July 31st, 2020
31 Jul 2020 · page 1008 of 1306
90% of the people in the last panel like... yes? We know..?
Cast: Benjamin Thackerey, Eliza Swift, Heinrich Wolfe, Kirti Malik, Pemberton Pryce, Rajeev Malik, Sidney Malik
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the next page _Who asks for Harry Barber?_ Harry appears.
Ben: And neither am I.
Wolfe: What did you do
Pardon me, sir, are you Harry Barber, sir?
That depends, who's packing?
Oh sure, sir! I'm the burly one with the large gun, I have been looking for you,
I'm getting nervous
It just hit me how utterly confusing this must be for Wolfe. Five seconds ago, he was just having a calm day, helping out his friends and thinking about his choices. Now there's people pointing guns at him, someone knows that Mal is a witch and Ben shows up out of nowhere together with that strange woman who owns the apothecary and for some reason loudly proclaims that he is not Harry Barber.
So, basically, it's Tuesday.
Well, actually, it's Friday. I wouldn't be surprised if Mal, Harry (the real Harry), and Nyree show up on Tuesday, just to complete the set.
Classical reference.
[https://www.youtube.com/wat...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlhOUyy4wbs "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlhOUyy4wbs")
Questions we answer on Friday
Imagine how Harry will feel when she shows up.
Now would be a perfect time for her to step out from behind a pillar holding a gun
The apothecary is claiming to be Harry Barber too now?
Wouldn't be surprised.
Bring on the mass confusion!
I love how Sid’s dad is fully prepared to just pitch into the bad guys with his bare hands. As a former sailor, he probably has some brawling experience.
From the look on his face, Sid's dad is fully ready to knock some heads in and I can totally understand Pryce's henchman flinching.
There is a common saying about "don't bring a knife to a gun fight". It would also usually apply to any empty-handed person.
But the saying shatters into irrelevance when the gun holder is within range of a good beating...
The gunslingers must feel more and more crowded. A very unusual feeling for them, i'm sure.
As Eliot Spencer once said "You see, this is why I don't like guns. They have a specific range of
efficacy. You see, most guys will make one mistake. They get too close."
And if the villain has a gun, it just grants the heroes a stackable bonus in unarmed combat.
Now would be a good time for Syd's talent to kick in, unless he already has all the bullets in his pocket already...
I'm not Harry Barber!
No, I'm not Harry Barber!
We're all not Harry Barber!
And neither is my wife!
Love the reference in your username my dude!
it's possible the tattoo is also a known factor. Like it's only something certain peoepl would have and you know not to mess with them
Gren can vouch for that.
If I'm not Harry Barber... and you're not Harry Barber... who's flying the plane???
Let me just go on record and say that Wolfe is the ONLY ONE I would trust to fly a plane.
Well, maybe Harry
How about Henry?
We all saw how THAT went down.
To be fair, he did not have any serious problems before Ms. Ira shot the sailfin.
This reminds me of the bag from Oscar.
YES! It so does.
Rajeev's badass status: confirmed.
How I was expecting it to go. First Ben meets Sid's parents and happens to mention that their son is in love with Harry Barber. Then Sid's Mum meets the real Harry and tells her that Sid is in love with that tall handsome German fellow and Harry is heartbroken. After that, things get a little complicated.
And then Sid's Dad sees Wolfe with Mrs de Montfort, so he has a quiet man-to-man talk with Sid, about how the person he's in love with bats for the other side, so he should move on, so now Sid thinks that the real Harry will never be interested in him.
This is of course also happening at the Widdershins anchor, which means in perfect dramatic timing the real Harry Barber along with the real witch will show up and even further complicated the situation. :-}
Papa Malik be all like:
"Yeah, you have a gun. I have two."
now is where i get to confess that i've been thinking of this page- [https://www.widdershinscomi...](https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/march-24th-2020 "https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/march-24th-2020") as "the one with chekhov's guns"
As a bonus, we all get tickets to the gun show.
[https://www.youtube.com/wat...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwMtBhh5Yg0 "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwMtBhh5Yg0")
We were all distracted by Kirti's Motherburst.
Eliza: To prevent confusion, let us point out that I am also not Harry Barber
Why on Earth would she say that? She hasn't even claimed to be Harry Barber yet; it's her turn.
cause shes the only girl in the room so if they finally relize harrys a girl they may assume it her
She could always announce that she isn't French, although Pryce & co. may suspect that already.
Goodness! Do you really think they could have figured it out?
Nah. She pulls out her badge and announces that she's the police!
"I'm not Sparticus!"
"I'm not Sparticus!"
I was just scrolling down in case someone had the same idea as me and yup, we got ourselves a case of Opposite Sparticus here.
“I am NOT Harry Barber!”
“And I am not Harry Barber!”
“In fact you will find NO ONE HERE IS HARRY BARBER!”
You think Harry is the only Barber? You really didn't do your research about that family. It would be funny to have a, "I'm Barber, and you're under arrest," as Nicola reveals herself.
I really want Purple Hippo of Happiness to save the day, though. They probably followed Mal to the anchor and are waiting outside Mal's door. I'm sure the local spirits wont be happy about these bad men pointing guns at The O'Malley's friends
It's a nice reversal from Lux saying "there are other Barbers" when Harry got away from them.
Wolfe, three pages from now: "Okay, we've cleared up all of the confusion, Mal is back, Ms Barber is back and things have calmed down."
