Never doubt how much the father of a little girl might know about Jem, Carebears, or My Little Pony
February 14, 2011
12:00 am
Just so happened that this arc was hitting a close on the same day that the site was hitting it’s first full year of updates and that day just happened to also be Valentines day. Figured I’d take advantage of that to prove that Commander isn’t totally obstinate.
Don’t worry, this doesn’t mean the strip is going to turn into a drippy romantic comedy. I’m not overly fond of stories like that either.
Discussion (480) ¬
Yay! Oh, I love this page. Thank you for making such a great comic, and congratulations on one year of Manly Guys Doing Manly Things!
has it been one year? wow, time flies, doesn’t it?
also: i can’t stop smiling.
In eight days from this post. The 22nd is the big one year anniversary.
So basically. THE NEXT COMIC UPDATE WILL BE THE YEAR ANNIVERSARY COMIC MAYBE?
Wow a year really? Well its a good thing its been all very good and I will be looking forward THE BIG YEAR ANNIVERSARY COMIC if there is going to be one.
Nothing really all that special planned.
shhhhh
Just throw a giant ONE YEAR SPECIAL on the top of it and NO ONE will notice.
HAPPY ONE YEAR…. wait im early again
also this strip made me feel more alone
the 22nd is my birthday so there god damn better be something special ;)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY…. wait im early again…..
bad joke is bad and reused xD
Agreed. Forever Alone.
This is scary. The uncertainty! The change! The potential for it all to go wrong!
Yep, that is romance.
Perfect.
anyone have any idea what they are talking about?
Talkin bout Jem.
It’s Truly, Truly Outrageous
Truly, truly, truly Outrageous!
My sister was all about ‘Barbie and the Rockers’. I bet I could knock out ‘Born With A Mic In My Hand’ from half-faded memory if you put a guitar in my hands.
hahahaha! Love the league reference
I’m surprised some idiot hasn’t brought up my little pony yet… Have my fellow anti bronies finally won! :)
Always love a good ‘shut up and kiss me’ moment, even if that fact makes me feel a little cheesy. The final panel made my insides melt though.
Pan a little further right in the final panel: Jared is crying a manly tear and squeezing a Beanie Baby hard enough that it’s gone from AWWWW to hydrocephalic.
Pan even further right, where Pyramid Head is presumably crying a manly tear whilst clutching a still-beating Valentine’s Day heart for Jonesy.
Poor Pyramid Head.
He is forever alone.
“i’m all alone in this world. no one loves me. no one has any idea how lonely being a pyramid head is. oh wait, they’re still alive. die!”
props for those who know the reference.
wait is that actually happening?
That kinda made my stomach flip, and not in a bad way. That was really sweet of the commander…
Awwwww….
Ok, drippy moment over.. tehehe
I see you finally got the alt-text working, congrats!
Also, I’m kinda glad that the kiss comes on the tail-end of a Gem discussion. How awesome is that?
(Very awesome, duh!)
Oh Commander Badass, endangering your broken nose by smooching your lady during an argument about girl-toons, you are truly the finest man the world could hope for.
I’m not sure she’s a cartoon in that world; she might be a real resident.
Even on Valentine’s Day, was not expecting it. Brilliant :)
D’awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww………this is so sweet it hurts.
oh you said it mate. its to die for
that’s exactly what i was thinking about.
omg!!!! I accidentally saw the last two panels before finishing this week’s page!!! I literally jumped out of my chair in class and kept yelling “OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!” … everyone’s looking at me now… i had to explain to the whole class why I reacted that way… so I told them the entire storyline of Manly guys doing Manly things… I got an applause :D
Hurrah to your class being awesome!
You class definitely knows whats up.
And there we have it, ladies and gentlemen! Finally a true fanbase!
what, so we dont count?
I am talking fanbase like Homestuck and Invader Zim. hehehe. Stuff like this really brings them to light.
I accidentally saw the last panel, too, when I was trying to figure out what they were talking about. Lol The squee factor just took over from there.
His way of approaching it was so very like him, and yet oh my goodness, I can’t stop giggling. I wasn’t expecting that at ALL. Heeeeeeheeheeeee! Thanks, Coela! It was the perfect kiss for them, broken nose and all.
you accidentlyd the panels!?
the WHOLE panels.
All of them. All of the panels.
God yes homestuck reference. Please marry me.
Hehe, that was actually kinda cute, in that mushy, romantic way…
At least, until I scrolled down and saw the “MOTHER F***ING BOOZE TIME” banner. It kinda ruined the mood.
Hwah, yeah, I’m kind of debating whether or not to cancel on that advertiser the next time it comes up. I’m very conflicted, it’s the first time an animated project Wonderful ad has come up for me and it couldn’t have been at a worse time with people saying they were only going to turn their blockers off as long as the ads weren’t obnoxious. But it’s advertising the store for a comic I actually like a good deal, so I would feel bad cancelling their bid. I’m thinking I may send them a letter and ask if their ad needs to be flashing and cursing like that…
Well just let me know whats going on with the ad, then. I could message him, seeing as they could make a new ad for us that doesn’t have flashing.
Idk, I mean, I’m buying that shirt now. And like, three others as well. Cause its MOTHER-FUCKING BOOZE TIME!!! I’ve like, got my crown in hand and everything. Cheers y’all.
Yeah I notice it is our most supported ad. Over 800 clicks and apparently they’ve sold a lot of shirts thanks to us. I actually feel glad to help.
Maybe the ad could do without the extreme flashing. I fear for the safety of epileptic readers.
Yeah I will contact them now.
Is it bad that I completely didn’t even notice the banner until people started mentioning it?
…Am I having a like… reverse ADD episode? I don’t get it.
In any case, AFTER I looked at it, yes, it is very… flashy. Though I’m sure that’s what ads are supposed to do… Get your attention. But yeah. It’s possible that you can go too far with that.
Although–you can apparently tune your brain into completely acting like it isn’t there.
I pretty much just tuned the ad out. I re-read all the comics from about two months back before I got to this one, so by then the banner didn’t even register anymore :]
THAT’S HOW YOU PREEMPT A REALLY BAD SCREW UP! Now I can rest easy and enjoy this panel to it’s fullest.
Hey, Coelasquid, quit talkin’ about advertising fer a sec and come here.
You cannot ignore Gary Oak’s girth….
the booze banner makes it up for a nice extra deadpan punch line everytime.xD
Flashblocker/Adblocker
No more worries.
Best thing to start my morning: a warm fuzzy squee moment. So well executed too, wasn’t expecting those last two panels AT ALL. Oooh… I can’t wait to see what possible ramifications are going to come from this. :D
Also, can you make me man like that. ^^T
I saw it coming…. Only I saw it three strips earlier. My precognition sucks.
The writing was on the wall for me after the D&D night.
I kinda guessed it from the first she was in, didn’t think it was going to happen so soon, I kinda thought there was going to be the whole love but no kiss thing happening putting the whole sexual tension there. But hey I love being surprised (as long as its a good surprise) :p
Got to admit, that is so overused it isn’t funny. Its better to just fly right in nowadays, else you go nowhere.
