Apart from Elan and his Dad’s story following the diagonal, not that I can see.
You should read it column by column. Not row by row. Then it will make more sense.
The fact that Haley and V, of all people, are taking risks with no possibility of reward says a lot about their growth as characters.
Does anyone know exactly what Durkon is doing, or trying to do?
Researching a spell, I think. Looks like it was set up in this comic. Probably something to do with finding the gate, but I’m not sure if it’s been specified yet.
The suggestion on the OOTS forum is that he’s researching a Mass Negative Energy Protection spell, something first mentioned way back in #672. It makes sense that he’d find Malak useful for helping with that since he’s the priest of a Death God.
That is one hell of a montage. Love the ‘time-table’ format!
Like I said, I got that. What I’m wondering is if there is some pattern to the up and down placement of the panels. Durkon, for example, goes from the fourth panel to the second panel to the first panel to the fourth panel to the first panel to the second panel. Does that mean something or is it just random placement?
Look across the top – it gives a timetable by showing the passage of the sun throughout the day.
ETA: Never mind, that part is understood. I don’t think there’s much to be read into the placement of a particular panel’s place in a column.
Now that Y’all have shown me how to read it right, not only does it make more sense, but I see how cool Rich’s “Sun-as-timeline” really is.
I don’t think there was any reason for the format other than Rich needed bigger panels for some items than others. It looks pretty, IOW.
Shoot, I read it carefully last night trying to pick up all the details so I wouldn’t read this thread and go :smack: ‘Hey! How did I miss that?!’ like I usually do and I STILL managed to miss the sun-as-timeline at the top. However, on rereading and :smack:-ing this morning, I did catch both the comedy of the interaction between Mr. Scruffy and Blackwing (which makes way more sense if you look at it in the proper order) and, more subtly, the one panel featuring Roy. He looks thoughtful while listening to the older prisoner; the one we’ve noticed resembles an older version of Haley’s father. Hmmm.
I wonder if the title of the strip is a meta comment on the slow rate of releases lately. By my count there’s been 4 strips put out since the beginning of Sept., including this one.
I’m trying to figure out if there is one group of slaves or more. To see how close Vs estimate was.
Yeah. Good thing Elan didn’t see one, or he would have gone screaming to Roy (or Haley, Durkon or V) that Xykon was there.
It looks like his dad was also having fun, and not just humoring Elan.
Of course, since Elan is trying to think these days, and he’s basically Good, this only means that he’s going to hurt, a lot, when he finally acknowledges that yes, his old man is irredeemably evil.
By the way, I didn’t want to bump this thread before the new one came out, but I figured out the answer to my question in 1173 (why Haley in bed looked so naked): Usually, when we see her, she’s wearing some degree of support. In bed, though, she isn’t, and as a result, the curve of her breasts is subtly different. And I think it’s a huge testament to Rich’s skill that he was able to pull that off.
FTR: I’m calling that Tarquin is lying through his teeth about him and Elan’s mom.
Eh, I’m not going with him lying – I’ll bet he’s telling the truth from his point of view, but leaving out something vitally important. What did he do or reveal about himself that was so horrifying that Elan’s sweet if given to needlessly complex planning mother threw him out and even cut herself off from one son in order to give Elan a chance to grow up without his father’s influence?
I’m with shantih on this one. I’m betting that everything Tarquin said in this strip is completely true.