Apr01
Quick! To the Sharkmobile!
on April 1, 2013 at 12:01 amCourtney:
This comic isn’t an April Fools joke, I swear. Skärva really has a tricked-out ride. It’s not gonna be easy to draw it all the time, but it WILL be worth it!
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Not sure whether to call it the shark mobile or the Skärva mobile. Either way it’s a sweet ride. XD
I’m also not sure whether Cyril was actually being smart for a moment or just rambling in that second panel. Thought in the third panel with the rage, is that a silloutte I see?
Just realized that I imagined Skärva as batman for a moment because of the car.
I actually called it the Skärvamobile originally. Evidence remains in the URL for this comic. Alas, I can change the title but not that! But I figured sharkmobile was a better analogue for batmobile. It’s not the batmanmobile or the BruceWaynemobile, after all.
I think Cyril may be starting to take a hint. I suppose “I’m going to put you in a box where I can’t hear you,” after a night spent in the special bard’s room, might be enough for him to start smarting off.
And that was just something I did with the coloring, but bards DO bring out his inner First…
That hood ornament is the peak of class.
Isn’t it though? So much gold on that car. It’s not quite Toadsworth’s pimp wagon from Double Dash, though.
We’ve found a use for Cyril: Convincing Skärva to show off.
Indeed! I presume this will only get worse once Skärva realizes Cyril is pretty bad off financially, even by comparison with the rest of the plebeians…
Bahaahaaa!
……..
Wait, he hasn’t realized that yet…?
He tends to look at the world as “everyone else is poorer than me” (except for the royal family, of course) and just leave it at that.
Lord Skarva has some nice wheels.
Which make you wonder why he hasn’t used it in a while (my guess is spontaneous combustion).
That Skærva the Third, such a card. Shark themed boat, shark themed olds-mobile. I’m betting the reason our Forth wasn’t impressed with the Molten Mountain’s Zeppelin (other than the obvious) was that his father had a shark themed zeppelin as well.
Is that Pac-Man eating a dark power pellet on the front, or is it just some random dark crystal merged into a magical chariot?
Huh. Cyril’s legs are just as skinny as Skærva’s. It really takes those full-body shots to notice.
Tumbleweeds say ‘WWWHHHSSHHHH’ all the time. It forgot to hit Alt+Tab, and the dot, and the dot com though.
Skærva the Fourth, using dark magics to open garage doors and other low-priority tasks constantly.
Cyril’s sleeves look like they’re TRYING to be as poofie as Skærva’s, but then they just fall flat.
I wonder what kind of sandwiches Derk brought this time. Hopefully they’re all bacon sandwiches.
Umulates are hard!
Oh my gods. I’m picturing a zeppelin that just looks like a big fat shark. That would be AMAZING. He probably DID have one.
And technically, this baby originally belonged to the First, but I’m sure it was the Third who modded it. He was really into the shark thing, as we know. The same thing probably happened with the steamboat, to be honest.
It’s the Skärva symbol, same as his cape clasp.
Yeah Skärva is a rail because he has fast metabolism, walks all over Idenau, and uses up so much of his food energy with that totally superfluous low-priority magic. Cyril just doesn’t have the chance to eat very much.
I use the international keyboard. It was indispensable for my German, Spanish and French classes. It’s just a download, not an actual new keyboard, but it changes functionality a bit so that you can type all kinds of accents with ease. Of course, most of the fonts I use don’t have built-in umlauts anyway, so I have to just put a couple of dots above Skärva’s name when it pops up. Thank the gods his OWN font has them built in. Would have been a bit shameful otherwise.
WHEW this was like a multitude of comments for the price of one. What joy! <3 (That really was not sarcastic, even though it totally comes off that way. I love waking up to comments!)
That’s one awesome development. I have to wonder though, how many miles per gallon does it get? And while we’re on the subject, gallons of what?
GAS POTION
idk though. Victor said it’s electric.
Dear Gods. It belonged to The First and now you tell me its electric!? I don’t even like cars and I love this thing….
Quick to the S.L.O.W. ! I mean the Skarv-mobile! Also I fully back up Skarva hating the bard right now, I’m sure nothing good will happen to him once they have all the keys.
Captcha: March dtichl
But it’s April now!
It’s trying to say “March, ditch it.” It’s April now, fools!
change my name from gasmask to this…. and what kind car is that?? me like…. but i think gold wheels are not good for the shocks.
I don’t think they’re *really* gold. But maybe. “LOOK AT HOW ACTUALLY RICH I AM, CYRIL! GOLD WHEELS!”
HECK YEAH A CAR!
Lord S-car-va! Right?!
Cars exist?!
*hops into the Sharkmobile*
A few!
SHOTGUN!
Well, that’s fine. I wanted to drive anyway. : D
I wonder why Skarva didn’t choose the car beforehand.
They’re very rare and expensive to maintain… it’s not the type of thing he takes out on his normal business trips. But darn it if this won’t make Cyril shut his face hole!
I’m naming that tumbleweed Keith. The name just popped into my head when I saw the panel.
Yay! I should add him to the cast page.
Ooh, silent fury! The best kind! I WANT A SKAERVAMOBILE. THAT RIGHT THERE IS MY DREAM CAR. Totally ditching my little scooter for that. *steals*
Stealing his car is PROBABLY a bad idea, just gonna warn you. It may not have a license plate, but it’s pretty darn distinct.
He has a SHARKMOBILE. With a little golden SHARK HOOD ORNAMENT. And shark fins. And little golden waves decals. For some reason I’m reminded of a hearse but this is still an awesome car.
It brings death to his enemies. Except it probably goes pretty slow by our standards. (Let’s hope for their sake, since it doesn’t have a windshield.) Model Ts could go like 30 miles per hour OH MAN WATCH OUT
Still ridiculously fast compared to walking.
And probably zeppelin.
Wow, I haven’t checked in in a while. Hi!
A car? I guess Skarva’s too good for Medieval culture.
Hiii!
For sure. But also Idenau is just different like that.