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ThoughtBubble
14 Nov 2026 – 15 Nov 2026
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Manchester Megacon
31 Jul 2027 – 1 Aug 2027
Manchester Central
Boy, Lust doesn't handle setbacks well. Not only did it's plan fall apart, but it didn't even notice that Jack is now between it and the soul cages.
Don't start monologuing O'Malley. Just knock his block off.
why not do both
Apparently somebody besides Lux needs to read the Evil Overlord List...
Or in this case, get someone to read the Evil Overlord List out loud to him.
Wouldn't get beyond the title. I think he's pretty much over the 'witches are evil' thing.
I'd say he's not monologuing here, he's dialoguing
I'm thinking this is more of a one-liner than a full-on monologue.
Between the last strip and this one, I'm suddenly getting a very "A Memory of Light" vibe (the last book of the Wheel of Time epoch).
Take it down, Jack.
All the way down... to where its 'siblings' are waiting to punish it.
That expression in panel 2. xD
That smile in panel 5!
Smile reminds me of Cho Teko in No need for Bushido [http://nn4b.com/characters/...](http://nn4b.com/characters/cho-teko "http://nn4b.com/characters/cho-teko")
Half a weakling witch?
Okay. So.
1) How dare.
2) How _dare_.
3) What?
4) Someone needs to acquaint Lux with the Evil Overlord list.
5) How _dArE?!?!_
Half a weakling witch, alone?
Amazing. Every word of what you just said was wrong.
Except witch. He's that.
Well, yes. And (possibly) 'a'. I just couldn't resist the line.
"The trouble with witches is that they’ll never run away from things they really hate.
"And the trouble with small furry animals in a corner is that, just occasionally, one of them’s a mongoose.”
- Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad
"Funny thing about that... I amn't alone!"
It is about Wolfe's "little sad feeling" that Mal will not need him any more. ( [https://www.widdershinscomi...](https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/july-21st-2017/ "https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/july-21st-2017/") )
Adding this to the list of reasons I hope the the team can still hear them.
This made me so happy! :-) Yay Mal!
Ohhhh, yesssssSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS................................................
Goodness, where did these goosebumps come from?
Not quite cool enough Mal; to really drive the point home you should be lighting a cigarette off that...
I don't know that he's going for 'cool'. I think he's openly enjoying this.
Tell me, mortal: what were you the Witch of, again?
Immigrant Song playing faintly in distance
I remember sitting there and thinking to myself Man, it's a shame that they already used Led ZepAWWWWYEEAAAHHHH.
it is a shockingly perfect movie
...Yes.
This discussion has prompted my whole family to make plans to sit and watch it again tonight.
So long as you ignore the desecration of Korg and Miek. And really most of what they changed about Sakaar when they decided to turn the best damn Marvel story ever into a comedic sideshow to Thor's continuing character development, because Marketing doesn't think Hulk can carry a movie as the protagonist...
No, no, I'm not bitter or anything...
since i had no idea til this very second that korg was in the comics i guess it was very easy for me to enjoy the funny man in the movie, yeah :)
More like Marketing doesn't have the RIGHTS to a Hulk solo movie. And... Planet Hulk always needed to be either a Netflix show or implied backstory in a movie. I'm happy with the way they pulled it off.
I found this alternative weeks ago and can't stop thinking about it:
[https://www.youtube.com/wat...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwRw1J8Cd6Y "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwRw1J8Cd6Y")
I’m... I can’t tell you how much I regret watching that now, because it was glorious, and the fact that it could have been, and isn’t, is ridiculously painful.
Especially with Thor's repetition of "That's what heroes do".
So I haven't seen the rest of the movie, but just taking this clip in isolation I like this alternative version much better than the one with the Immigrant Song!
I don't get the half witch references here (or with Envy). Is there some reference or some idiom I should know?
Envy’s implication was that because Mal was providing the magic, but had to have Harry read the binding for him, he wasn’t a full witch. Lux probably means something along the same lines.
But now, as Harry explained, he didn't need the readings. He just had the magic, on his own terms.
And Lux clearly hasn’t figured that out yet. It has a nasty surprise coming...
Indeed he does! manic grin
There's also the fact that Mal is woefully undertrained. Unfortunately for Lux he's adapted wonderfully
The O'Malley has been improvising all his life...
Wait: "Why did she --"? Not "How?" Oh, that's nicely subtle.
PS: She did it because you're an [expletive deleted], Luxuria. And because humanity is tired of your [expletive deleted].
He's not as good as he thinks he is, and I find that delicious. >:D
I assumed that was supposed to be a "why did she not like the visions of everything she wanted" thing, rather than "why is she stopping me"
I think it's more like "Why wasn't that enough? Why didn't she want to stay forever?"
All the little smoke tendrils coming up from the binding objects are blue...
And all the outlines that we can see are suddenly blue, too
Mal’s had enough. Watch out, Lux!
Here's the thing about being half a weakling, the other half can kick your ass so far up itself you'll be the spirit of non-Euclidean geometry!
"Guess so." -- Jack O'Malley, 1834.
:' )
One funny side note that I enjoyed: "There are other Barbers" -- that's a nice understatement. ; )
Oh, yeah; truth can be funny. And, absent from your geographic and temporal coordinates. xD
Ahg, god I wish we had two pages this time! I want to see what Mal's gonna do! It's gonna be glorious!
I like Lux's barely perceptible sweat drops and wriggly, crazed smile on panel three. He's kind of bad at hiding his panic.
One binding, coming up!
Annnd...Harry chooses not to share the credit -- by letting Jack get it all. [https://www.widdershinscomi...](https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/august-8th-2017/ "https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/august-8th-2017/")
Well, well, well...
I reckon she'll be just fine.
Right now she's probably drinking something deceptively smooth out of a coconut and is debating whether to unbutton the top button on her shirt. She is, after all, possibly sort of maybe arguably on holiday.
She's dressed for England, not the Bermuda Triangle. I think that she's probably miserably overheated right now.
Harry is the kind of lass who can work out when the situation warrants taking a few layers off.
Also, Yorkshire lass: sure, she's dressed like an onion, yet she will still manage to maintain dignity while paddling by the beech in noubt but her skivvies. May also manage a knotted hanky cap, for good measure. It's traditional! xD
It's just a pity she doesn't have Gren with her -- no trip to the beach is proper without a happy, bouncing dog to get sand and weed everywhere. sighs
It depends on what 'dressing like a gentleman' means in that context.
Mal just found his " no one fucks with my friends" spine . Lux is going to get the most unpleasant surprise of his very long life. let the wup-assing being.
Maybe Lux will get to realise, after all, that love and friendship are something more than human weaknesses for it to exploit, they are our sources of strength.
But no, it can't understand that.
Ah Luxie - That is the expression of someone brain rebooting.
Well well! Look who's standing up straight all of a sudden! Go get him!
Ohh man this is a great page
"...The only one alone here is you."
And this time the binding will never be undone, since Mal is never having kids.
In panel 3, Lux is sweating, suddenly aware he's alone with a witch (rather than the witch being alone with him).
Desperate Blustery Bluff Mode Engaged
"You misunderstand th' situation, mate; I ain't in 'ere wi' you, you're in 'ere wi' me..."
[Obligatory BLUE! comment}
Didn't take long for O'Malley to get his swagger back.
Ah... That's fear you're feeling Luxuria :)
It's not a nice feeling.