So, no computers, but he’s just come up with a brilliant idea for a new kind of smart phone, only without the phone part, and with a much bigger screen, and it has a keyboard and it’s too big to fit in your pocket so sits on your desk?
Nah, they’ll just put the new tents up on top of the old tents. It’ll just be tents all the way down. (And somewhere in those layers of tents is Mr. Cheeseman. No one’s really missed him these past three years. He just travels from tent to tent now, like a peculiar Dr. Sam Becket.)
Actually, that’s not where the “hench” in “henchman” comes from. It comes from Anglo-Saxon “hengest”, meaning “horse”. The henchman originally took care of his master’s horse.
Not that John was ever a slouch in the colouring department, but the last two series have been truly phwoar-worthy, er, chromatically. The fog-as-negative-space here is brilliant. Also pretty.
Upon my seeing that fog in the first panel, three burly men had to be called to prevent me from snapping my stylus in twain as I howled my abandonment of cartooning to the skies.
Does the Amstrad brand in that universe even make computers at all?
Maybe they just make leggings.
At a minimum, we know they make leggings, DVT socks, pantyhose, coffee mugs, and head massagers: https://steeple.church/comic/hey-sexy/
I think Sir Alan Sugar in the Scary Go Round Cinematic Universe is quite a different character… a bit like Paul F Tompkins’ Andrew Lloyd Webber…
So, no computers, but he’s just come up with a brilliant idea for a new kind of smart phone, only without the phone part, and with a much bigger screen, and it has a keyboard and it’s too big to fit in your pocket so sits on your desk?
“The Next Day” on the tent.
Later on they’ll take it down and put up the ‘Meanwhile…’ tent.
Fairly sure it unfolds with several flaps as the story progresses, so:
The Next Day
Meanwhile…
That Evening
Darkest Night
Nah, they’ll just put the new tents up on top of the old tents. It’ll just be tents all the way down. (And somewhere in those layers of tents is Mr. Cheeseman. No one’s really missed him these past three years. He just travels from tent to tent now, like a peculiar Dr. Sam Becket.)
Both extraordinary and charming actresses♡. But they still have to meet the clowns. You can’t deceive them… I can’t wait!!
All the best circuses use “The Next Day” (r) brand tents! (At least, they use them when it’s actually the next day.)
Gotta admit I had to look up both “coconut shy” and “phwoar.”
Roll or bowl a ball, a penny a pitch!
Ha! I finally get that song!
I think…
Also “hench”, which I’ve never seen separate from “-men” before. So, it’s a compliment, a nod to their strength…
Actually, that’s not where the “hench” in “henchman” comes from. It comes from Anglo-Saxon “hengest”, meaning “horse”. The henchman originally took care of his master’s horse.
Looks like the ladies are atttracting the desired attention.
I’m not sure their ensembles fit the dress code for Naifs and Ingenues.
Well, Lottie already wore her black minidress and purple tights (with the Louboutin knockoff shoes) last night, so…
I STILL wish she’d bring back the cape. I know she only wore it in one story, but I can dream, damn it!
Little Claire has a cape now, if it helps.
Behold the triumphant return of the puffer jacket!
Not that John was ever a slouch in the colouring department, but the last two series have been truly phwoar-worthy, er, chromatically. The fog-as-negative-space here is brilliant. Also pretty.
Those boys look “well fit” though. Did I British?
Peng, innit
I’m told that’s a very nice place.
A nice change from Brentford.
mmm, the carny workers may have more experience stringing alone potential targets then you two “naifs”
That first panel! Breathtaking! Ooof!
Upon my seeing that fog in the first panel, three burly men had to be called to prevent me from snapping my stylus in twain as I howled my abandonment of cartooning to the skies.
Oh no Rob, that won’t do, I will redact the panel.