Maybe I’ll just keep drawing him like that until the government turns back on
October 4, 2013
6:50 am
I’ve been low on inspiration for comics lately, luckily current events gave me an excuse to draw Commander as the Ayatollah of Rock-and-Rollah
Also, I’ve been doing the Inktober challenge and decided to keep all my drawings Cryptid themed, so if you’re into that kind of thing and want to see me draw 31 legendary beasts you can either keep up with the instagram I made for posting sketches, or stalk the art tag on my tumblr.
Oh wow. I’d totally be all for him dressing like that for a while.
If you’re low on inspiration, I admit I’d love to see a comic of whatever your reaction was when bioware announced you’ll be able to play as a Qunari in the next Dragon age game.
I would like to know if Jones and his ex-wife will be following suit.
I wanna know if everyone else is gonna in the fun?
For that matter, I’d like to know what the Commander’s face would be like if Canadian guy follows suit… … or not.
The Canadian government is doing just fine, so I think it would be hilarious if he were one of the few who were NOT following the commanders example.
genius, pure genius
Andrei of Astora’s amazing chest is always handy if you’re low on manly men.
I suggest that you start a storyline about Commander cracking heads until those Yank politicians get their act sorted out. Or have Commander start running the country in some fashion.
Commander and Chief. Enough said.
I approve of this
I disapprove of this. Not on content, but on principle. The comments made it pretty clear that doing a long running storyline is extremely taxing on Coela, no need to do that kind of suffering again huh?
Was it the long running story or that story specifically?
Hear, hear!
Commander Badass 2016!
Hopefully the fact that he technically hasn’t been born yet won’t be a problem with the age minimum.
I don’t think the commander has ever scared me more
I expect the next update to succeed in outdoing this, for some reason…
Seeing an Ad for Olympus overdrive makes me wonder how the commander would react to seeing the gods depicted that way.
Jared’s face on the 3rd panel is hilarious, his face is, like, screaming, “HOLY SHIT!! Commander, that is so gay!”. XDDDDDDD
So what if it is? If you have a problem with that, then by all means, don’t feel compelled to stick around.
Personally, it’s not that it is “gay”. It’s… disturbing. Very disturbing.
I believe his face says “Burned. Into. Retinas. Forever.. CAN’T UNSEE DX”
There was more than a little homoerotic undertone to the Mad Max movies.
There was? Or was that just you looking for homoerotic undertones? Probably saw the same thing in E.T.
Somebody needs to relax and quit being angry! :D
There are no words to describe how angry it makes me to see such a callous dismissal of queer people’s right to not have their sexuality used as a casual insult and the very basic human right to be angry at people who are being arseholes. If you said that to me in person I would slap you in the face.
Of course that assumes that calling something gay is automatically an insult.
Which, in and of itself, IS an insult of course.
Funny how that works!
Seriously if I say something looks gay and someone slaps me because they’re offended? I’d be like wtf, do you think being gay is something bad? Do you feel bad?
I’m really tired on people being insulted by their own perceived offenses, especially when they’re being paranoid and thinking every potentially negative word is absolutely negative.
Gay used to mean happy for christ’s sake.
Look what we’ve done to that poor, innocent word!
THAT BEING SAID… the Commander (and anyone in THAT kinda suit) definitely looks gay… in a stereotypical 80’s movie BDSM-ish Biker Gay Nightclub way. You know what I’m talking about.
You do realise that not everyone (not even the majority) of BDSMers are gay, don’t you?
So you’re saying that a queer person shouldn’t be offended when you use their sexuality to demean a thing you think is stupid or uninteresting? Like, even if you’re talking about something that is flamboyant, feminine, or even something like bdsm, automatically referring to it as gay is some insensitive crap to do
Can i just say about that. Go fuck your self?
Gay meant Happy way before the homosexual crowd took it and perverted the meaning (and i mean that as literally as in changed the meaning from its original meaning not.. as in gays are pervy way) as their thing.
That being said, one of my best friends is a proud homosexual who just about killed me with laughter one time as he responded to something as such “Hunn, that’s Gayer then me in short shorts with a fanny pack on..”
So for you to be offended with something that does not need to be offensive at all. (in my work place we make fun of everything, age, race, sexuality, religion, And its all in good fun, no one gets offended.) So thank you, You are the reason racism and other such things exist, No one is Racists or homophobic if there is nothing that can be said that is racists or homophobic.
In the future your sexuality is voted on by the 80’s
Do I get sweet 80’s comics in exchange?
