An Ode to God of War Bonus Costumes.
Every costume here is a canon one that the character wearing it has been seen donning in their respective properties before. I polled people on Twitter and Tumblr for costumes they wanted to see in this strip, so if you’re disappointed that one didn’t show up, well, you know where to follow for future instances I might be soliciting character suggestions.
On the subject of Good Vibes, though, if they’re airing them in the order we made them, this week’s episode should be one that my animation team was working on! Thursdays on MTV, if you have it. *edit*turns out they’re not airing them in production order, tonight’s episode is about Floatopia! It seems to be the most popular of the first four that were shipped around for promo purposes, so it’s worth checking out!
Discussion (314) ¬
The commander should have a beard and not wear his goggles more often. It suits him.
Beards make everything better.
Or, at least … they never make anything worse.
well you could ahve a evil stash that will corrupt your gotee O_O
never take a mustash and curl it, proven evil
Time for bearded women!
Women? With beards? The best of both worlds!
CB with a beard? FUCK and YES, please!
right on!
Erg. Beards are grody.
Anyone notice the Engineer from Team Fortress 2?
I know this is like 4 years late, but YES. It’s also one of his hats from the game. Fukken A.
Weren’t Gordon Freeman and Isaac Clarke kicked out of the agency for being nerds? Why does Engie get a free pass?
My favorite Kratos costume was The Chef of War.
Suck it, Ramsay!
Creepy.
Omg!!! Commander is The Beast! I love that movie! ~squee of girlish glee~
I’m with ya’ on that! All I can say is he can lock me up in a castle any day. :)
*stomps the rose* He’s not allowed to get less hairy. <3
Yeah, I always wondered if Belle was like “But I loved you for who you are! I didn’t fall in love with some skinny blonde pretty boy” after he changed.
(“Happily ever after.. I guess“)
Ye Gods that’s ALWAYS the case! George C Scott played him in one….
The reveal was SCARY.
Heard once that Disney cut a line where Belle suggests The-Guy-Formerly-Known-As-The-Beast should grow a beard.
The only thing I can think of is the Soldier’s costume this year for TF2.
“I will never feel pity, or remorse, or fear, or be comfortable… IN THIS COSTUME.”
Oh hey! Me too.
Jonesy is Elisa Maza from Gargoyles?
That’s brilliant!
There’s a lot of layers to that costume
I for one like how commander is going as beast and jonesy is maza from gargoyles, because there was a halloween gargoyles episode where maza went as bell from beauty and the beast and goliath went as beast
and there is my geek tirade for the day, i apologize
Oh my gosh! I remember that episode! Nostalgia floods…
The GARGOLYES references make me squee SO SO MUCH.
My childhood! *squee* I forgot about that one
A Gargoyles reference is an outstanding reference in my opinion. Thanks for pointing it.
Gargoyles ftw I’m rewatching them now. They are still good!
Wha? I feel like my brain’s gonna explode. I need to find Gargoyle DVDs stat!
You’re right! I wasn’t able to recognize it myself, thanks a lot
That’s what I thought too! Hilarious, seeing as how Elisa dressed up as Belle. :3
I can’t believe I missed that! I LOVED Gargoyles!
1. Is Jones dressed up as the Detective from Gargoyles?
2. Is that Jack (Deadpool) in the 4th panel on the right?
I think that is Deadpool. If so, that’s hilarious and awesome and I want to see more of him, Coelasquid!
Now who are Sten, and Jonesy dressed as?
And is that the Engineer in a hat or someone dressed as such?
That’s Sten’s circus performer costume, if you pick him to come rescue you out of Fort Drakon with Zevran or Oghren. :D
Haha good point. I briefly thought “is Sten dressed like Eamon? Because that would be ever so strange.”
I still have yet to do the circus thing. In fact, I was so gung ho about rescuin’ my own self for the first four or seven PTs I didn’t even KNOW there were shenanigans with other people rescuing you.
Greatly amusing shenanigans they are!
Personally, I sit back and wait just to hear Sten’s snappy comments to the doorguard and Warden, but my Qunari thing is pretty well-documented elsewhere online. XD
Jonesy is Elisa Maza from Gargoyles.
Man, I’m glad somebody else recognized Elisa….amazing how her character design sticks in my head…
The Engineer is wearing the Hetman’s Headpiece which you could get in TF2 from pre-ordering Mount&Blade: With Fire and Sword.
what did jared and mr.fish dress up as? or did they explode due to power armor failure .-.
