That’s not a very good trap bar drawing, my apologies
February 5, 2018
3:10 am
Haedgsdghdfg sorry these have been kinda rushed the past couple weeks, I’m doing 3/4 of the episode I’m currently boarding at work as opposed to the usual half so I’m a little more nose to the grindstone with dayjob stuff than usual
I’m… not sure how to feel about this reasoning. =|
Seems like sound reasoning to me.
I dunno, there’s a lot more to combat than brawn alone… though Rock’s particular approach does seem pretty dependent on it.
Work to your strenghts.
Only up to a point, he didn’t even try and incapacitate Tank. Plenty of reasons for that, but for one I don’t think he would actually consider trying to take on anything/one with that much more raw power than him.
I mean, he’s pretty staunchly opposed to engaging in physical violence with Tank more because of their history than anything.
Gotta remember that Commander is a timetraveler. He knows something about his kids in the future that we don’t. Something dire. Something that requires him to be absolutely yoked for when that future comes about.
His kids are going to be bigger than him. Both of them.
It would be awfully sad if he knew he’d divorce several years in advance
Aawwww . . . now you’ve gone and Sadded me.
Remember, Captain is a genetically engineered soldier and those are his biological kids. Him plus his ex’s killer athletics will make for some super kids when they get older. He’s gotta plan ahead
Time Traveler Genetics + Enhanced Soldier Human Genetics (Macho Focused) tend to be a tad more complex than simple human genetics.
Remember Microsoft Windows OS “expiration dates” which are built in obsolescence (which is the best argument against any machine intelligence taking over because the OS it runs on would self-destruct before the hardware does). Remember WinXP’s time limit of 41 continuous days before requiring a reset? Now imagine being Skynet after conquering the world or even GLADOS. Do you think the Future American Military is going to leave the “perfect Genetic Supersoldier Replacements” without a “you kill us — we mock you from the grave with the timebomb tricks we left in your DNA or hardware”.
Be always wary of accidentally or deliberately creating your own perfect replacement.
If you’ve been “born perfect” for some reason, always double-check the pure matter functions of your existence and software/hardware/wetware aspects of your “mind” because I can probably bet you that your creators left some double-cross functions in case you kill them to replace them or try to take over. Unless your creators were absolute idiots … but that logically defaults to the sad truth that they may have not included deliberate time-bomb double-cross functions, only clueless badly checked syntax errors in your seemingly perfect design. A bit of timeless Comicbook Wisdom brought to you by the John Byrne school of storytelling.
Have you ever considered that by presenting a challenge to his children, his children will rise to overcome adversity and thus become all the stronger for it?
They already have Committee-Designed Supersoldier Genes.
And the Commander is a Time-Traveler that has seen some crazy stuff already.
You may be young and optimistic… but older guys see the poor wisdom of letting humans designated to be superior to yourself (and your children by default) run wild with zero supervisory controls. So if you’re going to give them advanced gene designs plus future nanotech hidden away for a much less happier time… the future of Bureaucrat Offspring versus Supersoldier Offspring in a fight for survival or mere coexistence…
You’re young, optimistic, cheerful, and full of hope.
Do you think Bureaucrats “Play Fair” with the human masses they exploit cynically?
Do you think Military Minds are “Cheerfully Optimistic”?
Have you seen recent or long past human history that indicates that these two potential status operations are common or normal for Government Workers? (INSERT WILLY WONKA CYNICAL MEME PIC HERE) “So you think Government is too overbearing… so you want us to surrender our guns to them?”
What conditions do you think a government would willfully gene-tweak humans to become fast-healing Supersoldier Expert Killers and not expect to be quickly overthrown? What, praytell, would you think a government in such dire straits DO to prevent those Superhumans from seizing power for themselves as all of history has shown to happen? Just some food for thought. Eat well.
Wait, you board for a show? Which one?
Ben 10
i don’t swear often but i gotta say that is the most fucking awesome thing i have read all day!
you are now my hero
Coelasquid, I wanted to say that the Wrestling episode ended up being pure genius.
Hahahaha it’s a great one, unfortunately I had nothing to do with that one in particular. Of the Season 1 episodes I worked on Freaky Gwen Ben, Clocktopus, Brief Career of Lucky Girl, Villain Time, Xingo, Bad Penny, and the first quarter of the finale special where he fights the termite elephant. Bad Penny and the finale were the two I drew while my shoulder was broken.