I think his disturbed face has less to do with the gay and more to do with the fact that the Commander looks like a BDSM gimp.
Considering that the Commander is a father figure to Jared, it’s a bit like walking in on your parents mid-sex.
Considering the Commander is a father figure to Jared, it’s like walking in on your dad putting on a gimp suit and knowing that your mother about to walk up behind you wearing something worse.
now I’m wondering what Jonesey is waering
CANNOT BE UNSEEN
The mind boggles…
The mind giggles, well, the mind controlling Guesticus giggles :P
Guess Maddie’s going to be hanging on to the kids for a while.
Well, of course. You can’t just let your kids wander around Bartertown, after all, that place is dangerous!
I was really hoping I wasn’t the only one thinking about Jonesey in this.
I’m sure the Commander would correct Jared’s use of such a phrase with a punishment far more severe than the “epic jar”. Then go on to clarify that the outfit isn’t indicative of homosexuality in any rate, dated use of fetish wear at most. People are just more used to homosexuals displaying confidence in their sexual fetishes during pride parade etc… but really if I recall there is a rather large west coast all-orientations BDSM event too. Like… bondage mardi gras.
there would be no punishment involved, Jared just made a face. it appears you’ve read what the peanut gallery has been writing again? also punishment for thinking of something being “gay” is wrong. what you should do instead is to teach a positive connection of the word to the next generation instead of demonizing said word and further alienating anyone who would be supportive if otheriwse informed.
I gotta confirm this… I’m not an anti gay, in fact some of my friends are. However, Jared is VERY used to the Machismo (read: straight manly man) in Commander B’s HQ, so when Commander put on something “different”, it creeps him out.
Just my 2 cents. If i offend anyone, gay or straight, i am deeply really sorry m(_ _)m
*”Funny” note: one of my friend (who is gay, btw) tells me that my habit of using emoticons is kinda like gays in his community. I LOLd hard.
Saying “I’m not against X, some of my friends are X!” is a surefire way to let everyone know you are indeed homophobic/racist/sexist/etc.
He’s got a valid point, though, in that Jared isn’t used to seeing him like that at all.
Um, no it isn’t. It certainly doesn’t prove that you’re not bigoted, but it doesn’t mean that you necessarily are either. Hell, even if you’ve fallen for some stereotypes about a group (for example that that ridiculous getup is more prevalent among gay folks than straight ones), it doesn’t mean you hate them in the slightest.
This comic went from seemingly naughty to burst out laughing the moment I read the sentence in the last panel.
Is his Ex-Wife in Tina Turner’s position?
… in thunderdome, not in real life, I hope.
Sonny wasn’t really nice.
Of course in Thunderdome, can you imagine his ex walking around in real life as Aunty Entity? I mean, she’d be fabulous of course, and so much could be done with that fiery hair, but I think it’d be hard for her to be Tina in real life, hehe.
Well, I honestly didn’t expect this when I turned on my computer this morning.
I just discovered Olympus Overdrive thanks to you, cerveny. Cheers, mate!
a ha ha, can’t wait to see him from the front… and jared, you can’t unsee that!
omg, that was from the front! i need to hit more strip clubs!
I like the outfit.
I’m OK with this.
So is the Commander going to put the goggles on top of the helmet, or is he wearing them underneath? Because we all know he’s not going anywhere without those goggles.
They are on top of his head, under the mask
Please tell me Jared gets to ride on Commander’s shoulders now.
Let’s hope so, because if the Commander wants to be Master he’ll need to find a himself a fifteen foot tall psychopath in a leather girdle to be Blaster.
… although, if anyone knows where to find said fifteen foot tall leather girdled psycho, the Commander’s that guy.
KRIEG!!!!!!!!!!
…leather girdled Mr. Fish, anybody?
Chain: He doesn’t need them, with that hood. Note: the visor in that hood is the same color as his goggles, so he’s fine.
Needing the goggles has no bearing on whether or not he wears them… Look back to the strip where he puts them on OVER sunglasses to prove a somewhat hilarious point.
IT CAN’T BE UNSEEN! IT CAN’T BE UNSEEN! D: WHY?!
Dammit Coelasquid! Stop making me question my sexuality!
All right, the TRULY scary thing is, this morning shortly before I was rudely awakened by my housemates doing metal work in the garage… I was wandering through a mall and told not to go past this one section because there were ‘things’ on that side polite people didn’t want to see. So of course the first thing I did was head straight over there… To see a restaurant filled with gimp-suited strappy leather waiters and thigh-booted waitresses… omg, you are reading my mind and making it BETTER.
