Commander could probably be a decent Will Powers stand-in
September 10, 2012
12:00 am
I was going to wait until I had a chance to colour this to post it, but I’ve had a handful of people send me letters to say that they enjoy seeing them in black and white first so hey.
I’ve been on an Ace Attorney kick lately and was just chomping at the bit to get through that story arc so I could get to drawrin’ lawyer comics.
If people like the black and white version, how about a switch so you can view comics in both formats?
I for one would like to see a separate archive for the black and white comics. I prefer the colored ones, but seeing the versions before the color gets added is always cool.
Making your own is as easy as Right Click>Save Image As…!
I love the black and whites, too, but I feel like anyone involved in this comic may automatically file such an archive under “Sorry, got better things to do.”
yeaaaaah, that’s about right.
This just made me miss playing my DS… It even took me a while to remember that the Steel Samurai was a fictional character in Ace Attorney! The shame!
Although now I have the theme song stuck in my head…
If you’ve got anything running iOS, you can get the first game in the App store!
…how did I not know about this until just now? I know how I’m spending MY next fifty trips to the bathroom :D
Also, I like seeing the b/w version first too. What rosyatrandom said about switching would be nice if I should ever miss one, although I don’t know enough about site code to know if that would be a huge pain or not.
fifty trips? Good luck finishing the game so fast.
Still waiting for AAI2. Until Capcom get their fingers out of their arses and localise that game, I can’t bring myself to look forward to Ace Attorney 5 or Layton Versus, in case Capcom does *something* tosser-ish again.
Don’t count your chickens before Megaman gets cancelled, after all.
My MML wounds are still fresh, I don’t think they will ever heal.
The word ‘character’ in misspelt in the second-last frame…I’m sorry! I love your comic! :(
I like the black and whites. I think a MGDMT coloring book would be awesome to.
I would pay up to 7.50 for that
Yeah that would be so cool, and original too. I don’t normally buy comic collections in dead tree format but I would if I could go crazy on it with markers. That sounds like a blast.
Oh! And cheaper for you to print, too. Heck you could run it off a laser printer and tell publishers to go eff themselves.
It never occurred to me that Edgeworth would be able to stomach so much liqueur.
Unless, of course, that is grape juice he’s drinking.
I’m not a fan of alcohol humor at all, but the pitch and timing in this are so great that I still laughed.
Will you post a coloured version of this at some point?
wow I have no ideal who they are talking about as for Capcom verse marvel with Phoenix Wright well capcom fights everybody and mega man never seems to end it jut gets rebuilt. i think that last two versions on tv had human operates that some how fused with mega man but i’m not sure it’s been a while since i looked into it.
Yeah. The cartoon versions where based off the GBA Megaman games (Net Warrior 1-5 and Battle Chip Grandprix) and the newest one is Starforce. As for watching the actual cartoons, only the first 2 season’s of NT Warrior are in English and Starforce is still airing. But god, Capcom. STOP remaking Megaman already.
That’s my Megarant for the day
I like seeing the comics in black and white only, then finished only, because your audience gets to sort of follow along in the process of each comic. I liked seeing last week’s comic in black and white – and thought it was great – but seeing the colors, shadows and effects added later made it more than worth coming back to check on its progress.
I do enjoy that instead of joking about him being a closet Steel Samurai fan, you pretty much establish that he is (as we all know)
Yes, I like seeing the lines and then coming back for the colors later. It’s like getting two comics instead of one.
Also: Soooo happy to have Classic Commander back. (Not that I’m complaining about the story arc, which was a blast … absence just made the heart grow fonder!)
I don’t get the joke but I don’t care because jager shots are happening.
Edgeworth is super butthurt, and the Commander is trying to help him out by getting the two of them hammered.
More specifically: Edgeworth is the world’s most uptight lawyer who is also a closet fanboy for the Steel Samurai (an in-universe show using masked actors).
Ace Attorney kicks are the best kicks!!!
Yes, the black and white linework before the inking is great. Gives us a feel like we’re really observing your creative process first hand. People like that.
I couldn’t help but hear the voice of a porno movie director when I read your comment…
I like to think I sound like a Porno Director that smoked a full carton of marlboros all at the same time.
You misspelled “character” in Panel 6.
Also, now I have to look up Steel Samurai.
I hate when I do that and don’t realize until I’m at work and then I just have to spend the rest of the day staring at it.
That’s what I get for posting these things at 5:30AM I guess.
I hate when that happens too. Doubly so because I’ve got the writing and drawing duties split on my comic. The only excuse I got is that British English and American English are more differnt than you first ralise..
Hehe, just chuckled some from that Eddie Izzard skit.
Ah, Miles Edgeworth, my favorite prosecutor grouch! Maybe he’s just pissed at being flayed alive by that harpy associate of his, Victoria. Seriously, you’d think they’d take her whip away.
I..who’s Victoria? Do you mean Franziska von Karma?
You’re assuming of course that he doesn’t like it.
A Coloring Book would be SO COOL!
Yeeeeeeesssssssssss.
