Set Facebook to “It’s Complicated”.
May 21, 2012
12:00 am
I was helping out with a friend’s wedding all weekend and had to drive from San Jose to LA on Sunday at midnight. I’ve been exhausted and the comic I was trying to do for this week was taking too long to make, so I got up early and banged out something quicker to do this morning. Pretend it’s character development or something. (For the record “baw your updates are late” notes aren’t motivational in the least, I don’t know who people think they’re helping when they send them)
Now I can’t help but wonder what goes well with wooly mammoth… is it pie?
Me: Pie?!?!? OH BOY, WHAT FLAVOR?!?!?!?
Lord_of_pins: Pie flavor!!! D:<
Dead Thing Pie! I love dead thing pie!
Clearly we need every kind of pie to go with wooly mammoth, just like our neanderthal ancestors did.
i know which pie goes well with it.
…..Pinkie Pie,Roasted.
man i would love that.
You monster!
I don’t know that one does get on my nerves.
I laughed really hard at this, I’m not even guilty.
But we came from Cro Magnons, not Neanderthals.
Cro magnons evolved from Neanderthals.
roadkill pie…
If it’s pie, it better be pumpkin. I’d like to bet there’s pudding involved also. For sides, perhaps some kind of wild grain, and an appetizer platter of assorted poultry.
If I were Jonesy, I’d ask for that app plate to include some pheasant.
You just got me thinkin’ about the only manga (that I’ve read, at least) that could fit into this comic. Toriko. The main character is built like a brick sh*t house, smokes cigars and is trying to find the best food in the world. And pretty much everything in that world is edible, like a savory version of the room in Wonka’s chocolate factory or somethin’.
Now I want to know which food/item he deemed to be the best. What was the answer?
The manga is still ongoing so he hasn’t decided what the best food is yet.
They’re currently seeking it out, all they know is that it’s called God. And I’m sure the pie that lord_of_pins is talking about could be the apple piteorites from Toriko that fall to earth from space.
The best thing about Toriko is that it’s a freakin’ KIDS’ SHOW, and it’s being heavily affiliated with One Piece. The amount of bara/yarou fanservice in that show is almost disturbing, when you take that into consideration.
I’m heavily suspecting that it is actually purposely fishing out yaoi-fangirls who have gotten sick of the uncomfortably rape-y romances and itty-bitty ukes to expand it’s audience while the kids and boys can believe it is all about friendships and bonds between males while all the fanfiction starts brewing up… and no complaints, absolutely no complaints about that from me.
And hey, One Piece has it’s moments too. Actually almost anything that has anything to do with extreme masculinity tends to slip into glorious eye-candy and fuel for fanfiction from time to time.
Yaoi fangirlism pays no need to reason or logic. Shounen action-like shows in general are prime yaoi fodder due to the attractiveness of the guys and the seeming lack of interest in women.
also the fact that the most delicious things can take out tanks
well pie ase desert withe some cinamon icecream but i think mamoth be nice withe pepper sauce ande grilld chees
Is it just me or did the Commander’s expression in the second-to-last panel change a bit when it got colored? It looks a bit off now, but it looked fine in black and white.
It really bugged me so I changed it. It was awkward and poorly drawn, I did the sketch and line art for the page in a rush.
How about mushroom/potato gravy pie with cheese sauce?
Shepard’s pie!
…
Sabertooth Pudding?
To ma’ refined palate, th’ only pie that’d go well with Wooly Mammoth Steak’d be Wooly Mammoth pie. Along with Preh’storic salad dressin’ that y’ just wouldn’t eat.
This just made me smile and feel all fuzzy inside.
steak will do that to ya :P
D’aww, they’d make such a cute couple.
… they already (kinda) are a couple? Or am I completely misunderstanding…? …. English is hard.
Anyway, they really do have a great vibe. Not only cute, though, but also heartwarmingly ordinary. That’s some realistic and sweet romance, and I’d love to see them truly going out for steaks after this glorious story arc is over.
Most of romance-labeled stuff should take a look at this; now this is the feeling I’d like to see in romance stories instead of that awkward, forced and/or unrelatable boringness you usually get…
D’aww indeed <3
Their relationship is something along the lines of “drinking buddies who make out sometimes”
“Friends with Benefits”? :P
That’s only when it gets to casual sex, I think.
They don’t set up dumb rom-com rules about when they’re allowed to call each other and how long they’re allowed to keep eye contact.
Well, close enough. Who says drinking buddies who make out sometimes can’t be a couple of sorts? (/end nitpicking) Anyhow, even if it isn’t on a couple level (or never reaches it) they’re still the most natural, believable couple I have seen in comics for a long, long time (but on the other hand, really I just need to stop reading so much bad manga). Probably because there hasn’t been any rushing into “the only true love for eternity” -type of situation and no labels set by themselves…
Anyhow, I love their relationship <3
She’s basically the only woman who’s man enough for the Commander, so yeah. It’s totally happenin’.
Man enough for him? … somehow that sounds slightly misogynistic. Like only by being manly a woman can form a healthy and strong friendship and/or possible romantic relationship when this comic is about how ridiculous extreme gender stereotypes are.
They certainly are on the same wavelength and are cute to watch, but (no offense ment) whether that has anything to do with gender roles or stereotypes… I surely hope it doesn’t, because relationships based on such silly, vague things make me very sad >:
I think you’re making a storm inside a water glass. Even if commander needs a manly women so what? That’s their thing. It’s that special thingy for them.
