And I wanted it
Beate is deeply confused about her relationship with Claire. But we can all agree, with no room for confusion, that the Alpine Des Fishman doll is very choice.
Bad Machinery
New comics by John Allison
Beate is deeply confused about her relationship with Claire. But we can all agree, with no room for confusion, that the Alpine Des Fishman doll is very choice.
What we need is a tussle in which only one Lottie emerges from the reservoir and we don’t know which one.
I mean what did she go to all the trouble of getting a tattoo for if that doesn’t happen
I love everything about this page!
The beaten down Beate in panel 5 is extraordinarily good
Oh oh. Look who showed up! And Beate is still in there somewhere, so Skellottie isn’t completely irrational, just mostly, stubbornly, irrational. Maybe they can still have cocoa?
The slight sepia for the flashback panels! Perfection
As the kiwis are wont to say – “choice!”
I haven’t heard that since the ’90s
So what you’re saying is to get ready for a line of Desmond Fishman doll cameos throughout the series. One for every country, like Barbie!
I was reading the beginning again had wondered who Mutti and Vati were. At first, I thought close school friends who couldn’t make the trip, but now I’m wondering… foster/adoptive parents? But if Beate comes from money, then I can even go far to think very invested personal bodyguards.
That’s what German children call their mothers and fathers.
I looked it up and learned that “Mutti” and “Vati” are an affectionate terms for “mother” and “father” in German. The egg on my face is quite runny.
Embarrassment omelets are delicious. I’ve had many. 😀
As the Wolfenstein games taught us. Some of the guards would yell “Mutti!”. And they say games aren’t educational.
All these years with no SGR makeship.com merch.
All those Des plushies we’ve been denied.
The Alpine Des toy has a pull string, which causes him to yodel.
Want! WANT!
Since Des doesn’t know how to yodel, though, it’s just ten seconds of agonized screeching.
HEY! Des can yodel!
I guess it’s just the basic life skills he’s deficient on, then.
Nightmare fuel.
Releasing fish breath?
Ah! Lottie’s got the drop on her!
I love how throughout all of this we can tell just how delusional Beate is to think she can still be Claire’s friend during her second attempt to murder her.
Claire doesn’t know that yet, and she’s still trying to be nice about the 1st attempt, not to irritate her thoughtless hostess!
Claire is using her superpower! (the one that doesn’t involve fire, at least)
I’d recognize that purple puffer coat anywhere
Is it wrong to want that Alpine Des doll for real? (Ah, who am I kidding, nothing about Desmond could ever be wrong.)
Question; Is Alpine Des the same as Regular Des or is he perhaps a cousin?
Maybe the Alpine version has thicker scales for warmth?
(Nope, don’t even think about the false logic there)
Perhaps blonde hair?
A suggestively large horn?
Yes Claire! Keep her talking!
And the Alpine Des Fishman doll is the best of all Des Fishmen.
I’m beginning to see a whole line of Fishman merch here – cowboy Des, cossak Des, maybe a Kiwi Des for Glerm…
We have one of those already, it’s called a tuatara.
I think you need to apologize to all the tuataras (or however you pluralize it) for that one. As the only surviving rhynchocephalians, they deserve some respect.
To be fair, Lottie sometimes torments people a bit. Just ask “Glem”.
Bitsy may have been on a winner- Beate’s plan seems to be coming apart like a damp paper bag.
“A good, kind egg… that I shall BEATE!”
Beate’s a good egg, too. Just a little… cracked.
(I’m not proud of relying on a mispronunciation of “Beate” to make that one work.)
A kinder egg
Or as we remember, a completely unmarked egg…
An athletic Beate vs Lottie, not noted for fighting skills or physical prowess.
Sandra with a quiver of hunting points may put the advantage to Lottie.
I draw your attention to Lotties’ proven skills in the squared circle!
https://badmachinery.com/comic/2024-07-30/
But Beate also has a low center of gravity, this removing the Lotster’s primary advantage
Poor Claire, she seems deeply disturbed by being hugged by the crazy murderer who kidnapped her. But that hug proves that Beate can still use her body at least a little, even if the last panel is definitely Skelottie vs. Lottie.
Because of the way my cursor landed on the image as I scrolled down, the alt text appeared and serendipitously turned Charlotte’s line into “Is this yours? If I were you, and I wanted it, I’d give it a rinse.”
“It’s ok, the Alpine Des Fishman doll can’t hurt you.”
The Alpine Des Fishman doll:
But if she didn’t drop those roof slates, we wouldn’t have a repeat of the “famous” Bobbinsverse exclamation of shock known as “BAWWWWK!”
What happened to Skelottie’s bobbly hat? I guess it must have been displaced when she hugged Claire? Otherwise I don’t see how the wind could have caught hold of the wig.
Also, good addresses for hampers are welcomed.
I mean, John is a famous person. You could probably just write “John Allison, Yorkshire”, and it would get there.
My grandfather once received a letter that was addressed only to “Big John, Vermont”.
Is there a card for “sorry for dropping roof tiles on you”? Maybe it’s only sold at the darker, sinister Hallmark. Or, as I call it, …
…the Darkmark!
Currently accepting applications.
The Dimly-Lit Hallmark.
Hallmurk?
Lottie can understand the situation with the hostages, but she has no idea why this other girl has done this. Claire is the only one who knows about Beate.