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As for this comic…
My wife caught a glimpse of the fourth panel zoomed in on Tracee while I was working on it. She was slightly alarmed.
HER: Gah! Tracee’s showing her boobs to someone? Who’s Tracee showing her boobs to?
ME: Uh, you’ll see.
HER: Is she showing her boobs to you?
ME: What? No! I’m not a character in the comic, silly.
HER: But is she showing her boobs to you in your mind?
ME: (Awkardly long pause) No.
At that point she walked away.
For the record, the suspiciously happy painter in the background of panel four does bear a strong resemblance to me. Not intended, of course. Consciously, at least. (Though I don’t wear ascots and berets on a regular basis. Which is a shame, really, because it looks simply smashing!)
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As for this comic…
My wife caught a glimpse of the fourth panel zoomed in on Tracee while I was working on it. She was slightly alarmed.
HER: Gah! Tracee’s showing her boobs to someone? Who’s Tracee showing her boobs to?
ME: Uh, you’ll see.
HER: Is she showing her boobs to you?
ME: What? No! I’m not a character in the comic, silly.
HER: But is she showing her boobs to you in your mind?
ME: (Awkardly long pause) No.
At that point she walked away.
For the record, the suspiciously happy painter in the background of panel four does bear a strong resemblance to me. Not intended, of course. Consciously, at least. (Though I don’t wear ascots and berets on a regular basis. Which is a shame, really, because it looks simply smashing!)
That’s Satan’s mansion! Always keeping it classy.
100% class 100% of the time! Just like my comic!
well… I….
Yes, the mansion is classy.
in this case, I think it’s ‘klassy’ with a ‘k’, which is the classiest way to spell classy.
So, Krusty the Klown Klassy?
Exaktly!
The level of class exuded by Tracee suggests that the artist should be doing it on black velvet instead of the canvas we see on the easel in the background…
I think black velvet has an inherent class that makes it too fine a thing for such a subject matter. Maybe corrugated cardboard would be a better solution?
Wow, this would’ve made a great line in Weird Al’s “Tacky,” don’cha think?
I think this transitions beyond ‘tacky’ territory and into ‘icky’ territory, but that’s just me.
Yeah, I see what she’s doing, there.
And it’s nasty. Replacing all the old memories with her, so the doddering devil will only think of her.
…
If Puckworld has an actual Hell-dimension, it might not be long before Tracee’s in it. Sitting on the throne and ruling there while her “boyfriend” is in back, washing and ironing her red cape.
You see all, my friend. You see all.
My theory is Puckworld itself IS a hell dimention.
I mean, Satan rules over all, and look at all the suffering…mostly Puck’s… and people who piss off Puck.
Nah, this is just what Hamilton is like. Though it has frequently been mistaken for hell.
He doesn’t rule “all”. He’s the mayor of Hamilton. He has limited political power, which can be taken away from him by the federal government if he puts a single hoof over the line with them… ^^ A Hell dimension, it ain’t — unless it were his punishment.
True. Very true.
… I thought it was my home state of New Joisey that got commonly mistaken for hell?
Well, there are many, many hells around, New Joisey being one of them.
There is a town in Norway named ‘Hell’.
I am told it is above the arctic circle and freezes over every winter.
(hint, hint)
No.
Hell is in Michigan. Really. Area code 48169
http://www.gotohellmi.com
Well, I know that Michigan has some real highlights.
I’ve never been to Hell. I have been to Paradise and Christmas, though. Both are in the Upper Peninsula.
If you squint hard enough even I could be that lucky painter and I don’t even have an ascot, beret or goatee.
Well, it’s sad because the resolution is too low to see the guy, but his expression is priceless. And totally impossible to see here.
Looks like a basic — 😮 — to me. ^^
It has to be the beret guy from xkcd, though with him, he’s probably paying less attention to Tracey than to… something completely random… kinda hard to tell with that guy…
The revered xkcd is the webcomic I’m not smart enough to understand. I’ve accepted that about myself and am now at peace.