THEN FRIENDZONES HAPPEN MUCH EASIER
That would probably he why I thought that’s how this would go. Sexual tension in a show is good, in a comic, not so good. It does get boring, you just end up going “either get to making out already or move on” depending on the situation. I am glad it turned out to be a get it out in the open fairly quickly.
I pop up today’s comic. I scroll down in large clumps, I see the tender kiss, and GIANT FLASHING BANNER AD SAYING
MOTHER FUCKING BOOZE TIME
I laughed long and hard.
I know, I felt that it was an appropriate ad. Celebratory drinks all around!
You win sir, an internet for you!
On my way to the liquor store, ironically.
I got the exact same ad, with similar reaction. WOOO
This one is so cute.
XD I love Jonesey’s expression when she finds out she’s being kissed.
Finally!
And appropriately timed.
Great comic!
Keep up the good work Coelasquid!
I love your work!
Nothing quite as romantic as walking home after being beaten up by your future self.
In other news, she looks like she’s being mauled by a bear.
Now now, this is a romantic moment, the dirty talk comes later. ~;3
I see nothing wrong with bei — OH! That kind of bear.
don’t forget beating up your past self.
Your reply made my day :D
oh my god jonesy’s face in the first panel ahahahahaha
also AWWWWWWWWWW JONESY AND COMMANDER *squee*
What do we call this relationship?
Jommaders?
Jonseyanders?
Jonesass?
JonseyxBadass
Commandsey?
Badonesey?
Jomanderbadassensy?
I’m kinda likin’ joneseyass, myself
I can’t stop staring at the last two panels. And I can’t stop smiling. Day made. Totally unexpected, and totally awesome. This makes me so excited for next weeks!
I am clearly lacking in my 80s show history. I had to go wiki Jem to know what they were talking about. And this is adorable, tho I can’t help but be a bit weirded out that they seem to be pretty far apart in age- of course I may be mistaken. I’m always bad at telling the age of drawn characters.
He’s in his early 30’s, she’s in her late 20’s. She’s about the same age as wife, or as old as he would be if without the time-hopping.
Ooh, ok. For some reason I was pegging her as a bit younger than that, and him a bit older.
She’s kind of a composite of a bunch of people I know around that age, his physique is heavily inspired by a then-32-year-old Brock Lesnar.
OH MY GOD BROCK LESNAR.
…sorry, the comic is awesome, I apologize for that moment, aherm, carry on.
Get thee to YouTube. For a show that was geared toward pre-teen girls, it was a rather adult show. Jerrica get pimp slapped by Eric, Jem sings about “getting it on”, and a trio of punk girls commit arson, theft, breaking/entering and attempted murder. And that was just the pilot episode!
BTW-Great surprise ending, C. Squiddy!
I like that 98% of the conflict in that show could have been prevented by hiring security detail and/or calling the police.
I don’t know, I’m a product of the 90s. I grew up with power rangers, dbz, sailor moon and- wait
Punk girls commiting arson you say? Ok I may have to check that out.
Being of the earliest of 90’s children, I found it best to grow up on Cartoon Network and Saturday morning cartoons.
If you are advocating for shows like Jhonny Bravo, Dexter’s Lab, Powerpuff Girls, Courage the Cowardly Dog, the crazy ass ads because Cartoon Network was pretty independent (like rejected cartoon shows) and the infinite spam of Looney Toons, then I am sorry to announce that the giant physical space between you and me does not allow me to high-five you. And that made me shed a little gleaming tear.
Mental-five will have to do.
DEEDEE! Get out of my LABO-RA-TORY!
At first I had no idea what you were saying but then
HIGH FIVE
Oooooh scary! I guess we should have expected this on Valentine’s Day though, right? ;)
But if she gets pregnant and you draw a miscarriage strip I’m out of here.
Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone!
The Commander opening the coffee shop door in the ‘D&D’ panel is Oh Exploitable enough that I’m surprised their isn’t already a miscarriage shop.
I thought that CAD story arc was great, ending included.
Can we all say “awwww…” simultaneously?
NOW BACK TO THE ACTION! :)
I LOVE THIS PAGE.
That… sorta came out of nowhere. =|
Still worth my “awwwwww” though. =]
How else did you expect him to get her to shut up? *Bricked, steaked and burned*
not going to turn into a drippy romantic comedy, eh?
fair bit drippier than it was in it’s former glory
oh well, has to happen; awesome is a finite resource, and your well is evidently dry
“Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Love more, and all good things will be yours” (Bolded for emphasis).
Oh no something different happened in this comic it’s wuined fowever.
HOW COULD YOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
DickBreath.. Uh, sorry, Disappointed, did you miss the entire point of the whole strip? Machismo is a joke and real men have feelings. I bet if your dog died you wouldn’t even cry. What if your Mustang threw a rod? Hmmmm? Have you no feelings???
*clicks back one strip*
Yeah, clearly the comic has gotten consistently more drippy…I mean, look at all the blood coming from Commander’s nose! Clearly the sign of something devolving into a romantic comedy. :D
Blood has something to do with the heart, therefore, it is drippy and romantic.
The Blood is the Life.
Well, this will make the day interesting. When my supervisor hassles me about not reading her mind about photocopies or whatever, I’m so jazzed about this comic I’ll probably scream, “Who cares, betch?! THE COMMANDER AND JONESY KISSED! WOOOI!!” and then I’ll bounce a basketball off her face.
That is to say, I quite enjoyed this installment.
WHOA WHOA WHOA…. Commander isn’t gay? I thought that was the joke.
Wait what?
Yer where did you get that from?
Oh. Finally, a bad comic. Congratulations. I just hoped that a manly comic would’ve had a more, you know, awesome kiss. This was just… normal.
So normal = bad? Not everything needs to be groundbreaking or better than the last.
How does a person even draw such a kiss? Is it supposed to shoot lightning bolts and severed robot heads and monster truck tires out of the sides of their mouths? Is the kiss supposed to be holding a machine gun and mowing down zombies?
The kiss is perfectly incredibly awesome as-is.
And now I get mental images of L4D characters violently making out to kill zombies. Thanks for that. Sucks for the guys that there’s only one girl.
I would make out with that Francis guy even if it would not kill zombies. <3
amen
Following the success of “TYPE THE DEAD” and “KISS PLAYERS”…
KISS THE DEAD
……..How does one kiss manlier than normal kisses? Do there have to be explosions in the background while you run at each other knowing htat if you don’t kiss before the counter reaches zero, the bomb will go off?
…ok that’d be pretty badass, but still this is a fine and dandy kiss.
“if we kiss at under 50mph, this bus will explode!!!!”
ahahahahahaha
Good poster. Best comment.
This kiss was with commander badass. It does not get more awesome than that…
Hate to break it to you but if you can’t see the true awesomeness of a smooch between Commander Badass and Butcher Hottie then you need to cut back on your cups of nitroglycerin in the morning.
OMG OMG OMG
This made my day.