Also, I hope that’s grape juice because it’s a kids game and they sure don’t drink alcohol because kids game *sarcasm*
Did I ever tell you I love you, Coela?
Kid’s game with murder.
Law and Order for tots.
Yeah, I’m pretty sure the grape juice thing was a parody. Or at least for in-universe reasons rather than out-of-universe reasons.
CSI: Pre-K?
I suddenly want to see a comic of this sort of like the Watchbabies. So many headless Barbies and timeouts to be had.
Reminds me of an idea for Death Note Babies I had a while back. Naptime Note!
loving ace attorney, and loving this comic.
keep up the good work ;)
Did you hear that they finally announced “Ace Attorney 5”, with Phoenix Wright as the protagonist again? I’m psyched! Unfortunately, I’ll have to buy a 3DS, but it’s kinda totally worth it.
O.O No I had not. You, sir, have made my day 4 times more exciting for sharing this news with me. Thank you.
well well commander i see you’re showing off a bit more chest today than usual. i approve of this new change in wardrobe.
I think it started last comic. I dunno, I was lost in his chest hair
I too have not missed the lovingly rendered pectoral topiary.
He’s making up for all those weeks without any chest hair at all.
I think actually its just that he is leaning over a bit and we are all being pervert voyeurs looking down his shirt.
“Hey! Ladies! My eyes are up here!”
(I should clarify for Coela’s benefit that I meant ‘not missed’ in the sense of ‘noticed and appreciated’)
Awkward Zombie is the only other comic I have seen to have this guy in it. Although I don’t totally get the joke, it still makes me laugh a little! XD
Would it be possible to have your RSS feed bump the timestamp when you add color? I use it to know when there is a new comic, but don’t read it until it gets colored. I don’t mind the wait, but it would be nice to know when it is up :)
It would be cool to get a notice when color is up so we don’t miss it.
Yeah, Can you clarify the joke please? I really don’t get it. At least, I am pretty sure I don’t.
Guess you’ll have to play an Ace Attorney game.
Or at least skim the wiki on the character.
SO
GREAT
HGGN
So i take it you’ve seen Ace Attorney then?
Damn, now I want to replay that game, but my DS broke
…..maybe it’s about time I upgrade to the 3ds
DS Lite > 3DS; only reason I would get a 3DS is because those assholes made Phoenix Wright vs Profesor Layton for 3DS only
Well Drenix, now you got to get a 3DS for Ace Attorney 5
http://kotaku.com/5940877/phoenix-wright-is-back-in-these-first-ace-attorney-5-screenshots
Yeah but I’d have to upgrade for the new games coming out eventually anyway, pokemon, harvest moon, and the new ace attorney game
….although I was hoping to wait until they came out with like “3ds slightly different size!” and the normal 3ds dropped in price
The new Pokemon is actually gonna be a regular DS release, no 3D required.
They did already come out with the “Slightly different size!” variant, though.
Really? Wow I am way behind on my handheld game news
A month or two back playasia sent me an email about one. Called it LL.
http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-28-change_language-83-geh1-71-9h-49-en-84-j-70-507n.html
disclaimer: this may be a referral link, I think I have it set to automatically change the urls
I too like to see the black and white ones. Since there’s two parts to cartoon artwork: the line art and the colouring. And seeing the black and white makes it a lot easier to appreciate how good your line art is. I think a separate gallery for them would be nice. Although of course, I’m not suggesting one for just the colouring too, since that would be a rather abstract mess of reds, greens and badassness.
EDGEY-POOOO!!!
(no I swear I’m not Wendy, I just fangirled a little hard – it must be Ace Attorney withdrawl or something)
(Too late… already see you like Wendy…)
Who are the Jager shots for? the Commander’s got a huge glass and the other guy (i haven’t played AA, don’t know names) has about five glasses of insert-liquid-here in front of him…
Edgeworth’s got high-class grape juice in there. Not wine, just served like wine (no matter what language the game is in).
I always thought Commander wore like a fairly low cut tank or something under his jacket. I then went back like three pages and saw i was wrong and that it has always been just a jacket.
The only reason I brought this up is because his jacket seems to be open just a tad bit more in this page and I didn’t see a shirt. Usually he is just all pecs… anywho.
Shots. Truly the manliest of all ways to deal with your problems.
I’m almost done with the third game and I gotta beat Apollo Justice before Ace Attorney 5 comes out. Don’t know when that is, but I’ll be damned if I don’t finish all of them before that!
I’m still upset that Ace Attorney Investigations 2 isn’t being localized to the US.
They said the best hope it has is if people but a lot of copies of the first game from the App Store, because digital distribution would be the only way they’d likely go with it.
I already have the whole series on the DS, but I would be willing to “invest” in the planned Android port if it means Investigations 2 makes it here.
Would it bother you if I tried painting over it myself?
As a guy that looks like Will Powers myself, I approve of this
Aw, blast it, now I have to get one, too. It was because of this comic that I started playing the first one again, though truthfully, I only have a ROM and emulator.
WAITWAITWAITWAITWAIT…
What does Ganondorf do at the Agency? Is he a Lawyer?
