Make a good first impression
July 23, 2017
8:44 pm
Considering Reaper had no idea what Vialli looked like, there’s a good chance he’s never actually sat at the Talon round table shadowy board of directors thing before and this rufflepuff masquerade costume was their first time experiencing him in person.
I am almost certain that is the Phantom’s costume from the masquerade in Phantom of the Opera.
That was my immediate thought as well. I’m just waiting for him to bring out the finished score: “Don Juan Triumphant!”
It’s the Phantom’s costume of the Red Death from the Edgar Allan Poe story. I think that’s the reference Reaper is going for more than the Phantom per se.
I mean it’s identical to the stage version from the Andrew Lloyd Weber musical. Either Reaper’s a Broadway nerd or the game devs think no one would notice.
Mask of the Red Death. Reaper is an established Poe fan who calls himself ‘DEATH’. He’s likely invoking Mask of the Red Death.
Of course, Mask of the Red Death is what Phantom of the Opera was referencing too.
I can’t we get the sink for this… It’s just awesome.
I laughed so hard at his costume. Peacocking at its finest.
Y’know for some reason, I read Reaper in Spy’s voice
Gentlemen is always in the Spy’s voice.
…unless it’s followed by behold, then it’s Dr. Weird.
Dont forget the illustrious “GOOD NEWS EVERYBODY!”
It can also be in the voice of the Major from Hellsing
I am sadly uncultured and have yet to consume Hellsing in a glorious binge watch.
Same, regarding the word “gentlemen.”
Yup!
I almost expect him to drop the masquerade later on to reveal that he IS blue spy.
“I was always really on your game!”
This just feels baroque enough to be a warhammer 40k inquisitor. Just needs a couple angery nuns with shot guns and a bit more gold.
“Gentlemen, I wish to inform you that one of you is a traitorous heretic. Therefore, I have ordered for the planet to be subjected to Exterminatus. Good day.” Seems about right.
“DIE DIE DIE!!!”
I knew it was only two panels, but man was I hoping for that last panel. LOVE. IT.
Is this an Overwatch reference I missed out on?
new comic on overwatch
Specifically, the last few panels of this comic:
https://comic.playoverwatch.com/en-us/doomfist-masquerade
I still don’t know why the team dressed up in ridiculous frills and fluff.
Maybe that’s what they think people in Venice dress like?
presumably, that bit of the comic took place during The Carnival of Venice, during which people do in fact dress up with elaborate masks. So… Yes, they were wearing what they thought would blend in for the event.
Or rather, what would stand out in a blending-in way.
They don’t get spotted as Widowmaker, Sombra, and Reaper, they get spotted as “those guys over the top, oh well, have fun.”
It’s not about blending in, it’s about being anonymous.
Some even get buried alive with their favorite liquor!
…well, this IS a Poe mood here, after all…
I briefly thought it was a fancy raptor in a halloween mask until I read the text.
I immediately thought of the Fattest Pigeon.
I’m lost. who are these guys, what’s the reference here?
The last page of Doomfist comic pretty much.
They’re from a tie-in comic to Overwatch, Argentus.
unless you play Team Fortress 3 (Now With Waifus!) you won’t get most of the more recent references
oh yeah no, i got it on sale but barely ever play it. And i’d never pay full price for it. 50 bucks for 15 bucks worth of content? no thank you haha. Overwatch should have just been free to play, tbh.
https://reader.madefire.com/work/w-a2da1239584645338362109be0e7f1fd/read/ is the comic referenced.
Well you gotta do you and death takes it to heart.
FLOOF!
Oh my God it’s like Reaper is cosplaying as one of Jet’s velociraptors! Velocireaper!
I don’t know overwatch but this makes the comic even funnier
Coelasquid, you need Reaper going ‘wok wok woo’ or at least Gabriel in his human days.
Considering raptors’ defining characteristic is their sickle-like murder claw, you’re actually not far off.
You just know Blizz’ will get inundated with requests for that Masquerade costume to be added in game, too – after all, it’s how he got that shrug pose in-game.
I imagine all the Masquerade skins are in the pipeline, and are aimed to be ready by October. If Blizzard is good at one it’s marketing.
^ What he said. If Blizzard doesn’t have a handful of masquerade skins ready to go for the next event, they’re just plain dumb. And Blizzard is a lot of things, but dumb just isn’t one of them.
Yeah, that comic seemed like it was at least 75% made as a catalogue of Things You Can Own Soon the same way that Junkenstein and the Uprising comic were.
Doomfist in a tux?
*fans self*
Hmm. Should I call him terrorsome or fabulous. Dude looks like Alucard (Hellsing) went to a Shakespeare x Carnival de Janeiro. Byoutiful, I tell you!
How bout terrorous?
That could be an actual word.
As for the combination, I like it!
FATBIRD REAPER
150 percent approved.
Huh.
I approve of our Fancy FatReaptor
The best part is that the outfit legitimately comes off as intimidating in a sort of harlequin/clown with a skeleton face sort of way. There is no disbelief at all that someone in that outfit kills people for a living, outside of the fact they do not do it as a hobby.
DON JUAN TRIUMPHANT
HAHAHA! I totally thought he fit the Death costume from Phantom of the Opera. So your comment filled me with much glee.
Huh, wasn’t expecting a crossover with Mass Effect.
I thought it was awesome that he looked like Red Death from the Masquerade scene from Phantom of the Opera.
I’m so happy you turned Reaper into a fancy raptor.
I hope they make his carnival attire into a skin.
He looks like a velociraptor…
You know I think the reaper handled the Dinosaur account too?
My only regret is that I will never be as extra as Gabriel Reyes and his adopted children.
The guy at the head of the table looks like he has the super man emblem on his chest… The ramifications are terrifying.
Reaper always looks swag.
Well, if Princess and her brothers had somehow attain anthro form… I think this is how they would look. Fab and Deadly.
I have no idea what this is (I don’t play Overwatch) but I’m still laughing!
This is what I’m hearing T:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24NNTRDwjvM
I’m laughing at this way harder than I think I should be. But I don’t care.
I want to hear it in Reaper’s voice, I really do. But…it just can’t be done anymore. That word is now owned in its entirety by…him…
Oh god I almost choked on my food I think I need to lie down
This made me laugh. Like honestly laugh. I really needed it too. Just so unexpected and so funny.
I see Jet let one of the birds out again…
Seriously though, that was a good chortle. Love your comics, dude!
Dat puffy collar demands all the attention. Some people make a statement with their apparel. The Reaper, hower, could write an autobiography.
person…you said, like, all that needed to be said.
that’s some important level of collar.
I know it’s Reaper, but goddamn if this isn’t Death from Discworld.
i can see this strip everyday, and laugh each time.
Reminds me of Revenant from SoulCaliber 3.
You turned Reaper into a fluffy raptor. Bless you.
Might wanna add Moira to the tags. :D
http://www.usgamer.net/articles/new-overwatch-hero-moira-made-a-cameo-in-doomfists-comic-months-ago
Okay I know this is an old comic but the new Masquerade Reaper skin just came out and didn’t look right to me, and I only JUST NOW REALIZED it’s because I saw this comic before I saw the canon one and this is what imprinted in my memories.