Big shakeup news
I am still having broken computer issues and unfortunately the person borrowing the cables for my backup work station has gone awol and isn’t returning them, so I had to keep this comic short enough to finish it on one battery charge before this computer dies and bricks itself. Hopefully I’ll have this issue fixed for good by next week, believe me, no matter how disappointing you might think it is to have less-than-great updates, it’s extra frustrating for me to have to be sending my computer into the shop every week.
On a cooler note, the dust is finally starting to settle and I can finally talk about that cool news I mentioned about a month ago, I’m officially a Cartoon Network storyboard artist now! I know the comic’s been kind falling on the backburner the past few months but now that I’m out of the gammut of board tests and Visa gauntlets, when my computer is finally working the way it’s supposed to I’ll be able to get back to business as usual. Thanks to everyone who stuck it out, this is super exciting for me and I can’t wait to see what the future holds.
Anyway, some supersoldier names and families because most of them only ever get to show up in the backgrounds and I wanna use them more. And people seem to keep getting who is related to who mixed up because they don’t show up often enough to be super memorable.
I kinda like the ‘aaargh real life is impinging on my comicking’ updates. They usually force a style change, which is interesting, and result in stuff the artist wouldn’t necessarily bother with on a less busy schedule.
But I’m a particular sucker for backstory/ elaboration. TEXT!
And that you always manage to keep updating ANYWAY is super awesome anyway.
What carmen said. And congrats on the new gig!
I love Commander’s people. They’re great.
Wait. What?
Congratu-fucking-lations. Do you know which show, yet? Because I will watch that show. I will watch that show so hard, it’s viewership will scratch diamond.
What’s your ETA to showrunner? Because you will fucking make it, and your shows will be awesome. I cannot die happy unless I watch your cartoons!
Cartoon Network just got a hole lot cooler!! WHOOP WHOOP!!! Congrates!
Cool…….
i find the charlies angel’s part funny, “…might find some crimes to solve and abandon the game…”, hope you can get your problem with the computers fixed, as always, love your comic
I feel like there was a missed chance to do “Angel’s Charlies”. All that needed to happen was for them to get on Angel’s team in this game.
Whoa. Jet and Angel are married? Was that ever alluded to before?
Also, is it me or does Ace look kinda like Sulu right now?
It’s mentioned in the very first line of the descriptiony-bit for the first comic in this little arc.
Great news :)
On a related note, I am now reasonably confident that I know the animation production company that has an art department bad enough to save the president!
But is the president bad enough to save them?
Awesome news! The fact that you never let the comic fall to the wayside despite life-things is actually really impressive. :)
And this chart is really super helpful and neat. I like it.
Hey Coela! Just wanted to drop some love in on your newest comic *thanks for helping me figure out who’s who* and also wanted to let you know someone needs to update your Wikia page. *linked here —> http://womenincomics.wikia.com/wiki/Kelly_Turnbull*
Thanks for being awesome and making one of the best webcomics ever!
One more question (am drinking while writing this, so bear with me): Can you give us any hints as to what show you’ll be working on?
Not even sure why I lost my shit at the WiFi bit. It’s just so ridiculous, I love it.
And generous! It’s nice of her to share her connection (assuming she gets a choice, hard to say with those military upgrades).
I would assume it’s voluntary. No need to make it easy to hack into government supersoldiers.
I love it when they author explains what’s going on with the characters. The family trees are the best part of the A Song of Ice and Fire books
So, what maintains Spider’s human flesh?
Nanomachines. Don’t ask how they work, or what makes them tick.
Nanomachines.
Do they harden in response to physical trauma?
Yes they do.
She should be a senator.
Nanomachines, son!
Oh sweet, congratulations on the gig, CS!
Like Carmen said, you still pull it out of the hat very well, even when the hat’s on fire or has pigeons dancing all over it.
It’s inspiring when you take the hectic qualities of life and turn them into fuel for your artistic creative jetpack.
Even after reading it through, this page still has some real pretty ‘look-at-ability’.
I don’t know what you mean by “less-than-great updates”. This page is awesome and I love every bit of it. I can’t wait for the charlie angels to make an appearance. Also, congrats on the job!
Congratulations!
So… Jet and Angel aren’t brother and sister?
Nope – different clone batches. Ace is the one who has similar, vaguely East Asian, features to Angel, Jet’s genetic heritage is more African.
Always figured Ace and Angel were twins
Sort of, I think. Similar sequences, different jars.
Whoops, thought you said Ace. Totally different implications.
You gave us fancy fat raptors. Sticking around has been my supreme pleasure.
Do you know what cartoon you will be working on?
What everybody just said… Congrats and awesome job not failing updates, bla bla bla… =)
You’re not gonna see me complaining about a helpful chart! Especially not a freaking hilarious one featuring yet more fluffy raptors.
Also, I really hope Ace IS on Jet’s team. Jet running around with the crazy raptors and the minibike and Ace is just sitting there in his classy suit, covered in raptor down, going “Can I leave yet?”
