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November 03, 2006

Templar: Well, THAT can't be good.

Barney's bodyguards seem like nice people. Too bad it looks like he's breaking one of their hands. I imagine he's built like a lot of construction guys; chunky, but with a layer of muscle under the fat just sorta waiting to ruin someone's day.

This scene hasn't got much left to it. And y'know, I'm gonna miss Barnabas. He's fun to draw. He's just this dangerously charismatic little fireplug in a black wifebeater and a fashionably obsolete prosthetic, with inch-thick eyeglasses and a squashed-down nose. He's not freakishly ugly, but what ugliness he has is more profound than normal and kind of mesmerizing. Half that crowd is probably just there for the opportunity to stare at him without it seeming rude. I know I would be.

I guess that's why I don't really go in for comics where every single character is attractive. It's not as much fun to look at.

Anyway, in the ongoing saga of my stunning, impossible intelligence: I've got an interview to do on Wednesday of next week, and I've forgotten the poor guy's name completely. Gosh, I've really got myself pretty organized and together. I hope he reads this blog. HEY, INTERVIEW GUY, WHAT'S YOUR NAME AGAIN? EMAIL ME.

Posted by Spike at November 3, 2006 05:10 AM

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Looks like ol' Barnabas there is suffering from a little Nathan Therm syndrome...

"MY SKIN IS BURNING"
"No it isn't!"
"YES IT IS!"
"No it isn't"
"YES IT IS!"
"I know that! It's so strange that you think I don't know that. Is it him or is it me? It's him, isn't it!"

(What, you kids didn't watch SNL in the mid 80's?!)

Posted by Wm.S. at November 3, 2006 08:16 AM
70.121.198.49

Would you believe me if I told you poor Barney actually has a good reason for telling his worshipful legions to stay put in an ominous gas cloud?

Posted by spike at November 3, 2006 12:01 PM
68.20.16.98

I love him. A lot? A lot. the Reclaimation; in fact, all of your subcultures, are SO. FUCKING. AMAZING. I am jealous but mostly pleased to read.

Posted by Trina at November 3, 2006 12:42 PM
138.110.222.101

This...is a great strip. I love the exaggerated faces in this one; the panic in the first panel, the frenzied rage in the last. Very cool.

And I can't wait to find out just what is going "snk. snk. snk." off to the side, there.

Posted by stacey at November 3, 2006 04:39 PM
69.216.101.163

Probably the banners coming down....

Posted by jason at November 3, 2006 05:35 PM
192.240.14.3

I think I like this Bill fellow.

Posted by Dogthing at November 3, 2006 07:34 PM
69.165.153.69

"Would you believe me if I told you poor Barney actually has a good reason for telling his worshipful legions to stay put in an ominous gas cloud?"

Oh hey, I'm not doubting motives or anything, just struck me funny was all. :)

Posted by Wm.S. at November 3, 2006 10:01 PM
70.121.198.49

Please tell me that that is Barney's claw hand menacingly "snk"-ing slightly out of view of panel 4.

Posted by Chris LeBeouf at November 4, 2006 01:11 PM
130.70.155.143

"Stop Evacuating Me, Jackasses!"

Boosted.

Posted by Alan Tyson at November 4, 2006 02:07 PM
69.41.118.3

"I guess that's why I don't really go in for comics where every single character is attractive. It's not as much fun to look at."

And that is one of the things that makes your comics so great, Spike.

Do. Not. Change. This.

:)

Posted by Eric Chapman at November 4, 2006 09:46 PM
68.57.12.8

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