Given the title of the strip it doesn’t bode well for Aric’s future unless you are planning to have one titled ‘the other time Aric is right’ or ‘look the boy is on a roll’
Actually I don’t think the title says much about what’s going to happen later. It’s more like… so far this is the one Aric got something right. Just relax and try not to predict stuff. It’s better that way.
I read a short story that was similar to this. A fellow had an accident with a magical trap and ended up in (what turned out to be) the land of dreams. On that side, it was a featureless expanse (yeah yeah, that wasn’t the similarity) with similarly trapped normal folk slowly being turned insubstantial, and already-insubstantial locals who didn’t like the strangers’ “density” and lived like traveling gypsy entertainers, putting on shows and plays that were seen by dreamers as dreams and nightmares.
There was also something about the “becoming ethereal” instinctively having to be in groups of four, weird rules about symmetry, and much better storytelling than I can do, but I’m already getting wordy so let’s leave it at that.
Oh, good comic, as usual, can’t wait to see what happens next.
April 30th, 2009 at 12:41 am
Oof. The focus of attention. :)
I wonder how capable they are of physical interaction.
April 30th, 2009 at 1:01 am
Given the title of the strip it doesn’t bode well for Aric’s future unless you are planning to have one titled ‘the other time Aric is right’ or ‘look the boy is on a roll’
April 30th, 2009 at 6:43 am
Actually I don’t think the title says much about what’s going to happen later. It’s more like… so far this is the one Aric got something right. Just relax and try not to predict stuff. It’s better that way.
April 30th, 2009 at 6:50 am
Is it just me, or are the locals kinda racist? Like against people of substance?
April 30th, 2009 at 7:15 am
WeeGobs, I’m keeping those in mind.
April 30th, 2009 at 9:57 am
Wow. That’s kind of strange. So I wonder what it will be like when one of the townspeople becomes of great importance.
April 30th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
I read a short story that was similar to this. A fellow had an accident with a magical trap and ended up in (what turned out to be) the land of dreams. On that side, it was a featureless expanse (yeah yeah, that wasn’t the similarity) with similarly trapped normal folk slowly being turned insubstantial, and already-insubstantial locals who didn’t like the strangers’ “density” and lived like traveling gypsy entertainers, putting on shows and plays that were seen by dreamers as dreams and nightmares.
There was also something about the “becoming ethereal” instinctively having to be in groups of four, weird rules about symmetry, and much better storytelling than I can do, but I’m already getting wordy so let’s leave it at that.
Oh, good comic, as usual, can’t wait to see what happens next.
May 2nd, 2009 at 2:01 am
@Lemmo you’re welcome. I am naturally gifted with hindsight glib comments ;) And if you ever need random Scots dialect, I’m yer mannie.
May 2nd, 2009 at 10:44 am
the title reminds me of Friends titles like :The One Where Ross Eats Carrots. i dunno, accident or just clever reasoning??
May 2nd, 2009 at 11:07 am
Just trying to keep the strip names from getting stale.
May 5th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
well it’s all cool
May 8th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
The last guy’s comment and facial expression is gold.
August 6th, 2009 at 5:51 am
Correlates inversely, not directly.