Looks like Jared went as Spiderman.
Mr. Fish is….probably outside terrorizing children.
That TOFU has Jared’s hat on, and it’s being a fanboy about Kratos.
But Jared started working there recently, he wouldn’t know about Kratos’s history of Halloween costumes.
it has A hat, not jareds hat
Fair enough. It’s definitely not his hat, looking closer.
You might understand my mistake, though. He was a fanboy about Duke Nukem, too. If he knows about the videogames, he would know about the bonus costumes. All of the ones featured in this strip are from the games, so…
I’d almost bet that that’s Jared the box.
It’s HUNK.
Nah I think it’s the spiderman :o look at his plate of nachos. It’s Manleshiba! (sp)
Canadian Guy as Thor? Glorious.
Don’t you mean, THORious?
Haha, please forgive me, that was painful
Looks more like Scottish Guy is dressed up as Hercules, dressed up as Thor.
It’s Hercules as Thor, a la the Amazing Thorcules.
My heart kind of sank at the ‘Canadian Guy as Thor’ suggestion, which was entirely reasonable, but no it really is a reference to the comic run of the decade! Awesome.
I thought it might be. Ah good memories of when the comics did that.
He grew the Potato costume himself. It turns out that rage makes them grow bigger.
But not tastier unfortunately.
Haha, glad to see Deadpool there dressed as Marvel girl again.
MTE
Yeah, I’m sure everyone else would have perfered him dressing as Loki-son/Thor-pool, but not only would that costume clash, but as all deadpool/cable fans now, there are 100% more pantyshots with the marvel girl costume. So yeah its perfect!
And by ‘everyone else’ I meant everyone at the party! Wade certainly makes skirt upshots as awkward as possible. However, marvelgirlpool is amazing for US an an audience :D
huh, you know you’re probably right. i had thought it was some bizzare variant of an older marvel villian plant man, but the colors are all wrong. the mask is spot on for either character though.
I spy Collector armor….
Was “The Fish One” the Cod of War?
*ducks tomatoes*
That’s what the costume is called, yes.
Sure! And the other where the “Cow of war” and the “Scot of war” but how do we manage to include the potato!
The Scottish one is called “McKratos”, the potato is the Spud of War.
The orange.. box?
I just caught this, I think it was my favorite part.
Yeah, its pretty funny that it was in MGS2 several years before the orange box actually came out. http://i.imgur.com/a2iEP.jpg
KOJIMA KNEW!
THE ORANGE BOX WAS AN INSIDE JOB!
Loving the tofu survivor! One of the hardest minigames ever to exist!!
Is that the bear from when you wear the bear ring in Castlevania: Circle of the Moon? I think you just elicited a fanboy squeal from me.
Ah, turns out it’s the bear from an obscure game on the N64 called Rakuga Kids. Its appearance in Castlevania: CotM is a cameo.
It’s the CotM cameo version, everyone here is wearing an alt costume.
That bear costume also appears in onimusha as samanosukes alternate costume
No, actually, the bear form in Onimusha was totally different. That was a panda thing.
Too busy squee-ing over the commander as what appears to be the Beast from DISNEY’S Beauty and the Beast to notice anyone else.
I fully expect that his daughter was involved in the costume selection process. Heavily.
Can you imagine his daughter as a little Belle for Hallowe’en? SO CUTE *dies*
Yeah yeah I know romantically involved but still would be adorable looking if you don’t think too hard
Pretty sure he had to have taken her trick-or-treating as Belle. Was already thinking it. :D
“DADDY I WANNA GO AS BELLE AND YOU CAN BE THE BEAST!!!”
“Uh sweetie, shouldn’t your brother be the beast?”
“NO DADDY HE CAN’T HE’S NOT HAIRY ENOUGH.” *serious face*
“…Yeah, okay.”
^^^ This.
That is DEFINITELY what went down.
Chuck isn’t even in costume, I’m sure.
That was ether a great Resident Evil joke, or I’m some kind of moron for not getting the tofu bit.
I take it the dude n the man-kini is Alistair from Dragon Age? Someone really ought to list who’s dressed as what….
I don’t think so. I think it’s Chuck Green.
Nope, Chuck Testa.