No! Unpossible! Ace is impervious to raptor down, and all manner of other imperfections. You know, like dirt, sweat, blood – pretty much anything that would mar the perfection of… The Suit. He’s probably got an army of nanites or a tiny forcefield woven into the fabric or something. Don’t ask me how. SPY SCIENCE.
Nanomachines are like time travel. If you don’t think about it it works just fine.
More pudgy budgie raptors. We need more of them.
Visa? Does that mean you’re moving to Atlanta? If so, I owe you several beers for this comic!
Congratulations, again! It’s really great that your month(s?) of crazy business have paid off!
I like the family tree, as it’s nice to have them all in one visual reference, and grouping them by teams and batches at the same time is a nice touch. I guess for clones it’s less of a family tree, more of a family… pool? Shrub? Some kind of plant in which the leaves are equidistant but distinctly grouped?
idk if anyone has said this before, but i just realized who the commander reminds me of- garnet, from steven universe! anyone else see it?
Congrats! Not on the computer. On the other thing.
Congrats on the new gig! Well-deserved, if your work on the strip is any indication.
Oh man, don’t even feel bad about this strip. I’ve been eager for this kind of exposition on B52’s family for ages, and the looking at the way you fit the wheel together is pretty neat.
As others have said, congrats on the new job. Hope you have fun there!
Where has Tank been shown before? I remember and recognize basically everyone else, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen him before.
He’s been in the background of some other panels the last time they were in the future. He’s always beside the Robocop lookin’ one, Spider.
Congrats on the new position
Take your time, we’ll still be here. Your art and story is fantastic. I just wanted to chime in because Raptor Squad was what a bunch of my friends and I called ourselves when we’d play Counterstrike Source and try to play only with stealth and knives, choosing individuals on the enemy teams to single out and hunt. Thank you for the serendipitous nostalgia.
“Hardy boy mofos” is possibly one of the most delightful descriptors I’ve ever read before.
And now I want to know everything about them in particular {even though I’m interested by everyone} since this was such a fantastic little bit of storytelling.
Ooh! Question that hasn’t been brought up: Is her name pronounced as the usual Ayn-jel or the Spanish Ahn-hel?
Or, at least I think it hasn’t been asked. Anyway, congratulations!
I’ll guess it’s the usual American English pronunciation, since it’s short for “Angel Eyes”.
Wait, so what IS the Commander’s name?
His siblings call him “Rock Lobster”, but at some point his name ACTUALLY WAS
Oh bother, I hit the wrong button and posted too soon. Anyway. His birth name is some long alphanumeric string which includes “B52”, but his siblings call him “Rock Lobster”, and at some point his superiors had his name legally changed to “Commander Badass”.
That’s great news! Congratulations on the new job!
I found a legit game about Pigeons!
http://www.rpgfan.com/news/2015/3588.html
…Kinda
As Coelasquid knows, there’s always Hatoful Boyfriend – she’s used it in the comic, with Jared playing it.
The way the picture at the top partly overlaps the wheel makes me wonder. Do Tank and Spider have a brother or sister that we haven’t met yet?
This is AWESOME!! Thank you! May I suggest putting a permanent link to this on the page for new confused readers?
And, of course, CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Congratulations on the job news!
I love it when we find out more about Commander’s backstory. The videogame jokes are gold, but I really enjoy the bits of Commander’s universe we get to see a lot.
Huh. I guess Wagner’s appearance here, combined with that look, means that she is definitely NOT Red. (Commander’s Ex) So it kind of begs the question of who Red is, and what batch she belongs to. Is she secretly part of Tank and Spider’s batch, hiding her nanomachine-laced blood from our sensitive eyes? Is she part of an as-of-yet unseen batch? Or, against all odds, is she NOT a clone, and just happened to be working really closely with the clones somehow?
Current theory: She could be the medic that stuffed his guts back in. So far, we haven’t seen any medics in these spacefuture military clone batches. It’s possible.
Commander’s ex is named Maddie, I might have called Angel’s sisters other names in an earlier strip, I think I had them call Wagner Red once before but when I started actually writing them some backstory I went with a Valkyrie theme. I figure it’s all nicknames anyway, sometimes they call Cate “C4” when she blows things up. Angel is just called Angel because she looks like Lee Van Cleef.
Woah! Congratulations on the CN job!!!! You’re awesome!
…Well, is Jones not cool enough to appear in her own chart?
She’s not a GMO supersoldier
GMO Supersoldier is probably the coolest sounding name for a metal band I’ve ever heard.
Me and you both jonesy
I like Jonsie’s plume and general casual wearing of the armour suit.
This may be one of my favourite web comic pages ever! Seriously it’s just a delight. it summarizes the last arc and I got a laugh out of every circle segment.
I’m a bit late on this, but whoa! Congrats on the awesome job! I hope it’s treating you well! :)