Jan30
Tough crowd.
on January 30, 2013 at 11:55 pmAbscondWithAPie:
Frozio is used to having knives thrown at him.
Altermentality:
Making my backgrounds and perspective better is my next big project for improvement, so that’s one reason this comic took a little longer. That and I’m still getting used to drawing Frozio again.
…That and Ni No Kuni.
Poor Frozio. He is far too stylish to deserve such scorn.
Indeed. Besides, who throws knives at a PENGUIN?
Perhaps a better question is: who throws fire at bards?
Or maybe not, they’re both pretty ridiculous questions. XD
Have you HEARD Cyril??
…Well okay to be fair I haven’t either, but from what we’ve seen it’s like he’s playing the song of pain from majora’s mask every time he gets on stage!
(Just between you and me, I bet it was the flish.)
(Nobody suspects the flish.)
*hugs Frozio* It’s okay. You are safe now. You can work at Castle Skarva and entertain the kids on “bring your child to work day”.
I dunno, some of those kids are evil… (it only makes sense, right?)
Kids can be evil no matter who their parents are. Geez, that’s really minionist of you. D8
You’re right, I’m sorry. I need to check my privilege.
Poor guy. At least he only had one thing thrown at him?
NI NO KUNI. YES. I understand you completely. That game is taking over my life. And I’m quite satisfied with that.
I’ve only been able to watch Victor play it so far (while I was drawing) but HOLY CRAP.
Y’know I expected the game to have beautiful artwork, great music and a good story, but you know what really surprised me and is wonderful? THE PUNS. SO MANY PUNS.
YES! The puns are really doing it for me! I totally wasn’t expecting so many! XD
Yoink!
Skarva’s trying to act whatever, but I see those top eyebrows; he’s actually worried for the little guy. YOU CAN ACT MEAN, BUT YOU’RE STILL DOOMED TO BE A NICE GUY JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE THE PROTAGONIST!
. . . well, OK, niceER guy.
Is Derk drinking chocolate milk?
And because I haven’t seen it in awhile . . . Knives say “shunk” all the time!
Indeed. Nice catch. ^_^ And yes, having to be the Jerk
With a Heart of Gold is the real curse here, isn’t it?
It’s a milkshake
Skaerva’s just full of “curses”, isn’t he? Apparently Lorelei saw that trope in play in him early on.
Ooo Milkshake, even better . . .
I thought it was pure bacon grease…
BACON GREASE MILKSHAKE
Wow, that crowd hardly gave Frozio a chance. I love magic shows/performers and would have been delighted to see Frozio’s tricks.
I would have just been like “WHOA A TALKING PENGUIN”
Which is all the more reason to be delighted to watch the performance.
Yeah, well, times are hard all over, Frozio. Just be glad the boss liked his mug, or else he might not be bailing you out.
I think Skärva respects him all the more for the animosity in their past. Not many people can out-yell Skärva, or match his death glare, but Frozio the Magnificent is one.
Little guy has a lot of spunk; even Skaerva can respect that, lol.
Hello, nice to see you all again!
Um, Frozio…how do you expect people to be impressed with illusions in a world packed with MAGIC?
Hiii! Nice to see you too!
“for my next trick! I’ll make a black eye appear on your faces!”
*points at Skärva* SEE, it already worked!
I’ve always wondered about that, did he just skarva just get beaten so badly by blank on one occasion that the black eye never went away? is it a separate curse, or does he just manage to give himself a black eye often enough that it seems to never go away?
When he wakes up in the morning and looks in the mirror, he is so angry at what he sees that he punches himself!
Not really. But this would be a fun idea for a filler, actually… competing theories on that black eye’s origin. Perhaps you guys can submit your own. I bet none of you would guess the truth
Is your avatar some kind of albino Umbreon?
technically it’s not meant to albino, just a color scheme I favor over the regular, but yeah it pretty much fits the bill enough that that’s how I describe it
The second panel actually melted my heart a little. Haha, melted….ice….penguin…
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….nevermind.
But really, Frozio, what is the point of being a magician in a world filled with magic? That’s like…teaching a college class how to tie their shoes.
“dinevi leprosy”. That sounds painful.