Needing and liking are completely different things in my books, and need implies certain inequality between the persons involved in a relationship, so no, I can’t see it as needing a particular kind of partner. But I agree I wrote that out to sound a little bit too dramatic. People need their friends and spouses and other kinds of social contacts to survive life, but my problem is that wohdin’s comment made it sound like Commander can only be around hyper-manly people when he is (at least in my eyes) too tolerant and human as a character to be like that. And hey, it’s not only about who commander needs or wants to be around, but also about who she needs and wants to be around. That’s what I like about them. Being equal persons liking each others company, with no fuss about being too manly or not enough manly or too feminine or not enough feminine. Maybe that contains some very stereotypically male things, but still~
I blame the university life and everyone being all nitpicky about wordings for my inability to let go of the topic.
Was that mid-sized cervid a somewhat pastel blue-ish green colour? I think it was!
I don’t think it’s misogynistic at all. I mean, seriously, could you see the Commander with a girl holding the stereotypical ‘female’ attributes? I mean, I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s why he divorced his wife in the first place.
Well to be fair, his first wife was kind of a bamf too…remember the Roller Derby comic?
Aw, this comic’s kind of cute.
I don’t know if it’s just me, but there’s a wall of viagra and related ad links between the project wonderful ad and the title of this comic.
Those randomly pop up sometimes, it’s some kinda word press issue, so I probably won’t be able to fix it until I get the site revamp done.
Yeah I was getting that too. Bluehost told me to update WordPress to get the security settings updated.
I get that too, though only when on my work’s network. It goes away if you delete your cookies from this site (the name/email ones from commenting, that is)
really though, this is the only really appropriate ad for the site anyway.
Baw your updates are… welcome whenever they appear! HA, PSYCHE!
I like all the poses on this page. Looks like you had fun with those.
Oh my, :3 Commander eyes look so cute whe looking Jonesey… He’s ready for another ex, lol. Hey Coelasquid! don’t mind those “baw your updates are late” suckers.
Aw, adorable.
This morning I told my partner I would be a bone marrow donor for him if ever needed but I wouldn’t pop his back zit. I have boundaries you know.
d’awww cutieees
Just so we’re clear, that wasn’t a wedding proposal was it? Cause this girl would totally take it as one.
I’d take it as one
There’s something romantic about rock climbing.
And shanks of raw meat. There’s romance there too!
Shanks of supposedly extinct raw meat. That’s not romance, that’s love.
Hey, he’s from the future anyway already. Pro’lly the only reason he hasn’t given Jared a pet T-Rex is that Mr Fish would eat it…
No, the reason he hasn’t given Jared a pet T-Rex is because he knew after the incident with the pressure washer that he wasn’t ready yet. Plus, Jared might try to feed it those steriods he once found.
This is great! Kinda reminds me of my Skyrim. I chased down a mammoth, with the intention of boxing it to death. The hairy pachyderm wasn’t having any of my shenanigans. Maybe if I made a Commander character…
I like how Jonesy is every bit as manly as any guy in the strip. Same can probably be said for Commander B’s ex too. XD
She’s more manly than some of the characters in tis comic such as link and jared.
baw your updates are late
Huntin’ down a wooly mammoth bare-handed?
Now that’s love.
True manly-man love I might add.
this is too goddamn cute… seriously. i adore it
._. <3
oh man, I wonder what a woolly mammoth steak would taste like haha.
Also coelasquid, I think you’d appreciate this. #1 talks about Jared’s favorite dating game. http://www.cracked.com/article_19827_the-6-most-insane-video-games-about-dating_p2.html
They forgot to mention the level where the human girl is dismembered and dispensed throughout the school in pieces in the photocopy boxes and the game turns into a murder mystery to figure out whodunnit.
When does that happen?!?
That link where they mention it turning into a turn-based RPG? Keep reading it.
I read that.
Hatoful Boyfriend is INSANE.
~JAPANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
Oh my lord I can’t stop reading the playthrough link.
Seems like this is a setup that will pay off later.
Is the Commander’s voice still the same while he’s bishified? The voice I usually hear when I read the comic just doesn’t fit very well when he looks like that. :)
He still talks the same way, but it’s probably not the same voice. Even if his vocal chords are different, it wouldn’t have to effect the “lazy drawl” part of his brain.
I’ll bet he sounds like (young) Elvis.
Uh huh huh!
Thank you, thankyouverrymuch!
This is adorable and I feel ashamed for having missed it so far.
Baw, this made me feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside. Really!
I love characters who have a hugely varied skill set when they also come with various creative reasons WHY they have those skills.
In short, Jones is awesome.
D’aww factor level hit here. Heh. Jones and Commander always make me laugh with their conversations.
Ahahahah, shank’a wolly mamoth, excellent, I kinda hope that actually gets drawn after this xD
I absolutely love every page you put up of this comic, no matter what it’s about or when it gets here. You and this comic are awesome. One of the highlights of my week.
People who whine about late comics clearly have nothing else to do with their time and are just irritated that you do.
Baw baw baw baw bawran Barberaaaaannnnneee.
I’m not one of those who sent you those “hurry up” messages and I don’t mean to rush or anything but… I’m now used to Commander Bishonen. Please turn him back into Commander Badass before I start to like this better!
Sepuku will be nessesary if you do… like commander bishified that is
The second to last panel is both creepy and cute. Coming from the Commander, even bishified, that’s saying something!!
