Accessorize your Battle Raptors
August 17, 2015
2:37 am
I finally got my new computer but I’m almost more excited about the new saddlebags on my bike even though me and my fiance both shed blood over trying to get the luggage rack sissy bar thing back on. They hold SO MUCH STUFF, I can finally actually carry things.
OH ALSO; Five new pages off Platinum Black! Props to my beloved colourist, Emily.
In other news I guess I never posted this finished Ganondorf/Gerudo tattoo by the incredible Daemon Rowanchilde;
It had been theorized that the fatbird raptors couldn’t get any cuter. Said theory is now proven wrong.
Speaking of “wrong”, is it wrong to think Jonesy’s headed for a cybernetic replacement arm after circumstances conspire against her in this contest? Sure, it would be cool, but she doesn’t -need- to be cooler…
I don’t think the story’s headed that way, but if it is, I hope she gets one that’s all swiss-army-knifey like her.
I think the future military can regrow limbs easily, it’s just that cyborgs are so much cooler. I’m sure Commander would make sure that Jonesy gets back home just as fine as she left it.
Does anyone else think cockatrices from FFXII when they see these raptors. They’re both so pudgy.
Now that you mention it, they do kinda remind me of them now. My FFXII memories are all locked behind a wall of blind fury over the Zodiark battle.
i still remember the final boss fight what happened was i put it on auto attack then left to make a sandwich and some chips and a drink then cam back to find the boss defeated and just in time to sit down and watch the rest of the cinema with all the talking and what not lol
Oh God I can’t take how cute these goddamn raptors are. A wallpaper of them in those armors would be absolutely beast.
A tessellation of them would nice.
The new Platinum black material is really cool coelasquid, you are getting closer to GRR Martin-levels of cliff-hangering
So they killed a bunch of animals for frigging bragging rights? Finding it kind of hard not to judge here.
It’s not like they aren’t going to eat the meat, we saw Jones cleaning a boar earlier and everything. So at the very least this isn’t going to be the same massive waste as the earlier mammoth incident.
No one said the mammoth got wasted.
Yeah because if you get full, you go back the future and when you feel the need to eat more mammoth like six months later, you just travel back in time to the mammoth and it’s just as fresh as it was when you left it. Because you really left only moments ago.
In fact, that’s probably what they did with ALL the animals. These are the same pelts as last time they did this, and the time before that. They just go back and snag them a moment before they did last time, so they can recut them and they’ll be fine next go round.
Hey, you know they eat what they kill.
They’re eating what they kill and honing their survival skills for their profession that demands they know how to live off the land, they just need to display the leftovers in the most badical fashion.
And I mean, if you really want to make a whole thing out of it we haven’t seen them actually kill anything, they can just be scavenging all these horns and skulls and carcasses outta the jungle here.
I’d be more inclined to accept that answer if they weren’t already seasoned soldiers with a ton of history and battle experience under their belt, but they are, so this is all “for funzies.” Fun that’s coming at the expense of another creatures life. They’re not doing it to survive or hone their skills, it’s just one, big, cock measuring contest, and I don’t see how this is any different than what happened with Cecil the Lion.
And before anyone gets in a huff, yes this is a fictional story and nothing is actually getting hurt, but it’s still something that ticks off my morality center.
if you really want to make a whole thing out of it we haven’t seen them actually kill anything, they can just be scavenging all these horns and skulls and carcasses outta the jungle here.
Sorry Coelasquid but it’s kind of like how fox kids erased all guns from existence. Sure, we can’t see them but we know they’re there. The damage has been done and I’m sorry, but you’ve lost some of my respect with this page.
Ahaha whatever you say.
UNLESS WE SEE EMPRICAL, DIRECT EVIDENCE OF [insert idea here] DISPLAYED IN AT LEAST 6 PANELS, I’MMA NOT GOING TO BELIEVE IT! Sorry about that. Have a nice day.
*meanwhile*
So I’ve been told they’re clones grown from prime American beef, they’re seasoned soldiers all with training from hell and gazillion battles under their combined belt, and those are actual, historically accurate raptors?
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Yeah, I’d believe that.
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No, I’ve only been told that, I’ve not seen the evidence for myself. Why didya ask?