Happy Halloween everyone. Myself, I’m dressing up in a Hakama and carrying my Bokken everywhere. Everyone keeps thinking I’m a Ninja.
I was a lumberjack.
Ambush Bug! And he’s dressed as Superman! My day has been made…
that was actually ambush bugs costume from ambush bug #1 mini series, i have it :) its copied from supes but its his own, like a bizzaro clone type thing.
Kinda*
p-poor kratos! he painted the robot and everything :(
Another great comic.
I’m just curious about the guy in the Tofu box.
Tofu is a bonus character from Resident Evil 2. He is what the name implies, and I seem to remember he can only use a knife.
This one is just too good. I can’t tell if Frank West and Engineer are dressed up or A dress-up. And like mentioned before, I’d really like to know who the blonde guy dressed as Borat is.
By the way, I can’t believe how different the Commander looks with just a bit of hair on his chin. Maybe it’s the lack of goggles, too?
Chuck Greene a la Dead Rising 2 in one of the first outfits that came up when I googled “Chuck Greene costumes” or something like that.
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YES! I always knew this comic needed more Deadpool! Love it!
Holy crap. The Commander makes a really good Beast.
i love the fact that deadpool came in his X-men costume :D that he stole from a female member :)))
Why is the Engineer there? He’s not an OVERLY manly character
I contend this.
WETA workshop made a prop level 1 sentry. It took four men and a forklift to carry. The Engineer just hefts that baby onto his shoulder and jogs on his merry way.
Also this: http://tf2wiki.net/w/images/3/33/Engineer_taunts12.wav
Or any of his domination lines, really.
*double post* w8 is that whats his name bug? as superman?
invader bug?…. ahrg whats his name O___O
Ambush Bug.
thank you this was driving me crazy :D
Mr. Fish is obviously dressed up as a Milotic and is out looking for rare candies.
Kratos is the character I most look forward to seeing in this comic, but I must say, the Commander stole the show dressed as Prince Adam. :) Now everyone will see that Disney can be manly too!
Deadpool in his X-Men outfit?!? I think I must un-love you so that I can re-love you just for this strip.
That’s a creative asnwer to a difficult question
That costume does not count, Sten, it does not count!
Many different characters dressed as some different characters, it’s confusing, but beautiful at the same time.
Every costume here is a canon alt costume for the character wearing it.
I feel you could have done better for the Engineer, after all Valve did just release their third-annual Halloween update. He’s dressed up as the Fly.
I’m sorry this free internet entertainment isn’t up to your impeccable standards. I’ll remember to try harder next week when I’m giving up a night of sleep to update this site for my ever-grateful reader base. After all, I only gave people a whole week to suggest characters for this strip over tumblr and twitter.
I hope someone brought some Aloe Vera for that burn.
I didn’t intend that comment to be demanding or negative.
:(
Well what the hell did you intend that comment to be? Anything that includes “you could have done better” pretty much means “you didn’t do good enough”. I don’t recall anywhere Coelasquid asked for critical feedback. I do recall quite a few “take what you get or piss off” type comments.
Then I simply worded it wrong. I don’t use Tumblr or Twitter, I only check the site on mondays. How would I have known she was taking suggestions? If I did, I’d have gladly put in my 2 cents.
I’m not opposed to constructive criticism, but I get so many “why don’t you use x-character” and “why did you draw character-x? I like Character-y more!” emails that I’ve reached the point where I delete them unanswered. And when you get “this isn’t good enough for me because you used x-costume but I like y-costume better” remarks after an all-nighter to get the strip posted, it kinda makes you feel like flipping the table and wondering why you even bother.
I didn’t recognize half the costumes, but I don’t care; I love this comic. It’s really awesome! I just wanted to say I appreciate your hard work. ^_^-b
Then I humbly apologize and will be infinitely more mindful of the blood, sweat, and tears you put into your work to bring us something to genuinely enjoy.
You could man up and whip you beer into the wall :D
I’m sorry, I forgot how much you care for details. I am just not very familiar with alternative costumes because I’ve never cared for them as much as weapons and other goods, but now, here they finally seem so interesting I want them, I suddenly want them all.
bahaha the last panel made me think of http://doubleleaf.deviantart.com/#/d4eiz27
Who’s the one talking with the TF2 solider and the nude guy in the last one?
also… who’s the semi-nude guy?
