Now that I’m near the top of the comments list, where people can see me before growing tired of all the comments and quickly scrolling down to the bottom of the page to post their own comment, might I point out that the FORUM is a rather desolate place right now?
@Shadows, See, you plant the shovel, wait three days, and a shovel tree grows. Then you can pluck the Golden Shovel. Of course, you’ll need another shovel to dig the hole in the first place.
EPICS! Pericles Van Mudgett returns awesomely! and refrences to being in your shoes, even though Aric doesnt have any… so i guess hes only referring to Lemmo
jw- do you think they ever have to go to the restroom, eat, stay hydrated, and other basic needs or are they too defying the basic logical whatchamacallit (O_O that was on auto word thing!?!?? ps- I have the app)
no way, Pericles is only an underling brought to power by the cookies and fueled by revenge.
Pericles is a rival of sorts, but hes only 1 piece in this chess game.
Well honestly, most of the twists in this comic were completely unpredictable anyway, this has been the only predictable twist and even then it’s a good one.
@OJ: while I don’t think they have ever slept, aye, or went to the bathroom since they got there they DID drink the Handjuice, I think that counts as staying hydrated.
Pericles has betrayed his homeland, destroyed the homes of his people, stolen the shovel of power and given it to the villainous King Ginger in order to exact revenge upon Lemmo for naming him and thus making him solid.
He even had the proper villian etiquette to rise up from below a trap door, wreathed in a sinister fog.
Since things are gearing up for an epic final battle of epicness, I anticipate an anticlimax or scene change in short order.
Anybody else asking where King Ginger is in this whole mess? that was his throne right there, he shouldve been leading the attack at least, i wonder where he is.
OOH! i looked through the comics, and found that tragedy befell hamlet before Pericles was introduced to the cookies. and that King Ginger said he needed the important component AFTER the unsettlers declared the tragedy.
in order: tragedy-need component-Pericles
so that stomps a couple of theories…
@Anony: Technically, Pericles could have been helping the cookies sooner. The cookie could be consoling him when Pericles is having second thoughts about what he had done.
It is also possible that van Mudgett was helping the cookies when the tragedy first befell the hamlet if King Ginger either was not informed yet or wanted a backup plan in case Pericles proved unsuccessful or untrustworthy.
In other news, I want a golden-shovel tree now. All who oppose me will be whacked over the head with my gilt entrenching tool of goldenness. MmwAhahahahahaHAaaaa!
April 12th, 2010 at 1:57 am
It’s hard to be dramatic when your name is “Van Mudgett”
…and talking to a guy without pants.
April 12th, 2010 at 2:30 am
TOTALLY (semi) FREAKIN CALLED IT! And at 6:15 yesterday. :D
But anyhow first actual “bad guy” on The Canvas I think. Coo.
April 12th, 2010 at 3:08 am
“Can we go back and try that again?”
“For dramatic appeal?”
“Well?”
“No.”
April 12th, 2010 at 3:08 am
So we meet again, Pericles Van Mudgett… *snickers* (How can anyone say his name with a straight face?)
April 12th, 2010 at 3:11 am
Now that I’m near the top of the comments list, where people can see me before growing tired of all the comments and quickly scrolling down to the bottom of the page to post their own comment, might I point out that the FORUM is a rather desolate place right now?
April 12th, 2010 at 6:30 am
So, who’s in Aric’s shoes? He hasn’t worn them in a while. http://blankitcomics.com/2008/07/28/new-york-style/
April 12th, 2010 at 7:31 am
Why is the shovel golden? Has it become unending power source that everyone is after? Maybe the Penguins and Bugs will get involved soon.
April 12th, 2010 at 8:08 am
@Shadows, See, you plant the shovel, wait three days, and a shovel tree grows. Then you can pluck the Golden Shovel. Of course, you’ll need another shovel to dig the hole in the first place.
April 12th, 2010 at 8:13 am
(shrieks like a little girl) I mean ahem (manly voice) he will pay for what he’s done. sptt what has he done again i forgot.
April 12th, 2010 at 9:07 am
Don’t forget to throw in an evil “mwa-ha-ha,”Pericles!
April 12th, 2010 at 9:26 am
Ooooh! The shovel is *shiney*…
and apparenly Pericles has learned how to travel in mist form, at least partially.
I wonder what van Mudgett’s master plan could entail. To the FORUMS!
April 12th, 2010 at 10:15 am
Oh noes! Pericles Van Mudgett is back for REVENGE!!!!!
April 12th, 2010 at 11:41 am
Quick! Ignore him so he becomes unimportant and turns into mist again!
April 12th, 2010 at 12:27 pm
Unname him so he can’t do anything!
April 12th, 2010 at 1:22 pm
Excellent… comic. Sorry – just trying it out myself!
April 12th, 2010 at 2:10 pm
I don’t think he was traveling by mist, I think he just came up from a trap door in the floor. That’s where the shaaaa comes in.
April 12th, 2010 at 2:49 pm
Is it just me or does he look… older?