Wow. It’s a story, folks. About time-traveling super soldiers. The dragons they slew never really existed, and even in the MGDMT universe, they were probably pure evil anyway, so slaying them was a public service, right?
Either way, some people get so touchy about stupid stuff. If you don’t like it, just frown to yourself and move on. Don’t harass an artist who is providing you with free entertainment.
And while we’re on the topic, being as I’m a Libertarian, whining about things that don’t have any negative effect on you or a helpless victim really ticks off my morality center. Of course I’m asking rhetorically, but are you gong to change your ways because of that?
Trying to impose your morals on others is never a polite thing to do. Especially someone who is giving you a gift.
We’ve also seen they get sent all over time and space, with whatever idiotic restrictions their higher ups decide to saddle them with at the time. Bets to keep in practise.
I didn’t see you complaining whenever Mr. Fish just eats everything in sight ona daily basis, which would devastate any ecosystem.
Difference between sapient and sentient life forms. One is just doing what it’s instincts tell it to do and the other knows enough to deny their instincts due to being more intelligent than that.
Mr. Fish is based on the anime version which means he’s intelligent enough to hold full blown conversations and follow complex directions. He knows better and just doesn’t care.
Mr. Fish technically has brain damage from Jared’s mindless abuse, plus the Gyarados have never been depicted as anymore intelligent than a beast in the show.
Yes, yes they have. And the brain damage was merely suggested as a reason he can only remember four moves, it was never confirmed and wouldn’t explain why all Pokémon follow that rule. Gyrados are angry and territorial, they’re never said to be stupid like Slopoke.
Because it’s a game mechanic meant to limit the player. Come on dude, don’t do this to me. Being beastly does not equal stupidity. Just a wildness that sentient beings tend to lack.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBVlRWJdNzU
I like to think of this as less of a “Huff” and more of a pointing out just silly you’re being.
lol
I agree with you and think we should take action. I remember a story a few years ago about a guy who was involved with PITA. He didn’t feel that animals should be pets to humans so he adopted a bunch of cats and then killed them all. You know, to free them. I think he was onto something… what we need to do is kill some cats! I’m gonna start with Garfield. I never liked him, always kicking poor Odie and mailing Nermal off to terrible places!
That’s kinda silly.
Cecil the Lion was a real life animals, and it wasn’t as much the killing itself, but the consequences that was so horrid. In killing one animal, he effectively killed the entire pack that depended on Cecil to protect them. Sure, the brother was still alive, but the experts said it wasn’t likely that the brother would be able to protect two packs for long. Now the brother is dead as well, hence likely all the cubs of both male lions. Which really sucks!
This cannot be compared. We are talking about a fictional story in which fictional people kill fictional animals for food. Are you upset when real hunters hunt for deer? Killing one warthog won’t lead to the decimation of an entire pack (or two, as in the real life case), like killing one male deer won’t ruin an entire pack of deer. People hunt for population control and food in their freezer. I wouldn’t want to hunt myself, but I won’t hate on others for hunting, unless they are hunting for trophies over food. As it is these people hunt for food and seem to be using what they cannot eat to build on their camp, survivor style. Survivor skills needs honing. If third world war breaks out, you and I could sure use some survivor skills as well, and might have to live off nature. Or just die. Most of us wouldn’t choose to just die.
Fishing, hunting and knowing how to live off nature could become essential one day. Being a super soldier wouldn’t automatically save you, because you need more than the ability to fight to survive outside of civilization. As you can see they don’t seem to be using guns either. Trapping, using spears, etc, that requires skill, that requires practice. I wouldn’t know how to trap a warthog if my life depended on it. Anyone can shoot a gun, few who know how to shoot a gun would have much survival skills without one.
You’re not the only one disgusted by that guy who went off and shot Cecil, but this isn’t the right forum to express your dislike for trophy hunting, it’s not at all the same as what the cartoon shows.
Pardon my french but, no shit they can’t be compared. I’m not comparing the two, I’m just pointing out how problematic this page is given recent events, not that it’s not problematic anyway but now it’s just seems even more tasteless. (And if there’s nothing wrong with the subject matter, then why did Coelasquid bother with the bs answer of “well we haven’t seen anything die?” I know people don’t tend to respect environmentalists/pacifists, but that excuse wouldn’t work on a ten year old.)