Sounds fun
As long as they’re paid accordingly…
I wonder if this strip was partially inspired by Chris’s kinky Road Warrior-esque outfit in Resident Evil 5? Coelasquid did say on her tumblr that she was struggling to make a Resident Evil strip work, but went with this instead
Never thought I would see a “Beyond Thunderdome” reference (anywhere). Let alone one that would make me laugh.
I would have thought that the Commander and the rest of the Agency would have just rolled up to Washington and started cracking some skulls.
I mean, when a group of extremist terrorists have hijacked the Legislative Branch and are issuing a list of demands – chief among them being that we let 500,000 people die – you’d think that would be exactly the point at which a bunch of muscly guys show up to punch shit and save the day.
The problem is that if you let the guys do it once, they may think it acceptable to do it again under different circumstances… Half temp agency, half rehab center, remeber?
Nice bondage gear… oh wait, it’s a movie reference?
You never seen “Mad Max: Beyond Thunderingboner“?
The first one is still, imo, the better movie
I’ve never been so turned on.
As a dane I must ask: I’ve only heard that there is some kind of government freeze in USA. What the [censored] is going on?
Basically: A few years ago “Obamacare” (the closest thing America has got to letting poor people or people with pre-existing comnditions get health insurance and not go bankrupt for getting sick) passed and became law. Since Republicans (the right-wing party) regained control of the house not long after, they have been trying to get it repealed (because they want me to die of asthma I guess?).
A few days ago was their deadline to pass a new budget which had already gone through the Senate and such and just needed a final vote. But now the Rupublican-controlled house is refusing to allow a vote (to a point where they had a man filibuster (keep talking about random things including reality television until the session was over) to prevent a vote). And as of Monday I think the US government shut down everything that was not completely necessary because without the new budget they can’t do anything. State parks, NASA (excluding the guys in direct contact with the space shuttle), and any government-paid construction are on hold, as are myriad other things.
Including the nation’s pay the interest on their loans, due in about 2 weeks. If that doesn’t go through then America’s credit score is caput.
All because the Republicans don’t want to approve funding for a program that would allow poor people to have health insurance.
And i thought the danish economy was [censored] up. Health care for everyone is about pretty standard in Denmark. In DK we pay that kind of stuff through (enormous) taxes. However this makes us sound rich.
And sadly, defaulting may be exactly what those Republicans want, so that they can then point the finger at the Democratic party for the economic situation. Of course, no one intelligent buys it, but their voters are Republican.
(That statement is made at the party as a whole; not toward any individual. I’ve met a few smart Republicans, but let’s face it, MOST of your party votes Republican because they’re uneducated religious nuts. Also most of the people who run on your ballot are also religious nuts.)
The real reason that Republicans vote Republican and Democrats vote Democrat is because the parties are radically set against each other. Life isn’t black and white, but out two party system makes government that way. Neither party has anyone’s best interests in mind but their own, and as long as Dem vs. Rep continues, they never will.
Slight correction: it’s not that they “don’t want to approve funding”, since the funding is already approved. The program is already in effect, despite the government shutdown. So the budget they are refusing to allow has no direct connection to the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) at all, they’re just holding it hostage.
You are forgetting that the bill was passed in a rush and Obama really didn’t care what kinda compromises he had to make. His bill is nothing like the Canadian, UK, or any other healthcare system of it’s type that works. The bill he put forward just forces you to pay pretty much the same amount you would be paying anyways for health insurance without it. The way it was put forward also hurts many small businesses due to the amount they have to pay. Plus there is nothing in the bill saying all the money has to be used for it. So it already contains the major flaw that made social security run dry because our government is a bunch of greedy shitheads.
Ya, the USA needed a change for the better on healthcare but not a rushed piece of crap so he could be the man that -changed- things.
You poor bastards. So glad I’m not American right now. There are people in this world willing to rip their country apart in protest against not letting poor people die, and these people were elected.
“Spider Jerusalem explains voting”
Yeah, I’ve never understood why Americans are so proud to be Americans when everything I’ve ever heard about what’s going on over there is horrible.
On an individual scale they seem nice but as a group? Yikes.
….Jjjjjjooooooooiiiiiinnnnnn uuuuuuuusssssss….. *gurgle*
Only horrible thing about America is our government. Not enough people care to fix it, but if things get bad enough, maybe they will.