So She learned to make Ackee and Saltfish?
i love you coelasquid, update as you see fit.
Listen Jones talk about her job gave me deja-vu about another adventuring individual, Arthur Dent. When he returns to Earth in ‘So Long and Thanks For All the Fish’ and calls up his boss, the convo goes pretty much the same way, only no mono.
Hehehehe. Commander seems to have found his woman.
Colea, its your comic and you can update it whenever you want. Also I wonder if the Commander is going to travel back or forward in time to get the Wooly Mammoth.
I hope he goes back in time. If he goes forward, he’s gonna have a hard time finding non-GMO mammoth.
He could just fly to a planet of nothing but mammoth… mmm tasty tasty planet mammoth
People actually post to bitch about the COMPLETELY FREE and EXTREMELY AWESOME entertainment being late? …I don’t understand.
“Human Swiss Army Knife of Abandoned Hobbies” << That would make an excellent T-Shirt. I'd wear it.
And not to sound like a suckup (even though I do), but your stuff is freakin' awesome and thank you (if I haven't said it yet) for sharing your awesomeness with us, free of charge and with great fortitude.
^ Second this, and third, and a billion times over. Seriously Coela, we love you<3 Let the whiners whine; you've got loads of loyal un-whining fans. We're just not always as loud and noticeable because we're too busy appreciating the comic. ;3
Haha yeah that would be an awesome shirt to have
I agree wholeheartedly. :D
Add an “I am a” of some kind to the beginning, maybe those actual words, or an arrow pointing to the wearer’s face or something (Now THAT would be funny AND awesome!).
How about “Looking for a Human Swiss Army Knife of Abandoned Hobbies” on a T-shirt? Because I’d wear that.
Well complainers are gonna complain but Coela this comic is amazing so update whenever. Also I fifth the human Swiss army knife t-shirts, I NEED one!
WTB Human Swiss Army (etc) maybe? Too nerdy? Not nerdy enough?
I think the “I am a” is a good call, as well.
Also agree that it would be an amazing shirt.
I also would buy that shirt…and maybe a second one for when I abandon my hobby of only owning one of each shirt.
Sugar, you have a life, that comes before me gettin to see your comic, no matter how impatient I might feel. If it makes you feel any better think of the complainers as people who love your work but have no interpersonal skills.
Screwed up the italics, oops.
I fixed it.
hey look there, an update, awesome, good job, I hate to bug you with my devotimational comments, but look at that, I said something yesterday, and bam! update the very next day, you can complain about your crushed self-esteem or w.e. as long as you get your updates out on a regular basis idc :D
best of luck in the future, and sorry you had a busy/stressful time with your wedding/stuff
So is that your way of saying you plan to make a habit out out it? Because if it is I’ll probably be inclined to add your IP to the spam filter.
I finished this page before I logged in to mess with the site this morning so I didn’t even see what you said until I was in the process of uploading this. I get pages out in spite of jerks who think I exist to provide them with free internet shit, not because of. Don’t pat yourself on the back and pretend you made this happen.
Do you have any idea how much of an ass you just made of yourself? You might want to go by a simple rule of thumb: if you have to say “I hate to bug you with my devotimational comments” maybe you just shouldn’t bug her with said comments. Seems like simple common sense to me.
You deserve that special place in hell, RedHatBernard. You know the one. Usually reserved for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
Gosh, what a darn shame that your totally free entertainment didn’t come in at the exact moment you wanted it! I’m sure it’s such a burden to you, having to click ALL THE WAY over here only to not get an update because Coela is busy with other things.
Man, WTF is wrong with you?
Do you do this with every webcomic, because I have yet to find one webcomic that doesn’t have a period of missed updates? Do you also think you move those comics along with your sense of Interwebs Trollingness?
Seriously, mang – what a dick move. This comic is free to everyone, and the artist is entitled to a life and doing whatever the Heck she wants to do with it.
Hey, here’s a thought, she’s doing this FOR FREE in her own free time. So instead of doing something she may actually want to do in that free time, she’s doing her HUMANLY best to at least get one page out a week. SO WHAT IT ISN’T ON TIME?!
You go make a weekly webcomic and keep it going for a couple years, and not have a single late update. And if you can do that, for more than two years, WITH EVERY SINGLE UPDATE PERFECTLY ON TIME REGARDLESS OF WHAT GOES ON IN YOUR LIFE (this includes your mom/dad dying, you in hospital for life saving surgery, you going to you BFF or siblings wedding because you are best man, your computer dies because of virus or whatever, no excuses what so ever), THEN AND ONLY THEN can you complain.
OR better yet, you want the comic on time every week? Make it worth her while! Pay her, REAL comic artist rates. Pay her for it. No, not $20, while I am not sure what comic artists at Marvel and DC and all those are paid, I am sure it would come to something probably out of your price range.
So, here is the best idea yet: SHUT YOUR PIE-HOLE! Because YourMomma says “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all!” Mind your bloody manners!
Everybody step aside. YourMomma’s got this.
Heh, Been a while since I posted, Still check the comic religiously though.
I love the look of ‘touched’ in commanders face on panel 7.
This is still my favorite comic on the web.
commaaanerrr, commaaanderrrr, commander’s in loooove… or are you guys too young for “tammy”??!
they’ll be able to use ivory toothpicks after they’ve worked up an appetite after castle-climbing!
Do you mean Tammy as in “Tammy and The T-Rex”?
