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October 22, 2007

Templar: Winding down...

One more page of this left. Enjoy these two charmers while you can.

Both are named Elliott, but neither goes by Elliott. I like to think that they knew each other for weeks before they realized they had the same first name.

The Elliotts hang out together because even shit company is safer than going it alone where you're sleeping in doorways. Which is probably what they were doing before they were sacking out with Reclamation. And is probably what they'll be doing now.

Maybe. No promises.

So, there ya have it. Clueless King Street trust fund kids, Riverview workin' stiff Low People, And the Skinner-bound homeless, all in the same chapter. Don't ever let 'em say I'm writin' you folks a Utopia.

And hey, guys: THANK YOU for bumping Templar to the top of the field over at Webcomic Idol! Holy cocks, FIRST PLACE. Granted, the week's still young, still plenty of time to get my ass kicked. BUT STILL. Words cannot express! Thank you!

This update's vote sketches: Two more day-at-the-zoo drawings and a lady in her underpants. Enjoy!

Posted by Spike at October 22, 2007 07:30 PM

Comments

What a great exclamation.
I feel the appropriate reward would be to draw Holy Cocks, to help us all visualise.

Posted by uberalex at October 23, 2007 04:38 AM
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*headscritch* Is "makes" a typo of "make" in the last panel..?

Posted by Kat at October 23, 2007 09:56 AM
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Kat : it's the fiasco that makes Whoresville a no-go zone.

Posted by Wood at October 23, 2007 02:01 PM
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"goose-steppers?" He called soviet 12 commies earlier. but Nazis goose-stepped. Unless im mistaken.

Posted by chibbi at October 23, 2007 03:19 PM
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Wood - Ah, thank you. I was reading it as "fucking-fiasco reclamation" had "the people who work downtown" decide to make whoresville a no-go zone.

Your way makes much more sense!

Chibbi, Eliott is most definitely mixing metaphors. It's part of his charm, really. >.>

Posted by Kat at October 24, 2007 10:53 AM
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Have we forgotten that the Communists worked with the Nazis? Furthermore, he could also be alluding to the Reclamationists very strict policies.

I don't think it's really much of a contradiction in terms ...

Posted by Kitty at October 24, 2007 11:10 AM
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Er, Kitty, it's been some time since middle school social studies, but I firmly recall the Nazis most definately fighting the commies, in this case the USSR. The whole "Nazis spreading themselves too thin fighting on two fronts" thing, yeah?

It wasn't until after WWII that Russia refused to relinquish their portion of Germany & Berlin, thus establishing Eastern Germany and touching off the Cold War. By this point, of course, the Nazis were pretty much a done deal.

Posted by Named After Ham at October 24, 2007 12:05 PM
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The USSR had a cease fire with Nazi Germany and Japan for a little while, until the Germans invaded Russia. So Russia declared war with Germany.

BUT! The Soviets did goose step, they were militant, and brutal to their prisoners. Although they were enemies with the Nazis, and they differed in politics, they had their similarities.

Posted by Murki Shade at October 24, 2007 02:10 PM
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I think the goose-step here just refers to the mob mentality being lead by a single charismatic leader. Both the Nazis and the USSR were characteristic of this.

Posted by Jala at October 24, 2007 04:09 PM
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Jala wins the prize. Bigelow's comment had nothing to do with political beliefs and everything to do with cults of personality, groupthink, and general attitude towards undesirable elements.

Also, it might be worth pointing out that Templar's Nazis weren't quite the same as our Nazis. No one so much as blinks at Scippio's Buddhist swastika t-shirt, and it's not because they're well-versed in Eastern religious iconography.

Posted by Matt at October 25, 2007 12:23 PM
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