I’d just like to point out that this was an entirely civil discussion about American politics on the Internet. This is like the rare opposite of Godwin’s Law.
That’s okay, Commander. Last time the government shut down I had my own little S&M phase. It happens.
I would have, but I was seven in 1996, and mom said no.
Em… eh… *grabs box of kleenex*
Ideas, if you really need them:
Yodai Higashizawa (http://twewy.wikia.com/wiki/Yodai_Higashizawa)
Theodore Roosevelt
Lord English – not really manly, but dammit, those muscles (http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Lord_English)
Nobody has said it yet? Nobody?
…Very well….
Who run BarterTown? :|
Guile is already doing hunting for water right now.
CM as Lord Humongus? That is Mad Max 2. Mentioning Bartertown, that is Beyond Thunderdome, but who would play as Auntie Entity (Tina Turner)? Anyway, Mad Max 4 is rumored to put Tom Hardy as Max.
NO!!! There is, and will only ever be, one Mad Max, and that is Mel Gibson
WTF? Mad Max 4? I hope they don’t ruin the series.
She blurred the lines between 2 & 3, eh, so what. I was confused too with the dual reference.
Can we make Tom Hardy play the Commander?
He’s hotter than usual in that. Want to see his face too, though.
You didn’t see his face in panel 2? o_O
Well, in combination with the rest of the suit in the last panel.
Brilliant. I love the reference to my fave among the Mad Max movies, and not coincidentally the one that gets slagged off the most for not being as GrimDark as the first two by critics.
Jared’s face? Mwahahahaha
Once again prompting the question: “Does Jared’s face have a limit?”
uuuuh. mue macho sexy. Please keep him like that.it really suits him.
hehehehe
does anyone else have a boner or is it just me?
I have a ladyboner.
I have two.
Me, too! I mean, one.
But seriously. Commander Badass looks even more badass and manly in this Humungous-like gear. I personally wouldn’t mind being under his thumb – or boot.
The only drawback are those things on his legs that look like…
in what WORLD does he look like chris jericho?
it wasn’t until I saw the tumblr post that I realized this was a beyond thunderdome reference. XD
pffft, it just occurs to me that Canada guy must be feeling pretty smug right now
I dunno, does Canada Guy get smug? I thought that was against the polite Canadian way, which is what makes him so annoying.
I think smugness is the domain of Québécois Guy.
The only thing we Canadians get smug about is how much better our healthcare is.
Ay danno, halthcare?
You, sir, just won all of my yes.
Is…. is he still wearing the goggles under the mask…? *awesome*
…were you at Wasteland Weekend? Because I would love to see this at Wasteland Weekend. Unf.
I was just going to mention WW since it was last week. Good timing, haha.
This year was awesome!
Silly Commander….everyone knows: Masser Blasser rule Bartertown! :P
Lol rule it with an iron thong.
For some reason, I see Canada Guy as more of a Jabba’s Palace kind of guy.
When the going gets tough, the tough rule Bartertown.
Ha. Love Mad Max – nice call, C.
I say we give Jared a boomerang and put him down as ‘The Feral Kid’.
Canada Guy = Gyro Captain.
Mr. Fish = V8 Interceptor!!
Living under a rock or so – never seen Mad Max films to date. So I was all WTF?! with Commander’s outfit today, he going all BDSM and such. And Jared’s face… This page is so golden!
On the other note about the political background of this strip :
It’s a shame that a bunch of political ****tards can hold a whole country for hostage. No better way to show how this fat rich f**** care for hardworking “low” people who are now financially on the dole. Had a look at the NASA site that showed the situation pretty good with one picture : their sign went tits up.
And I thought Germany had idiots for politicians… :-(
Start with the first Mad Max movie, set before the world goes pear-arsed when Max was just a regular cop in a souped up cop car
Not saying it’s a good idea. Just putting it out there: in times past, people have revolted and overthrown their governments for less.
I can’t believe I’m writing this. First of all there is SO MUCH WRONG with this comic. For dressing up like the “Ayotollah of Rock n’ Rolla” the Commander doesn’t look a thing like Chris Jericho :) The other thing that bothers me is reading the comments section. Everyone is talking about panel 3 and Jared’s reaction to a strange, leather and spiked, masked outfit. They all have a bee in their collective bonnet about how “gay” it is, and what the fictional character’s punishment should be for responding as he did. Are you kidding? Who said anything about gay culture or gay bashing or gay anything? If you ask me, the sight of a six foot something, nearly 300 pounder dressed like a member of Demolition is intimidating and disturbing as is. No one had to make it “more threatening” or “unpleasant in a sexual nature” by projecting who said metal spike clad individual is planning to have join them in the bedroom. Now I’ve gone and made two wrestling references, see what you made me do?
