Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for March 31, 2015
Transcript:
Phoebe: I was skipping rocks, and... Marigold: OW! Phoebe: Whoa! A UNICORN! Marigold: I am Marigold Heavenly Nostrils! Daughter of Sparkleface the Shimmering, and heiress to the Rainbow Caverns of Undying Delight. Phoebe: I'm probably not gonna remember that. Marigold: I will be sure to repeat it often.
Templo S.U.D. over 9 years ago
Now how come we’ve never met Sparkleface the Shimmering?
mr_sherman Premium Member over 9 years ago
Until now I thought Marigold didn’t know who her parents were.
Kali39 over 9 years ago
And she will too…
danasimpson creator over 9 years ago
Marigold is real. Unicorns may use their magic to pass unnoticed, but they are not imaginary.
Szopen715 over 9 years ago
It’s the Shield Of Boringness that makes others don’t pay that much attention on unicorns
Masterius over 9 years ago
Gah . . . please please please will the “This is just like Calvin and Hobbes” folk just put a sock in it? ::whines::
whitecarabao over 9 years ago
Although I am delighted that my local paper is now carrying “Heavenly Nos…” I mean “Phoebe and Her Unicorn”, the paper is a bit old-fashioned and prints the comics in color only on Sunday (like all papers 70 years ago when I was little). Those who don’t see the color version are missing so much. Dana’s colors are wonderful.
phaze58 over 9 years ago
Well I Like it and I am one of the BIGEST kids I know , I have all the Calvin & Hobbs collection & now I can start another with Phoebe & Her UNICORN :)
jmarkoff2 over 9 years ago
“Lwaxana Troi, daughter of the Fifth House, heir to the Holy Rings of Betazed, and holder of the Sacred Chalice of Rixx.”
verticallychallenged Premium Member over 9 years ago
This is great – I started reading this strip fairly recently, so it’s helpful to have the backstory I missed.
Tim Harrod Premium Member over 9 years ago
Phoebe was wearing a coat and scarf the first time she met Marigold in 2012. Is this a retcon?
dwagon55 over 9 years ago
All the Best, Dana!
sbischof over 9 years ago
Its true, it was winter then. But the launch here is in the spring… although depending on where they live, snow is still alive and well. Its only March! Almost April. But yeah, Lots of North America hasn’t given up yet. I am sad that there isn’t the pretty winter scene anymore.
I am looking forward to this though – I also realised that broke as I am I should probably try to grab one of the original books so I can save the winter scene as well… I grew up with all but two calvin and hobbs books, maybe I can add in unicorns for my kids :D
tirnaaisling over 9 years ago
Slaps drosedrosedrose aross the cheek with his gauntlet. How dare you say Hobbes is not real, I challenge you to prove that he is not! For that matter I challenge you to prove that you and all you see is real and not just a figment of our imaginations ;-)
josh_bisbee over 9 years ago
Are we going to see these “Caverns of Unending Delight”?
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 9 years ago
Down the lane from The Mud Caves of Ceaseless Boredom.
T_Lexi over 9 years ago
: ) I’m loving this retelling.
dogday Premium Member over 9 years ago
I’ve been a C&H fan for years and years, and never saw any resemblance with (I will say stubbornly) Heavenly Nostrils. Each “world” is so fully created and populated, the characters so distinct and loveable on their own, that I really have to say that the resemblance is superficial.
dogday Premium Member over 9 years ago
I thought I had seen the meeting between P and M but don’t remember M’s family history. We HAVE to see her mum and the Rainbow Caverns. Please, Dana?? Pleasepleaseplease…???
Comic Minister Premium Member over 9 years ago
Agreed Unicorn.
Ratiocinator over 9 years ago
You are continuing to get love on The Comics Curmudgeon, Dana, and seeing that you’d joined the comments here got me to finally register! :)
Anyway, much as I loved Calvin & Hobbes, one of the things that always frustrated me was how everybody always thought Calvin was either lying or crazy because he kept on talking about Hobbes. So I was relieved during the initial run when people other than Phoebe actually noticed Marigold.
(I hope that the rebooted version still has the Shield of Boringness, btw, because I liked that.)
Darryl Heine over 9 years ago
Day 2 of the strip.
racerxyz over 9 years ago
At the risk of inciting a riot, I really have never gone out of my way to read Calvin and Hobbes, even here; to my knowledge, I have not read it once in the many years I have been reading on Comics.com and here at GoComics. I just don’t find it that much of a draw at all; it doesn’t interest me one bit, and I am very tired of so many people bringing them up. I do however, acknowledge the greatness of C and H as a comics influence. Indisputable. To me, C and H is the Beatles of comics.< racerxyz ducks as it sinks in to others>Aside from all that……. I love this stripI have read all the strips from the beginning at least once, and have been here daily from very early on. Dana, I like Phoebe and Marigold way more than Calvin and Hobbes. Keep it up!!!There. I finally said it.
racerxyz over 9 years ago
Oh, and meeting Sparkleface the Shimmering sounds like an event :-)
strangeanimal over 9 years ago
Just that one reminds one of the other because of the awesomeness. But O&M also made me think of C&H for similar reasons.
Kark_The_Red_Canadian_Dragon 7 months ago
Marigold’s statement sounds more official than “Daughter of The Fifth House, Holder of The Sacred Chalice of Reeks and Heir to The Holy Rings Of Betazed”. :)