The one talking with the nude guy and I think Engie from TF2 – is Commander Shepard in the special Collector armor set.
semi-nude – gah long day can’t type
Ambush Bug!
SWAG
Yay for the man wearing the servbot head!
That made me unreasonably happy!!
Mecha Zangief in the First Panel! FOR MOTHER RUSSIA!
Wait, is Jared dressed up as Shakespearean Spidey? And if not, who is?
Spider-Man as 1602 Spider-Man.
In that fourth panel…is that Captain America dressed as the Punisher, or is it the Punisher dressed as Captain America? o_O;;; Or am I just completely off?
Actually, Captain America (when he came back from the whole Red Skull’s daughter conspiracy death thing) was called the Commander. His outfit had a skull on it.
Ah, okay! I’m not really well-versed in comic books, so I didn’t really know. ^_^;
That is Frank Castle from whatever Civil War issue it was that featured him in a Punisher-Style-Cap outfit, though.
Also Ultimate Comics Avengers had Ultimate Punisher dressed up as a black ops Cap.
Okay, that’s the most obscure reference ever, since it was merely the Punisher trying to conceal himself as the sniper/killer during the Civil War. I totally forgot about that outfit, since I kinda blocked the entire CIVIL WAR debacle from my memory.
But it also works in reverse, because after Captain America came back from being “assassinated” by Red Skull’s daughter, he was Commander Steve Rogers, letting Bucky continue as the new Captain America. His reveal outfit is EXACTLY like you drew it – a black costume with a skull on the chest. And then it changed to a giant star with wings. So it’s also Steve Roger’s obscure alternate costume in a way.
Which is BIZARRE when I think about it. Way to be, Marvel, and way to accidentally capture that, Squid. LOL
Coela said that every character here is wearing a canon alt costume for that character. :) Hopefully that should help people figure out who everyone is.
GARGOYES REFERENCE!!!
My day is complete and full of joy. Now I’m going to go look up old episodes on YouTube and relive my childhood. Thanks, Coela.
Last two panels, is that Commander Shepard in the collector armor?
Yup.
Ironically, the costumes for the Commander and Jonesy outshine all in my book. Nice symmetry, too, if you think about the topic of Eliza Mazza&costumes. Which you probably did.
Deadpool should have a yellow text bubble lol.
But way to sneak in Deadpool into this week’s comic!
I see Dead Pool dressed up as Marvel Girl…. much like he actually did in the comics.
Honestly I’m surprised Wade isn’t the commander’s biggest pain in the ass.
I guess he isn’t the commander’s biggest pain in the ass… YET
Dun.
Dun.
DUUUN!
I just love how Kratos is consistently madface while in a bunch of silly costumes he thought of.
I think Kratos should come dressed as himself and blow everyone’s mind
Kratos is the robot. Derp.
Yes, and there will never be another Halloween… Derp
This page is great, don’t get me wrong!
But I kinda wished for Jared and Commander to have a dad-son talk after the previous page.
A incident like that can take a while for the right Manly words. Plus it’s Halloween, bub. Holiday themed strips are a must.
true story.
it will take time for a proper moment to arise for a father-son moment. forceful parenting only messes kids up. Manly dads wait for the right moments.
Usually that would be a fishing trip, that way the kid can’t escape the nessesary conversation, but seeing on how Jared has Mr. Fish…
Well, there is always hunting trip. That way there is a fear of being shot if he does try to escape. ^_^
Something tells me Mr. Fish isn’t the best swimmer in the world. After all, he doesn’t have Surf.
@Mifune013: I would agree if not for the fact that going out in the woods to shoot something like a deer, a wild hog, or wild turkey seems too normal for Commander. They would show up in the woods and wind up in a confrontation with predator or something.
@Hughes: Jared could have used that HM on him. We don’t know really what attacks he has other then being large enough to eat most other Pokemon. I’m sure their are other Pokemon Mr. Fish attacked but did not want to eat such as just about any of the rock type Pokemon. I mean Pikachu is a delicacy but Geodude is a rock. Golem is a rock. Onyx is a rock. I don’t see Mr. Fishing eating those in my head. Surf would get rid of them plus allow Jared more fun at the beach when he’s not having Mr. Fish eat stupid jocks.
Omg Eliza Maza! Love her….totally my costume last year
Someone dressed as the Engineer. I’m happy now :)
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWW IT’S A GUY IN A SPEEDO-THINGY EEEEEEEEEEEEEW!!! I love the solid snake joke though. Making fun of the whole box thing is fun!!