Nope, as in Tammy and the Bachelor, a series f four by Universal starting in 1957. :3
Interesting fact, the song they’re referencing was part of why the movie did so well. The movie came out to only mild success, while the single of Tammy’s heartbroken song came out at the same time to roaring success (love songs were the bread and butter of the market at the time). Universal took the movie out of theaters for a couple of weeks, let the single rise and build up interest in the movie, then re-released a month or so after the original release date, to much greater success. My daddy told me about it.
By the by, I love you aximom. Also, I hate you, because that song will be stuck in my head for days. <3
I learn so much on this site. Thank you, there is no way I could have googled that right to get the information. I would have gotten frustrated and tried to figure out why they made “Tammy and The T-Rex” which is a awful movie and I was too young to see it. Beer should not be poured directly on the brain.
By the way, the way you get a song unstuck of your head is to get it stuck in someone else’s head. Mark Twain wrote a story about a guy on the train who get’s this gingle stuck in his head based on the sounds round him so he tells it to someone to free himself of it. So, if it is still in your head ask freind who knows the song about it or sing it to someone.Then they will have it and you won’t.
I really like this today. She is one competent woman.
Don’t know what to do about the trolls. Laserfish?
Helen
Highly agitated sea bass?
It may be filler, but it is damn adorable.
Hey, if you see Caesar Romer, get rid of him so we don’t have to sit through Lost Continent.
I can’t stand when people complain about update schedules. To me, it only sounds like a toddler screaming “I want it NOW!” while stamping their feet.
Well it’s not like the comic is free… oh wait…
human swiss army knife’ [S], not [F]
Good comic btw.
No, “F” is right. It’s an abbreviation of the word “Of”.
First time I’ve ever heard of such an abbreviation. Well, live and learn.
Its just to try and put across the way the commander speaks.
It’s an illustration of Commander’s speech pattern. He drops the vowel in his speech, so Coela writes it without the vowel.
It’s odd that when Commander has been speaking almost exclusively in contractions for some hundred and twenty comics, that’s the one that bothers you.
It seems you are having trouble following the ‘Updates every monday” thing. XD As for this comic, when did the Commander suddenly start being so dependent on her for help? I mean, yeah she knows a lot of stuff, but it seems all she has done is keep him company. Also, I’m gonna make a guess right now that one of a few things will happen according to Jared (why do I always forget his name? XD).
1. He will come in during a “life or death” moment, which will probably just be an over-dramatized reaction to a negative event, and pull some sort of Moment of Awesome and flip the event in their favor.
2. He will just sit out there taking care of the robot guys or whatever and Commander will return to see him sitting there somewhere, possibly in a pile of their remains, sleeping or enjoying his time reveling in his pokemon’s awesomeness. Or he will be complaining about boredom. Or he will still be staring at Gyarados in aw.
3. He will make a grand entrance during a later moment, and then screw things up somehow.
4. He will use Gyarados to provide a getaway “vehicle”.
5. He will fall victim to some sort of “Macho-man disease”, which will cause an effect almost the exact opposite of the one that has infected Commander, and it will go away after a few moments, making him say “Awww…” with a pouty face.
6. He will have almost no later significance at all until after the story arc.
Let’s see if one of those is right. :D
Well, anyone can need help sometimes, especially if they have lost huge amounts of body mass and muscles and are trying to infiltrate a castle. And hey, good close friends always have each other’s back, righ? And she’s competent, and that’s said a lot in a world full of ridiculously strong macho men. Although those macho men have lost their powers and she isn’t going to contract the virus anytime soon because of her gender… ;’D
Good alternative scenarios. I can’t think of anything to add. My bet’s on the third one – Jared having a grand entrance and blowing it up fits his character and the humor of the series. But I have been wrong before, hopefully Coela surprises us~!
” When did the Commander suddenly start being so dependent on her for help? ”
Around th’ same time as he contracted th’ virus, ya think? Besides which, needing backup doesn’t make you unmanly. Know your limits, just get your share of ass-kicking done.
– We’ve already established it’s a dick move to complain about updates. (especially when you’re still getting regular updates)
– You don’t need to be dependent on someone to enjoy having them around.
And the next strip will have “coincidentally” trolls getting slaughtered.
Is that really a dick move? He/she wasn’t rude about it at all and it is pretty valid complaint when you don’t keep to a schedule you yourself set.
Is it worth mentioning at all? Do they think that I don’t know I’m late? Do they think that I’m not already stressed out about it? Do they think they’re being funny? Plenty of people decide it’s their civic duty to inform me that my free webcomic updated late (Some are rude enough about it that I’ve started chucking comments in the spam filter), and I’m not sure what their motivation is when they still got a new strip just like every other week. If I say “Updates Monday or whenever I get a chance to” would they stop gleefully informing that I coloured my comic twelve hours late as though I was unaware?
It’s a case of “Does this need to be said, does it need to be said at this time, does it need to be said by me?”
illeatyourself seemed to just use it as a conversation starter. I wouldn’t take it as anything worth discussing or getting stressed or upset about – it’s not illeatyourself’s comment’s point, not at all. You need to take care of yourself, Coela, try to rest any moment you can – your life sounds hectic enough without constantly worrying about silly, thoughtless people.
I’m sure there’s a ton of people ready to hunt those unreasonably demanding fans in your stead ;’) And maybe some of them – the more neutral ones – are just concerned about you? I mean, I stop to wonder about my favorite artists’ health and stressful schedules if they’re absent or miss their deadlines… and with that in mind, I understand using the spam filter, but felt a bit sorry for illeatyourself for that harsh reply that vented out the general pent-up irritation.