And what if I do get “upset” when hunters kill a deer or other common animals? In my book, hunting is completely unnecessary. You can’t even use the “well I live in the middle of no where,” excuse–yes, I’m going back on what I said before–since nothing is stopping people from moving to more habitable areas where food is abundant and provided. I don’t care how much you hate people or whatever your excuse is. It’s 2015. Put the rifle down and join the rest of society. (Also, if we were that concerned with population control, people would hunt cattle to bring down their numbers for we’ve bred far more than we can eat.)
Third war? Really? People have been saying that for literally decades, if not centuries. The apocalypse forgot to stop by in 2012 so can we please get off this apocalypse pot? It’s not happening. Not to mention it takes no skill to fire a gun, hence why they’ve replaced every other weapon–aside from mass destruction–on the planet. The schmuck factor will be our saving grace when it comes time to hunt for our food, if that time ever comes.
Excuse me? Not proper? Fictional world or not, they’re killing animals for bragging rights and just today we half learned why. Playing war games with the mentally unbalanced. This is becoming more and more “legitimized” with every page. e_e
And because I made this comment before reading Coelasquids latest reply, there are some things I have to take back.
The excuse wasn’t bullshit, but it could’ve been done better.
I apologize for any offense felt when I utter the words, “move elsewhere.” I am sorry it offends you, however I cannot condone hunting. It’s something I find as bad as all the big “isms” and it’s something I’d like to see abolished. (That being said, I’d also like to see the rearing and slaughtering processes improved greatly. They’re inexcusable how they are now.)
And I still don’t think the reasons for these wargames are all that justified but Coelasquid has revealed that it was meant to come up as a plot point later. Whether it does or doesn’t, I don’t know. If not, I’m sorry for ruining the party for everybody. If so, then I can’t wait to see it.
Oh please, hunting for food is FAR more humane than farming. Sure, the death could take anywhere from a few seconds to hours, but the animal gets to spend most of its life free. And do you think that wolves always kill humanely? I’m from upstate NY, technically Appalachia, and I REALLY don’t like it when someone who thinks bread grows on supermarket shelves tells us about “nature”. Nature? You don’t know a thing about nature; we live in it.
Trophy hunters, yes, I hate those guys too for a variety of reasons, mostly because 1) most of what we see are people from the City who don’t seem to give two shits about the locals, and 2) every deer they kill is food out of our mouths.
This is why I think they should have killed those raptors when they started making off with their food. 1) the darn things were poaching someone else’s kills and 2) I don’t care how cute they are. I think pigeons are cute and I still kill and eat them when I’m hungry.
Really? I didn’t think pigeons would be worth the trouble. I mean I know there big birds and all but still isn’t most of that fat? After all most of them are only 2 – 4 pounds.
My girlfriend’s grandparents raise pigeons, doves and quail for contests and food. People like to eat the little birds because everyone gets their own bird to eat and the whole family gets two wings two drumsticks and the breast meat
You monster! Those little guys are like Jet’s babies!
http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/now-i-can-do-all-my-mad-max-jokes-and-my-jurassic-park-jokes-at-the-same-time
And Angel is apparently Jet’s husband, so killing them would be kinda killing her adopted babies.
Armored fatbird raptors are adorable, but since Wagner, Sigrun, and Brunhilde are also in this team, I wouldn’t mind actually seeing them. Kinda feels like Angel, Commander, Kate, and Jonesy are doing all the work here, what with the scouting, food prep, suffering fatbird raptor invasions…
Ooops. I was doing this one at the bottom of the screen and I didn’t expect it to appear up here…
They might be out scouting or gathering resources while the four we’ve seen hold down the fort back at camp.
You complain that people don’t understand hunting culture but then proceed to mock those who live in a world of convenience? Way to start your argument strong.
Anyway, on the topic of hunting vs farming, I am well aware of the atrocities that is mainstream farming. The conditions cattle, chickens and basically all farming animals go through makes the holocaust look like a family vacation. It is horrible, unforgivable and needs to be changed immediately.
However. These animals are literally raised for the slaughter. They provide all the meat we could possibly need and then some. There is no reason to hunt in this day and age unless you are living completely off the grid and away from any sense of civilization. You live in a small town or city with internet access? Put the damn gun away, you trigger happy yahoo, and head to the market like everyone else.