When I first read panel four (after being awake for literally less than ten minutes), I thought “why the hell is Colin going to paint Phoebe? …Wasn’t he an English teacher?”
…Then I remembered he supposedly looks like you. Which made it slightly more hilarious.
As for my girlfriend, when she saw the last panel, she just said “would you paint me if I stripped naked?”
My reply? “You know I can’t paint.”
“But WOULD YOU?”
“Yes. As a stick figure. Maybe.”
…She’s now back asleep and won’t recall that convo ever happening. …I think.
Speaking from experience, it’s always a bad setup to draw or paint your girlfriend/wife in any capacity. Then again, if it’s just stick figure images, I can’t see how that could backfire too bad.
Well, I was in luck – she didn’t recall the conversation when she woke up about an hour later. She DID recall reading the comic, at least (which is these days literally the one thing she looks forward to the most).
Dude, how early are you reading these things? And thanks for the girlfriend’s vote of confidence. It’s reassuring.
When I wake up. Which is 8 AM GMT+2 (at the moment – changes to GMT+1 in October, if memory serves). My job starts at 10 AM but I’m a VERY slow starter so I wake up 2 hours in advance.
Oh, to wake up at 8! I haven’t woken up later than 6:30 for eight years. It sounds like your morning routine is actually pretty dang reasonable. Carry on.
Reasonable? EG, there’s a adult female living in the residence.
When was the last time you have heard of one being reasonable?
I wake up at 11 am roughly. Though it’s because I have to keep late hours so I need to sleep later to get at least 6 hours in.
I’m envious. I keep late hours (mostly because of this comic), but wake up at 6:00 because I have kids. It’s a lose-lose situation!
Should’a said “morbid mausoleum of moribund memories.” Go for the full alliteration.
A missed opportunity, for sure.
Really enjoyed it. Thanks for all your hard work!
-Ed
Aw shucks. Thanks!
I have posed nude for paintings/drawings. It’s really no big deal. The artist is too busy to flirt
I’ve done endless life drawing with nude models. No big deal, certainly. But I think the nude paintings/drawings are done in a more tasteful light than this one.
I… I am strangely okay with this. I have no idea why.
Hey! It’s art! You can’t argue with art, right?
You can in Harry Potter
Da dum dum TISH! (Seriously, though, that was a good one.)
You should see some of the art at the Vatican.
It includes items that would be considered obscene many other places.
Hey, if it’s got a Papal blessing, it’s holy!
The question is, is he the type of dick that blesses his golf clubs for a better game?
Don’t mistake him for George Carlin.
Gah! I’m torn… On one hand I try to always vote for comics when they’ve updated. Ya know, as a reward for being nice n reliable like to us readers.
But on the other hand…
GAH!
~okay, I’ll vote for ya anyway. But I am Not doing it for that hussy’s sake. Okay.~
Well, thanks for seeing past the hussy and voting anyway.
How about having Puck and company be the only survivors of the Andromeda Strain due to their blood PH in a Puck vote comic.
Winner of this particular contest? The artist! Lucky S.O.B.
Man, your hotly drawn women streak continues…
Well, it’s a stacked deck, isn’t it? Reminds me of an interview I read with the guy who created Bone, who said that he’d grown tired of drawing things he didn’t like to draw, so he decided to make a comic filled with pretty girls, cute cartoon characters and dragons: the things he actually enjoyed drawing. I’m with him. Though there’s certainly a noted dearth of dragons in my comic, which is a shame.
Indeed. Maybe a dragon should kidnap Tracee?
And burninate the countryside!
Used to read BONE to my kids.
Miss him.
My son’s a big fan of the Bone comics now.
Stupid, Stupid Rat Creatures.
So funny.
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Heard Jeff was going blind. I hope it was a rumor, unfounded.
I really pray he is ok.
He brought a lot to joy to a lot of people.
Time for him to bring us more !!
I hadn’t heard anything, but really, my ear’s not to the ground on that one. They’re really pushing the release of his older work in hardcover collections, and marketing said collections, so I thought they were building to something. Knowing my luck, it’s a movie.
