Drum roll, please. No gold stars for guessing the next line out of Curio's mouth, though, sorry.
There are new vote incentive sketches, too, and although Webbed Comics seems to have crapped itself, note that I've acknowledged the sketch for it isn't worksafe. I will always let you know if the sketch might be a little much for cubicle-viewing, guys. Promise. The comic, no, but the sketches? DEFINITELY. Ha.
And hello to everyone stumbling in from A Girl and Her Fed and the the xkcd forums. You're just in time for a new Q&A! Y'know, since I'm so awful at answering questions in a timely manner in the blog comments and email.
- Yes, I've read Transmetropolitan, and I liked it a lot. But no, it wasn't really an influence on TAZ. I've been writing and thinking about Templar for years, starting in middle school, so by the time Transmet was being published it was already pretty well-formed. If I had to pinpoint an original seed of pop culture inspiration for TAZ, it would be Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Remember that Toontown sequence? Yeah, I really liked that part. And I was nine years old when that came out, so my brain was softer and I was a lot more impressionable.
- Moze's t-shirt says "Monsters of Democracy." It's a band. The design is an oversized, lighter-colored five-pointed star that takes up most of the chest. He's cut the neck and sleeves out of the t-shirt, which is why it looks so raggedy.
- Yup, Curio's got fake boobs. And you're awesome for noticing.
And before I go, I decided to risk a jinx and labeled Templar's update schedule, officially, as Monday-Wednesday-Friday. It really seems to be working out, and I've got a month of those updates under my belt already, so it might be safe to notice. Hooray!
Okay, back to work.
Wow! She's just throwing those in Ben's face, isn't she?
Oh my god. Ben likes Curio. That is so wrong. Inevitable, but wrong.
Ben maintains eye contact with those at his face level. A strong fellow indeed.
I know it would never (or at least with in the span of the next comic) happen, but it would be hilarious to see Ben suddenly motorboat Curio's 'look at me!' boobs.
You know, that last panel drops me right back to Ben and Scipio's conversation about Ben being "definitely, absolutely, TOTALLY done growing". 'cause even with the heels taken into account, Ben is WAY shorter even than Curio.
Bremma: YES! That would be totally unlikely-to-the-point-of-impossibility, but awesome.
"I know it would never (or at least with in the span of the next comic) happen, but it would be hilarious to see Ben suddenly motorboat Curio's 'look at me!' boobs."
Now I REALLY have to stop reading these comments while at work.
Aw! They're so cute!
Ben and Curio, I mean. Not at ALL what YOU were thinking.
*chuckles* I think Curio's a nice change of pace after a few days of Reagan vs. Scipio and meeting Sunny for the first time.
It probably won't last, but considering just how much original personality is in that room at the moment I think Curio's sheer lack thereof is refreshing for poor Ben.
Also re: incentive sketch. WOW that girl's scrawny. I'm surprised she doesn't have people paying her money to keep her clothes *on*.
How could you NOT notice that they're fake? No normal breast is perfectly round. I've seen enough porn to know that much.
Awwwww, that's no fun. You mean, I won't win a prize if she says "so, what do you think of sex with pre-op trannies?"
This is just too cute...I'm grinning ear to ear over here. And I'll bet Reagan is in the background somewhere miming gagging herself with a finger. 'Cause that's the kind of person she is.
And Spike, you surprise me often enough that I haven't the faintest idea what Curio's next line is.
Possibilities:
"Do you like 'em?"
"Funny, you don't LOOK Polish."
"How come you don't use an alias?"
"So, you are definitely, absolutely, totally done growing, huh?"
"Wanna go play My Little Ponies?"
"What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?"
See, the potential is all over the place.
I have /no/ idea what her next line's gonna be.
And I love ben's expression in the second pannel. Kind of like 'you're /still/ here?'
To the NWS sketch:
DEAR LORD! EAT SOMETHING! I think a stiff wind would not only knocker her over, but might also make her disintegrate. I mean damn.
I'm guessing her next line will be:
"What's an alias?"
I'd like to go on record stating that Templar is a *way* better read than Transmetropolitan... if for no other reason than Spike doesn't have Ellison's wish-fulfillment issues and obsession with genital trauma.
(Did I say Ellison? I meant Ellis.)
Is that stuff on Ben's face driving anyone else nuts? I just want to pick it all off with my fingernails right NOW.