… hopefully this comment doesn’t make me hated >:
when the description of this comic straight up says bothering me about late updates isn’t appreciated, using a variant of “you sure updated late!” as a conversation starter shows a certain lack of tact.
I don’t appreciate it, I’ve explained why, and I hope it dissuades people from feeling the need to point it out. I’ve been maintaining this comic for more than two years, that kind of thing wears on you.
Okay, I am switching tactics and am now sending you mental beer.
I appreciate your work and dedication and in no means want to stress you more, and don’t personally mind the variations in update times. The empathetic side of me just wanted to point out that even though some people are bothering you unjustifiably, someone else mentioning the same topic briefly may not still be a completely justifiable outlet to vent on frustration. Can we all get along? >:
And you shouldn’t even pay attention to it when you don’t want none of it. It was a tiny sentence – although I agree and understand it was unnecessary and lacking tact – and the rest of it showed a definite interest towards your work and art, and was probably written because of curiosity and a want to show support. I hope I don’t sound too pushy with all this, but I just wanted to bring this other viewpoint into the matter to your attention. I mean, it took a long time before I managed to muster up courage to comment here because the social part of internet is a scary, scary place for a rarely commenting lurker….
By the way, I’m totally joining GothamGirl in sending mental beer.
And illeatyourself, just a word and I will stop using you as an demonstrative example!
If she says it doesn’t been to be mentioned, it doesn’t need to be mentioned. I’m sure she’s sick of it to the point of frustration (and beyond). Online, tone is completely lost so just commenting about it is pointing it out and rubbing it in and keep count and blah blah blah. She should just change it to, “Updates whenever it updates!” then people will have less to complain about.
People are nagging because of missed deadlines for a webcomic ?
Holy cow! I don’t want to know what they will do when the comic goes on hiatus next month!
Clearly the people who keep going on about this are people who’ve never read webcomics before.
Never read webcomics, or just plain never read.
*NOT implying that this comic IS going on hiatus. That was just an example.
My heart totally skipped a beat :’D I thought I had missed some info. You little fluffy heretic, you, don’t go on scaring people who take things far too seriously. Not that a hiatus would shatter my world, not after the punctuality and continuous flow of updates that has been going on. One can do nothing else but be in awe before such impressive productivity.
Does he mean time travel, or is there a stage somewhere that mammoths are a random encounter?
If mammoths are random encounters what level do you encounter them.
The Ice Stage.
Well, we have seen Wolverine and Deadpool I think so your options are the savage land or a park where they cloned a bunch of extinct animals for the purposes of hunting.
I read comics enough that that answer came automatically to me. Should I be worried?
I want a nice steak.
His smile made me go “awww” but, if he was his normal manly self then it would’ve made me swoon and flustered up like crazy.
You just gotta say “People, get Google Reader and put this brilliant webcomic on it. Whenever it updates, you’ll know instantly about it and it’ll make your day better.”
BAW YOUR UPDATES ARE LATE
Just kidding. This is actually kinda sweet.
I love these little moments between Commander Badass and Jonesy, this is friggin’ adorable.
Thanks to this comic I feel pretty awesome now, since while many of mine are not nearly as awesome as Jones’, I could actually be considered under the title “Swiss Army Knife ‘f Abandoned Hobbies”. I feel like I’ve dedicated a large portion of my still relatively short life to learning skills I would only need in very specific careers or circumstances, and very few of them into the same career (how would one combine chainmaille, basic computer knowledge, German language, and fluid pressure schooling into a career skill set?)
Sure!
Building large armored vehicles driven by fluid pressure that takes verbal commands on a computer in German.
I can see you using all of those for the zombie apocalypse if you happened to be stuck in Germany.
Robert A. Heinlein said that Specialization is for insects. From my own experience all skills wind up coming in handy for last minute Halloween costumes and road trips.
I was smart enough not to send messages that it is late but I was sending mental cupcakes so that yo would be filled with happiness. Did you get those? They had a maple syrup frosting to compliment the bacon interior. They were difficult cupcakes to maintain perfect flavor mentally, but I did try.
These two are the cutest couple.
THE CUTEST.
Hey, as long as it comes out within the week people can be patient.
Also, next time filler is needed, nonbishie-commander fighting a mammoth would be EP-(ahem. Sorry, laserfish already made be give all my money to the jar.)
I’m just happy you updated. I have seen so many webcomics die for no reason. I don’t want to see MGDMT go the way Gone With The Blastwave did. You could update once a month, and I would be grateful.
Coelasquid, can I just say that every time you update, I’m just glad you’re still doing the comic?
Heck, I don’t even mind if you take a week off now and then (but I’ll still check every day just to make sure I don’t miss something.)
Like they say, thanks for the free entertainment. Don’t let the complainers get you down.
While we are on the topic of demotivational comments…
I can’t say I’m not disappointed when I pop in on Monday to see there isn’t a new comic up, but I don’t whine or moan about it because you have a life, and you tell us about it ahead of time. I don’t care if it takes a month if that’s how long you feel it will take to bring the quality you are used to delivering. I just want you to enjoy making the comic as much as I enjoy reading it. When it becomes a chore for you, it will become a chore to follow, and I don’t want that more for your sake than for mine. You’ve brought us some quality free entertainment, and you owe us nothing. I still follow VGcats despite its 4-times-a-year update schedule, because when Scott realized he couldn’t deliver the comic he wanted to on such a regular basis he cut back to only bring us the gold. If that is what is needed to allow you to keep making MGDMT on YOUR terms, you have my backing 100%. Thank you so much!