Agreed
One clarification: Axe, Smash or Crush?
So… has any one brought up the fact that Jared’s Mr. Fishy is technically Wild, like he didn’t use a pokeball during the origins. Does Jared Fear the time when some Jerk trainer will just randomly attempt to capture Mr.Fishy succeeds then box the ball. Or Mr. Fishy being Wild a mute point in that trainers has to actively swipe the ball away from their pokes and the ball doesn’t care if it’s was previously caught or not.
I’m guessing that Mr Fish knowing the move “Don’t Eat Jared” would make him tame by the usual domestication standards of our world (as opposed to the Pokemon trainer world).
On Soulfly’s new album there’s a track ‘Ayatollah of Rock ‘N’ Rolla’. Dunno if it’s actually applicable.
i don’t know, the agency seems pretty essential
I’m sorry, I just can’t imagine the Commander being articulate enough to pull off a Lord Humungus. Dude was huge beyond belief, but had eloquence out the wazoo.
So, the agency is federally funded rather than state funded?
And they don’t get enough from member donations?
Just for an FYI: the Ayatollah of Rock and Rollah is former Pro Wrestler and current Fozzy frontman Chris Jericho, and I’m pretty damn sure he never eeeevvvveeeerrr dressed like that.
You aren’t allowed to read this comic anymore until you go watch Road Warrior.
Mel Gibson has nothing on the WWE.
I’m totally down for him dressing like that till the gov funding is less broken.
I didn’t see the line about Bartertown at first, so seeing him dressed like that as his ‘backup’ plan… Well, at least he’s planned for it.
I hope they do a good enough job on the game.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/502747
Reading the author note, the wrestling fan in me went: “Hey, THAT doesn’t look like Chris Jericho!”
Glad it wasn’t just me =)
Maybe Chris should dress like that :D
Thank you, Lode, that’s what I said.
If you’re looking for comic ideas, check out Mega Gyrados: http://www.hardcoregamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/108548-mega-gyarados-photo-credit-twitter-570×385.jpg
And THAT ladies and gentlemen, is what we like to call making lemonade.
I made the same face Jared did. THE PANTS ARE JUST TOO STRANGE FOR ME. NOPE. The top is good, but…. masdfadasndsdsdkfqwefnas,xfasdfasdf nooooooooooooo! X’D
So, why does he need a gay fetish suit to rule Bartertown? (Not that I oppose. Btw, is he from an advanced enough future that the ‘all people in the future are bisexual’ rule applies?)
It is a ‘fetish’ suit, that other label is of your own making
Well, you could try other games to get other characters and ideas. I assume you have tried MMOs at some point? how about MOBA games, like League of Leagends. I am sure Darius, Draven, Garen, Xin Zao, Jarvan IV etc would definitively make good manly men in your strip. Maybe have an appearance by Civilization’s version of Gandhi beating the crap our of people.
With pokemon X and Y comming out you could do some stuff with Jared
Bust a deal, face the Wheel!
Would have thought he’d just go bounty hunting with the Main Man, he was just there. Also without the comments I’d have no idea what he was dressing up as. I think I’d assume he was a gay entertainer. With the garters I’m still not sure he’s not just trying to protect poke-boy’s innocence.
What is so very disturbing is that I saw that exact same outfit at IML. Yes, the Commander buys off the rack…so to speak.
Ahh, finally caught up. I am surprised no one mentioned that blaster was a child like, mentally slow individual. I like to think that Master started as an advocate and teacher for the disabled, using his own advanced education as a little person as an example for overcoming the odds. One of the boys he was overseeing was being groomed for the Special Olympics when the world economy took a 9.5 magnitude crash. Having no parents, (I’m not sure what kind of ward system Australia has for orphans), the little professor became his permanent guide for the rest of his brutal life.
On a side note, the actor playing Master had the longest running career in film of any other little person, starting with the infamous cult favorite, 1936 “Freaks”. He was also from an Italian nobility.
but… master-blaster runs barter town…
…Well.
He’s eager, isn’t he? “Shutdown of the Federal Government” doesn’t exactly equate to “Shutdown of all society”. Was he looking forward to getting to wear that?