April 16th, 2014
16 Apr 2014 · page 353 of 1306
I'd missed drawing Mal, even if he's in his awful hair phase.
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Cast: Dominik Voss, Jack O'Malley
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That's quite impressive he got that considering the German word for "loaf" is a homophone of a German word for "body" =P
Mal might only know ten or twenty words of German. Perhaps he's too ignorant to be confused by homophones!
And, considering that he already knows the words for "food," "eat," and "loaf," we can probably safely conclude that of what little German Mal knows, a good bit of it is probably dealing with food and the eating of it.
The first three phrases in the local language you MUST learn in any country: "Where is food?" "Where is the bathroom?" and "How much does it cost?"
Aside from capitalization, there's actually no difference between "food" and "eating" in German, so he doesn't even know that many.
Wolfe, sticking to his morals as always...
["We don't execute people for being hungry!"]
A surprisingly enlightened view for 1830's Europe...
Welcome to the world of Widdershins.
Preface: I upvoted you, because I agree.
On the other hand, if you feed everyone as much as they need, even just as much as they need, in an environment like this, you can easily execute EVERYONE by ... you know ... running out.
It's hard to discuss, because it seems so cold to consider practicality over what would seem most moral but YOUR systems don't stop requiring food when OTHERS' do.
True enough. Hence the origin of the old saying about the difference between providing for someone and teaching them to provide for themselves. Which, I'm sure, is what Loewe is all about.
They're not royalty. They're the ones who are hungry, as well.
That hasn't stopped the rest of the mob from shouting that he should be hanged...
Mob mentality is common even today
That's not the point. The point is that not going along with hanging a thief would have been rather out of place in the 1830s.
Not at all. In England or the Virginian recently-ex-Colonies, perhaps, but in continental Europe, we had laws. And the law said that for petty theft, you got a good, long term in the pokey, not a short, sharp drop.
Yeah, because a mob really cares about laws...
Yes, but even in our history, this is the era of the first true "people's" rebellions - not that the proto-socialists couldn't be violent and murderous in their prosecution of "justice", but the idea of socioeconomic justice was definitely gaining traction.
So not a lion but a lioness. She even looks rather feline.
Just so long as she doesn't claw the upholstery...
Has anybody else noticed how much Mal looks like Komi in the middle panel?
It's the long hair.
..also the terror.
I suspect that Wolfe's military career is about to come to an abrupt end.
The wolf and the lion. This is now a furry comic. :p
And Voss means "fox"...
On a side note: In german there is no word similar to "Sir". Maybe "Herr" but thats mainly used in a way of Lord or MyLord (today mostly like the english "Mister") In the german military of today (and afaik also in the past) the full rank is/was used to adress an officer.
Also they use all titles and ranks, i.e., Herr Freiherr Doktor Oberst.
I like her already. And I'm happy to see that there were so far no complaints about the historical accuracy of the leader being a woman. :D
That's a new one. Most folks around here insist that new lady characters must be Barbers.
Ms. Fairbairn is a long lost barber cousin/aunt though.
Mal seems to spend a lot of time with people wanting to hang him.
They're forgetting standard procedure for bread thieves, which is obviously an absurd amount of prison time, say 5 years? If he tries to escape we can make it 19.
I like loaf! ...Poor Mal.
twirling hair around my finger so...is she single?