#467 – Periodic Review
Oh, is that the time already? Sorry about that. Last week I played a bunch of Batman, and then worked Saturday. I figured I would get a good chunk of comic done on Sunday, and perhaps do a Monday or Tuesday update. After all, it’s not a complicated comic, in theory (sometimes the straight, chatty ones are trickiest to get going on, however). But then I spent Sunday in kind of a shitty funk, and all drawing ability left me. So I blew most it watching Walking Dead and reading Locke & Key (which I got into on my trip last month, and is really cool). Then all of a sudden it’s the weekend again. S’ done though. The next one should go smoother, I hope.
Seems like mileage may vary on Arkham Origins. I loved it. But I never get tired of making the motherfucking Batman lurk in the rafters and beat up goons, hired goons. And yes, the story probably falls apart if you think about it too long, but it’s a hell of a ride while you’re in it. And just like with City, I’m apparently the only person I know who’s played it, so I have nobody to share my HOLY SHIT WASN’T IT COOL WHEN- AND WHAT ABOUT THE BIT WHERE- enthusiasm for the spectacle. Boo-urns.
It definitely could’ve used a few more weeks in QA, and apparently there were some nasty progress-halting bugs that some players encountered that I was lucky enough to avoid. It lacked the polish and detail that the previous games oozed, which was a little disappointing, and makes me less keen to go back and finish up the sidequests and collectables. But it does make me excited for whatever Rocksteady have been working on while this happened.
Oh! I am also exhibiting at Lethbridge Expo in a couple of weeks. It’s an inaugural new convention, and I’m friends with the organisers. If you’re anywhere near southern Alberta, give them some first year support and buy your tickets. Nov 23/24.
“I Thought they were what they used in Taika to wipe your arse.”
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA What the the F**k!!!
Wellll… to be fair… depending on the type I suppose they COULD be used to do that……. I have three older sisters so I know about various types of tampons okay? But anyways gotta admit I laughed harder at this comic then I have in a while. Especially at Rogue’s expression. The look of “… wait…. What the HECK?”
eastwood, you broke rogue
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Why does a biannual review form have the option of “Send Tampons”?
Virus had been blindly checking boxes on a different form.
Ah, that makes more sense.
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I don’t want to know what other random things they’ve gotten over the years because of that random box checking habit.
I am disturbed yet strangely intrigued
Think of it like the “Spoilered” post in a Random Gif/Image thread on a forum.
You could get something very nice to look at, or you could get something you regret seeing for a very long time.
They had Wildfire as a temporary replacement for Rogue?
Good job with drawing Lothar eating toast, his face in frame 3 cracked me up, no idea why.
Well…looks like they finally got the toaster under control.
nah… that is just how lothar gets his morning toast…. the rest of them is still up shit creek w/o a paddle with that one.
Presumably Rogue would also fail to understand the three shells. And now has a greater understanding of why ignorance can be a blessing.
Ha ha ha! Using tampons as toilet paper. XD
BTW, in Lothar’s bubble in the third panel, you accidentally put ‘we’ll we’ when it should just be ‘we’ll,’ and in Virus’s bubble in the fifth panel, you accidentally put ‘did they’ when it should be ‘did you.’
I must be slipping badly. Fixed, thanks.
No problem.
I don’t see either fix. Am I loading the page wrong or something?
You still see the errors? Your browser is probably pulling from a cached image. Refresh, or shift+refresh. Or clear cache.
It worked! Thank you.
Next page: Eastwood has to have his head reattached after Rogue cuts it off.
rogues face is truly priceless.
If this bi-annual review doesn’t involve a three-legged race at some point I must question the ability of our Spiritual Liege authors.
Wow. This PROVES Eastwood is racist through sheer ignorance. XD
Jeez, does East just not look at the box before pulling something out of it? I mean, Virus knows they’re tampons…Was the box just written in Taikan? Granted, I don’t suspect Eastwood’s been in a girl’s bathroom long enough to SEE tampons, but sheesh, that’s an achievement.
…This comic is just FULL of things to ponder.
happy veterans day to any and all soldiers who might be reading this (doubtful I know XD)
Why doubtful? I’ve been following this pretty much from the beginning.
But thanks for the shoutout.
I really don’t expect war veterans to be reading a webcomic like this, but hey, your welcome, might as well make some people feel good before the financial shit-hole our country has become finally collapses under the weight of our president’s ego and total economic failure
We’ve had contact with a number of military men and women, from several different nations. They’re regular people, they read comics too.
By the way, why did you assume this one was American? Seems pretty weird to volunteer your US political opinions all over someone who didn’t ask. What is this, a YouTube comment section? Try to keep your politics in your pants, this is a family establishment.
sorry, I’ve been really stressed about the economy lately, I apologize for bringing politics into what should otherwise be a funny thing, please forgive my rude behavior
Rouge should have learned to stop questioning these things by now.
Rouge? You mean the bat? You must have grabbed the wrong file. You want the file for ROGUE the CAT.
I get that mixed up all the time, and I have no idea how to remember. Does anyone have a mnemonic device or something for “Rouge Rogue”?
I know the “ge” arrangement makes the “J” sound, so “gu” must not.
I’m afraid it’s not mnemonic, but it’s logical.
I’m sure Wildfire appreciated the freebies during her stay.
Assuming she stayed for at least a month… and assuming mobians follow humanoid menstural cycles… and assuming mobians reproduce sexually… and assu-SOMEBODY HELP ME!!!
*smacks you* GET AHOLD OF YOURSELF MAN!
we know mobians reproduce sexually because sally has a mom and dad
Why hasn’t Eastwood’s mug been revoked?
Nice broken teeth on the toaster daemon. So if a Fernex daemon possessed a timepiece, would it end up being shiny and free of dirt after being defeated?
Ahah, nice catch on that detail, I hadn’t seen that before. Probably blackmailed the bear to get it, and more blackmail to keep it.
Also, it he pouring coffee into a cup with a tea bag? Serving coffee and tea for a living, the only times that has happened is by accident; and usually thrown out and replaced immediately. No-one (at least going to or working at college) seriously makes coffee-tea, do they?
I’ve seen half-and-half boxes. I’m not sure if that’s a tea bag or not, but maybe Eastwood has weird tastes. He’s dipping what looks like a Jammy Dodger (incidentally a joke I was going to make about about the Soulthirster in the previous comic but decided it would be in poor taste). Also there are coffee bags, so he might just be mixing flavors.
We may never know.
I know some people who have done it.
Oh, I see how you got that. No, that’s just the mug text, combined with an artifact I missed cleaning up. Zoom and enhance.
Apparently coffee+tea is done in certain parts of the world. I may give that a try, actually.
Probably very dependent on the tea. Though any nation that puts milk in tea probably isn’t going much further by putting coffee and hazelnut creamer in too.
Add some kahlua, a bit of rum … I think it stopped being a breakfast drink.
Or turned into the breakfast drink of champions.
My wager is that he “borrowed” the mug from Damien
Oh virus, you’re so silly. East… you’re a moron. Rogue…I am so veryvery sorry.
it looks like Rogue though it was to wipe you ass too by the way he was looking at them