Awww, that’s so sweet. c:
Aaaaugh, I love your lineart so much. I can never get thicker lines to look so nice. I don’t mind when the pages aren’t colored because I get a chance to admire your linework.
And I really enjoy watching these two interact :]
And to hell with any who complains about your stuff being late. Nobody’s paying you to do this. You’re taking your free time for it, even if you don’t enjoy it so much these days. I’m just grateful that I get to see your work, because it’s lovely stuff. I admire you a hell of a lot, as both an artist and a person.
You keep being awesome, Coela.
The trick I use for lineart is going into brush settings with the regular hard round, turning spacing to 1%, slanting it to 45 degrees and squishing the circle to 50%, it gives you a chisel tip like you would get with a calligraphy pen.
Love it! OTP
Hey Coelasquid, I’ve been a fan of the comic for some time now, and I’m sure to check every week. I don’t comment much though, because I happen to really enjoy this series, and really don’t have anything to say that isn’t already said.
With that being stated, perhaps I should mention that there are probably a ton of other people like me who don’t comment if everything is awesome, but there are people who do comment when they have an issue… I can see how that could get annoying. Just know that there are WAY more people who simply appreciate that you’re actually doing this comic in the first place, and know you have other things you could be doing.
Also, one last little note, I happen to be an aspiring cartoonist myself, and I find your work fairly inspiring… So keep it up!
Killer Snowman
All is forgiven oh drawer of manly men doing manly things. We love you and your work.
Oh man even Commander’s shoes are all sassy and pretty now.
“Filler” be damned, this is nice all by itself. And it’s YOUR comic, YOUR project. I’m grateful for whatever you take the time out of your busy life to make and post.
“Baw your updates are late” notes help Scott Ramsoomair; his power grows every time someone complains about things not updating on schedule. I believe it’s the entire reason VGCats was created.
Scott is fueled by the power of a million angished trolls.
Calling it right now: Next arc’s main villain will be a Jamaican chef. The twist: Jones will be kidnapped or something, and it will be up to Mr. Fish to win the day.
please more awesome comics :D we now you are tired and that transfers to your art work, congratulations by the way on your successful site :D
So that’s why they were hunted to extinction.
Oh, likely due to being delicious. That, and the hide makes a nice carpet. Plus, tusks!
Can I just say I love how you draw expressions?
I have Swiss army knife friends, the problem is their only solid hobby tends to be tabletop RPGs. And that random experience takes us on REALLY weird adventures. And personally, I don’t mind when you are late, I am just overjoyed when you update, gives me something to look forward to in my week. Hard to find a good webcomic that really gets the random organized chaos that entertains me so thoroughly. Keep up the good work. ;-)
Would it be possible to get like a time lapse video of you drawing and coloring one of these in? That would be really cool. Keep up the great work!
Oh, complainers be hanged. I’d like to see THEM maintain this comic on a perfect schedule and live a full, busy life at the same time!
Oh, and as to the “filler”, I think it works in just perfectly. It’s nice to see the growing relationship between these two. Gives a nice balance.
I’ll try a more motivational ‘Update Gripe’ – I have a Sack of Kittens… for every hour you are late I’m going to reach in like so – OH MY GAWD THEY ARE EATING MY AAAARM!!!
Don’t worry about this week’s one being late Squid. Last week’s Mr. Fish was worth 3 weeks. Plus I gotta start using that “shank’a wolly mammoth” line in everyday conversation.
Forget that, last weeks Mr Fish was worth about three THOUSAND weeks.
Actually, probably Mr Fish in general.
…dat fish. *unf*
Dat bass?
Probably over nine thousand!!! weeks.
Jones continues to live up to the expectations of our much-prized last name.
Also, mammoth steak sounds like an excellent ‘thank you for helping me slay Gakt’ present. The Commander is dead on with that one.
I just want to thank you for continuing to draw this comic. Each update is a gift, and welcome whenever it comes.
If these two ever have kids the kids’ll crush bricks with their bare hands and go shark hunting every Thursday afternoon. D’aaaw.
I suddenly find myself thinking of an old What’s New with Phil and Dixie comic (told across two pages, if you couldn’t tell) from the Duelist.
You need to end this arc soon. I’m starting to get used to seeing Commander Badass like this and it’s frightening me.
Nothing wrong with showing a lady a little manly appreciation. Nothin’ at all!
The Nomura sydrome is quite weird and does not suit for most characters of MGDMT, but Commander B does have a sexy expression in the 7th panel!
You make me happy when you post! Thank you for doing it at all! And you also put up links to super cool squid things that make happy time for my best friend, so you are extra awesome! (This is to counter anyone who comments about timeliness) I love the updates in the middle of the week because then its a happy surprise!
Welcome to the internet, where everyone thinks he or she is entitled to something even if it’s the spare time of total strangers and they get a product for free.
I remember when I was young the only thing we were entitled to was the air for breathin’.
Oh, those were the times! *totters around, waving a cane at random kids*
Well you know what they say (sort of): High-Quality, Fast/Regular Updates, or Free, pick two.
Personally, I’m glad that the two this comic can regularly be counted on to be is both High-Quality and Free. The fact that we DO get comics of this quality usually on Monday is just a sweet bonus-flavored BBQ sauce on top.