I’ve read Bone and remember that he had a huge crush on Thorne.
ok phoebe, time to boob up and bring out the big guns! invite mom and her hubby for the weekend. fake tits hold no candle to real class, plus seeing your old flame (who doesn´t want you anymore) happy with another tends to drive every male up the wall and into a competetive frenzy 😉
This would be a very good plan, I must say.
Well, you’re in the doghouse anyway, might as well go all the way and let Tracee show the rest of us. 😀
Dude, I’m never in the doghouse. See that line? There’s a line somewhere and I don’t cross it. It keeps me in the regular house.
But seriously, people (guys) ask me why there’s not more smexy content in the comic or the voting incentives or what have you, but the answer isn’t my wife’s disapproval. It has more to do with the fact that I just don’t think it totally jives with the nature and tone of the comic. The other key factor is that the comic has an audience which (as far as I can figure) is at least 40% female, so I try to keep things … well, not classy, perhaps, but if there were a straight line between Disney and Maxim, I’d want to stay slightly on the Disney side of the line. Just slightly.
In all seriousness, you do a fine job of it.
I read a bunch of webcomics (over 30). This is one in which I would feel no problem letting a child read, yet also feel it is very adult and mature.
I and a few other readers may joke around with you (example, my ‘classy mansion’ poke above), but you do a very fine job.
My other reason for keeping it clean is the fact that, were the comics ever to fall into the wrong hands (like the many teens I teach), I’d need to feel vaguely reassured that nothing could seriously be held against me. So yeah, I try to stay on the windy side of the laws of decency, as it were. I’m glad you think I’m succeeding at that.
Shakes head…
Teaching is a job I wouldn’t do. Sure, there is the satisfaction of seeing the student understanding something he/she didn’t and would not have if you hadn’t gotten involved, but I don’t think I could put up with all the hassles you do.
I say being a trucker takes a special personality; but the same can be said for the teacher as well.
You have my respect.
Thanks. You have mine. I sort of have a fascination with trucking. It seems like a really awesome job and a really horrible job at the same time. (Which I guess you can say for all jobs, really.) I love driving, especially long car trips, but I don’t know whether I could drive THAT much. I also have a really hard time keeping awake at the wheel when I’m tired. Not cool in your line of work.
Oh, you are. I might give you you flack from time to time but that’s only because of how good your art is. 😉
Or would you rather we were more like “ugh … do keep it on, puhLEESE …” heh.
Seriously though – lovin it, don’t let up.
Thanks. Makes me feel better when I cringe in horror at the shoddy art I sometimes draw. Glad to know other people think it looks okay.
Chuckle.
This is why Dogs suck, and Cats rule.
No one, ever, wants to be in the “Dog House”.
Conversely, it’s quite nice to be in a …….
Speaking as one of the female 40%, I would like to say that you do an excellent job balancing the sexy and the funny, expecially since you are a man
Glad to have your vote of confidence. I’d rather the comic be known more for the funny stuff any day.
I’m betting a Tim Horton donut Tracee’s last name is DeBalfo.
74 Comments and not one kudos to “Mausoleum of Moribund Memories”.
That’s the “Triple M” ! One of the Top Ten in difficulty.
Well, in the defense of other Puck devotees, as President of the Tracee Fan Club, I am required to pay closer attention to her than others do.
FFF
Fake Attitude, Fake Boobage, Fake Tan – aaahhhh…..
Some commenters elsewhere (on dA) felt that line was a little too advanced in the vocab department for Tracee. I, for one, believe she’s a girl of hidden talents.
Tracee is pure awesome. And I think that she’s a whole lot smarter than some here give her credit for. She did engineer Satan’s mayoral campaign. Anyone recall her P.R. maneuver involving the over-crowded animal shelters? That was absolutely brilliant. She used cute baby animals to get public sympathy for the devil. Also… ALL of these “people’ are fv¢#!@& comic book characters. Don’t get so worked up.
I’m glad you support her evil.