Sep14
What, no giant shark?
on September 14, 2011 at 12:01 amCharacters: Blank, Lord Tiberius Skärva the Fourth
AbscondWithAPie:
Hey thanks for the birthday wishes guys! Here’s a depressing comic.
Altermentality:
I’m sorry Skärva I’m so sorry 
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Oh god, I think I’m gonna cry…
It’s ok Peter, I’ll hold you, and you can use the rest of Skärva’s cape for a tissue.
Man, if Skarva could get that kid in his element, I’d like to see Skarva go all shark-mode on him. Use the gods’ hatred to his advantage.
Ouch, Blank just let him go. He doesn’t even see the dude as a threat…
Did you see that newspaper headline back in comic whatever-something when they were on the tram? Skärva IV doesn’t worry Blank in the slightest.
I don’t know if the gods’ hatred could ever be an advantage, but if so Skärva would be well-nigh unstoppable.
er…
*cough* not exactly sure but main character wasnt to be weak…(or is it just a surprise?)
He isn’t weak though, nor is he incompetent. One of the main themes of the entire comic, one of the things that inspired me to make a story about a game villain, is the thought of how much pre-game preparation they must go through that you don’t see, and how powerful they obviously are, only to be brought down by some kid, or guy – one or two or at most a small team of “normal people”. How ridiculously unfair and improbable and spirit-breaking that must be.
I’m going to write a blog post about some of the themes of the comic, and how it came to be, soon. I was waiting for this part to happen…
oh yea. r u guys gonna update the banner and cast?
Soon. Blankity Blank needs to be up on the cast page. Also I will make a new banner as soon as I can get ahead and am not just scrambling to get the pages up on time
Then Blank will not look like such a derp child and they will all be freed from that dreadfully thick lineart.
supposed to*
dont worry skarva, ull get ur chance to be that over powerful boss sometime, just make it harder to find the next pieces of the weapon that can affect u.
Awww. That last panel just broke my heart. I feel so sorry for him. :c I just wanna reach through my PC screen and give him a hug, you know…
Me too. …As if it wasn’t me who did that to him… but I still feel so bad!
I can’t lie, I lol’d at panel 3.
Though that’s pretty generous of Blank to let him go! Of course, that’s the heroic thing to do, right?
…then was sad with the last.
Well at least someone got something funny out of this comic?? (You sicko)
I imagine him saying all this with a slurred speech. “I din prepareny more formz.”
Yeah, Blank is a good kid… THE good kid…
If at first you don’t succeed, try try again Mr. Skaerva.
And he will. And he will, and he will…
Also you are doing the non-umlaut spelling thing, GO YOU
YAY GRAMMAR!!
Thats cold,even to me,let him get blank in the water next time,see how well he does then,especially if the water thing is only the gimmick for that one boss room and the rest is Ice or maybe Fire themed,cus just think,blank finds random item for putting out any fire or whatever,finds out,OOPS skaerva’s boss room is a huge pool of water,or maybe just full of water,Ideneu,something cool like dat,that the dungeon item is completly useless in,Blank will die n-ICE-ly in such a situation I think…..
We’ll see. At this point I am no more sure than Skärva as to what he’s going to try next, but he’s not the type who doesn’t learn from his mistakes. The first time he tried to beat Blank, dear young fool, he was hiring out places like the Temple of Terror left and right; he thought “light all the torches” rooms were really cool…
ALL heros in some point of a story and/or game comes to a point of some puzzle or maze that dreadfully infuriates the hero to the point of almost giving up
im guessing blank is just that awesome at puzzles, or he havent experienced it yet
He’s really good, but Skärva will get him yet. Right? He will at least keep trying, in spite of… *looks at today’s comic* this. A villain is quite courageous too, huh?
Skarva noooooooooooooooooooo! D:
It’s okay Skarva!!!! WE love you! Here, let’s get you cleaned up…
Yes we do. The gods can take the Sword of Stabbing and shove it.
agreed…..does he need a few hundred frozen mooks an assorted baddies?ive got to many
ahhhh the sadness… it fills me with tears!
And here is where we really get a sense of the purpose of this comic. Very well done!
This is going to sound terrible…but I really like that shot of Blank in the first panel, very dramatic. And how he practically demands for a next boss form at swordpoint in panel two. Blank seems very “bring it on!!”. Too bad he’s got to do so well at the expense of poor Skaerva.
AND I just realized, he’s making off with the Orb of the Gods! Oh my gosh, all heroes are essentially MUGGERS! They beat up bad guys and take their stuff! O_o
Thanks!
Indeed, Blank and his ilk are known for breaking-and-entering and snatching stuff out of all the dungeons. It’s ok in this case – for one thing the gods clearly wanted him to have it. The gods want him to have everything. (Except Veronika. Awww.) AND, who knows where Skärva got it. It’s like robbing a pawn shop… sure it’s wrong, but you’re only secondhand-stealing, probably…
I swear, your comments/replys are sometimes more funny than your comic, which is saying something as each comic makes me laugh a lot (well, with exception of this one…and maybe a few more serious/cute ones…but they’re all still just as good). “Robbing a pawn shop = secondhand stealing” being compared with spoils from a defeated game villain will have me chuckling for a week.
“red krogan” was my captcha. Anyone play Mass Effect?
I’m glad you think so. I love talking to you guys.
…Also now Victor thinks I endorse robbing pawn shops
I comment from the future wow blank looks so young
In that case, switch religeons. Find yourself a god who won’t deny you Grace over something your great grandpa did.
Remember kids: no amount of skill, strength, power or preparation can beat the overwhelming power of obsenely poor luck
Rereading this, the “No giant shark” title is hilarious in hindsight.