Boy oh boy

I've been too busy to find words recently, so big thanks to Esoteric Scribe for getting the party started on the latest strips. He will be played by Justin Long in PVPMMS: The Movie. I will be played by Wil Wheaton. Paul Southworth will be played by himself.

I'm so late to the party these days that all I can do is agree with commenters. It may seem like a redundant exercise, but, after wondering that myself, I've decided it's worth it to make sure they opinions make it to the front page.

1. New storyline. Yaaaaaaaaay*.

2. I thought the same thing about Scratch's eyes in panels 2 and 6 -- It took a second look to make sure they were actually different. It would have helped if they weren't in such close proximity.

3. I don't really know how much more work it is to double the length of the strip, but this one felt like it needed another row of panels. The transition from 3 to 4 doesn't work for me at all.

4. Scratch's crotch needs some color.

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* this is sarcasm.

That's all he can stands...or, yet another aborted arc

*sigh* Looks like we're jumping to a new storyline. 

Prior to  Tuesday's comic (We're all worried about Andy), Brent seemed like the type of nerd who didn't want to admit it in public, but was still comfortable about it around his friends. I guess Kurtz is trying to say that Brent is in denial about being a nerd, but then why would be be running a game? In my mind, here's how this could have been a full length arc:

Monday: Jade is angry at the boys for being nerdy with her while she's working. 

Tuesday: Brent declares himself as a non-nerd with some fringe interests.

Wednesday: Francis goads Brent into running a tabletop game of his own, somehow.

Thursday: The game, part 1.

Friday: Nerd Fight!

Monday: The game, part 2.

Tuesday: The game, part 3. 

Wednesday: Wrap-up, Brent admits he had fun after all.

Thursday: Brent waxing nostalgia, thoughts turn to skull. Which leads us right up to...

Friday: Today's strip.

There, a two week storyline that leads into what can easily be another two week (maybe more) storyline. But enough what could have been'ing, let's talk about today's strip.

Plotwise, there isn't much to say here. Scratch has apparently been glued to that window waiting for Skull to come back and now Kirby's words have kicked him into action? Eh, alright. I wonder if we're going to get a where in the world is Skull montage, with Scratch looking for his "papa". I mean, it's not like he has any idea where Skull actually is, right?

Artwise, the first two panels have Scratch shifting left or right but I didn't even notice until I read someone's comment in FSM's last post. Ditto Kirby's squashed snout in panel three. 

I'm glad we got a double sized strip today though, because the first four alone would've made for a terrible comic. Also, if anyone is curious, Scratch's last line is a quote from Tombstone. Or so google tells me.

My beard itches.

As a former D&D player (in junior high -- was never very good) and as an old-school Magic the Gathering player (well, I started playing during the Fallen Empires expansion. I guess you could call that the Silver Age of Magic), I like where this is going. I also hope we get a few more strips in this story.

I do agree with a commenter that it seems counter-intuitive that Francis is the purist here. I'm not saying it's bad, it just seems like an odd choice.

I see what people are saying about Francis' hair -- and it didn't bother me until someone mentioned it. It seems to be moving out of bedhead territory into something new and wonderful.

I miss Francis' old hair (the up-swept version).

Nerrrdddd fiiiggghhht

Hmm, no Brent today. Hopefully we'll see him tomorrow, since he's running the game. (Something that still kind of confuses me, but again, waiting to see where that goes.)

That said, I actually liked today's strip. "You're a tool!" made me chuckle. I wonder if this will be a storyline about 4th ed D&D and the edition gap between gamers.  One can hope, it's been awhile since we've had an arc that involved something nerdy.

Nerd fact of the day: My understanding is that power cards were pretty common in 2nd ed, mostly for spellcasters. And speaking from experience, whenever my friends and I were playing, anyone with a spellcaster usually had a notebook or something for their spells. It was just practical. 

Nitpick 1: Without "3x5", Cole's dialogue flows a bit better in the first panel. I don't think it's necessary to specify the size of the index card.

Nitpick 2 : 4th panel, there should be a comma between roleplaying and you. "We're still roleplaying, you dork." 

Woof.

This is all pretty hilarious.

Here is the sequence of events, as best I can tell:

1. I have not been posting much.

2. Scott K. went to PAX.

Both of us were quiet at the same time.

3. Scott wrote a tweet, which appeared to have been intended to be a Direct Message, meaning only one person was supposed to have seen it. In this tweet he joked that he was "FSM."

This was enough to get the ball rolling.

4. I followed up with my own tweet, "shit shit shit," pretending to be Kurtz, making a joke of it.

This sent some people over the edge, and they haven't recovered.

Sorry Scott - I think some people are mad at you, when they are actually mad at me.

OK OK OK

It's just jokes people. I don't know why SK twittered that, I'm sure he was just making a joke he thought would be private.

I am not Scott Kurtz. I am not Scott McCloud.

I am Batman.

(PS: There is no PVP Makes Me Sad movie in the works.)

Hello, tubes! (again!)

Hey all,

So FSM has just handed over one of the reins to me and given me blogging rights. If all goes according to plan, I'll be throwing my critiques up M-F, in a mirror schedule of PvP.

Here are my thoughts on today's comic 'Hide and Seek':

- I like the art shift between what's taking place in game and the cast sitting around the table.

- I wish this was in color (even just the first three panels).

- I *hope* Kurtz is doing a storyline about Brent and his nerdiness and tommorow's comic doesn't suddenly jump to a new topic entirely. I have some other comments, but I'll withold them for now to see where this is going.