April 12th, 2010 at 2:51 pm
Go Lemmo! :D That was great :D and pantsless Aric has to show his potential now! :D This is fun…
April 12th, 2010 at 3:47 pm
@Lemmo: Was that an animal crossing reference?
Gotta love dramatic timing.
Too bad it doesn’t work out too well on comics.
Good try though!
Yoshi out!
April 12th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
@Lemmo: I love that game!!
April 12th, 2010 at 4:28 pm
Those with wierd names will kill us all
April 12th, 2010 at 6:26 pm
EPICS! Pericles Van Mudgett returns awesomely! and refrences to being in your shoes, even though Aric doesnt have any… so i guess hes only referring to Lemmo
April 12th, 2010 at 6:28 pm
and, ahem… um… whats with the fog cloud? is he unsettling? does he have unsettler super powers? is he unsettling? idk…
April 12th, 2010 at 6:29 pm
i said unsettling twice… dangit
April 12th, 2010 at 7:44 pm
jw- do you think they ever have to go to the restroom, eat, stay hydrated, and other basic needs or are they too defying the basic logical whatchamacallit (O_O that was on auto word thing!?!?? ps- I have the app)
April 12th, 2010 at 7:47 pm
and I never would have guessed… .. …… …………….. ………………… .
April 12th, 2010 at 8:27 pm
Huh. So I guess Pericles is gonna be a/the villain of this comic, then?
April 12th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
no way, Pericles is only an underling brought to power by the cookies and fueled by revenge.
Pericles is a rival of sorts, but hes only 1 piece in this chess game.
April 12th, 2010 at 8:48 pm
$10 says he was hired by the cookies to overthrow king ginger
April 12th, 2010 at 9:28 pm
Been reading this from the app. Just decided to comment.
You really defined the characters well. I can imagine nearly all the character’s voices perfectly except Aric. I’m still working on his.
This is my favourite frequently updated webcomic next to Cuanta Vida.
:D
April 12th, 2010 at 9:55 pm
you havent gotten aric yet? he was the only one of the first comic, how could you not?
April 12th, 2010 at 10:15 pm
Well, I think it is safe to say that this was the least surprising twist in the entire comic…
April 13th, 2010 at 5:56 am
@Marshmallow
Well honestly, most of the twists in this comic were completely unpredictable anyway, this has been the only predictable twist and even then it’s a good one.
April 13th, 2010 at 8:07 am
@OJ: while I don’t think they have ever slept, aye, or went to the bathroom since they got there they DID drink the Handjuice, I think that counts as staying hydrated.
April 13th, 2010 at 9:51 am
omg it’s a nemesis plot! ;_;
April 13th, 2010 at 3:52 pm
Yay Pericles Van Mudgett is back, Let the epicness Continue. Wonder what ties Pericles has to the cookies?
April 13th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
@Sillytwist
Pericles has betrayed his homeland, destroyed the homes of his people, stolen the shovel of power and given it to the villainous King Ginger in order to exact revenge upon Lemmo for naming him and thus making him solid.
He even had the proper villian etiquette to rise up from below a trap door, wreathed in a sinister fog.
Since things are gearing up for an epic final battle of epicness, I anticipate an anticlimax or scene change in short order.
April 13th, 2010 at 5:58 pm
Im going to guess what happens next- either a duel or the palace is going to colapse first
April 13th, 2010 at 6:05 pm
Anybody else asking where King Ginger is in this whole mess? that was his throne right there, he shouldve been leading the attack at least, i wonder where he is.
April 13th, 2010 at 7:21 pm
OOH! i looked through the comics, and found that tragedy befell hamlet before Pericles was introduced to the cookies. and that King Ginger said he needed the important component AFTER the unsettlers declared the tragedy.
in order: tragedy-need component-Pericles
so that stomps a couple of theories…
April 14th, 2010 at 10:03 am
So glad that the giant robot battle part is over. I mean, I love this comic, but that just dragged on.
Now I’m looking forward to seeing where this twist goes.
April 14th, 2010 at 12:16 pm
@boring7
Thanks for clearing that up for me.
April 14th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
@Anony: Technically, Pericles could have been helping the cookies sooner. The cookie could be consoling him when Pericles is having second thoughts about what he had done.
It is also possible that van Mudgett was helping the cookies when the tragedy first befell the hamlet if King Ginger either was not informed yet or wanted a backup plan in case Pericles proved unsuccessful or untrustworthy.
In other news, I want a golden-shovel tree now. All who oppose me will be whacked over the head with my gilt entrenching tool of goldenness. MmwAhahahahahaHAaaaa!
April 14th, 2010 at 2:34 pm
I shall oppose you!! I will plant hose-herbs and ax-shrubs to combat your shovel trees! and if i must, saw-bushes!
April 14th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
we might need to look into fertilizer-flowers…
April 14th, 2010 at 7:47 pm
i really want to dress up as Pericles Van Mudgett for haloween…
April 15th, 2010 at 7:05 pm
@Jonathon David
“I shall oppose you!! I will plant hose-herbs and ax-shrubs to combat your shovel trees! and if i must, saw-bushes!
…
we might need to look into fertilizer-flowers…”
I love you. You’re awesome. XD