Saw that coming! Good one anyway! :)
gah! :3
I… Just… What… Waitaminute… Ehr… D’AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWW
Sorry, bur overly-macho dudes being affectionate just gets to my heart. T.T
its been over an hour since i checked in and found it… and im still reading those last three or four panels over and over again just to get to squee over and over again…
Truly Outrageous!!!
I love Jem! :D
Happy. Dance.
Thank you, Coela.
That is all.
*SNIFFLE* COMMANDER HAS FOUND LOVE!!!!
REJOYCE!!! Wait till Jared hears about this lol
inb4 COMMANDER AND JONESY, SITTING ON A TREE, K-I-
*Falcon PAWNCH! from captain Falcon, who tells him to just shut up and let them live their life*
Oh my god oh my GOD this is just the greatest thing ever.
I expect I’ll be reading this at least a bazillion more times by the end of the day.
Well, it’s about time. And congrats on a year of comics.
That explains everything :O
I screamed in the middle of a physics lecture….
This is too cute
Screamed? Over an intranets webpanneling?
Screaming is healthy :)
(granted yo don’t have a sore throat – and by all means it IS advised not to do it around authoritarian authorities and/or in libraries)
ok, more like squeaked more loudly than was needed, Haha. It felt like a scream since the entire room was silent.
I was totally thought the V-day strip would show Kratos/Leonidas on a date still playing gay chicken but this was pretty good too :D
EWWWW! that is just sick! …and really funny. Kinda what I was expecting too.
… Then I guess someone just has to do a fan-comic with that date then? :’D
(not me, I have exams this week)
i believe this kids today call this a “squee” moment
I thought Squee was a goblin?
A summoned Goblin? With a toy perhaps?
inb4 it’s not canon
This is indeed manly!
How much DOES he know about My Little Pony? I’d love to see some Friendship Is Magic all up in this strip. Maybe Kratos watches it or something, I don’t know. Just about every MANLY DUDE I know is hooked on that cartoon(me included).
MLP is terrible. I don’t understand why people even tolerate it.
Because some people think it isn’t terrible.
Mystery solved. B)
STOP LIKING WHAT I DONT LIKE
I see what you did there.
How can you not like something that gives us the smooze and the quote “shift to other flutter” in one movie?
MLP is awesome.
Cheap and lazy animation, no real humor, and the whole ITS ONLY GOOD BECAUSE CUTE thing doesn’t work on me.
I’ve grown more hatred towards it from the constant Pony spam on /co/.
MLP is only good for the parodies such as My Little Crony, My little Phony or the ever popular My Brittle Clonie.
Remember he has two very young children that he adores and takes excellent care of. Ask any parent what the trend in children’s toons and products is, and you’ll get an extensive rundown.
Finally!! XD Happy Valentine’s Day!!
While discussing Jem? Oh, Commander.
Some of us do our web-surfing when we are NOT a) at work b) in class supposedly studying c) in class teaching, for that matter. Heheheh
Now, THAT is a manly man doing a manly thing. At least he waited until he was pretty darned sure she was interested, which I consider very manly, too. I remember when one of my bosses was having a lot of trouble with his girlfriend (who happened to work for him) and I said “Now, if WE were going out, nothing would change.” And he raised his head and said “Oh yes it would!”
Of course, I meant that I wouldn’t demand special treatment from him. Ah, he and I never happened. It’s probably a good thing, too. We each can, when thoughts of the other happen to pass through our minds, wonder what we missed.
ON another note (i know i’ve already post) i wish i had a guy like that (kinda >>> without the other self appearing and punching him outta no where)
Awww… I wanted to kiss him. Such a hottie. (Although I’m willing to bet he doesn’t bat for the boys team.)
I wonder how it is to kiss a huge boulder of a man with a bad shave and a broken no- WAIT NO I DON’T!!!
Give in!!! GIVE IN TO THE FANTASY!
lol
Heh, I’m not much one for romance, but I like these two. They actually have chemistry.
Ahahah I think it might just be that they both seem to have their own lives and don’t just exist for each other. :P
D’awwwww! My inner 14-year-old girl just squealed like… well… a 14-year-old girl.
Also, who knew the Commander was so damn smooth?
Any guy that can calmly debate about little girl cartoon relationships after having the crap kicked out of him in a knock-down brawl is by far the manliest of men! Oh, and of course, he doesn’t ask to kiss, he just takes the opportunity. Macho.
Happy ‘Being A Massive Sea Monster That Totally Owns Every Day of the Year’ Day!
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Today is a good day. Simply because of this comic. It always makes my week and helps me brush up on my 80’s cartoons and video games!
=D
Awww! Made my day!
And I’ve seen too many good webcomics turn into that to be fond of them myself. It’d be nice to have a webcomic couple that actually stays together. T_T And doesn’t change the comic.
He’s just sucking out the poison, right?
…right?
AWWWW!! Go Commander! WOO! *fistpump*
He got the girl and he doesn’t even sparkle! XD NO BISHIES! XD
Gotta love manly men! Hmm…does Albert Wesker count as one of those? Now that the video games are over what’s he gonna do with himself….. >_>
Totally Dibs on Albert Wesker ;)
All I can say is AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWw
This comic made my day. Thank you, Coela. Hopefully my Spanish professor won’t notice me grinning like an idiot.
OH HELL YES! Oh good God, my heart just skipped a little. I wasn’t expecting that. Ohhh, that made my Valentines day so nice. :D Even though you don’t like gooey romancy crap, I pray this goes somewhere. I can’t wait till next monday.
Alright everybody, in formation!
Let’s warm up and sing a chord:
D’AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
YOU DON’T GET TO DO THAT IN YOUR OWN WEBCOMIC.
I DEMAND MORE SEXUAL TENSION!
I started laughing uncontrollably at the Jem references. Rio always was a tool.
Also, obligatory aww. And I love Jonesy’s facial expressions. They add a lot of flavour to the comic, which is always appreciated. <3
I was wondering when Jonesy and the Commander would finally kiss. I kind of had a feeling that Jonesy liked him from the beginning.
Just wanna say;
YAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!! Go Commander and Jonesy GOOOOO!
I completely understand! It was just perfect timing. With the commander’s nose being broken and all, it allowed plenty of room for a good clean kiss.
truly outrageous!
I am so happy right now.
Best Valentine’s Day present Ever. :D
I am pretty jealous of Jonesey right now.
You’re not alone… *sharpening knife …as a distraction for herself.* ¬.¬;
>_> .. ur not alone…. **sigh, cry in the corner** ..
still a big **Awwwwwww <3 **
I basically screamed when I saw the last two panels. My heart still feels a little funny. This is so cute and totally made my day. :3
I have to post because not only do I get the Jem reference, when I saw that kiss and the last panel, I had to fist pump!! Fist pump so hard!! Way to get your man Jonesy, woo!!! *fist pumps*
I’m not jealous of Jonesey… I’m not…
No… it’s not working. I totally envy this 2D, digitally rendered character… Christ I need help. XD
Still, never thought this would happen, especially after the whole “wanting to burn women with my mind” comment. Cheers to the happy couple! I can’t wait to see where this goes.