The Engineer is wearing Hetman’s Headpiece which is a Cossack hat.
Man, I was pretty surprised to see Ambush Bug there. Though I’m not really familiar with him except from the one issue of Boris the Bear I have where he appears in a cameo.
Loving Commander Shepard drinking through the helmet! My favorite part of ME2 was getting Shep drunk on Citadel and the look the bartender gives you between shots. Pour another dude, this helmet isn’t getting drunk by itself!
There’s clearly a midget in that box! The legs are too short to be snake!
Love the Elisa Maza costume!
Is that…Marvel Hercules dressed up as Thor, or is that Canadian Guy dressed up as Thor? XD
Canadian guy has Commander’s weird broken bison nose.
Who is that in the mankini?
Is that deadpool in oldschool jean grey costume?
And Punisher as captain america.
Commander as Beast.
GAH!!!!
So much mindblown!!!!
In the last two panels…. Is that Alistair dressed up as Borat? Who is that really?
Chuck from Dead Rising 2.
Chuck Greene. All the costumes here are Canon alt costumes you can get in the games/comics/what have you.
Heh. “Chuck Greene as Borat”; how to wear that gaudy one-piece while being relevant to the holidays.
Oh my god, it’s the Engineer with his With Fire and Sword hat. So awesome. Also, having not played God of War the robot made me think of the Soldier’s robot outfit. Unless…was that the joke? I DON’T EVEN KNOW TOO MUCH TF2
someones giving out the true old school comic book lovin’ here. plant man and ambush bug? i HIGHLY approve. i even recognize the guy from l4d2, but he usually sports a servbot helmet with that green speedo doesn’t he? and unless i miss my guess, thats mr. frank castles version of the cap suit when he briefly joined up in civil war .. although i could be seeing things.
That’s Jared dressed up like Deadpool when he demanded to wear Jean Grey’s outfit, right? Right?
I’m pretty certain that’s actually Deadpool.
Nah. The text-bubble isn’t yellow.
hahaha yes! Kratos’ expressions always make me laugh. Loving the FOTC love as well. Who doesn’t love a bit of that kiwiana flavour that they bring with their humour ;P
Someone else in the world played Rakuga Kids?!
Beartank was the shit.
I love this comic.
It’s an alt costume for Nathan Graves in Castlevania: Circle of the Moon.
Posting just to say I love you for including it, COTM is my all time favorite vania <3
I was going to say that Jared has a Lego man head; but with further research, is it the similar looking head from Dead Rising?
Yeah, it’s Frank West with the Servbot head.
it took me a whole day to figure out that the guy in the insect suit in the second to last panel is Sheppard.
OH MY OH MY. Hold a Halloween costume in the MAN ZONE™! it’s the perfect place, it’s has it’s own fog machine and don’t need to decorate the house or clean up.
between Fangasming on the sight of seeing THE MAN ZONE™
how was every one’s Halloween?
I just noticed Ambush Bug. It makes me so very happy to see him show up in something. It makes me miss the silver age, just a bit.
Let’s get my geek on and see how many I can identify.
Zangief as Mecha Zangief
Commander as Beast
Spider-Man as Victorian Spider-Man?
Jones as Elisa Maza
??? as Panda
??? as Bear
Hercules as Thor
Punisher as Captain America
Deadpool as Marvel Girl
Kratos as Robot
Fran West as Servbot
Sten as ???
Engineer as ???
Solid Snake as Cardboard Box
Shepard as Collector
??? as Borat
Ambush Bug as Superman
oh and
??? as a pack of Tofu
Actually, I think it’s Canadian Guy dressed as Thor.
I’m pretty sure it’s Hercules.
http://afghanant.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/1247499050.jpg
Who is to say Canadian Guy and Hercules aren’t the same guy? Just because he started life as a Greek doesn’t mean over the years he couldn’t of found a new homeland in Canada.
O.O… Mind Officially Blown.
@ that guy:Is that Hercules dressed as Thor fighting Thor dressed as Hercules?
If so,that is the greatest thing ever made.
I think borat is Chuck Greene from Dead Rising 2
it would make sense since I think that was one of the outfits in Dead Rising
Looks like that’s the 1602 continuity Spider-Man
You’re right, it is.