I had kind of assumed this was taking place in an Indeterminant Space Future Jungle Themepark with game raised to be fun to hunt… best of both worlds. :P
Yes, because canned hunting is so much more respectable.
And what does it matter? They are eating it right? Then hunting the animals isn’t wrong. Animals do it all the time, why can’t people? It is part of nature, so quit being such a whiny pissbaby.
Because we’ve found alternatives that provide for our needs. To hunt in this day and age is needless and wasteful. Also, who’s whining? o_0 I’m not whining. I’m having conversations with a bunch of people about something I find questionable that the comic brought up. That’s not whining.
Food is food, no matter how it’s obtained, be it going to the store or hunting for it. As long as you eat what you kill, I hardly believe it can be considered wasteful.
Exactly.
“Because we’ve found alternatives that provide for our needs.”
Which kills plenty of animals through lose of Habitat. It’s not any “better” than hunting. Especially when you consider factory farming.
Internet acess is actually a lot more common than supermarkets and convenient food you know.
As to your last statement, there’s more to hunting than the food necessity of humans. Much of hunting is allowed to actually protect species from dying out. For example, if deer were to be completely “hands off” to hunting, their population skyrockets, and most of them will eventually die from starvation because there are too many of them and not enough grasses and leaves to go around in their habitat.
Thus, deer hunting is heavily regulated to help keep their populations in check (speaking for parts of the US at least) so there isn’t mass starvation but also such that they aren’t over-hunted either. I suppose you could say it’s a necessary evil to prevent a much worse fate.
I would much rather allow mother nature to sort itself out than to proclaim any false sense of conservation/preservation. Also, if wolves and other predators were properly protected, there wouldn’t be a need for human interference.
So be it. I’m fine settling with agreeing to disagree on that.
However, I agree that we could do with more wolves to counter-balance the exploding coyote population in parts of the US mid-west.
Very well. Thanks for being civil. Not sure what to say on the coyote problem since it’s not so much of a big thing up here in Canada. (For us, it’s coons.)
Yeah, coyotes have been proliferating so much they’re threatening the mule deer population in Utah. There’s actually a government issued bounty for coyote kills in specific areas that mule deer thrive best so we can help them get back on their feet.
But again, that’s also where I’m wondering if having more wolves out here may help a lot with that, as I understand they tend to keep coyote populations in check. However, wolves are already a protected endangered species in the majority of the state and are managed on a federal level. They are delisted in a small part of the northern tip of Utah, however.
I should probably add a note: About hunting coyotes, participation requires registration in the predator control program while following rules and regulations for trapping and firearm use, so not just anyone can go out and kill coyotes whenever and however.
If nature could sort itself out, it would. Humans have interfered too much by destroying habitats and killing natural predators. If you really want to help so bad that you need to bash someones amazing work of art; destroy your house, plant a couple trees and some plants herbivores eat (wouldn’t want to attract carnivores, now) and get off the internet. If you don’t want to do those things, then why don’t you go use this amazing piece of technology at your fingertips and EDUCATE YOURSELF.
You’re seriously overreaching here. I’m not bashing the comic, I just got tripped up by the morally questionable content and the artist lost some of my respect because she seems to endorse this kind of behavior. Shit like that’s going to happen when you post this kind of thing. It happens and she’s made it pretty clear that she doesn’t care that she’s lost it so why do you?
As for the carnivores remark, I actually have coyotes living in the quarry a block away from my house. As well as foxes and other wildlife. Nothing too huge, like bears and wolves but still, I have predators in my own back yard and guess what? I’m not bothered by them and unlike what you think, I’m actually all for a reintroduction of natural predators into spaces where they’re either sparse or gone. I also believe the fines and punishments for killing them to be much steeper than they are now.
Isn’t part of the issue with predators how they get along with farmers? Lets face it, farm raised animals that are specifically raised to be killed for food, where wild animals aren’t… The farmers that tend to oppose the re-introduction of predators into their environment? Yeah, they are worried about having to protect their cattle from said predators, which is even harder when they can’t kill said predators legally…
That’s part of the problem, yes, hence why farmers shouldn’t be allowed to kill wolves, especially if it’s just one cow they lost. It’s also been proven that occasionally feeding the local wildlife with a single cow at a random location in the forest, does a better job of “pest control” than any gun has.
