Eyeing them up
What a Christmas for Glenn. He got the girl, he got the trouser press. Let us all scream inside our hearts for the lad.
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Bad Machinery
New comics by John Allison
What a Christmas for Glenn. He got the girl, he got the trouser press. Let us all scream inside our hearts for the lad.
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I love how happy Claire is about this!
Same! I love this trio so much!
That’s adorable! I wasn’t sure how aware Lottie was of Claire’s feelings or plans, but she’s obviously fully on board.
I’m glad that Lottie’s not only on board, but was apparently in on the planning stages. The title of the next page had me worried that she was going to object to Claire and Glenn mixing business and doing the business. Even though after the whole Nero fiasco, she wouldn’t have a leg to stand on.
I immediately Google Corby Trouser Press – Lottie spent A LOT!
Perhaps Bitsy chipped in again. Or maybe Trusthouse Forte Sheffield were selling off some refurbished ones.
While one can’t help but be happy for Claire & Glenn, one is also… distressed by the reunion of the ex-Mystery Kids being so brief, especially in light of Jack’s weird troubles and Linton’s mysterious love life – not to mention why Sonny is suddenly a lorry-drivin’ man. then there’s still all the unanswered questions concerning the Steeple cast: Why did the Rev and Shelly split up? Is there even a hometown for him to return to? Is Mrs. Clovis still rotting in prison? All of this clearly stems from Claremont-itis! Having grown up with 80’s Marvel Comics where subplots never got resolved! Still, do not fret! Many writers have undergone expert deprogramming & treatment of this serious malady. It starts with a steady diet of 8-page Jimmy Olsen stories combined with Quaaludes and Green Tea. The electro-shock, if necessary, is usually covered by the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.
unanswered questions = openings for future stories
All in due time fellow reader, all in due time.
Well, in terms of the story timeline, it’s still Christmas Day. Only Lotte, Claire, and Glen have to “work” today!
Boxing Day now, according to the shadows on the wall.
There is no known cure for Claremontitis. The symptoms can only be managed through re-reads, and in the most chronic of cases, fan fiction.
Sonny’s lorry-driving stint was a summer job, so that’s one mystery dispelled.
Quaaludes and Green Tea are my Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain covers band.
Um.. Operation Biscuit Tin!?!
I’m not sure I want to find out how that was named…
It’s still a very delightfully British-sounding euphemism.
Clearly when they were previously discussing is there was a vase of flowers and a biscuit tin on the table. Secret operation names need to be random or the enemy(?) can figure out what you’re planning!
Paninis schmaninis, if you drape it over a coathanger you can do bacon in one.
While “operation biscuit tin” makes perfect sense to me, “operation primrose” doesn’t. May as well have named it “operation garglefish.” Poor Glurm is doomed. DOOMED!
It all a bit of Shakespeare, innit
Doesn’t mean I have to like it.
Compared to how they started out, it’s honestly just nice to see these three grow as friends. “Operation Primrose” was an unexpected bonus
Trouser press, baby! Yeah! it’s much better than the pre-fabricated concrete coal-bunker!
Ecstasy, Bruce!
Don’t hang me up now!
In lieu of a ‘thumbs up’, have a round of applause. Or at least a series of uncoordinated hand claps.
Adds to the applause.
Also good for pressing a Shirt.
Now I want to know when the Death Cab For Cutie is going to turn up.
Is it the 1980 biscuit tin incident?
Or is it Cockney rhyming slang from a Shakespeare sonnet?
I wonder how long ago Claire told Lottie that she wanted to do Operations Primose and Biscuit with Glenn. After inviting him to spend Christmas in Takleford? While they were on the ferry? Way before that?
Must have been sometime after this page from Wobbly Head Part 1, which I think was the first time Lottie was shown having any suspicions about Claire and Glenn. https://badmachinery.com/comic/harmony/ For that matter, maybe they never actually talked about it? Maybe they just know each other well enough to be able to come up with code phrases on the fly and understand what each other mean?
“Operation biscuit tin” brings me genuine delight. A beautiful Allison-ism, rich with whimsy and intriguing mental imagery. It bespeaks a world of off-panel gossip between the friends and oh darn I’m over-analysing now. It’s silly. I like silly. I just hope it doesn’t imply a bedfull of crumbs.
I’m always impressed by La Grote’s trousers. Those are MC Hammer leftovers, right?
Oh no.
Oh. No.
Oh very no.
I do not like the way this plugged-in trouser press business is heading.
If there is one house in Tackleford whose mains are unlikely to burst into flame at the introduction of a heating element, it surely is this one
This is the Grote house, the room where Lottie first met Glyn. though the couch under the apple/broccoli art seems to have changed. Probably an occupational hazard of living with an estate agent.
Also, noting echos between Glyn opening his briefcase on that funny-shaped table in the earlier strip, and him opening the trouser press Lottie has given him now. Things have changed a lot for these three since then, and they all seem much happier now.
Lottie wanders into Glenn’s room on New Year’s Day to find him shamefacedly eating a six foot square panini.
Ooh! It’s time for breakfast and you’re giving me ideas there…
I note that each one of the last three pages has included something that could possibly lead to the house catching on fire- a different potential source on each page. It’s like the Fire Gods are trying their best to destroy their foes, but, so far, to no avail.
Claire’s brothers tossing her in the air also seems like something that could possibly lead to the house catching on fire. And before that, we had the flames of passion.
(And this page, as noted above, is in the Grote house, not the Littles’.)
I cannot decide whether I consider “Operation Biscuit Tin” cute or crude.