Pretty sure that the guy in the bikini at the end is Chuck from Dead Rising 2.
And the Panda is Samanosuke’s alt costume from Marvel vs Capcom.
Samanosuke is from Onimusha. The Panda alt costume being from the first game, specifically.
The only way I know who he is (because I did not play Onimusha) is from Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars. I apologize that I said Marvel vs Capcom – I meant Tatsunoko vs Capcom.
But that’s where I’ve seen him and his alt costume.
You’re thinking of Soki, another Onimusha character. Samanosuke has only appeared in Onimusha 1, 3, Dawn of Dreams (as Tenkai) and Blade Warriors.
My guess is:
Tofu is Wesker
the box of oranges is Jensen.
Tofu is HUNK.
I always imagined the guy who comes as Solid Snake in a cardboard box is the guy who could only find the pants and boots to the costume.
The commander makes a good Beast :D
Quite a bit of comicbook stuff in this page.
You even got Ambush Bug! That’s the sign of true fan … or at least someone who know’s how to draw Ambush Bug.
Someone requested Ambush Bug, sorry to say I don’t know anything about him.
I fangasmed when I saw commander Shepard <3
So Kratos’ previous costumes were the Cow of War, The Cod of War, The Scott of War and the Spud of War?
See also; Business suit Kratos, Chef Kratos, Swimsuit Kratos, Mime Kratos.
Bahaha I have the engineer’s hat in genuine quality ^^
….first time i’ve seen it besides on my engie >>
it has to be snake, no one is clever enough to even try to attempt that. plus, he IS the best at disguise.
i vote for snake for having the most classic costume. and kratos too for his creativity. i use all kinds of junk for my costumes, and they turn out pretty good. i used my pirate shorts when I was 5 for a mouthmask, and it fit like a charm. I couldn’t believe that the gloves from my dark knight costume I had since 1st or 2nd grade still fitted me, and I’m 16!
anyone who goes trick-or-treating, try sinking spring. that is like the best place i ever trick-or-treated at. the devolepment i live at now sucks. they’re not even holiday spirited to decorate for halloween, thanksgiving, 4th of july, hell even christmas is bland where i live. majority of trick-or-treaters are little kids and have store-bought stuff (this year two girls were the first ones we got yesterday, one was dressed up as a sick person. genious!) I looked like a mix of Dante, Ezio, and some other dude. but i didn’t go trick-or-treating, just handed out candy. : )
so who wants 100grand? only one bar was taken out of the whole bag, there’s only one twix left (probably gone by now) from being pillaged by a party of kids?
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nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!! it didn’t work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
curse you kratoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooossssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
……i need some lmaonade…:'(
It’s disheartening to learn that a successful author/artist/whatever has to have a day-job.
Well, my day job is “animator”, so it’s not that disheartening…
Maybe he’s lamenting that since you have a day job, we don’t get more than one comic a week.
On behalf of all the girls who are sick to death of being tougher than every guy they date, just, thank you for everything. *^_^*
…Buh?
O_o I didn’t realize this was a major problem/occurrence.
Have you SEEN most of today’s guys?
If I don’t like a dude’s level of manliness (along with other traits), I don’t date him. Thus… I don’t see the problem based off the original sentence. Now if she had said that she’s sick of having a very limited amount of guys who are manlier than her to pick from, it would have made more sense.
It’s both, Taekwondogirl. *^_~* Sometimes it takes two or three dates to realize that I can out-macho the guy–lots of people put on their game faces for the first three dates. That’s why when they inevitably complain that I don’t love them enough, tell me they really liked “Twilight” or burst into tears at my kitchen table, I’m always thinking something like, “Damn, I thought this one was going to be a runner.”
O_o
Oh dear. I understand now, and that sounds *awful*. Where are you finding them? D:
I’m just looking for a few good men. The problem is they seem to be hiding in really good places.
The only advice I can possibly think of is try online dating more? That or start going to destruction derbies to meet men?
*chuckles.* The guys I met online were so full of estrogen that I think I went up a cup size after coming home from a few of those dates. At this point I’m ready to tag out of the ring entirely!
…Although, I like the demolition derby idea. At least then I’ve got the chance to come home with a bonus fender or half of a vanity license plate. :D
I’m so happy you included the TF2 Engineer! It’s a pity his actual in-game Halloween costume would’ve made him unrecognizable. Regardless, I’m glad you finally drew someone from TF2. TF2 is nothing BUT manly!
