Sorry for all the filler, guys
May 4, 2014
11:11 pm
I have been exhausting all of my energy getting merchandise ready for TCAF! Which is this upcoming weekend, the 10th and 11th! Anyone around Toronto should all come down for high fives and buttons and t-shirts, anything people buy helps me with my move coming up in two weeks! (Because I’m the sort of person who decides to move immediately on the heels of a big con)
Also there should be another big announcement coming up in a couple days! Keep your eyes out!
The filler is appreciated! At least you were exhausting yourself for a good cause.
He wanted the pennies because there are none in Canada any more.
Shut your whore mouth, there are lots of Penney’s in Canada!
Sad Fact: Every penny minted in the united states costs 3 cents to make. Every penny we make puts us 2 cents further into debt.
…no, that’s not…no. Economics doesn’t work that way. If it did, every OTHER type of coin would make us money, because the cost of production is much lower than the value of the coin (except for nickels. Nickels suck.) All we’d have to do to get out of debt is keep minting those Sacajawea coins.
The fact is, the cost associated with minting pennies is not just raw materials, but also in paying those who work at the Mint, maintenance on machinery, etc. These costs are one way that tax dollars get filtered BACK into the economy. Those dollars are again taxed, and the rest spent on whatever people spend their money on. Eliminating pennies would cut costs, sure, but it would also eliminate jobs at a time of high national unemployment. The opportunity cost to the wider economic system would be more widespread than simply saving the government money on minting costs.
And don’t even get me started on the inflation issues that would arise if we just spent those resources on minting more high-value coins instead…let’s just say that putting the resources toward pennies helps act as an inflation control and leave it at that.
Is there a reason it can’t be both? Like, it costs the country money, sure, but that’s more than compensated for by how it helps reverse the inflation that happens when they print bigger ones?
But if we take pennies out of circulation, the price of EVERYTHING will be increased to the next-higher 5-cent increment…Including your taxes. If the government hadn’t over-inflated the currency supply so much since 1913 (when the Fed Bank was established in violation of the Constitution), the cost of minting coins wouldn’t have turned out like this.
They round down if the lower 5 cent increment is nearer
Is… is this a masturbation joke?
Well, that explains where those two were, and how the apocalypse came to be. I like how even if it is filler, it at least answers questions that the audience have been asking, plus it adds to the scope of the main threat since when Mr.Fishy develops a new facial expression, you know shit just got real.
Just to clarify before anyone points out the inaccuracy of the “how the apocalypse came to be” crack, what I meant is that the course of events would have gone about differently if the duo were present.
Don’t be silly, he couldn’t end the Helixthulu threat by himself. It takes two for that.
http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/if-you-havent-seen-pacific-rim-yet-what-are-you-doing-go-now-drop-everything
So THIS is why the apocalypse doods reminded me of Omanyte. Or Omastar? I can’t be assed checking, I always picked Kabutops anyway. <3
Side note: I love your work Coela. :3
Filler, maybe, funny, yes, but seeing Mr. Fish and Canada Guy is quite appreciated. I love Mr. Fish’s expression in the lower drawing, as if he just swallowed all the pennies.
I like how Canada Guy doesn’t care that Mr. Fish ate the Koi Fish as well as the pennies.
Where exactly is that Koi pond that they didn’t notice all this until now? Canada?
I actually know of a nice koi pond in a nearby mall… however, recently all the fish disappeared from it, I assume because all the coins were killing them. Which… this comic would actually explain what happened perfectly.
I wonder if the “don’t eat Jared” command applies to other people that might be using him.
Listen man, have you ever tried to eat a Canadian? They’re really tough, and not very tasty.
I knew a Canadian girl once, she was very fun to eat.
“Yes I have, and no, you wouldn’t know her; she lives in Canada.”
Ya know tha phrase: “too much info…”. Yep, ya done it , boy.
Mr. Fish’s thoughts: “Who’s THAT Pokemon? I MUST EAT IT.”
Though honestly, that’s his thought process for all Pokemon. And things that are not Pokemon, Jared aside.
I dunno, he seems to have gotten along with Canada pretty well.
OK, Jared and his coworkers aside. Mostly because many of them lead him to more things to eat. I suspect Jones also gets by because she’s been bringing in regular batches of cookies.
…crap, I said the forbidden word. *hides from Sten*
Something tells me you’re safe for the moment. I imagine Sten’s a little preoccupied…
And at least you didn’t use the “E” word.
Relax, Sten’s just too busy playing c***** clicker. Complete with Lovecraftian Omanyte Mind Flayer Grandmapocalypses and everything. I’d call it fairly e***, but that’s also a bad word here, alongside c**** n***** – Marlon Brando’s just fine, though, seeing as he’s muscled and feminist – kinda like Commander, having “THE look” while being properly well-adjusted to the world.
**NOTE: Nothing I censored out is a swear in the real world, but are frowned-upon words by Sten and/or Commander within this comic.
And even then, he doesn’t eat Jared by virtue of one of his four abilities. Thank God he didn’t replace that with hyper beam.
