April 21st, 2020
21 Apr 2020 · page 980 of 1306
Cast: Benjamin Thackerey, Eliza Swift, Gren
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Gren, panel 5: How dare you DOUBT my EXPERTISE.
:Five seconds later:
...Harrumph. Indeed. But I am sure that you misspoke and meant to say TWO sausages, madam.
Either that or Gren's not a fan of cheap tobacco.
"Embrace the healing power of 'and'."
Sausage, my hairy arse. Steak, human.
Mal....thank you for smoking
And littering
Good Heavens! They're spending the night out on the moor?! Together?! Without a chaperone?! This will ruin Mr Thackerey's reputation.
As for Eliza, all I can think of is Professor Plum's line from Clue (if you'll forgive the paraphrasing): "You don't know what kind of people I work with. I might go up in their estimation."
I mean, Sharpe's at the very least, right?
what reputation
a stick in the mud
"I counsel you by way of caution to forbear from crossing the moor in those dark hours when the powers of evil are exalted..." ;)
They already have the gigantic hound. Wonder if they'll meet a gigantic hedgehog? :-)
Well, Gren does seem to be making a decent effort to paint herself black...
She needs some glow-in-the-dark phosphorus to complete the effect
"DINSDALE!"
What do you mean "without a chaperone"? Gren is there, isn't she?
I'm sure Gren they will make sure they stay a respectable distance apart and both keep at least one foot on the ground at all times.
And they're both all muddy. Denials will be made...
Which is why Gren disguised her scent before closing on the 'prey' - nice observation.
So that's the same bit of wall where Mal and the Purple Hippo were sitting earlier! I wonder where they are now...
It would be gloriously amusing if the reason Mal and the PHOH aren't there anymore is because they're heading back into town. Ben's exasperated reaction would be most worthwhile.
Especially if Mal and PHOH are sharing a well-earned pint in the Hunter's Folly.
Maybe Mal will beat Ben and Eliza back to town.
And get kidnapped by the nice American chap!
Has Eliza earned Ben's sausa-- I'LL SEE MYSELF OUT
Gren thinks she is in Predator, and is trying to lower her heat signature to get the drop on Jack.
I'm loving these two. Cupid is in the air...and they couldn't be more fitting, though I would really like to see Eliza meeting Ben's cousin!!!
I think Eliza and Vee might hit it off a lot better than Ben would like! Those two in combination would be a force to be reckoned with.
SNORF
Been around this from the start, and I finally notice there were few if any cigarettes in England in 1834. They came in about 1840. Of course we don't know where O'Malley was in the early 30's [other than not in England, and likely not much in Germany, tho with Germany split into a couple of dozen countries, he was likely safe in most of it.], so he could been in France when they were introduced about 1830 and picked up the habit there.
Well, there were few if any witches in England in 1834 either, so I think we can give the comic a pass when it comes to historical accuracy.
I've always assumed Mr O'Malley was smoking roll-ups. I read somewhere that cigarettes didn't become popular in Britain until the Crimean War, when the troops picked up the habit from the French. Ms Harriet's wooden pipe is also the latest thing from France. Most people in Britain were still using clay pipes. But AU and all that.
yeah , they're rollups, pretty sure i drew him rolling one at some point
So... Either the bits with Ol' Malley were in past or they seriously didn't make it beyond 'round a half a day walk in improper hiking shoes away from the town...
And it's been two weeks since Jack left the town, someone said? XD
I think the bits with Mal sitting here talking to the Purple Hippo were earlier the same day. He seems to have spent the last two weeks just wandering around.
Yes, Miss Kate, it's you! :D Have a sausage! I'd get you a German one, but they're the Wurst.