We are nature, us killing Deer to keep the population in check is no different from wolves doing it.
You’d sooner have someone go to the store and get “holocaust” meat rather than hunt for meat that would keep them from needing to get meat at the grocery store in the first place? I feel to see the logic
*fail to see the logic
“There is no reason to hunt in this day and age unless you are living completely off the grid and away from any sense of civilization. You live in a small town or city with internet access? Put the damn gun away, you trigger happy yahoo, and head to the market like everyone else.”
The thing is, not all ecosystems function the same. In Australia we’re trying to get more people to live off kangaroo meat because it’s less costly to the environment. (Cattle/sheep are incredibly water intensive, destroy vegetation, lower the water table, and stuff up the local ecosystem something cronic.)
So it’s way, way, way better, environmentally speaking, for families to go out and shoot a roo or two, than to pop down to the shops and pick up a steak (they also make much better use of the animal than a supermarket does; ALL of it gets used).
I’m sure you do things differently in Canada, but eating more game meat (rabbits, roos, emus, etc) would do wonders for the whole Australian environment and climate.
The expense and difficulty of sending meat to Northern remote communities in Canada makes hunting for food much more efficient and wage less environmental impact than sending meat up there. Honestly I’m takin’ everything this person says with a grain of salt.
I would be offended but you’re not exactly known for respecting your fanbase so I’m not really expecting anything from you either.
As for the northern territories food crisis; I consider that living in the dead of no where so hunting for your food is fine. However, if you can’t farm due to the climate/environment or have resources sent to you, then it’s time to move to someplace more habitable.
I respect my fanbase quite a bit and do more work than people realize to try to make as many people as possible reading the comic feel comfortable and not alienated. When someone raises an issue with me civilly I take their feedback and do what I can to improve on their experience in the future, I just don’t feel obligated to pander to people who blatantly disrespect me and make unreasonable demands of my time because it’s not my job to be every individual’s punching bag. You very plainly said you “respect me less” and proceeded to say a bunch of fairly willfully uninformed and frankly, insulting, things so I’m not sure why you think me saying that I’m “taking what you say with a grain of salt” is grounds for offence when you just openly stated you don’t respect me?
I honestly bare you no ill will over this, I just disagree with how you’re interpreting a lot of this material and don’t appreciate the unnecessarily condensing tone. The fact of the matter is yes, despite your accusations of it being a “Fox Kids” answer, I was keeping it intentionally vague where all these skulls and carcasses were coming from because I was planning to pull out a goofy source for them in a future comic (because comedy comes from subverting expectations). Being a person who DOES come from rural, remote Northern Canada (that you wrote off in a fairly insulting way with that “time to move” bit, just so you’re aware for future reference) and was raised by naturalists your opinions on hunting come across as rather uninformed to me, but it’s the kind of thing I am generally willing to drop because it’s not a hill I care to die on with an internet stranger. You’re kind of escalating to personal insults with a lot of people you reply to so, as I said, I’m taking it with a grain of salt because honestly I’m just getting tired of waking up to more of this conversation every time I log in to screen comments.
I know it’s hard to convey tone online and if people decide someone sounds rude in their head that’s going to influence how they interpret the entire conversation, but I am honestly trying to convey this as calm and sincerely as possible.
Hm, you have a point. I’m sorry if things got personal with anything that I said. I didn’t remember where you came from so it wasn’t intended. I’m also sorry for getting personal, period. It’s been hard not to feel attacked here and in all honesty, I’m not sure why people are attacking me. Even if it’s all “just pretend,” isn’t that one of the hallmarks of great fiction? When it makes you feel something enough to respond?
Yes, it’s fictional, but that doesn’t make the morality of the act any less questionable. (If it didn’t matter, offensive things like black face would still be a thing.)
As for the lack of respect for you, I’m sorry, but you have lost some of it. You endorse hunting, something that I’m completely, 100% against. It’s not that I’m not informed, I just can’t agree with it, like, at all. To kill a wild animal when the cows and chickens are right there is just so… wasteful to me. There’s no justifying it.
I also would’ve appreciated if you had just been straight with me from the start. If you didn’t want to reveal so much, couldn’t you pull a doctor who and just say “spoilers?” Because the answer you gave really felt patronizing and belittling.
