Comments on: In the Wake

By: MBizzle

MBizzle — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:53:08 +0000

@Gram That’s probably the best you’ll get, though I’d capitalize the first letter of each quoted question.

Not “Where did that road come from?” or “Was that a jet?” but “How long have you been following me?”

By: them1me1you

them1me1you — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:21:47 +0000

I appreciate the use of my name “adumbrates”

By: macksting

macksting — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:05:57 +0000

I’ll file it away as an untested hypothesis.

By: Sqverl

Sqverl — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:53:10 +0000

It may sound strange, but in my opinion Misty is actually Aric… I mean, everything that disappears has something to replace it… And I don’t see Aric for 4 strips already… after the cookie monster ate him… so… My theory is that cookie monster collects everything, that is material in this universe… the problem is… where do all the new things come from then… With everything said, i came to a conclusion… This universe is cookie monsters stomach… Which sounds crazy, but i’m a programmer, so i like recursion…

By: macksting

macksting — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:47:32 +0000

Ray: I’m inclined to disagree with this interpretation of the comics so far. I suspect, insofar as we can trace her to anything but the whimsy of the authors, that her origins are the same as those of all the Unsettlers (or Adumbrates, as another here put it), which would place it near the Shovel Beam. However, I cannot speak as an authority on this matter.

By: Ziggy Stardust

Ziggy Stardust — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:42:44 +0000

I am curious what this conversation will reveal, whether it will finally answer some nagging questions or if it will merely raise more. Whatever happens, I’m sure it’ll be a laugh!
I hope Lemmo puts his hat on, it’s weirding me out seeing him without it. I also hope that girl calms down- she looks a bit wild and in need of comforting.

By: Megan

Megan — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:56:39 +0000

my coworker asked me about “lame-o’s” hair before I had a chance to read the strip. I socked him on the arm (with a fox) and told him it’s “LEMmo” and that sadly I had not witnessed the awesomeness that is his hair.

By: Ray

Ray — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:37:09 +0000

@MackSting: My theorey is just one that I got from reading the comments: She came into existance out of Lemmo’s desire for an audience.

By: Gram

Gram — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:42:51 +0000

Not ‘where did that road come from?’ or ‘was that a jet?’ but ‘how long have you been following me?’

MBizzle, how would one correctly punctuate the above sentence fragment?

By: boring7

boring7 — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:59:56 +0000

Robotsrobotsrobots

By: joebobs0n

joebobs0n — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:45:38 +0000

no i don’t think the jet would be flown by another smaller jet with a personality… do you forget what place we’re in? nothing makes sense. so perhaps they’re not flown at all :O

By: Jet

Jet — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:32:41 +0000

I’m pretty sure Misty is just staring out after the ‘jet’ (since she’s looking at it in the 2nd last panel). I would too if something just flew through me.

Incidentally, since the bugs were piloted by bugs, wouldn’t the jet be piloted by a sentient jet inside of another jet?

By: Lemmo

Lemmo — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:56:11 +0000

I’ve said it before but it bears repeating, we’re not going to break the fourth wall in this comic, I personally believe it would invalidate the story.

By: TheBananaFish

TheBananaFish — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:56:52 +0000

Misty (if hat is indeed what we’re calling her) seems quite shaken by this recent event. Well, I would be too, if a jet took off through my body, but it seems as if she either didn’t expect it or didn’t expect Lemmo to take it in such stride. Either way, she appears to be unfamiliar with the sponteneity of this universe. That’s my interpretation anyway. It could just be a breaking of the fourth wall (as she is looking at “us”) with comedic intent.

And joebobs0n, you’d actually find two bugs. One really rude insect pilotting another slightly less rude (or simply less talkative) insect. And maybe duplicates of each, as the “fly” split in half, and in one of the previous strips the jet did appear to have two distinct pods.

By: macksting

macksting — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:46:52 +0000

What’s your theory, Ray?

By: Ray

Ray — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:46:24 +0000

What I’m wondering is HOW could she have been following him? If I’m correct, she only came into existence just recently.

By: joebobs0n

joebobs0n — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:36:54 +0000

ya know, if you cut that “jet” in half, you’d probably find a really rude insect pilot :P

By: macksting

macksting — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:06:43 +0000

Oi: Yeah, I noticed the hat fell off.
As to the googly eyed chick, I reckon we’ve been calling her Misty for now. She’s been about for a few comics, and her origin (for our purposes) is near the shovel beam.

By: OI!

OI! — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:57:52 +0000

HIS HAT FELL OFF OH NO!!!!!…… and those three point are extremely pointy and the boogly eyed chick poofed from….. a Jet engine, or at least i hope its an airplane…

By: Foxmouse

Foxmouse — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:53:46 +0000

Anyone else unsettled by Lemmo’s hair? A jet just took off and those three clumps are still pointy. What’s keeping them in place, super glue? That’s some awesome lift.