Fit as a flea
I may have been close to madness when I wrote this sequence, but I certainly enjoyed making it. Bit worried about the request to strip though, stripping is the gateway to danger…
Bad Machinery
New comics by John Allison
I may have been close to madness when I wrote this sequence, but I certainly enjoyed making it. Bit worried about the request to strip though, stripping is the gateway to danger…
If one of them were Garfield, who would the other be? Odie? Nermal? Jon?
The Ghost of Lyman?
Heathcliff
Claire, please don’t give any of those people life-changing injuries.
Cold cut to an entire wrestling ring on fire. The sound of distant screams. A single tear in Claire’s eye.
Is the tear of sadness or joy?
Yes.
Joy for the victory, sadness that there’s nothing left to burn.
Like a tiny pyromaniac Alexander the Great
Honestly, of these three, Claire is the one I’d want in my corner in a street fight.
Definitely. Lottie has a blind spot about Claire’s dangerous side, though. And, to be fare, Claire’s not-so-dangerous side is also quite real, it’s just that there’s more to her.
*fair
I’m sure Claire is plenty capable in this situation, but imagine if Shauna were present. She was among the athletic stars of Tackleford Secondary
Having seen what Shauna’s capable of in a fight, I think it’s just as well for these wrestlers that she’s not here.
What if Blossom Cooper’s there?
“My thumbs are still wet from Miranda’s eyes. Weird.”
— Shauna Wickle
Of the Bad Machinery team, Shauna and Linton were the best fighters. Linton has been steeled by a life of brotherly battle, and Shauna is pure rock-hard. Sonny is too gentle, Jack is definitely a pacifist, and Mildred considers violence uncouth. Claire is spirited but lacks physical strength. And I guess we will find out what kind of warrior Charlotte is in the next few pages.
Blossom, obviously, is the ultimate destroyer, but she’s not part of the mystery unit.
Blossom is Shauna’s ultimate summon.
That’s basically what I thought. And Lottie’s always struck me as someone who mostly fights her battles on a non-physical level.
My guess is that Charlotte will have to wrestle a very large lady and have an “impossibly low cent(re) of gravity” as a strong suit, even if she is not very strong.
I cannot but have the strongest suspicion that Claire, little though she is, will in some way come to the rescue here. Buggered if I know how though.
In other news – nobody interested in that bike then? Free to a good home. Shame to see possibly one of the best heavy tourers ever produced just rotting away in the back of a garage…
(Mr A please feel free to remove this shameless bit of shilling if you find it inappropriate in such a setting)
As a wrench I’d love it roadscum, but unless you live in the Irish midlands then the transport costs alone would be beyond prohibitive.
Hope it finds a good home.
She would end with a bone sticking out of her, but so would several other people.
Not one of her own bones, mind you.
One hundo P!
It’s not a habit, it’s a hobbit.
Trampolines seem to be altogether too much excitement for most hobbits.
Uh, Claire… I’m pretty each all of your potential prey- I mean, opponents- is more than twice your size.
I still think Claire’s the most dangerous of these three in a fight, but Lottie wouldn’t know that. She, at most, has maybe a vague awareness that Claire’s a little more dangerous than she looks. And I’m not even sure about that.
Listen, Lottie, if you’re going to relegate Claire to the manager position, then you gotta follow what the manager says! Because Claire will definitely NOT be the arm-candy kind of manager.
I’m sure she’ll be ready with a steel chair when necessary.
I’m sure Claire is plenty capable in this situation, but imagine if Shauna were present. She was among the athletic stars of Tackleford Secondary. Then this team would be unstoppable.
Let’s hope Claire will have the possibility to fight, she’s the only one of them that actually seems excited about the situation here. I’m sure she could be the big revelation ot the tournament.
I like the showbiz style dressing room, in a tent, in a forest. Shows class.
Haha she’s fit arright
Spicy!!
Claire has a plan. I think she has a plan.
Be fair, who knows what thtripping is?
It’s what John does, of course. It’s the act of writing a comic thtrip.
I’m one of the world’s top thtrippers!!!
Well, you’ve been thripping for so many years!
Chekhov’s D-slide choreo.
You may be onto something there, mate.
THOMEONE NEEDTH TO WEAR THAT GARF HEAD.
Or, you know, they could just walk away during the action that has captivated everyone’s attention.
No – the field of battle is encircled by shadowy woodland wrestling nuts, remember.
Any more of this fancy talk, btw, you are going to lose your Suspension Of Disbelief privileges. And with the story coming up after this, you are going to need them.
Foreshadowing! 😀
Your key to quality literature!
– crickets –
I was going to say Lottie should have brought along some of Carlotta’s daggers, but since we might get sued, I won’t.
Stepping out of the story for just a moment to admire the composition in panel 5. Downright cinematic.
“Flob, flob…”
THAT is the noise I’d hear when jogging in high school.
Just discovered Peggy Gou will be playing at a festival I’m crewing. I’m intrigued to discover what Lottie loves.
Is that a grapes costume on the ground? You know, from grapes?
Score on the Octopus Pie reference!
Hate to burst your grapes, but isn’t that Lottie’s puffer jacket?
Maybe Lottie’s been wearing a Grapes costume all this time!
Kitty Hawk is a pretty good wrestler’s name.
Also, don’t be so judgmental, Lottie. You’re the one who drove him to trampoline in the first place.
my pal works at the lancet – i wonder if this whole time he’s just been stripping