I WANNA SEE HIM AND PHOENIX/EDGEWORTH IN COURT TOGETHER!!!!!!
I too have been on an Ace Attorney kick. Up to Apollo. Quite the dissonance.
In other news, what loser friend is he talking about? Phoenix never played Steel Sammurai… did he?
Larry Butz is the actor under the mask in Ace Attorney Investigations. Miles goes full-nerd for a bit, using Steel Samurai trivia to trap the baddie, and snaps at Larry for not being the “true” Steel Samurai or something like that.
Larry as Steel Samurai? NOOO
I’d think he’d play Pink Princess…
(That’s Wendy Oldbag)
If someone came up to me like that in a bar I’d be creeped out… and I AM gay…
Even if it was the commander? With all his manliness?
You can probably operate under the assumption that they know each other.
With all the mass murderers on his roster, Commander probably needs to hear legal consultation from somewhere.
But in the AceAttorneyverse, nobody is capable of any legal action outside of their one speciality. That one time they tried it they had to hide the face entirely for fear of someone finding out and … getting bad stuff to happen or something.
They can do whatever they want outside of court, Edgeworth is a veritable one-man episode of Law and Order in his down time.
Technically, he is right. Steel Samurai is a super sentai show, like Power Rangers, although I don´t know if that makes worse or better.
And that’s uh… exactly what his hangup is? He can either let that egregious error go uncorrected or admit that he cares enough to call it out.
Not sure if sentai or more of giant robot show.
Sorry, putting away my toku fangirl card now…
I’m sure the Commander’d be, like… the best drinking buddy. He won’t tell a soul that Miles finally admitted to his deepest, darkest secret – being a Steel Samurai fan.
That is really manly.
I have no idea what the joke is supposed to be and I’m sitting at the Steel Samurai page on the AA wikia.
All I’ve gathered is that there was a murder involving the cast and Wright fixed it… other than that…. I’ve got nothing.
*still hasn’t had the interest to play an AA game*
I guess this strip must not have been made for you.
Apologies. I never meant to imply that they were.
I believe the poster right above you had the gist of it:
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September 11, 2012 at 1:31 pm | # | Reply
I’m sure the Commander’d be, like… the best drinking buddy. He won’t tell a soul that Miles finally admitted to his deepest, darkest secret – being a Steel Samurai fan.
That is really manly.
Aw man! I miss the ace attorney games! :( Shouldn’t have sold mine. You’re doing a part 2 of this right? ….Right?
Steel Samuari is one of my favourite tracks from Turnabout jazz.
Yaaaay! :)
I’m literally playing the case where he finds this out!
totally cool how cmdr badass looks after everyone!
is there any chance we could get a time lapse of you drawing the comic from start to finish?
This is why I love the Commander. He will be there for anyone. Not just the “manly men”. He’s there for you even if you are a girly man wearing an ascot with a purple. :) Darn it, he’s just a down right good guy.
Woah, I totally resent you calling Miles a girly man. He’s just a classy motherfucker who cares about appearances, and dresses in a style inspired by nobility since he was raised by one. Also there’s nothing purple on his outfit; his suit is canonically wine-red. Play AA and you’ll find out Miles is far from being feminine.
Just like to say thank you for giving me a way to get my fix of manly man characters. Much appreciated.
:D what a timely comic as I just found this Ace Attorney animation on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhjk5x54bsE
Between this awesome comic and the animation all i’m all ready for AA5!
How come we have never seen any of the WH40K characters? is it because GW is such a dick about copyrights?
Are they? Hmmm. Didn’ t Know
Could be Coelasquid doesn’t know about/isn’t into the game and so would rather make comics about things she enjoys/finds amusing rather then something she doesn’t know/doesn’t care about.
Commander’s face in Panel 2 needs to be made into a Wallpaper. …Or board-avatar.
That dude looks familiar…Like Peaguses from Yu-Gi-Oh, but not quite it…hrmmm
http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/1203
Relevant.
Ace Attorney is the only reason I want to play Marvel vs. Capcom 3. You fight enemies by searching for clues and throwing writs and warrants at them. And your ultimate attack is a Cross-examination! How cool is that?
I wonder if there’s any special dialogue if you put She Hulk in the same team as Phoenix.
If MGDMT had a bigger 14 year old girl fanbase, I can guarantee you the 4th panel alone would be enough justification (at least, in their mind) for someone’s Miles/Commander slash.
If tumblr has taught me anything it’s that any feelings between men just don’t exist, unless those feelings result in buttsex.
Edgeworth looks like he’s holding a 360 controller in the penultimate panel.
again sorry, this comic is just so awesome. i love this page. everything about it is awesome
The best part is that in Edgeworth Investigations, Larry Butz plays the Steel Samurai, so CB is totally right!
Jager shots…Jager shots…I got an idea coming on…
Like, One of the Halloween days comes up, I’ll get up like a Jager Monster (ie: Girl Genius style) & go order one up in the tavern. Of course, I’ll have to keep up a Romanian accent thicker than Bela Legosi’s & have a hat with a good story behind it.