Sidney: "One question though. Who is the frustrated young lady, why is she, er confetti-ing a bunch of paper and, um, how is she involved in all of this?"
Eliza, flailing dramatically: Nooo! My notes, my calculations! How can I have been so wrong!? Who is this person?
(I don't know why, but I could help but Q&A Eliza in this scene, rather the seemingly more chill comic Eliza xD)
Wolfe is thinking "ah, crap, someone else lied about being Harry too? What a rip-off!"
Popcorn-eating meme, here. ...
I love how alarmed Henchman-with-gun is at Rajeev's sudden involvement. It's like he's thinking, "I could shoot him, but I'm not sure that would stop him from beating me to a pulp."
In all likelihood, it wouldn't. Firstly, because adrenaline is a hell of a drug, and secondly, because people often greatly overestimate how easy it is to actually use a gun at very close ranges. You could say that bringing a gun to a knife fight is nearly as bad as bringing a knife to a gun fight.
Dad Malik iis ripped! Are those tattoos? is he an old tough badass, uncaring of guns pointed towards him? Holy crap, so many questions!
yep, they're tattoos [https://www.widdershinscomi...](https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/march-24th-2020 "https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/march-24th-2020")
Okay, time for the door to open now and the real Harry Barber to come through with not only one, but two witches. (With a third not very far away.) You evilish American people may suddenly get much more than you bargained for.
How did they get Gren in there when she had trouble at the front gate in the Vanishing Act Chapter 3 on March 28, 2013?
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Also, something else I have been wondering for a long time. Why was Gren shivering under the desk in the cold room in the January 14th strip and not in June 19th or 23th strip especially with a built in fur coat? Wow, nearly half a year between scenes.](www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/march-27th-2013 "www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/march-27th-2013")
Disqus messed up your URL, but I think these are the comics you were referencing
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For the anchor, my guess would be that whatever energy Gren is sensitive to was a lot more turbulent when Pride was on the brink of being summoned, and before Mal opened the door and officially became the Witch of Widdershins.
As for the shivering...hmm, I hadn't noticed that, but it's a good point. Maybe that was Gren's attempt to be all "I am a normal dog, pay no attention to me"? So the Bad Guys would discount her should things turn bad?
Either that, or the mud she jumped in was very, very insulating ;) Or else she's too proud to shiver where the humans could see her.
Oh! I know! She's not shivering, she's quivering with the effort of restraining herself from going after all that hanging meat ;)
She wasn't shivering; the people near her were shivering. No where are shivering lines on her.
Next, Eliza says
"I'm also not Harry Barber. i'm Eliza Procter, the Summer Witch who protects a particular town. So if you are looking for a Witch, you could go after me!"
Those poses they're striking though!!! I love it!
There is so much to love about this page, but I think Gren joining in on the hero pose with her "serious business" face (or is it a "I'm surrounded by idiots" face? either works!) is my fav part, haha.
Yes, yes we are all impressed with Rajeev's muscles and fighting prowess. You know what I am impressed by? The fact that in one smooth motion, he shrugged off his jacket, slung it around himself, and tossed it to one hand. I am a person who regularly wears cloaks, trench coats, and other floofy outer garments. That kind of clothing fluidity takes practice to pull off. But when you do it right, it looks soooooo bad A!
see the thing about that is that i have just finished playing 7 yakuza games in a row
How long to marathon the lot?
i don't recall, honestly, but i started and finished 3-6 since january. started 0 early last year, i think... 7 is very much pre-ordered :3
Which game should somebody start with?
yakuza 0! its a prequel made specifically to be a good starting point, its in my top three favs of the series, and it's wildly cheap most of the time
Thankee sai.
Okay, doing it with the jacket is impressive. Doing it with the jacket and the shirt (which appears to be at least partially buttoned) simultaneously is probably technically a superpower. Seriously, how does he do that?
oh pretty much everyone in yakuza can do that, no matter how many layers they're wearing at the time. if the fight is important, the shirt is OFF.
guy on the left pretty much never wears a shirt anyway though, thus signifying his constant readiness to fight anyone and anything
In theater the seams are basted and they tear at the right moment
snerk
There are clearly too many people here who are not Harry Barber!
It's like the "I'm Sparticus" but in reverse!
mr.malik finding out about how harry and sid first met should be fun now that he has shown his distaste for people pulling guns on his son. [https://www.widdershinscomi...](https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/november-2nd-2011 "https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/november-2nd-2011")
Abra-ca-bloody-dabra
Where did the second goon go after panel 2? I suspect witch intervention.
He is perhaps already unconscious, having been punched by Sid's father. Or he just fell, trying to back up faster than his feet will move.
Dad: Point a gun at MY son!? C'Mere you!
Guy with Gun: meeps
In the next panel, the embodiment of confusion pops into existence, rendering guns useless and words more so.
I'm now reading Rajeev's voice as somewhere between John Reese Davies and Brian Blessed.
Nice dramatic entrance Ben!! Has he been taking lesson from Henry? :P
This is coming together like the end of a shakespeare comedy :D
"Kirti, hold my coat. It's time for fisticuffs."
It's a reverse Spartacus situation.
round chambering
"I'M Harriet Barber, and you were very unwise to let me get the drop on you."
Alas, she left the rifle behind...
I'm sure Harry can always find another gun
The Truth Come Out
yer a witchard, Harry