Dammit, I’m jealous of Jonesy and I’m a guy. Alternately, I’m also damn jealous of Commander Badass.
*raises coke can* See you in therapy. ♥
hahaha.. that comment make me Lol so hard…
sooo.. we gonna have a big therapy group?! … i make the cookies…
Sure…. I’ll provide the warm milk and honey. Now we just need a big den to hold it in. Any ideas, Coela?
i have a feeling this therapy group is gonna have quite a fews members…count me in, i cant deny my love for the commander :P
My eyes jumped to the second to last panel before I read the entire thing and I had to cover it up so I could read the damn word balloons XD This page makes me happy, what a great V-day treat!
This makes me very happy :|
That is all.
Okay this was interestingly enough something I expected on Valentine’s day but the conversation and way it was just thrown out there after a fight through two pages about nothing more then coffee and the sake of a good brawl made this priceless.
Coela you are a genius and I must say this is probably the perfect way to show that the most manly of men also have to have a sensitive side to prove that when they’re no kicking ass for the lols they don’t go catatonic… Like Duke… XD
Well, I was hoping that Commander Badass would end up with a guy, but this is really sweet. Get it Jonesy!
WHY IS EVERYONE OBSESSED WITH COMMANDER BEING GAY?
Oh, you kids! All assuming that a man kissing a woman irrevocably precludes them from ever kissing a man.
He’s too much man for just one orientation.
Mr. Fish had better watch his blowhole.
Oh god, you just gave some twisted Rule 34 artist inspiration.
hahaha :facepalm:
Oh, I’m well aware it doesn’t. But still, the obsession is sort of unhealthy and…cult-ish.
It makes sense to me that a comic starring characters with both exaggerated secondary sex characteristics and masculine behaviour will attract an audience who finds that sexually-desirable. The Commander becomes a male version of a female porn star: his 5 o’clock shadow, broken nose, and chest hair just the male version of ‘just-out-of-bed’ hair, collegan lips, and a need to slip on 7 inch heels just to open the front door in a slip.
You’ll get the Leather / Daddy / Bear fetishists from the Gay Community, and a whole audience of Squeeing Fangirls who like the idea of two big guys having sexyfuntime together. Because there’s a big guy. And another one. And they’re naked.
Just roll with it – at some stage in their lives they’ll have to awkwardly sit through the de riguer Lesbian Scenes in the porno films their boyfriend’s unhelpfully suggest ‘might be fun’ to watch, so you might as well gain their perspective.
Oh… My… Gawd.
That’s just amazing. So glad the commander finally decided to make his move! Now they’re gonna have the perfect manly relationship! Or has that been taken by Kratos and Leonidas already….?
*obligatory fangirl squeal*
Wonderful job, Coela.
Hoooolyyy shiiiiiiiiitttt!!! :D :D :D
This… I raised my arms in triumph when I scrolled down and my room-mates looked at me funny.
I love how the commander is still all beat up in this one, and this moment has been building up from the about the fifth page on, or something like that. Now I really, really want to see next week.
Please PLEASE tell me somewhere along the line you’ll do a Ctrl Alt Del miscarriage spoof. You have to. YOU HAVE TO! This sets it up perfectly.
I think Coelasquid is too classy for something like that. Really, sometimes it’s best just to leave stuff be.
‘Bout damn time, I was wondering when he was going to land her.
YAAAEEEEEEYYY!
HAPPY ENDING!
Canadian guy remains loveless.
Truly, this is a good day!
Or there will be a Canadian girl equal to Jonesy, and it will be and all out brawl between the two couples.
In a pool of chocolate pudding…
Not really though, jonsey’s too classyto start a meaningless fight.
My fanfic has been vindicated.
I melted :3
yes finally! it happened
WHAT JUST HAPPENED, WHERE AM I? THERE IS NO HUMOR, WHERE DID THE HUMOR GO? THIS PLACE IS STRANGE AND UNFAMILIAR, IT MAKES ME FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE.
It’s okay, something funny will probably happen next week.
There needs to be TWO Jareds.
And second Jared has a SHINY Gyarados
or a female version of Jared with a Melotic, which is the newer, feminine version of our beloved Mr. Fish.
Have commander asking jared what he did for valintines, then cut to a flashback with him holding bottles of 300 dollar wine for his girlfriend ( from the beach comic) and saying “Know what time it is?” and have the final panel be them sitting on Mr.fish getting drunk. Wait thats too wish fulfilling maybe reveal the ps3 jared who owns a digimon.
I actually thought up a little comic that had to do with a Jared look-alike that made Commander slightly panic.
This intrigues me.
Reading trough the next comments, do you ever get inspired by stuff people say here?
It’s called “romantic moment”. Many guys are pretty unfamiliar with (or even scared of) that.
What are you complaining about? ‘Family Guy’ gets away with that every week!
*Ducks*
*hands you an internet*
You don’t find an enormous manly man and a butcher debating Jem funny?
Sometimes you just have to plant one on the object of your affection. Manfully done, Commander.
Am I allowed to admit I’ve been waiting for that to happen? :D
Also I did not get a single reference today. You win, childhood.
It should be “You love, childhood.” Jem was awesome in a 1980’s kind of way.
1980s? Now that explains the problem. /feels young–yay! Okay, I guess I do know about Lisa Frank, though.
He’s actually trying to eat her innards.
first time posting but after reading every comic I must say these are the only reason I wake up monday morning…
I read the first panel, and nearly died. I miss youuuu, Coela!!! TTT______TTT
Solid work, and congrats on nearly a year!! That’s crazy talk. Hope you’re having fun where you are.
NEXT year, I’ll visit.
No Galafrey this year? :c
NO JOBBBBBB!!! :CCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
NEXT YEAR. I swear. I SWEAR.
Oh man, that Lisa Frank lunchbox line was awesome. That is totally what Jem looks like, hahaha!
Yaaay I like this page so much :)
SQUEEEEEEEE!
It was so meant to be. :) she can hold her own around him, oh oh oh so awesome. :) Even if it isn’t the main idea behind the strip, I so want the Commander to move on and be the manly man for someone who appreciates it. :D
besides my name is sara and I can dream.
:) OMG, I can’t wait to see how this turns out. I wonder if any of the other manly characters will think that the Commander has gone soft. I wonder if he’ll even tell anyone, or if he’ll keep it a secret. I wonder if Pyramid Head will be jealous, because he seemed to take an instant shine to Jonesey when he first saw her. X3 Eee, so many possibilities! Can’t wait!
I think Pyramid head takes an instant shine to anything.
This is true. XD
Anything that breathes and he can kill and sew into his clothes that is…
D’awwww. Now I feel all mushy inside. <3
Woohoo! What a great Valentine’s Day gift to the fans! I never watched Jem, might have been a bit too young at the time.