What do you mean “finally”? I’ve drawn Heavy twice.
“ROGUE IS COWARD.” – Heavy on Dungeons and Dragons from a previous strip.
“ENTIRE TEAM IS HIPSTERS.” – Syndrome whilst yelling at the Heavy in a previous strip.
TF2 is nothing but manly.
Now all we need is Mr.Fish eating the Demoman and my life will be complete.
is than an engineer from tf2 i spy?
Omg beauty and the beast XD That’s awesome!
Okay I have to say that I absolutely love your rendition of SF4 Mech Zangief. He is just standing there, being the protector of the Russian skies (while being in an agency based in America), not doing anything and that is fine by me.
I also love the other costumes but we love what we fan about prior to reading and thus Zangief with a shiny coat of paint gets my vote.
Oh man deadpool counts as a manly guy? I mean as a liefield creation I guess he’d have to by default…
I love this, Kratos as a potato is making me laugh my guts out.
you know at first i thought commander was the fable hero but then i realized it was beast
I know I’m late, but I love the gargoyles reference. And I totally got it from what she was wearing before I noticed what the commander was wearing.
Robot Zangief FTW!!!
I love the Dead Rising refrences, Chuck Banana Hammock and Frank West in a servbot mask. [or at least someone dressed as them if not them.] Dead Rising refrences on Halloween for the win!
There are like four or five costumes here I understand.
out of 15 or so web comics i read, a full 1/5th did some very cool characters in comic book/movie/videogame costumes. and i know a couple artists cross posted into each others comments box. i would just like to thank you for the creative effort and great ideas coela. this is a conspiracy i can get behind/support. maybe it will even be an annual theme.
Jones as Elisa Maza. Commander as Beast…Elisa dressed up as Belle once…hm…
She dressed up as belle once when Goliath dressed up as Beast ;)
Kratos apparently lost his scar when he went as the Irish Scotsman in the past. :P
Great comic, regardless! I love your work. :)
You can get make-up to make scars you can get make-up to hide scars too, I assume.
coela you totally darkened the background color recently, i can tell. thats not fair to the people just now reading this, as it makes identifying the chars that much harder :p for instance metal zangief is barely recognizable, and the thong doesn’t look bright green anymore but this is a small critique nothing more.
carry on!
All I did was add red light, the background was always red.
fair enough. remember, i am truly grateful you make this comic, its hilarious and i love it. and if i wasn’t so introspective enough to notice when you change a single strip, well what then? :p
What’s up with the drug company spam below the Project Wonderful ads?
It was previously suggested that was malware on the viewer’s browser because very few people are seeing it, but enough people have brought it up I should probably get someone to look into it.
did you just add a red background to this comic? i dont remember it being redish O_o am i losing my mind?D:
She did say it wasn’t finished yet…
It always had the red bg, but I added shadows and red light.
Ahhhhh, okay, I was wondering why the comic suddenly looked more EEEEEVIL today. XD
And for everyone wondering why Jared’s not there, it’s kind of obvious. There’s no time for a party when you can be out trick-or-treating! He probably had to get Mr. Fish to help him carry all the (rare) candy he got. =3
ow thank god! i was retracing my steps already to see if i didn’t walk into another dimension again (you’d be suprised howmanny times it happens without you ever notecing a diferance)
Oh thank goodness, it was driving me crazy trying to remember if it had always been like that.
Thank you again, for making me enjoy my daily surfing on the big bad web ^_^
I thought the Tofu guy was Ocelot from MGS… I’m assuming it’s not. lol
If Jonesy went as Elisa Maza from Gargoyles (Damn, I miss that show so much!), then Commander should have gone as Goliath (He certainly has the build for it).
Love the other costumes you tucked in there, C. Squiddy….The 1502 Spider-Man, Tronne Bonne’s Servobots, Ambush Bug-as-Superman…
Awesome comic overall. It really made my day!
come on now ronny. or is it professor stein? we all know he is trying, and the strips just hilarious. just ask tokamak. and firebird.
As pointed out by others, the reason The Commander is dressed up as Beast is because Elisa dressed up as Belle for Halloween.
Omg, the Commander as Beast just made me explode with fan squeals! eeee! hes so big and cuddly!
It looked better before it got turned dark red.
Well this exceeded all my expectations. Omg, the robot.
