August 28th, 2015
August 28th, 2015
29 Aug 2015 · page 518 of 1306

Cast: Harriet Barber, Henry Barber, Isabelle Holt, Sidney Malik, Victor Cunningham

Comments (24)

  • Darkoneko Hellsing 11 years ago archived

    Hahaha, the world is small indeed.


    He kinda look like ben too. I wonder if... nah.

    • Me-me 11 years ago archived

      There are only so many ways to draw a strong-jawed blond man.

    • Ilmari 7 years ago archived

      In retrospect...good spotting!

      • Darkoneko Hellsing 7 years ago archived

        ...heh.

    • Bag o Dyce 1 year ago archived

      ;D

  • BrokenEye 11 years ago archived

    ... is he just making a jack-in-the-box?

    • Fairportfan 11 years ago archived

      The first two Latin words in the incantation translate as "the small ghost".


      Looks as if he's trying to trap a spirit of some sort.

      • Darth Fez 11 years ago archived

        Trying to trap a ghost in a small box? Nah. I'll believe that when I see his proton pack.

        • Wombat140 11 years ago archived

          It looks like the easy-spell-for-beginners Ben was trying to get Mal to do in "Green-Eyed Monster" (page 31). The version there translates as something vaguely like "small spirit, light spirit, flash, now go away". Not sure how making a flame appear and disappear would be relevant to the box of cogs and stuff, though, and Victor only gets as far as "flash" so perhaps it was going to go on to something else. If certain people hadn't got in the way.


          I've not caught up with this comic for weeks (I tend to read a chunk of one, then a chunk of another, and I've been on a Gunnerkrigg Court phase lately), it's just as good as I remember it!

    • Sturzkampf 11 years ago archived

      Not any more...

      • Euodiachloris 11 years ago archived

        There's a market for surprise bangs... ;P

  • Fairportfan 11 years ago archived

    Izzy looks just like i used to in stores, just before my dad told me to put me hands in me pockets and keep 'em there.

  • Columbine 11 years ago archived

    Much as I've also missed Harry and Sid I am really really enjoying the old-school classic-Barber story. It's not just fun it's adding to the world, to the impression that Harry's family goes back a long way and they've each had their own adventures.

  • cake 11 years ago archived

    wait, who was Verity again?

  • Michael Haneline 11 years ago archived

    Hmm, interesting. Although Verity seemed to have a clear disdain for magic, her grandfather seems to use both magic and technology.

    • Shee Soon Theng 11 years ago archived

      "her father seems to use both magic and technology"


      o_0 Father?


      I'm sure you'll want to edit that first chance you get.

      • Michael Haneline 11 years ago archived

        grandfather, my bad

  • Disloyal Subject 11 years ago archived

    Months?! Surely no-

    Oh, so it has.

  • dana 11 years ago archived

    It occurs to me how much Harry is like her grandfather in so many ways and yet he almost always has a smile on his face and Harry almost always has a scowl on her face.

    • Qwefg Lockheart 11 years ago archived

      Similar aspects, but different personalities. He doesn't mind a shot of good fortune while she does. He is willing to walk through life testing his luck... while she keeps trying to prove herself.

      • BrokenEye 11 years ago archived

        So basically like different incarnations of the Doctor? Now there a theory...

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