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Zillatain
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Post Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 11:08 pm |
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It's Wednesday.... What? Were you expecting something else? ... Well, I guess you can have this thing below as well. ---- Vote for Sluggy Freelance at Top Web Comics. Remember to vote every day, or not, whatever.
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Durandal_1707
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Post Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2021 12:24 am |
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Is it just me, or does she look about 15 years older than she did a few strips ago?
edit: nm, just went back and noticed the captions - it's a skip. Of exactly 15 years, in fact. I promise I didn't do that on purpose!
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Lord Golbez
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Post Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2021 12:34 am |
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Oh man. The "look out morons" punchline paired with the deep cuts. So much to love about this strip.
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Dodger77
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Post Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2021 1:43 am |
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Agreed the punchline is simple but quite effective. (Isn't the word scrying, not scying? Or am I the one making up words now?)
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Silverwalker
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Post Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2021 2:19 am |
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The name of the Book of Eville explained! This is a joyous occasion.
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GUIGUI
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Post Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2021 4:08 am |
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Durandal_1707 wrote: Is it just me, or does she look about 15 years older than she did a few strips ago?
edit: nm, just went back and noticed the captions - it's a skip. Of exactly 15 years, in fact. I promise I didn't do that on purpose! Also, it's noticeable Quint has been balding.
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Wrock
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Post Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2021 5:06 am |
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Silverwalker wrote: The name of the Book of Eville explained! This is a joyous occasion. I rather liked the joke from years ago that it was from the same publisher as the Book of Gud, and the Book of the Ugh-lee.
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StatisticMan
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Post Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2021 5:12 am |
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Silverwalker wrote: The name of the Book of Eville explained! This is a joyous occasion. The name and the origin. I was thinking until now, that we were shown how the book of Güd was created!
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StatisticMan
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Post Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2021 5:17 am |
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Wrock wrote: Silverwalker wrote: The name of the Book of Eville explained! This is a joyous occasion. I rather liked the joke from years ago that it was from the same publisher as the Book of Gud, and the Book of the Ugh-lee. No, the publisher of the book of Güd was also the publisher of the Book of Bahd and the Book of Uhglee... Quint is obviously the author of the book of Eville. https://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?ch ... 1999-07-31
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Biscuit
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Post Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2021 6:43 am |
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The question we should all be asking is ...
HOW LONG has Pete been planning for the dread Book of E-Ville to turn out to be full of dime-store joke spells and misnamed by a loner Etruscan wizard??
The link to the 'love potion' story line is from TWENTY YEARS AGO ...
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Noims
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I pretty much never post here, but I had to say bravo for that punchline. I'm still giggling at it an hour after reading it and I have no idea why. I suspect I'll be using it in real life for years to come, even if no one understands what I'm talking about.
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tube_rat
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Quint may be making words up but it sounds like he's going for milli vanilli. A book of sing-a-longs? Lol
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habilain
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Post Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2021 8:22 am |
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As mentioned in brackets previously, but probably needs highlighting specifically: for divination magic, it's "Scrying" not "Scying" - a typo so good, it was repeated twice.
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Spirantz
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Post Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2021 1:02 am |
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I just spotted the shape of the dagger. Looks a bit like a certain special dagger from the archives, but I can't (am too lazy) to find a ref.
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Rombobjörn
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Post Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2021 5:46 pm |
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Is the Latin title not "Libermalum"? Is "Libermalum" a product of misinterpreting bad Latin as English and then translating that into Latin? Dodger77 wrote: Isn't the word scrying, not scying? habilain wrote: As mentioned in brackets previously, but probably needs highlighting specifically: for divination magic, it's "Scrying" not "Scying" - a typo so good, it was repeated twice. Thanks! I tried to look up "scying" and found nothing better than an armhole. GUIGUI wrote: Durandal_1707 wrote: Is it just me, or does she look about 15 years older than she did a few strips ago?
edit: nm, just went back and noticed the captions - it's a skip. Of exactly 15 years, in fact. I promise I didn't do that on purpose! Also, it's noticeable Quint has been balding. He's even balder now than he was in Rome, so this must be several years later again.
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