And I was insulted by the comment because I’m trying my best to be serious here, aside from the few times I’m not, obviously. Like with Mr. Jurassic Park down below.
I’ll end this with one last apology, for I’m sorry how far I went. I never meant to come off as snooty or entitled as I did and that comment about you not respecting your fanbase was going to far. I take it back, if that means anything.
Pardon me, I should’ve made this clear but my views on this aren’t meant to be applied to a global scale. The comic is set in North America–though granted, I don’t know exactly where this pissing contest is taking place–so I applied my standards to that and that alone.
Cloned animals to be hunted?
Still animals, and before you dispute that, try and remember Rock Lobster and his kin are “tank bred” as well, and they’re still people. :P
Verytired, is this you?
https://localtvwiti.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/dino.jpg
Let’s steer this away from personal insults, it’s getting very draining to see more of this going on every time I log in.
Ha ha ha, very funny. :P Least the triceratops was actually there. I feel so bad for this generation. JPW was inexcusable.
FatRaptor used FeatherHelm.
It’s SUPER EFFECTIVE!
Truly, the are the fanciest of murder chickens.
Now that they have helmets, is it time to let them ride the bikes? (safety first)
What they have armor now!? That’s it Jet just stole this game. If he teaches them to air guitar it’s over.
It’s damn hard to out-cool armored velociraptors.
I suppose you could up-armor a utahraptor…
Jet could have them ride Ankylosaurs while he leads the way astride an armoured Allosaurus, but the minibikes might be radder.
I just want to see plate barding made for a small tyrannosaur, and Allosaurus fits the bill.
Speaking of Radical, that tattoo is amazing.
I agree. I’m not into tats (don’t have any, myself), but that’s some pretty serious bad-assery right there.
And what no one knows is that Jared can have Mr. Fish use Secret Power on a bush to make a sick Secret Base.
Ah, so that’s the ancestor of the Chocobos.
I think we’re all forgetting one very important question here: Where’s a picture of the bike with the new saddlebags on?
SO. CUTE.
So this time we have Panzer Fattest Raptors? And they’re cute?
Coela, you spoil us.
You know what to do guys.
Catch as many of those velociraptors as you can, pluck them, make bitchin’ headdresses and send them squawking back.
Please grow some muscle and definition into that tat
Are you the same guy who was whining about my arms the last time I posted a progress photo of that tattoo? Cool story about my body, dude, it has nothing to do with you.
Haha, yeah! High five, Squid.
Personally, I think you’ve got a real good ‘canvas’ for dat sleevework.
Whereas, ROROr is having trouble understanding why the Mona Lisa wasn’t painted on a pile of rocks.
Why is her “muscle definition” a problem for you? Like, you’re her personal trainer or something? Saying “please” doesn’t make it less annoying.
Actually, I think the please makes it more annoying. He’s telling her what to do with her body, the please makes it all like he actually cares when he really just wants to tell her what to do with her body.
Yeah! That’s exactly what I meant… I’m just bad at using words.
Actually, the please makes it sound more like she’s disgusting him with her real life arm, and she should tone it up to make him feel less disgusted. Which is, of course, the height of entitlement.
Geez, some people would kill for arms like those.
STFU about her arm already. If you aren’t trying to get in her pants, it’s not really your business now is it?
I don’t think it would be any of his business even if he was.
What kind of weirdo pushes people he wants to date into being bodybuilders?
That’s… rather resourceful, seeing as it’s just from a single arm.
Aww, that one raptor lining up waiting to be equipped… (squidgy unintelligible noise of cuteness acknowledgement).
I really wanna see the peacock those feathers on the throne came from.
Also, that is a god-damn sweet tattoo. Do you have a spread-out version somewhere, so we can see all of the design at once?
Ohhhhhh god thats cute. I was planning to make armour for my chickens. Mind if I steal this design
Heehee those raptors are so cute! I think we need the raptors, Mr. Fish, and fancy pigeon on a t-shirt. The Commander’s daughter’s centipede (millipede?) can come too.
Also, love the tat! I could trace colourful lines all day…
Makes perfect sense. War in the future is entirely about who’s coolest, so their wargame tourney thing is all about who’s coolest before everybody gets bored and goes home.