In addition to being hilarious, this comic now has Deadpool AND Ambush Bug. My week has been made :D
I think the red sheen makes it actually kind of hard to read. maybe if you toned it down a lot…
ALRIGHT! Beast and Elicia for the WIN!!!
The characters are really hard to make out now and the added redness hurts my eyes.
Great job, Coelasquid. I can tell you really put a lot of work into this, and I had a lot of fun squeeing over all the costumes. *waves little flags* I hope you had a fun halloween!
What’s funny about that is in th’ Halloweeen episode, Elisa dresses as Belle, and Goliath dresses as…
Well, a giant half-naked lizard-bat man-thing. BUT, here we have Beast and “Elisa” in her civvies. Bizarro.
C-can Kratos ACTUALLY get a scotsman outfit!?
Yup, you get it for beating the Challenge of Hades in Chains of Olympus.
Weeeeeell
Just found this comic today, ready through the whole lot and laughed more than I probably should have. Guess I should go clean up now…But I’ll be back!!!
Totally FotC.
When Snakes costume hit me, it hit me like a 12 ton nuclear cruise missile….my mind exploded 4 times before the thought made it to my hand, which quickly met my forehead. XD
Oh my gosh, is Jonesey Elisa Maza? From Gargoyles? I didn’t think it was possible for me to love this comic any more than I already did, but that just made everything even better.
So who’s the guy in the skimpy green spandex?
Does that last guy mean actual solid snake or guy in a solid snake costume?
he means if it is anyone other than the actual solid snake it’s pretty cleaver. If it is solid snake than its just solid snake doing what he always does.
Longtime reader, first time poster, but… anyone else hear Commander talking in Patrick Warburton’s voice (i.e. a significantly less dysfunctional Brock Samson)?
I saw Deadpool in Rogue’s outfit and nearly cried tears of joy. Is this bad?
Thats not Rogues outfit its Jeans original one so be thankful you can’t see below the waist this time.
Am I the only one appealed by the flight of the conchords reference?
I am, too. I’m surprised almost no one commented on it, I though the show was at least a bit more famous.
Canadian Man is dressed as Hercules dressed as Thor.
Niiiiice.
I feel so happy for at least spotting Frank West in the back X3 Well that and actually knowing what Jonesy is. X3
Hey look, the Hetmann’s Headpiece, the only TF2 hat i have that doesn’t suck.
No way, me and Jonesy had the same costume this year! I went as Elisa, too. Aww yeeaah: http://dragonrider1227.deviantart.com/art/Elisa-Maza-NYCC-2011-264120271
Nice!
When did this have red lighting effects? I mean, seriously? Last time I saw this page, it was sans-red lighting. Artisitc modification or something?
They’re having a Halloween party.
wait a moment, does deadpool know hes in a webcomic then? Cause he always knows, and he friggin hates the 4th wall… hates it to death
More Frank West makes me very very happy.
I think it’s cool because I’m one of the people who recommended Punisher Cap and 1602 Spider-Man. I know my one comment was actually very small but it still makes me feel good.
I wish Canada Guy was my dad.
…best father ever…that is, who isn’t CB.
Hold up now, I see Spider-Man. WHICH Spider-Man exactly, because if it’s the movie one, I question his manliness!
…or IS that Spider-Man? Costume parties are so hard to tell…
A man who can wear a ruff without irony is a man comfortable with who he is.
The box is hunk from resident evil 2 :O!
STILL pissed off i lost the alt costume design contest to that F**KING fish suit my Omega armor was WAY more bad ass
YAY WADE! Sorry, but Wade Wilson in that Ms. Marvel costume is always irresistible, especially to Cable,
i just wanna say,
OMG ITS SUPERMAN-AMBUSH BUG AND MARVEL GIRL-DEADPOOL!!!!!!!!!
Spiderman is one of the manly men? Nice c:
One can assume Tofu is a reference to Resident Evil 2?
When the bullet casings had stopped rolling, when the blood was dried and the rain had stopped, all men knew that they were forever emasculated by a block of fermented bean curd with a beret and a K-BAR.
I…I was never MAN ENOUGH to unlock Tofu…
Cant believe you put deadpool in his “X-Men uniform” in there. XD
Cool, Ambush Bug is dressed as Superman, nice reference.
Ambush bug!
IS THAT ENGIE IN THE BACKGROUND