My husband wasn’t impressed. But who cares what he thinks? ;)
I actually squealed out loud in a place I shouldn’t have.. but I am unashamed! And as much as I also hate Romantic “Comedies” I love this :D
I can not say how long I’ve waited for their relationship to go that one step forward. I’ve known it would happen for a while, just not when. And then it did, when I least expected it. (I had completely forgotten today was Valentine’s Day, to tell the truth.)
On a side note, congratulations on the first anniversary of MGDMT!
That is all.
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wtf is Jem?
Truly truly truly Outrageous.
whoooaaa Jem!
Jem the musics contagious, outrageous~!
Think ‘Hannah Montana’ in the 80’s, with far more realistic and nuanced characters. Or ‘The Flintstone Kids’ with far less bored, shrugging dinosaurs saying ‘It’s a living’.
Are you allergic to google search?
Booze time.
WHOO!
dude, I just thought of something… what if this was all a dream….? If so, I wonder who dreamt it? Jonesy or the commander…? …
couldnt read any of this
slurred nonsense i dont know what that was
Keep calm, it’s possible you’re having a stroke. Are you experiencing weakness in your facial muscles or numbess at all as well?
Just have him take some advil.
You are my hero.
Owch. Awww. Owch.
DAMMIT ALL YOU MADE ME SQUEE SO HARD. FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
O_o Wait, what? We went from Commander beating himself up for his coffee to talk about I’m assuming celebrities? Where’d this discussion of people I don’t know come from? Moreover, where’d that kiss come from? Is it because it’s Valentine’s Day? This feels way out of left field to me.
This also confirmed it for me. I do not in fact ship this pairing. Not disgusted, just a bit disoriented.
I think I tend to write this comic as though you’re seeing snippets of what the characters do and you can just assume the bits that bridge in between. Like all the stuff that happened in the coffee house was act one, then we cut to a commercial and cut to act two with them walking home. We don’t need to see him cracking his nose back into place and cleaning himself up and them leaving the coffee shop and probably talking about his kids that led to conversation about little girl 80’s cartoons. It’s the only way I can pull off a strip once a week without forcing people to plough through months of mundanity to get to interesting bits of story.
Don’t worry though, they’re not going to be talking in pet names and sitting in each other’s laps and picking out curtains together in the future or anything. I never understood stories where characters make eye contact and turn into sugary sweet codependent shadows of each other. Either I’ve just never FALLEN IN LOVE SO HARD enough to understand the complete personality overhaul movie!romance seems to drop on people or regular joe hookups and crushes are grossly underrepresented in storytelling. I guess “a story about two people who kinda dig each other but still have their own lives” isn’t as gripping a tagline as “a romance for the ages”.
Reading through the comments, I have to say you have the patience of a saint.
If you want to watch people talk, then walk to a door, open it, walk out of it, close the door, walk down the driveway to the car, open the door, get in, reverse the car out onto the street, drive away, then pull up at their destination, get out, close the door, walk up to the building, open the door, enter, close the door, walk to the elevator, press the button, enter the elevator, close the elevator door, ride up, open the elevator, exit it, walk to the office door, open it, enter, close it, then *finally* have the continuing line of dialogue, go watch a friggin’ Herschell Gordon Lewis movie, and stop putting crap on those of us that can recognise the language of storytelling has moved on since the 1960’s and cut out all that unnecessary, required-running-time-chasing filler.
Man, what does he do when confronted with In Media Res, considering how often it’s used in genre shows nowadays?
First time poster, your comic is awesome, etc etc (but it is) but I’ve actually MET that horrid couple more then once. It is not just in stories. But those people? Broken up inside of 2 months every time. Either they have these bizzare ideals of each other that never stand up to prolonged exposure, or it was fake enthuasiasm on one or both ends of people trying too hard out of despiration. Or one of each.
The former usually are the ones that write those horrible stories. If you ever FALL IN LOVE SO HARD, despair. :P. Even if your taglines are never epic.
This is the 6th time today that I’ve come back to look at the comic, after sharing for the 3rd time today.
I will say that the conversation did come out of left field, and perhps the kiss (more context for both–like, 3 pages inbetween last week’s and this one’s), but I was actually hoping for something like this at some point. I still squeal. I’ve been smiling all day when I think about the last two panels. This comic, this post and you completely rock my socks! ;)
Really like this comic, thank you very much for the great work! Congrats on Year 1!
What’s funny is that the flashing ad banner kind of captured my state of mind when I saw the kiss (well, except for the booze part).
I must say, given that as a reader I’ve suspected Jonsey and the Commander to be in a relationship for awhile now, the fact that you still managed to make this scene catch me completely off guard is a good testament of your writing.
Also, will this mean we’ll FINALLY learn the Commander’s real name?
We *know* Commander’s real name.
Sweet Christ in a hand basket I think you just gave me cavities. Manly cavities but cavities none the less.
If I ever get me a fella, will he be huge and tall like this?? Because it seems like that would make kissing uncomfortable for a little gal like me, craning my neck and stretching the arms up around the man’s neck like that.
Guys like that are also difficult to hug. You flatten your head against their chest.
So, shorter fellas, I like you. You guys are so huggable and probably more kissable.
Fuck yeah!
She’s so tiny compared to him! :O
MOTHER-FUCKING BOOZE TIME
I don’t know about the rest of you but my mood is SET.
Aaaww, I’m feeling all fuzzy now :3 And I also love how they were talking about Jem before they go to kissing, it’s perfect.
YES!!!!!
I smiled SO MUCH when it got to the bottom! I kind of wasn’t expecting it!
Congratulations on the year! It’s been a kick ass comic so far!
Cant wait to see what the other manly dudes in the office say about the commander getting back in the saddle. At the very least Jared will be happy lol
Just so happened to be listening to this when I read the comic.
I can’t decide whether it ruins it or enhances it for me.
cool, this strip is amazing! good job as always, this make up my day…too bad im alone today….and with stomachache :/
awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww :) totally didnt expect that.
Im curious about what happens nxt :)
ive had fangirl dreams about this but that it was to show up today and in this way? nope. never. it was an EPIC surprise
YEEEEEEEEEEEES. I really like these two, so it made me do a little fist pump. …Still a bit curious about where that self-beat-up came from, but, well, I’m willing to wait.
UGH MY HEART WILL BURST WITH GLEE
NOT MANLY ENOUGH.
Yeah, this is about how my relationships tend to go. They’re a cute couple.
Oh no, a bunch of irritated losers bitching about this comic not being cool enough for them. Whatever shall we do?
I enjoyed it. It was a bit weird, but still enjoyable.
Have the members of the Temp Agency watching them through the windows and parodying all their comments mercilessly?
Oh god, I’m dying of laughter because of this. XD
whydoIseeachibiKratosdoingthisnow?
bEcause kratos can finally get back at him for all the bullying :’D
I totally squee’d out loud when I saw this.
YOU JUST MADE MY DAY, COELA.
YESSSSSSSSS!!!!!
I’m not seeing a MOTHER FUCKING BOOZE TIME ad. I feel left out.
Same here. Even after people complained about it, now I find it even kinda memetic :(
DISREGARD THAT. I can see it now. Not half as awesome as I expected :/
I guess I’ve already programmed myself to ignore ads?