Why you spoil us so much, Coelasquid?
I don’t tend to comment on much of anything but I gotta say people are crazy for getting their panties in a twist over a page posting being “late”. I know how much time goes into the process of just drawing, let alone inking, layout, coloring, etc… So being the Creator of this awesome mash up of action-suspense-comedy-reference filled goodness this baby runs on your time! And whatever time that is I’ll gladly wait patiently for the next page!
Your comic is one of the few I actively follow period. The last time I avidly followed/kept up on a comic would have been back in the late 90’s early 2000’s with a smattering of Wolverine, some X-Men, Batman, Hellboy, Tomb Raider, and the occasional pickup of Silver Surfer or other comics *one of my favorite being the Marvel vs. DC run or Amalgam comics*
Your comic brightens my rather humdrum days, gives me something to crack a smile at, and ultimately proves to be a strong hand in super Manly pop culture references with an extra dose of awesome!
Keep up the excellent work!
“Swiss army knife ‘f abandoned hobbies” would make a great T-shirt.
As for the schedule slip, it’s not really an issue. There are plenty of comics that go months without updating without so much as a word from the author. Here, we’re still getting a strip at some point during every week.
And as far as I’ve seen, there’s nothing on the site saying something like “updates every Monday” anyway. So nyeh.
Commander doesn’t strike me as someone who would have a Facebook, unless it’s to advertise his agency.
And let’s be honest, that’s one sidebar ad I don’t think anyone would complain about.
I don’t care if this is supposed to be just filler. It’s adorable.
I pronounce Coelasquid as “Seal-a-squid”, which is the correct pronunciation, so far as I know… However, whenever I play Animal Crossing, I still pronounce Coelacanth “Co-ee-lawn-cath”. This is after a year of reading your webcomic.
Rock Climbing Club? Is that… maybe a Lost in Blue 2 reference? Lolololol
Dudette, I know this has been said before but; you’re making a webcomic, for *free*. If people get up in arms about a comic being late then that’s their own problem. Having an awesome comic that updates most of the time is good enough for most of us. I mean, look’t the comments above! C’est awesome!
This strip is so well-written and drawn I never even realized it was filler until you said so :D I’m glad to finally get a glimpse of these two’s dynamic :)
I totally understand if your pages are delayed by a day or two. I sometimes have a hard time getting my pages up and they’ve been finished for 4 years. Life gets in the way. I just appreciate that you try to put something up every week.
Coela, I’m gonna say something that no one has ever said EVER:
I love you.
-Joe
Commander’s bishie-face makes everything sound suggestive. I hope they get up that mountain soon. .___.;
I noticed that too, Sunnie. I must be more bish-imprinted than I thought, because that second-to-last panel gave me a little “Eee! <3" sensation in my throat.
I do love watching Commander and Jonesy bond some more, though. they're delightful. I hope they never, ever get in a fight; I think it would really make me feel troubled! (Considering that this IS just a comic strip and I try to be rational about fictional angst!)
Coela, you update when you have time; anyone who gives you flak about schedules is probably a troll, and definitely someone to be roundly ignored.
Jones is a fantastic woman.
Lol, did your wedding friend buy you a nice steak after all the help, then?
He bought me a burger. I guess they served steak at the wedding if that counts.
Warm fuzzies. Just… warm fuzzies. <3
Coelasquid, anyone who complains about a late comic you can punch in the face off a cliff or something, because they did not appreciate the majesty that was the LASER FISH. I considered that a two-week update on its own, and am still waiting for the beauty that would be a wallpaper version.
I was going to laugh because the last line sounded absurd, then I remembered that he totally can.
I just… I just love this comic. I love it so much. With all my manly heart. In the manliest way possible. Just had to say.
¡Hola from España! We wanted to say that our group here in Madrid, Spain, is loving your comics and we follow each update religiously. I’m usually in charge of translating the text so that my friends can enjoy, and on behalf of us we say !muchas gracias y mucho amor! Animo, que no te desanimes.
PS: We have translated the Commander’s name to “Comandante Cojonudo”.
The simple fact that this was just some random person off the street that CB met, and she can hold her own in a fight as well as any of these people…are all random people in this world this inexplicably badass?
The only thing that ever worries me is if something happened to the person whose story I am reading. I, for example, live in Japan. On March 11, 2011, a tsunami took out so many people. My mechanic said he was on the phone with a friend when that person was hit by the tsunami and died. Then there are the tornadoes that hit in the states. If that’s not enough, there’s the neighbor whose son came home for Christmas with a sore stomach. It turned out to be cancer and he died a month and a half later.
Unfortunately, if I send a message to someone who hasn’t posted in a while telling them, say “I hope you are well and that nothing bad has happened,” some people seem to think this is a secret code for “YOU’D BETTER HAVE A GOOD REASON FOR NOT UPDATING!”
Of course, for me it’s a secret code for “I hope you are well and that nothing bad has happened.” I’m weird that way.
Aww that’s so sweet
That first panel is the best thing ever.
…I wish I had a guy who’d hunt things down with his bear hands for me…. *forever alone*
You want a guy with bears for hands?
So hardcore!
What?! I…Oh, fucking typo demons. XD
i like your comic and i think your awesome :D
Not to nitpick and I’m sure someone might have already said something about this…but what happens if she actually gets mono?