Bad Penny was the uh..Pig/Meat festival with the former babysitter correct? Second favorite of season one, so its really cool you boarded that. I really need to watch Omni Tricked. Obviously love your work but please pass on the props to whoever did the dialogue and boarding of “The Ring Leader”. Those two episodes won me over.
I’m curious, how is it recreating a show that was popular before? Do you feel pressured to follow the original artists’ work? Or is there more of a “that’s their version this is mine” mentality? I loved the original Ben 10, haven’t had a chance to see the new one but with you on board it must be great!
Honestly I enjoy working on it a lot, and it’s very successful with the target demographic it was intended for. I like working on projects that make superhero type stuff accessible to kids, because there’s too much emphasis in the genre on catering to 20-40 somethings who grew up with the IP’s when they were young and it’s really closing the genre off to the new crop of people in that age group. It’s also a board driven action show, so it’s a great opportunity to write as well as draw a lot of cool fights. Apparently the finale episode I did while my arm was broken a couple years back was globally one of the most widely viewed episodes of a kids’ cartoon, which is a cool feeling.
I totally feel you, damn those day jobs! Still a nice colse-up to the Commander
Why doesn’t he just ask his past self in peak condition to come to the future to fight his kids? Or past or whenever he’s raising them?
He doesn’t want to disappoint his past self like that.
Maybe he did, once, and this is him trying to avoid ever becoming that disappointment.
Doubtful. He would have disappointed his future self too. Commander’s a do-it-yourself-type through and through.
We all have that fear.
If he lets himself slip up on his personal training, he already knows that some other “chrono-version” of himself is going to come along & beat him up, just to steal his coffee…
Yes, it’s happened.
Now you can imagine what his own (subjective) future life is going to be like when his kids are grown up. What you’re imagining, Rock probably already *knows*
:D
Gotta remember after the nomura syndrome he pointed out that you can’t just fix everything with time travel
Well his kids have half the brutal pillow-fighter DNA and half the space-future super soldier DNA in them so yeah, when they grow they’ll be pretty badass.
Yeah, I’m now deeply curious about what they’ll be like when they’re older. Commander may well have some extra insight on that, what with the time travel.
We already know what they’ll be like when they get older.
http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/let-me-tell-you-a-tale-of-my-people
I’d think a desk job is more reason to train hard, since he’s not getting s much workout in his day-to-day?
Yups, was just about to type something similar: it’s because he has a deskjob is the reason he has to workour, and work so hard
Well, he got a point.
Don’t worry, I think I speak for most of us when I say that I’m thankfull that you want to share anything at all with us for free.
…well, that and the fact in addition to all the paperwork, his desk job involves trying to herd violently maladjusted muscle men.
Hey! I understand this. My mother used to say all the time. “If I’m the toughest and meanest person you ever have to deal with then consider yourself blessed.” This is so that by always making it that his kids can never defeat him in combat then anyone lower then him his kids will easily handle and if they can’t Dad can still step in.
Wait, defeat his kids in the future? Who is going to turn evil? Him, his kids or the Future Space Agency that built and owns his muscly arse? o_O
defeat them in a friendly match.
‘Beat’ sure, butt ‘defeat’ seems like the wrong word to me
“beat my kids” sounds like just hitting them…
“defeat” sounds like an actual battle with actual challenge. =P
They will grow up to be strong independent children. They of course will challenge the strongest man they know to test themselves.
What, you never called your father out as a brash teenager looking to exert your dominance? You never experienced the humiliation of having your ass handed to you by a guy who seemed to do nothing but eat chips and watch TV? Anyone? No? Just me then…
Personally, my dad was great at finger holds when we were kids. Not lasting damage and kept us humble when we got uppity
No. I’m with you. Mine actually body-slammed me in the kitchen floor. I deserved it, and it got the point across.
Now I kinda hope you at some point do an arc where he meets his kids like 20 years in the future, but I understand if you never do :P
First challenge is to take down Mom. Then Dad is next.
The last test?
MR. FISH.
NNuuuuuuu. Mr. Fish is for loves, not fights. Unless you are a pokemon. Then he is for fights.
There’s no fight there, if you aren’t for loves you are food lol
No, then he is for buffets.
…uhm you got the order mixed up. Moms are final boss material. (In our house, she’s called ‘Master of Time, Space, and the Budget’). “Wait til your father gets home” is code for “I’m very, very angry and if I try to sentence you myself, you’ll be a lifer in Alcatraz.”