WELL THEN I GUESS YOU JUST DONT APPRECIATE MOTHER FUCKING BOOZE TIME
well put. Long live the Mother Fucking Booze Time
Wow, I never noticed just how much bigger than Jonesy the Commander really is. Exactly how big is he anyway? Judging from how he compares to Marv and Kratos I’d say he approaches six and a half feet tall, maybe more. Also, awesome comic and I can’t help but feel happy for Jonesy. She’s finally getting what she’s wanted since she first saw him on the steps of the agency *Laughs*
She is actually pretty out of proportion here, it didn’t become super apparent until I scooted some word bubbles around and she turned out to be like half a head shorter than usual. If I was doing it right, she’s about a head shorter than him, and he’s up around 6,4″. A lot of the time I have to kind of fudge the numbers with these guys anyway because they’re all so ludicrously huge. If Kratos was always nine feet tall and Lobo was always seven and a half or whatever, it’d be impossible to field them all.
True that. This wasn’t a criticism or anything, just a piece of idle curiosity. It actually didn’t look out of proportion or anything to me, because I’ve been that much bigger than most of the women I’ve been with. I guess opposites really do attract.
Ahahaha Criticize away, It’s something I really should have fixed but I didn’t notice until after I inked it. Kinda like that one strip where his kids are all itty bitty.
i think you saved the thing with the kids being tiny quite well by making a sarcastic “too bad so sad take it or leave it” comment on it. shows us that even awesomesauce pros make little slips. i totally __> xD
I think the Commander slimply has the power/curse to grow/shrink at completely random.
You know what this means? I would love to see plot lines where she gets kidnapped. Let’s do it! Love it!
Ehhhh… that seems a little chliché. And isn’t she supposed to be the “girl that’s not totally annoying and useless?”
Kissing Commander doesn’t make her annoying and useless by default…. guess we’ll just have to see where it goes.
I wasnt implying that she was useless or annoying for the soul reason of kissing commander, I was saying that getting kidnapped and just sitting there waiting for him and expecting to get rescued would be annoying and useless of her, and she doesn’t seem like the type to just sit back and wait. After all the webcomics I’ve read, Jonesey is one of my favorite female characters
I think the only way it could work is if Jonesy snarks her kidnapper until he starts crying and lets her go. Or if she shanked him.
No, no, see, she’d give him a demonstration of her skills with a butcher knife :D
D’aaaawwwwww!!!
Perfect for Saint Valen’s Time!
I have to agree with Jonesey, Rio is two timing with Jerrica and her other self… So if Rio and Jerrica do end up together someday, Rio is most likely to cheat of Jerrica/ Jem if another hot singer chick comes by. Though Jem isn’t any better with having Riot and Rio….
Man, that show is full of love triangles :D
Eventually, Jerrica’s gonna come home and find him doing a reverse cowgirl with Minmei. I imagine the resolution is his bunny getting boiled with THE POWER OF SPARKLES!
Yaaay!
And congrats on one whole year!
Am I the only one who hates this?
No, other people have voiced their complaints. You’ve fallen into that trap of asking if you’re the only one with a certain sentiment, without actually checking to see how popular that sentiment is.
I say we throw rocks at him!
Go away or I shall taunt you a second taime-uh!
We Fart in your general direction! You’re mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries! (I couldn’t help myself, Chaos started it)
Throw it in the lake!
THIS FORK HAS RUINED US ALL
finally!
De-lurking to say: F#$K YEAH SEAKING, I made a happy little puppy noise upon reading this. It takes balls to pull that scene off right, Commander. Balls of steel. Bravo.
Jem always scared me. All those bright colours…
Wait, Valentine’s Day? I thought it was just a distraction since kissing a girl’s more manly than talking about Jem.
Valentine’s Day… excuse me while I go punch people in the dick.
the commander makes its manly. thats whats awesome about truly manly men. they dont do manly things. they make things they do MANLY.xD
Woah I just realized that the one year anniversary is on my birthday.
My eyes, can you here them rolling?
Can’t please everyone.
wow I was listening to this when I first read this update
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOaGgY2yUHw
(three times as awesome)
Friend, you just introduced me to the greatest video ever made.
Thank you.
Wtf!? It sounds German.
I’m ashamed to be a 27-year-old-man and know what they’re talking about. No, wait, age doesn’t matter… I’m ashamed to be a MAN and know what they’re talking about.
I had an older sister who was totally rockin’ an early Susannah Hoffs perm about this time and whose eyes would glaze over with dreams of future pop stardom whenever this would come on. That’s my excuse and i’m sticking to it.
I can understand, I guess. I wanted to be in ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids’ or ‘The Cattanooga Cats’, and ride around in a tricked-out, non-molestery van solving groovy mysteries whilst blasting cheesy 60’s bubblegum.
Cue in the recorded sitcom “WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO” from the crowd.
i love how out of the blue this came.xD my day just got even better thanks to that “o_________o wut the fook??? @__@””’ … awwwwwww <3" experience
Woot!! This strip made me so happy! And I’ve pretty much had this conversation with my boyfriend before, lol!
I yay’d.
c:
Hey, congrats on a whole year of updates! I found this comic just a little while ago, and it quickly became my favorite webcomic (yep, it even beats out Penny Arcade, which has been my favorite for years).
I hope there are many more years of totally awesome MGDMT to come! You are awesome, Coelasquid!
I expect about two more weeks before Coelasquid decides to do an entire month of comics with nothing but Robocop in suggestive poses.
*goes off to check rule 34*
MY EYES!!!!!
Robocop… Is modular.
Looooove it! I can dig a little romance with my manly dudes.
This stuff happens all of the time in comics, so why is it all of a sudden boring/lame/uncool in an awesomely done web comic? Super hero comics are ENTIRELY muscular bros being muscular and then getting the girl. Come on duders, get with it.
There’s even a MOTHER FUCKING BOOZE TIME ad for all of you romance haters/forever alone dbags, duh. Works out perfectly, IMO.
Please update until the end of the internet, Coelasquid!
IDK if this has already been said (the rest of the comments were TL; DR), but I’ll say it again anyways.
It’s about GD time!
ABOUT GOD DAMN TIME, haha. Thank you!
I see the commander in panel three and then the kiss and all I can think is this is 2011’s rendition of The Beauty and the Beast. What modern-day icon would represent the magical withering rose?
…this made me Squee like a little bitch.
A comic about the manliness of manly men made me squee like a bitch.
I’m ashamed… I need to go bend things.
I went and opened stuck jars for all my neighbors after reading this one. Testosterone restored!
Dude, this is awesome! Just catching up here, missed last week’s, so forgive me while I also mention that last week’s was super-awesome, and the CDR is super-hawt, especially when fighting. So girly is super-lucky.
Also, hilarity in the convo. *snerk* I’d almost forgotten Jem existed. :D
This makes me feel warm in my blood-pumpy chest muscle.