Just putting out the love! I recently found this comic and devoured the archive. Easily one of the best comics I have ever read. Pleas keep up the most excellent work and utterly ignore the whiny toolboxes. I eagerly await the next installment, regardless of when it comes out!!
I don’t really pay attention to when the updates are, I’m just happy when they happen. Its always nice to wake up, drink a jug of coffee and reread old comics as well as new ones. Seriously people, go back and read it from the beginning again. Its still just as good as the first time.
Keep up the good work, Coelasquid. You’ve earned the approval of the space piranhas.
I wish our messages about not minding seeing your pages late would weight more than those messages harassing you for being late drawing them.
For the record, I still enjoy them no matter when they are released, even if they are clever fillers like this one.
I know you posted another strip, but all I can see is LASER FISH.
Sidenote: I would totally buy a t-shirt featuring Commander B standing on a felled mammoth with a harpoon gun. Totally. In case you were wondering, Coelasquid.
I’m really starting to miss butch badass :( he needs to fight another bull or that Canadian guy to the death after this to regain his rep. He has been prissy boy for far too long
BAWWWW YOUR COMIC CAN BE POSTED WHENEVER YOU WANT
THERE ARE NO LATE COMICS
(BECAUSE IT IS YOUR GODDAMN COMIC)
…
(I LOVE EVERY SINGLE ONE EVER JUST SO YOU KNOW)
Wow… What a bunch of dicks. You do a pretty damn funny comic that actually stands out from the rest…
…FOR FREE…
…and they bitch, complain, moan, whine and cry about you having a life that might see you submitting your comic 5 minutes late?
I thought it was rather appropriate at , “I don’t know who people think they are.”
I’ve always lived by the phrase, “Do you want it done NOW…or do you want it done RIGHT?”
Screw them. Do it on YOUR time and just ban/block/whatever those people. No warnings. First offense = ban/block/whatever from commenting in the future.
You don’t have to take that crap off of’em.
Anywho… I still love this comic. It’s a real breath of fresh air in what seems like a stale segment of the internet. Thanks for your hard work and dedication to bring us a little humor every few days. (^_^)
Better yet, server block the complainer’s IP so they can’t even view the comic here. Bam.
I hope you listen to the girl or guy (don’t know which one) above me. If it was me and i had to choose between updating every week at a certain time, or actually going out and having a social life and updating every week on varying days, i’d pick the social life too.
So is he growing a trench-coat or a leather dress?
Said it before, I’ll say it again, comic rules, Coelasquid rules, eff the haters.
Baw your updates are AWESOME!
Also I want -shirts of many of the things that have been said or done in this comic.
That second to last panel, C.B. almost looks like kefka palazzo. I am some how expecting C.B. to grow wings and start firing lasers from his hand.
Two of my favorite comics are “Hark, A Vagrant!” and “Lackadaisy.” Both have update schedules that are probably better charted on a geologic scale, but they’re worth waiting for. So a week doesn’t bother me the slightest. Your comic is worth waiting for, however long that is.
To all those peoiple whining about it being late: Try doing a webcomic yourself and see how punctual you are.
#Seriously
shut up all of you about the late comics. they are not late they are on time . do you know why that is. because this is FREE, and its fun to see the next one. but its FREE, the one that draws it is putting in there free time and spirit in it. so have some respect we all have a life after this name tags/avatars. so those the writer/drawer of this comic. so have some respect and let come when it comes that is life.
Coelasquid your doing a great job keep it up and we will see when the next comic comes you have a life to behind this comic
Thank you so much for working so hard on your comics, they’re always a ton of fun to read!
Always look forward to the manly guys comics!! :p aside from Skyrim and Sunday D&D, it is my geeky highlight of the week :p
o bby I love the relationship between Jones and C.B. They’re just like… bros, only with kissing sometimes. It’s awesome.
Also, bishie Commander is… kinda hot. I mean I guess that’s the point, and I think he looks pretty good-looking normally too, but… damn.
You should reveal to everyone that you are actually a wizard…because a wizard is never late, they release comics precisely when they mean to….
I adore this couple. They are really perfect for eachother. <3
NO. Bishie!Commander is growing on me too much. Make it stop :C All these creams do nothing for it!
Out of curiosity, does the website actually say anywhere that you update weekly?
I see “Updated Mondays” in the title bar but I do not see “Every Monday” or “Weekly” written anywhere.
Wow I can’t believe people would complain like that.
If I ever get back to the story I’ve been writing, mind if I ask you for the spam filter list?
I think a universal spam filter for artists would be a nice touch to combat trolls.
I like the dialogue here. It’s just so absurd that it’s funny. And heartwarming at the same time.
How about, “I love you in a totally non-creeper way” note? 8D
But maybe a little bit creepy.
Anywho, “I ain’t even sayin’ that sarcastically.” Best line in a comic ever.
Take you’re time with the comic, I’d rather have a decent one that a rushed one :) and I actually love this page cause I’m a horrible hopeless romantic X3
Am I the only one that can’t see comics 1113-1115?
The numbers in the URL aren’t indicative of the actual strip number. It skips a bunch between every post.
Ah! Here it is! I wanted to reread the whole storyline to remind myself why they were eating a wooly mammoth ^_^
Panel seven is still sexy as hell. Lord have mercy.
Dang!
Claimed she got mono, just for him.
Got all sorts of mad skillz to keep up with him & sticks through thick & thin for him.
Jonesy isn’t afraid of or avoids commitment…She just has her own way of showing it.