Comments on: Shadow Shadow

By: seananners

seananners — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 00:42:55 +0000

-stares diligintly at the mysterious shade-

By: switch

switch — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 03:27:37 +0000

That’s either a female Unsettler or an Unsettler with a machete. I’m hoping for the former, as the latter would tragically end this series. Lemmo’s hair seems to be getting longer too. I wonder if that’s a side effect of hand-juice?

By: murdur

murdur — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 04:46:22 +0000

I never realized until this comic that it looks like Lemmo has an antler with that hair.

By: Renee

Renee — Sat, 30 May 2009 16:39:27 +0000

For a moment, I thought that was a smudge on my computer’s screen. Then I took a closer look. Maybe I should put my glasses on, eh?

Well said, Foxmouse. ^_^

By: Foxmouse

Foxmouse — Fri, 29 May 2009 09:33:54 +0000

Lemmo doesn’t need an audience. Lemmo IS the audience.

Why else would he be talking to himself?

By: Arantor

Arantor — Fri, 29 May 2009 08:23:17 +0000

Well, when I transcribed them for WordOwl, I called them ‘hazy people’ until I knew any different. Then again I didn’t use ‘Chip the biscuitd00d’ for the cookie, I just used ‘Cookie’.

I like ‘Shadows’ and ‘Unsettlers’. My feeling is the former.

By: macksting

macksting — Fri, 29 May 2009 04:25:53 +0000

them1me1you: I’m intrigued by the suggestion. Would you care to expound on the reasoning?
Looking at the title of today’s comic, I can also nominate Shadow for the list.

By: stubbsgun

stubbsgun — Fri, 29 May 2009 03:13:53 +0000

A Female character maybe??

By: speearr

speearr — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:42:34 +0000

More smoke!

By: them1me1you

them1me1you — Thu, 28 May 2009 23:37:46 +0000

it sounds cooler

By: them1me1you

them1me1you — Thu, 28 May 2009 23:37:01 +0000

instead of unsettlers they should be called, the “Adumbrates”

By: EndlessAlibi

EndlessAlibi — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:13:03 +0000

It would be pretty cool if this “world” requires an Aric and Lemmo. Because Lemmo was calling himself “Aric” perhaps the shadow is another Lemmo.

By: Ziggy Stardust

Ziggy Stardust — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:54:17 +0000

@macksting’s second post: Didn’t Pericles say to stand out in any way was shameful? By the laws of the settlement, Pericles would be an outcast and stripped of any rank he might have had, I think, if he solidified.
But if to stand out was faux pas, then they wouldn’t have any rank! Strange…

By: Ziggy Stardust

Ziggy Stardust — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:51:28 +0000

Ha, I love Lemmo’s Aric-style glasses. Such a comedian.

By: Hades

Hades — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:35:37 +0000

I think Jackson has a very good point in that.

By: Ray

Ray — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:04:50 +0000

Well well, Lemmo has a “Tee hee” laugh. Whaddaya know? Certainly Lemmo doesn’t know that he DOES have an audience. Perhaps because he wants an audience, it’s manifesting, hence how faded it is.

By: Jackson

Jackson — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:57:20 +0000

I just realized: anything that hasn’t already been named in this comic…

…invites the reader to name it.

My vote is also for “Unsettlers” for the shadowy people. If we all arrive at a concensus, we can form a community based on the establishment of linguistic norms. And, this being the internet, our community need not require pants.

By: L000bug

L000bug — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:12:27 +0000

By: Megan

Megan — Thu, 28 May 2009 12:35:06 +0000

Unsettlers is a good one… in my opinion.

On a side note =P I love how you did the ‘glasses’ gesture and all the others =P I love it when comics include the hands actually DOING stuff hehe. (almost as much as I like hand-juice ;) )

By: McFlury

McFlury — Thu, 28 May 2009 09:21:05 +0000

The shade looks like a woman to me, seems to be wearing a dress. Perhaps Lemmo will indeed name her, making sure there is a woman running around as well as two guys… Perhaps they’ll fall in love and will fight for this woman now.

As an answer to macksting’s first post: I’d call them unsettlers.

By: macksting

macksting — Thu, 28 May 2009 08:07:24 +0000

Commented on comic Antagonistic Behavior, wherein Aric compells Lemmo to leave the Unsettlement. Final panel, Pericles Van Mudgett is either being set upon by the Faded Folk, or is whining, or is directing them. As he was the one who emerged from the fog to give orders, we may choose to intuit he is/was a town leader, adding weight (however tenuous) to the idea he is in fact directing in that final panel.
Is he directing (hypothetically!) his fellows to pursue? If so, could this manifestation in fact be an agent of Pericles Van Mudgett?

By: macksting

macksting — Thu, 28 May 2009 08:04:21 +0000

It’s got to be one of those formless nameless folk. Wonder what’s the deal with that, and whether Lemmo will name it.
If it has a name but has assimilated names into itself and transcended them, it might be immune to naming. If it has no name, Lemmo may still have developed a little restraint if he thinks he might gain a friend. If it -wants- a name, we may have another (albeit strange) character.

Say, do we have a community term for the nameless folks? I’m happy enough calling Aric’s new friend Chip the Biscuitd00d, and it seems somebody else around here came up with Matryoshka bugs to describe the bug pilots.
I’m not finding a canon term for these faded folk. Names which immediately suggest themselves to me are as follows.
Smoky wisps: our first impressions used these terms
Unsettlers: title of first appearance
Mqavs (or Makvs): title of first relevant comic
Van Mudgetts: first of them to be named
I don’t like Faded Folk; it was my working title above, but I’m not sure they’re faded as that implies a period of prior clarity, something we can’t yet assume in my opinion.

By: Sillytwist

Sillytwist — Thu, 28 May 2009 07:20:02 +0000

Spooky shadow.

By: Arantor

Arantor — Thu, 28 May 2009 07:04:58 +0000

Hell yeah I called that one.