What if that class never wore shoes?
THEN IT’S EVEN MORE POINTLESS.
Get off the stage!
Oh more discussion! I want to be a Flish. They’re really pretty, and I like beta fish anyways. That and I LOVE swimming. Like a lot.
Really though, the ability to hover/float in the air, breathe while swimming, and still handle things like you were never missing opposable thumbs are also nice pluses for me.
It’s nice to work on your backgrounds but be careful you don’t overdo it. The lineart is quite thick on the background in this comic, making it stand out more than the characters. I’ve always liked your backgrounds, so it’s not like you’re bad at them.
I would want to be a Lurkin. I would love a natural ability to use magic, big ears, and the ability to see everything in my field of vision clearly without having to focus on just one thing. Oh, and I want sharp teeth, too.
Thanks for the feedback. I do want to keep adding detail but I’ll see what I can do to make it less overbearing. Perhaps I can experiment with going back to having colored lineart in the background, although it takes longer. Or perhaps just thinner, lighter lineart. Thanks again!
So…you want to be a demon streaker?
wait this reply is for the post below.
I’ll round out the responses by saying DEMON! I’m used to being small and don’t mind it, plus I want to play with fire and have a tail. And horns. And even though female demons generally don’t run around naked, I would, man.
Sometimes. I also like wearing dresses.
More questions?~
Hmm…I’d wanna be a lurkin. Because they’ve got cute ears and can use magic. …And crazy sharp teeth….that’s one of the best parts. >>
I never knew people liked the ears so much
I’m now glad I went overboard as much as I did, heheh.
I would say lurkin just based on those ears alone, though respawning demonness /is/ attractive… unless they all get that. Or it’s handwaved. Iunno, flish are pretty >.>
Try not to rush your obligations: haste makes waste.
I would stay human. I never liked changing the way things are.
I also want to try being a ghost when I die.
But just for a few decades. It would get old.
Yeah, I kind of would like to be a Lurkin because ears. I could shade small animals with them.
But why can’t we be shark-people like Skarva? XD
That… is an adorable, adorable image.
Because only Skärvas can be shark people! Let them be the special snowflakes that the gods intended them to be!
Yeah, if snowflakes were cursed and hated by raindrops for their freakish, sharp, angled, ridgid nature, and grew up bitter and determined to make every smooth, fluid raindrop pay for the sheer unfairness of it all.
Hmm demon, flish or lurkin? Well I might say flish, but they don’t have hands so that’s a con. So i think I’m gonna have to go with demon, cause they’re just so cool!
Also does Derk have some sort of curse too because he doesn’t have pupils or is he just part lurkin?
I’d mostly be ok with being a flish because they can still draw/write by wrapping their fins around a pen or pencil (their arm-fins are very dexterous and flexible!) but I couldn’t play saxophone, and that would be sad. I do like hands.
You’ll find out! SOME DAY
Yeah, I’m actually impressed by how well they get along without oppposable thumbs, so go Flish.
So part Lurkin. His arms are abnormally long too, and he has an affinity for magic. The other part must be hairy gorilla though, lol.
Wait how come Cyril is able to play crappy songs for two to three HOURS and this little guy get booed after literally three Panels? I would say something seems fishy, but Slice is nowhere to be seen.
Either its a tougher crowd, or Cyril really has the gift of paralysis . . .
That was kinda charitable, seeing as the last time our heroes (villains?) saw Frozio he was throwing them out of his Fort and pelting them with free coffee mugs.
As for the question at the top of the page, would ghost be an option? Ghostly possession seems like one of the more formidable powers I’ve seen in this universe, plus you never have to use doors! Or eat, sleep, use the bathroom, you know, those boring things that only the living have to do.
The thing with ghosts is that ANYone can become one.
. . . Well, not sure about demons.
i would love to be a really colorful flish, and float around everywhere. that would be fun. but im also not opposed to a cute lurkin with the long ears…
Okay I know I’ve already commented twice now, but I just gotta say, I adore this page. I very rarely get to see beaks drawn to express such nervous emotion so well.
demon, cuz one word: fiiiiiire
Can I be derk? Is that an option? He is like everything mix up in one soft serve. With a cherry on top.