Made my oh so very lonely Valentine’s Day not so bad :’) Thank you Coela <3
This comic leads into an important question?
how does Commander Badass do the dirty dead? I bet it very tenderly with lots of smooches
Mm-mm. There’s no kiss more manly than the one flavored with the taste of copious nose-blood down the back of the throat!
(Also, with latte.)
…And there goes my lunch.
DX
I guess it wasn’t manly enough to take handle this comic.
I’ll choose my lunch more wisely next time.
Aaaaaww! About time. <3
I don’t understand why a lot of people hate this. I thought it was obvious that this was done because monday fell on Valentines Day, it’s a nice touch. And it wouldn’t mean it’s going to turn lovey dovey, they could still act the way they have before.
Get a grip.
This was actually coming up anyway, Valentines day/one year anniversary was more of a coincidence than anything, though I’ll concede I scooted it to the other side of a couple strips about Jared’s Ikea adventures when I looked at how the dates were lining up.
What omg, a
JizJem comic? What?Omg.
For a while there, I thought Jones would have to make the move!
I think she was trying a few strips ago in the coffee shop, and a few times before that. She’s obviously very interested in him and not hiding that. Just took a while for the Commander to finally let his guard down enough that the poor girl could get in.
I really liked this comic and think the complaints about this update are misplaced; however, I do think you might be overdoing it where the Commander’s accent is concerned. It felt much harder to follow than usual.
He just broke his own nose… I believe that justifies any difficulties speaking.
Are you sure it isn’t just you that’s having trouble? o_ô
This comic is outragous
truly truly outragous
Huzzah, Commander and Jones forever!
I started reading this comic about a 3 weeks ago, and find this to be the perfect moment to leave my first comment:
“AWWWWWWWWW!!!!!”
Congrats on the one year mark, Coelasquid, and keep up the amazing work!
awww what gentleman, you know, for not putting his hand on her ass.
sooo… do you sell prints? cause I want this poster size for living room.
Not yet. Those are in works, eventually. Though a print of this would take a high resolution version, which would have to be redrawn completely.
These pages are 150 DPI, they aren’t as crisp as 300 dpi would be but their full resolution is still larger than 8.5×11″. When I talk about needing to redraw things to print them I mean the individual panels people ask for posters of. Like Jared on the Gyarados, that panel is something like three inches high at it’s biggest resolution.
And now I understand.
And understanding is half the battle!
… Wait.
Dammit Vorked, wrong cue!
actually aware of that, but wanted to say that if you wanted to sell them, I, at least, would like to buy them. I would probably even buy it if it was small… it just would get see any time on the wall :)
:D
You don’t have to apologize for the OMGROMANCE bit. Sometimes the toughest a guy can be is when they nut up and say how they feel about someone. Besides, its Valentine’s day, so deal with it. I like this sweet comic.
I almost squee’d aloud in class.
Also, it takes a REAL MAN to discuss Jem.
Damn…now I’m all 80’s-nostalgic.
Happy 1-year!
the last few comics have been really confusing. I am guessing I am missing some knowledge about a game (whatever they are talking about in this comic) and probably forgot if it was mentioned earlier (before 2 comics ago) that the commander was from the future.. I dunno. it feels like I seriously overlooked some panels or something.. :|
WOAH, SOME KISSING IS GOING DOWN HERE!
IM OKAY WITH THIS
I’m quite surprised that a lot of people are complaining about this. I mean, Cmdr. Badass kissed Jonesy, at only the most appropriate time: after discussing Jem, who, as we all know, is super super fabulosa. What’s the problem here? It is adorable, and also Jem.
OMG, it’s like “Dazzler-The Animated Series”!
This made me smile.
Also, I’ve been reading since there were only 3 comics up, and even the ones I didn’t get I found wonerful, keep up the good work.
Ya know…I always learn something new almost every other comic…
If I don’t get something they’re talking about in the comic I go ahead and look it up…
So I looked up Jem…and suddenly I understood the Joke in League of Legends when Taric says “GEMS ARE TRULY TRULY OUTRAGEOUS!”
Also, in love with this comic. Keep bein’ awesome.
De-lurking after following for like a year to say that since someone linked me the “Sten likes cookies” one last May, I’ve thought they would be adorable together. So… you’ve pulled me out of the bushes and made my life. I’m gonna go hide again now.
You know, I bet if I was having a conversation with my fellow about Jem, he’d probably kiss me like that too. I’m going to try that RIGHT NOW! Thanks internet comic!
Hell, it’s about time!
i think Sepheroth would go well in this comic…
Dawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
I can’t help but wonder what the Commander tastes like. My first thought is that it would be a cigarette kiss, even though (to my recollection) we’ve never seen the Commander smoking. Or, he tastes like steak. One or the other.
he smokes cigars all the time.
And apparently I need a RAM upgrade, because I totally forgot his omnipresent cigars. It seems like a cigar kiss would be more pleasant than cigarette-flavored, so Jonesey ain’t doing too bad for herself there.
Ashtrays are better than ciggy kisses.
Although clove kisses aren’t bad at all….
Ahh love, that strange mixture between confusion and insanity, I mean, uhm, Oh never mind.
This is lovely. Although, even though he’s washed up, I wonder if there’s any blood left in his mouth. Hmm. You know, I bet it’s sexy to kiss a guy with blood in his mouth.
I can’t stop this stupind smile!
just be careful you dont bump the commanders broken nose.
I find the mouth in the 4th panel so amusing, I could never do that.
NOW WE GOT ROMANCE UP IN THIS BITCH?!?!
FFFFFFFFFFUCK YEAH
Don’t underestimate how much he knows and how much a good punch to the head can, apparently, wake him up :D
Oh yay, first kiss!!!!
I’m so happy, and this is a very cute way to do it ^_^
That is pretty cool the way things synced up time-wise then. Happy one year anniversary then, this comic has truly brought a lot of joy and laughter to a lot of people. Thank you so much for working so hard to provide a weekly comic that is so well done!
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! :D
I didn’t expect a Valentines’ Day Commander/Jonesy moment AT ALL, so I jumped up in shock and joy when I scrolled down and saw the kiss. :D :D :D I repeat, SQUEEEEEEEEEE!
Awww…WHOA..was not expecting a kiss! (Not that its a bad thing at all!)
LOL in the background…and what exactly are they talking about?
http://comics.shipsinker.com/ is currently doing a Jem & the Holograms/ Doctor Who crossover. Might be of interest.
Manly Guys Doing Romantic Things.
Because being Romantic is Manly.
This comic just keeps getting better and better!! :D
Really excellent work this year!!!
Props man for a strip with JEM! It made me laugh so hard, but for the record I side with Jonesy on this one. XD The kiss was super sweet btw. <33
I did a silent “squee” (seeing as I’m in a place where a “squee” will be reprimanded). Love it! :D
HOLY crap I totally wasn’t expecting that! That was great, it made my heart go all mushy and soft XD
I know that there was something between the two but WHAT THE HELL WOMAN
Eh, some people seem to be better at filling in the time that passes between strips than others.
Congrats on the 1 year anniversary, hope you’ll have many many more to follow.
