Comments (15)

• j.azzeh ♺ 15 years ago archived

  this comic is so bamf!

  • Kate A 15 years ago archived

    I know what that stands for, but my brain went instantly to Nightcrawler.

• Bartimaeus 15 years ago archived

  Q: What's the difference between a pickpocket and a magician?

  A: A magician gives you your purse back.

  • Tatz 15 years ago archived

    Agreed! Although it's not really clear if it was accidental or intentional, I'd like to think it was just a fluke - so far he doesn't seem the type to resort to theft.

    • Calus 15 years ago archived

      You mean the desperate type of person?

      
      

      He did try to steal the purse, which means he also indeed stole Thomas' purse too.

• sarssol 15 years ago archived

  It really is a good question as to whether it was unintentional, hence the face, or if he was thrown off by being caught... I prefer to think that it was unintentional, because a magician with kleptomaniac magic amuses me.

• Typanoid 15 years ago archived

  At first I thought those coins were falling from the hat and came from the purse, and I instantly though Sidney was a thieving something-something, but after reviewing today's comic some more, I realized that people were throwing coins at him as a token of their appreciation and his facial expression turned shocked because the Lady half-mentioned that her purse is gone.

  Could be an indicator that he accidentally snatched her purse when he snatched the ace...

• TrueWolves 15 years ago archived

  Halloween brand One Free Loom(TM)?

  Looooooooom

• Stephen E Wilson Jr. 15 years ago archived

  Clearly it appears his skills need......a bit of polish. He was trying to pull the ace but he got the entire purse. Might be a bit ackward to rob your audience. One reason why he got the boot from school it seems.

• Thaago 15 years ago archived

  So that's how he got the 'object' from the guy who pick pocketed him? He has accidental magical kleptomaniacy?

  • A passer-by 14 years ago archived

    One is reasonably certain the correct term would be Kleptourgy, with kleptomancy meaning divining via theft.

    • Ilmari 7 years ago archived

      I now want to see this Kleptomancy appear in a story!

      Perhaps I could drop it into one of my rpg campaigns?

      
      

      Kleptomancer:"Well, this ten pound note in the purse suggests we'll soon have an opportunity for great success, probably in an area of study or career... but, see, there's a lot of odd digits in the serial number - so in order to attain it we're going to have to overcome a lot of small obstacles that will be put in our path. Now, there's also these tuppence, they're pretty weathered: a good thing, shows they're imbued with a wisdom, so the reading off them is surer. I think... I think we're going to have a sudden windfall - nothing major, mind - only it will come with unpleasant complications down the road."

      
      

      Companion: "No, you think!? You just nicked that lady's purse, and she's just noticed it's missing. While you're standing in the middle of the pavement rifling through it.

      
      

      Kleptomancer, not paying attention: "I have a feeling we will soon be travelling very quickly, you could almost say sprinting..."

• Micahklaz 15 years ago archived

  I'm pretty sure he stole the purse... just like he stole whatever the lady is after from the man he bumped into. But he was caught in the act, so to speak.

• m 13 years ago archived

  This comic is getting off to a very good start!

• Sizzky 4 years ago archived

  Having complimented Harry's style in my previous comment I would be remiss not to do the same for Sidney. I'm always a sucker for a top hat and red-and-black combination not to mention it seems he may be wearing a cummerbund? In any case, were Sidney to mysteriously acquire one of my possessions I would simply not ask for it back. This lady does have a very fetching cape, however, so I do approve of her being returned her purse.