I’m honestly trying to think about something more radical than that and I can only think about Mr Fish with Kamina-style sunnies and a leather… jacket-vest-whatever. On a motorbike. Shooting lasers.
(I’m sorry, it’s 2:15 AM)
Somewhere, the most radical man from the radical land is openly weeping.
Please do a comic about fatbird raptors getting into trouble and being cute. If you make plushies, I will buy them. I love the raptors too much and I don’t care. They are the sweet babies.
I love when I come to a site to read a comic about video game and movie references and instead get to see people whining about fictional animal rights and people who think they have the right to give their snotty opinions about someone else’s body…. Ah, internet. You never cease to amuse.
I know right?
Angel needs to up her game if she’s gonna compete with Armored Minibike Raptors.
So this creates as good an opportunity to ask something I’ve been wondering about. So far we know that The Commander and his siblings are real people, but do they qualify as human?
Or as a different species/sub-species(?) entirely? Like I don’t know instead of being Homo Sapiens their something like Homo Badassicuss?
Then this is the most radical woman I have ever seen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo-ZTTyKe3M
USA bike…rifle mounted on the side. Hard to get more ‘Murica.
I say that with respect. :)
How did he managed to make that many helmets and back armour out of a single armour sleeve? Jonesy isn’t that big!!!
He just hammers it out a lot thinner.
Okay, that could work :D
That musta been some thick-ass armor.
Is there a way to be informed about the Platinium Black updates other than twitter? Maybe a mailing list or something?
Also when updating you should link to the first new page so we don’t have to go back to where we were and spoil ourselves.
Keep it up!
Kelly posted it to here -and- Twitter and the link does go to the first new page.
I have a tumblr for it that gets posts about all the progress and development, as well as when the black and white patreon updates and colour website updates happen.
and the page I linked to is the first new page.
I just finished reading the latest Platinum Black pieces, and I have to say: IT’S FREAKING AWESOME! *deposits money in awesome jar*
Oh great and wonderful Coelasquid. Would you mind posting the scoring system? I would like to run one of these survival derbies.
Everything about this and the last story arc kind of makes me wonder if King Radical from The Adventures of Dr. McNinja hops over to this dimension at some point and steered the military in its new ‘Rad’ direction. Actually, considering the fact that he just became president in the current story arc, that’s not so far-fetched.
At this rate Angel is going to need to call in some favours from Megacat City to out-radical Jet…
At this point I am sure that after all that effort to be the raddest, Ace is just going to show up at the last minute and win automatically all by himsef because that’s what Ace does.
Your tattoo is effing gorgeous and I love your comics :) Just wanted to say thank you for still trucking with it. You’re awesome.
Hey coelasquid, long time reader first time commenter. I often read the comments on here and you do such a good job in replying to people. However, I often feel like people as a result post nitpicks with the comic or personal stuff.
Anyway, I just wanted to say I love the comic, and especially the way we’re fleshing out the supersoldier back stories!
I have two points from this page.
1) Your tattoo is awesome. I’ve been looking forward to seeing the finished result since…ages.
2) I believe you have made a minor dis-identification (my spell-check says this is a word) error with your species of velociraptor (my spell check says this is not a word).
Those appear to be not Battle Raptors but Cuddle Raptors.
The main differences are in the shape of the beak and size of the plumage. Cuddle Raptors evolved a super-cute facade to have their prey coo and hug them thus putting them in easy range for a frontal assault on the jugular.
Skirting the whole cobtrovery/soap box in previous comments: I would simply like to say a sincear and whole-hearted Thank you.
I’ve been a fan of webcomics since they came out and throughout the years have had many favourites. Sadly they come to a point, as all things do, where they must end. Any true fan of fiction knows the feeling of loss when having to say goodbye to a beloved character. And with that in mind i say again Thank you.
Thank you for sharing your amazing art.
Thank you for continuing to share it rather than erecting yet another tombstone for a beloved character.
Thank you for putting the fans first and putting something out even when things in your life where fragile and chaotic.
Thank you for continuing with this amazing comic.
And thank you for making the raptors seem approachable; because to be honest, the ones in Jurrassic Park creep me the F#%$ out!
If you sold plushes of armored fluff raptors I’m pretty sure we’d all buy ten.