A part of me died inside…from sheer JOY.
When I saw them sparkle-eyes in panel 6, I knew a well-deserved SQUEE was imminent.
Just in time for V-day. <3
What do you mean no mushy romantic comedy? I LOVE MUSHY ROMANTIC COMEDIES!!
Note: I don’t.
Mind —> blown
Alright, I was expecting a lot, but this really caught me off guard, and that rarely happens, as you can tell by my name, I tend to expect the unexpected. Congrats, you made the short list of people that managed to catch me off guard, Coela…^^
For gods sake its manly men doing manly things, there is no way on earth I could hate this comment! It inspired me to go forth and make my move on my love interest. It failed Naturally as they all do but thank you coela for giving me a boost of self confindence!
Your comic is on par with the logic-defying awesome of Dr. McNinja. The two of you should hook up a cross-comic story arc of doom.
I’m such a sucker for this kind of romance <3, happy late valentines to everyone. I feel like going hugging my nerdy man-bear, this strip is fantastic.
The man knows what he wants and takes what he wants.
What IS more MANLY than get the girl?
Get the girl right after getting your coffee back from your past self.
ONE: CONGRATS
TWO: I’m happy to see this. Aaaaaah, great job on everything!
My annoyance with V-day sorta put a mental block up when it came to my comics, but I finally remembered and came back and I wish I had seen this back on V-day! So awesome!
IT WAS FUCKING TIME!!!
TIME DID THIS!?
THAT BASTARD!!!
Dang.
Wait…..
What.
Gratz on one year and an adorable page. :D One of the things I love about this comic is the healthy dose of humor with just enough sweetness to it. Amazing job!
I don’t get what you guys are complaining about. At what point is getting the girl not the manly thing to do?
Secretly they wanted CB for themselves, and his kissing Jonesy tarnishes those dreams.
I agree; getting the girl is totally the manly thing to do. I admit, it is somewhere between not surprising this happened and totally unexpected… I think that has to do with how the story arc panned out. Still, I like it and I would not think Commander would ever allow this comic to go any where near a romantic theme.
Manly Guys Doing Manly Things is a great comic and I think it’s going exactly where it needs to go. Considering how it has already endorsed being a great dad, even after a divorce, as being very manly, I see no problem with this addition or the plot so far; if anything, it’s spot on and a lot of ordinary guys (and girls) needs to take notice.
Great first year; and here’s to another! [insert beer toast here]
XD First those two… those two are just freaking adorable and I like the idea of romance with out the comic going all drippy love story on us.
Then there’s the fact that have way through this page I figured out they were talking about Jem and it made me laugh my ass off because you were the one that introduced me to Jem in the first place XD
Too many words in this one but…
I have the most awkward boner.
Lets put this on the list of things Vorked didn’t need to know.
Awkward Bacon boners added.
>be born in 1994
>understand every Jem reference
>feel like a boss.
Aww yeah.
THat is very much like my first kiss.
Though he was in a discussion with his friends about how girls shouldn’t be so timid and just take what they want.
So I did.
Haha, there need to be more girls like that XD
seconded
Now time read them all again
*holds up the totally saw it coming flag*
I’ve got a daughter, so I know enough about Polly Pocket to make someone’s ears bleed.
The Commander really is Bad-Ass.
Happy Valentine’s day, Coelasquid. I love YOU.
But not in the creepy way.
… yet on the internet, every way is creepy.
Never mind. Great comic!
Congrats on a year, love the comic.
Commander Badass needs to be promoted now. Captain Badass…That sounds cool.
Happy “Family” Day!
(Dead White Guys Day here in Da Statez)
Jem, a kiss, this is totally the word that dares not speak its name.
Of course by that I mean EPI-
If you think about it, he can go back in time to his past self right? Who wouldn’t want to be able to do that?! Imagine your relationship what it would be like if you mess up and you can just go back and prevent it from ever happening. :D
I took a week, but I *finally* saw MFBoozeTime!
My life is complete.
No update this week? I keep trying to figure out if there is an announcement I missed. ^_^;
Ah, there’s going got be one, I just got held up by real life.
Well, it is a holiday in Ontario… I don’t think that applies to the rest of the world tho…
Congrats on one year!
Such a great comic!
Keep it up!
Did anybody notice that Jonesy was using a Commander BA accent in the third last panel? That’s prolly why he kissed her.
‘Scuse me, fourth last panel.
… The Commander’s talking in that panel.
Fourth LAST panel. Clearly she’s talkin’. :)
I love the advertisement on the bottom. Oh, and C. Badass has a soft side? Nice.
what where is it! ITS tuesday it should be here the new page! O_O
or is it over?
Sorry but the comic hasn’t been the most appaering to me for a bit :'(
BUt I am Sure this weeks will brake the streak. 1 more thing This is the funniest comic page ever and I am the only 1 in my grade 6 class that understands It people say WTF thats not funny at all and your stupid. BUt its hularios like the dungeons and dragons one laphed my gut out in grass and got in huge trouble but it was worth it.
That took me way by surprise! But, I like where this might be going.
Also, you totally need to get a store. I’m getting my tax return here soon, and I’d really like to have a MGDMT tee-shirt in my closet.
Just catching up on comics, and I just wanted to say how much I almost cried from joy over the fact that this conversation is happening–I’m 22 and my roomie and I discuss this same thing every once in a while.
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
‘Bout time. :)
*quiet cheering* Everyone in my house is asleep, so I have to cheer veerrry quietly. This is awesome, I’m still up reading all of these at…3:26 AM. Sleep is for the weak!
Dawwww…. <3
i saw a jem reference and i just lit up. *w*
Honestly before this comic I didn’t even know they were romantically involved, I just thought they were friends
jealous!!
OMG If Commander is a brony I will be really happy! That would be SO AWESOME! /)^3^(\
First time reader and kiss aside, thank you. Thank you so much for this comic, thank you for what Commander said about JEM/Jerrica/Rio because I’ve had that same debate since I was a little girl with people. Thank you. Just…Thaaaaaaank. YOU.
Once upon a time, someone said “If you’ve got nothing nice to say, don’t say anything at all” … except they never ever said it to me, and I believe that sort of positivity-bias is the cancer that rots society from the inside… BUT that is beside the point.
I don’t like this.
Nobody needed to hear it, but I had to say it.
Just had it playing over in the old noggin that just because he is the main character and she is the only female besides his ex-wife and daughter… that they automatically have to gravitate towards each other.
But whatever…
It doesn’t do me any good to stew on what ought to be, as it doesn’t change what is.
The mindset that always helps me come to terms with character/plot developments is to think, “This isn’t happening to the characters because the story is about them; the story is about them because this happened to the characters.” Does that makes sense? If you imagine that this already occurred and now you’re reading about it after the fact, you’re less likely to become jaded with common or likely plot elements and to suspect that your media is stale merely because you’re seeing a pattern which includes what you’ve already consumed (instead of judging a story on its own merits or within its own context).
I liked this development because the characters and their relationships were changing, we were learning more about them, and the story was unfolding more. S’pretty coo’.