A desk job is super unhealthy l, so you have to hit the gym even harder compared to a solider.
Does Junebug become a Space Supervillaness who unleashes mutated big armies in the future?
*bug
No, because she knows Daddy will show up and stop that mess cold. He’s too strong. She’ll know that because he’s doing the work now to ensure it.
I dunno, depending on the specifics of her villainy he might just smile proudly from the sidelines.
Now I’m imagining her being up to some evil shenanigans and Hime showing up, and she just smiles and says “hi Daddy” before attacking him.
Clearly Junebug is child-Kerrigan.
If you’re stuck behind a desk or in another job that takes away from your ability to stay active, you need to work hard to stay fit.
When they beat him I’m sure he’ll be proud
Considering his capabilities, he’s certainly encouraging his kids to do become very very good at what they do. So it’s a challenge, and if they are like Rock Lobster and their mother, it will be friendly but stiff competition.
He’s ANTICIPATING taking on his kids at one point? Whaaaa?
Well, they will grow up eventually…
One thing no one’s pointing out; Have we all forgotten what Rock’s “desk job” actually IS, though?
He helps rehabilitate hyper-masculine video game characters so they can fit into society.
When you put it like that, it makes me wonder if his department ever works with Skin Horse.
Now that would be a fun crossover to see :D
Not just video game characters. Characters from all of pop culture
Rushed comics or no, Commander continues to be an excellent role model for both life and workout goals. So thank you.
Seriously. Is there anywhere I can buy Commander Badass merch? This man is my hero.
The shiny space-future, obviously…
I’m loving the fact that Jones has begun joining him at the gym. That is awesome to me. :)
More musclewomen are always welcome.
every little snippet into his life is appreciated.
it doesn’t need to be colored or lots of panels for me to enjoy it.
Such a caring bloak.
If their “uncle” is any influence, the kids may pick up Pokemon training.
With badass genes from daddy, pillowfighter genes from mom and monsterwrangling skills from “uncle” Rocks kids will be unstoppable.
I read his comment more in the Greek Mythology father-child destiny theme: Chronos and the rest of the Titans were destined to defeat and overthrow their father Uranus, and then Zeus and his siblings were destined to defeat and overthrow their father Chronos and the other Titans. So, Chronos swallowed all of them as they were born to try to avoid that fate. Then Zeus was worried about the same pattern himself, so he swallowed his first wife, but she gave birth to Athena anyway and she burst out of Zeus’ head fully grown. But they worked it out; no hard feelings or overthrowings. :)
So hopefully, it’ll work out for Commander more like that.
Trap Bar. Best bar.
Assuming the “combat” thing is a joke this mentality is completely effing normal. Dads seem to feel like they need to be all-strong and all-wise. When the kids start outgrowing them, some guys seem to lose something important. Though knowing this comic I also wouldn’t be surprised if they jumped back in time to nick his coffee.
My dad never considered this option, and he also made the mistake of having four of us. Poor guy never stood a chance.
When I (the oldest) got to be a teenager I had to stop participating in our wrestle-fights so that he could have a chance with my younger brothers.
I haven’t seen a trap bar in ages. I really ought to fix that. I can’t lift or press nearly what I used to be able to.
…I am a disgrace.
You’re not the only one. Hell, in my prime I could leg-press 1300lbs in sets. Highly doubtful I could now.
I’ve never been THAT strong, but I could do 50 reps of 200 pounds no problem back in my halcyon teenage days.
You apologize to us as if there has been a drop in quality, but I don’t see a drop in quality. The characters are consistent, they are dealing with problems that are important to them and interesting to us, the artwork is high caliber like always… I’m not sure what you need to apologize over.
Hope that work is going well for you! Thanks for the great comic!
The problem with Ben Ten is that Man Of Action wasn’t behind any of the sequels. I dunno about the Reboot, I guess I am not just the target audience. And MOA work best when doing their own stuff, like Generator Rex showed. Granted GR is based on a comic but no one remembers the comic and the comic was like a few issues long. That have MOA a freedom they didn’t have when working on Spiderman.
Marvel insistence that Peter Parker must be in high school doesn’t help. Not does the fact Spiderman has so many cartoons that at this rate will beat Scooby Do in the number of cartoons in a few years,
Anyway, I have seen the toys of the new Ben Ten show being bought by kids, so it must be doing well.
Ugh, I’m so jealous. I wish my gym had a trap bar.
I have literally said this is why I’m going to start working out later in life XD