member about 2 years ago
I smell a shopping episode!
artchick530 about 2 years ago
So much to love about this story arc – the artistry: details and colors; the flip from the role play to reality; and my personal favorite, Lupin’s single fang!
DorseyBelle about 2 years ago
Love the night sky and the toy fish on the wizard’s staff.
Kitty Katz about 2 years ago
Meanwhile, Back on the Nile Presents Xanadu
Melpomene: I’m just blown away at all this lovely pollen we’ve gathered! I can’t wait to make honey!
Queen Titania: For someone who represents tragedy, you are very cheerful.
Mel: The point I like to make is not that life is one constant tragedy, but that we all need to deal with tragedy when it comes our way. It’s like the song says:
ELO: Don’t Walk Away
When life comes your way
Don’t walk away
If things aren’t like they were before
Don’t fret, just let us help some more.
Don’t run aground, we’ll never leave,
We’ll be right there to help till the awful days are gone
Gone! Never fret, we’ll carry on!
…….
Don’t walk away, or even fly
We’ll be right there, we’re standing by
When nighttime falls, when day is done,
All through the night, it’ll be alright,
We won’t walk away!
Thalia: And don’t forget there’s a lot of happiness to be found as well, although sometimes you have to look for it.
Titania: And I understand you two have been looking for magical flowers. Have you been successful?
Mel: Not really. We thought we had found some, but they told us they were just ordinary flowers.
Katzen1415 about 2 years ago
I lost track of our bard, but there she is, honoring us with the music swell. My favorite detail, fairly obviously, is Elvis’ wizard staff. I do wonder why he did not choose Clucky Chicken to be his familiar.
cat19632001 about 2 years ago
“To the pantry! Huzzah!”
cat19632001 about 2 years ago
Even if he doesn’t have a staff, Lupin is just looking for an opportunity to “Ho, Haha, Guard, Turn, Perry, Dodge, Spin, Ha, Thrust!”
ekw555 about 2 years ago
I recognize the cross on the front of Pucky’s “shirt”, but I cant recall the name.
my friend google says the “patriarchal cross” or the “Cross of Lorraine”.I first heard of it in a mystery story where someone saw it from a train(?) window.
(spoiler alert)
it turned out to be a partially obscured Exxon sign.
(you may need a google image search to “see” it.)
rs0204 Premium Member about 2 years ago
Hey Georgia, Please make that image of the brave cat quest (center panel) available to purchase. It reminds me of the Fellowship Of The Ring.
Uninspired Artist about 2 years ago
Since I’m doing these shoutouts, can we all give it up for… tad1! Tad1 always likes peoples post and comments friendly things, even if they haven’t been a part of go comics for as long as sue ellen they still I think are just as great a person
betsypoe about 2 years ago
Georgia… as a gamer I have to say… I LOVE this arc. and I know exactly how Puck feels..
cat19632001 about 2 years ago
What is Elvis holding in his right paw in panel two? A Book of Spells?
Wichita1.0 about 2 years ago
Gaming can be iffy. I play an online game and…well…have a small issue with figuring out my new character’s powers. I have this winsome little knack of unintentionally inflicting near-chaotic ‘friendly fire’ when in a dungeon. I’ve had other players actually flee in droves when they spot my main character.
Lauren Kramer about 2 years ago
I love how Pucks vestments cover the fact that his character has all of his limbs. D&D has been a place for the differently abled since the beginning. I remember a series of novels (before the D&D cartoon) where a gaming group was sent to the world and became their characters. One of the players had cerebral palsy and when they were getting sent home, he decided to stay in the body of his healthy character. Anyone remember the name of the series? That needs a reread for sure.
belgarathmth about 2 years ago
I wonder how many young people understand what that record scratch sound effect refers to?
Kitty Katz about 2 years ago
Elvis Sings: Oh, I’m off to be a wizard
In the Wonderful Vacuums and Vaults
I’ve always been one to attack a vac
If ever a vac comes my way,
If ever, oh ever a vac comes my way
I’ll need a snack to save the day!
Oh, no, oh no, oh no, oh no!
Tell me where ever the snacks did go!
Crann Bethadh about 2 years ago
What were they thinking? You can’t just traipse through the vault and take on the Vile Voracious Vacuum of Vil’gar without CHEESE.
The Wolf In Your Midst about 2 years ago
Adventuring burns calories!
.
(Seriously, ask any member of a Society for Creative Anachronism how heavy armor is, and then imagine marching along wearing that for multiple days.)
threecatcandleshop about 2 years ago
Good comic for today- snacks are definitely needed. It’s my birthday!
Denny Wheeler Premium Member about 2 years ago
I’m not sure if my lady and I would have been admitted inside for the game sessions had we ever shown up without Papa Murphy’s pizza in hand. Since we never failed in that endeavor, I don’t know what would’ve happened.
Spiffy about 2 years ago
Shouldn’t that be second breakfast they forgot?
cat19632001 about 2 years ago
I know they’re not even pretending to be on horseback, but something about panel two has me looking for Squire Patsy and his coconuts.
Mindache about 2 years ago
Puck made me chuckle when he said to the pantry.
marilynnbyerly about 2 years ago
Wait, where are the mice?
scaeva Premium Member about 2 years ago
Cry havoc! And break out the chips!
Daeder about 2 years ago
Cheetos and Mountain Dew! But no Mountain Dew, only Squirt for Lupin.
debra4life about 2 years ago
Puck looks more like a knight than a cleric. Since when does a cleric wear a helmet and carry a shield?
knight1192a about 2 years ago
Violet and… is it Alice or Agnes VMing? Anyway, Violet and the other A not playing?
meowlin about 2 years ago
Reflecting on Lupin’s Gotcha Day thread yesterday, the recent strips in Now Recharging would be apropos…
https://www.gocomics.com/now-recharging/2022/06/20?ct=v&cti=1613757
https://www.gocomics.com/now-recharging/2022/06/23?ct=v&cti=1613757
KittenStorm about 2 years ago
I think this is my new favorite comic! It’s so cute! I want to scream!
willie_mctell about 2 years ago
Gotta keep track of your inventory.
mistercatworks about 2 years ago
My understanding is that some boys got together to play D&D and learn skills like dice rolling and snacking while some girls got together to practice cliqueing and shunning people who were different or whose jokes they didn’t like. :)
Later in life, women would be wondering why so many men were fat gamblers and the men would be wondering why some women were such …
(I am being trolled by someone who has done so before.)