Did you know that buboes are not pokemon? My grade 8 History class know that now.
This is not filler, this is just further practice to keep your position as the world’s renownest Gyarados drawing personality.
Yay the comic bar’s back!
Coelasquid, your comic is very awesome. Please stop apologizing for things so much. We thank you for taking the time to share it with us to begin with, when you do have time.
Aw, Mr. Fish! He’s so concerned that both his eyes focused on the same object D:
Filler means that you care! So go on, earn a living! If you don’t eat, you don’t draw, yeah?
Ahhh Mister Fish… Let me tell you a story. :3
I was super sick this weekend. My housemates got a HUGE fish tank and some goldfish for it for kicks, and I didn’t know this. I went to use the loo, on the way glancing. ‘oh, hey, a fish tank.’ I come back out, sit on the couch, look at the tank…
“…?”
*blinkblink*
“… M.. Mr. Fish?”
… One of the goldfish they got is seriously as big as a soda bottle. I thought I was hallucinating, but nope! I have officially dubbed the ginormo goldfish Mr. Fish.
Damn it Canadian guy! Well mystery solved, back to the basement.
This is amusing, and you need to eat. Still, I can’t help but wonder how they’re going to fix Jones’ slip-up.
I want this to be canon. The world has descended into the Helixpocalypse, but Canadian Guy has been entirely oblivious to the entire thing up until now, just doing Canada things.
Please?
Or maybe…This might be one of the events that contributed to the beginnings of Jared’s Helix-worship?
Perhaps this is one of the events that contributes to the beginning of Jared’s Helix worship?
Even if the filler ends, I kind of hope that Canadian Guy winds up going on a Pokémon journey of his own.
Naturally, his starter should be the most Canadian of all Pokémon: Stantler ( http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Stantler_%28Pok%C3%A9mon%29 )
I think that sawsbuck in either its autumn or winter coat is even more fitting. Autumn mostly however.
That’s a weird way to spell Sawsbuck.
I’d go with teddiursa for Canada Guy
Yes, that’s right. Provide us an excellent weekly web comic and apologize for it.
Where are my buttered muffins and tea? My slippers, please!
I also note that you coloured outside the lines on at least 3 distinct occasions today.
I will never forgive you.
Sincerely,
Salng Loving Rihia.
Slang! SLANG Loving Rihia! (I was so infuriated I couldn’t type my own name)
I do not love Salngs.
So THAT’S where they went. Love it!
Are the watercolours done using frenden’s brushes? What you’ve done with them is incredible :)
Also noticed the quality of art. I want to frame it and put it on a wall.
You have a Cal Ripken like record for publishing comics.
…Until now it has completely slipped my mind that Omathulu is a pokemon and Jared is a trainer(albeit unliscenced -or does his recent Professor-hood negate that?).
Anyone else want to see Jared try and catch him and a sibling rivalry pop up between Omathulu and Mr. Fish?
This is a job for Laser Fish!
Wait… Is that a mermaid inside Mr.Fish’ mouth?? O_O;;
It’s most likely a koi, given that he was eating the pocket change out of the pond.
But that’s a HUGEASS koi fish! O_O;;
Maybe it’s a magikarp?
Mr. Fish doesn’t like leaving potential rivals running (swimming?) around…
This is the first time I’ve ever noticed Mr. Fish’s snaggletooth. How long have I been asleep at the wheel?
To be fair, I never noticed until you pointed it out. THANKS.
Can’t be unseen…!
Mr. Fish “The hell is going on?” Mr. Fish needs to get a new move, a wave motion gun to fight Lord C’Helixthu and the other Old Ones.
This ‘filler strip’ gets funnier and funnier, based on how many times I say it out loud. b’hay! B’HAY! LOOK GUYS! I’m CANADIAN! :D b’HAY! seriously I just giggle like crazy at that accent you’ve managed to somehow convey *perfectly* in scribbled text.
Am I the only one who read this strip as a masturbation joke?
is it just me or does Mr Fish look angry in the bottom pannel?
Filler or no, I still rather like the joke.
you know, i know its not related, but i wonder…
is Canadian guy also a time-traveler?
Pretty sure this is a masturbation joke, that’s how I read it. I’d like to hear the plausible alternatives.
2-year-old comic, so nobody will ever see this comment, but I am compelled to leave it anyway: I can’t believe I’m the only person who is shocked by the cannibalism on display here!! O_O I mean… Magikarp is a carp species, I assume, and koi are giant carp… For Mr Fish, isn’t this basically the equivalent of eating children or something?? Although apparently in Pokémon universe it’s okay to eat sentient (well, at least semi-sentient) creatures, so I guess a little baby-eating won’t make it any worse. (Seriously, have you ever noticed how much meat they eat in Pokémon world, and yet how you never see any animal that’s not a Pokémon? >_> Oh well)
Also I’ve never left a comment before, so I never saw the sweet Commander black & white art that’s at the bottom of the page next to the comment box. <3 <3