The mostly true story of the first time I got to go drinking with Lord Humungus
So hey! I just wanted to take a minute to plug this really cool project some friends of mine are working on. If you’re a fan of the kind of shenanigans that go on around here, it’s probably something you’ll be into as this dude is most likely the closest thing I’ve ever met to a real person who seems like they walked out of this comic;
Faye Murman decided she wanted to do a documentary about Tank (as in the real dude named Tank, not the MGDMT’s Tank – that was a total coincidence) and what it’s like to be a hard working salt-of-the-earth husband, father, and business owner who moonlights as a professional Lord Humungus in his downtime, and now you can help get it made by pledging to the kickstarter!
So to help convince people to check it out, I’ve drawn you this dramatization of what is one of my personal favourite memories of Tank (beyond… you know… the obvious when he officiated my wedding…), when we grabbed drinks with him and Faye after Wasteland and he chugged an entire slurpee outside the bar.
Which, it turned out, was not an uncommon thing.
Anyway, I feel like this is the kind of thing folks who enjoy this website might be into.
So those links again, if you wanna check them out;
the Kickstarter
The Documentary’s Facebook Page
The Lord Humungus and the Dogs of War Facebook Page
Tank’s collection of some of the other bonkers amazing costumes he does
… I have a new kickstarter to check out. Thank you Coelasquid.
Loving the Humungus topic, and props to our real life professional Lord Humungus.
Your life is so surreal it translates almost perfectly into webcomic form. I almost wonder if you even have a side superhero identity we never hear about as well.
Probably. Now we just have to figure out which Grrl Power character Coelasquid is…
Peggy, perhaps?
Humungus may be mighty, but you must also give respect to the doorman of that drinking establishment. It takes a certain level of bravado to tell such a specimen that no, he may NOT enter with an outside drink.
Gotta love how respect goes with both ways with Lord Humungus. He is both respectable and gives proper respect towards the ways of others.
Says with intense voice: “I toe the line between law and chaos!”
*fights back brainfreeze*
Respect doesn’t mean much if you’re one of the victims of Humungus’ raiding. He was still a pillaging marauder who preyed upon the weak and the innocent, murdering those who refused to be robbed, and leaving the rest for dead in the wasteland.
That doesn’t sound like the Humungus we know. :p
Your life has the best costume design.
… one may be a professional Humungus?
I mean, now I want to break in to the industry, but he seems a decent dude and I’d hate to do anything to cut into his business.
You could try into the professional Immortan industry. I hear it’s booming.
You could maybe try to do it in a different state or country? Or maybe discuss with him about franchise opportunities?
Also, the amazing boar headress:
something real, or am I missing a game/movie reference?
It’s what I dressed up like for wasteland.
I would totally and without question follow that man in the apocalypse
I mean, he could do an actual Tank from MGDMT cosplay down the line.
THIS.
Please, Universe, make this happen!
The more I see of this Humungus the more I like him!!!
Wait, which part is the not uncommon occurrence? Him chugging down a slurpee? Or being denied entry into a bar? o_O
Valid Question! Both maybe? :D
The not uncommon occurrence is apparently that he has to stop to finish his drink, usually a Slurpee, before he’s allowed into the bar. That is a man who loves his Slurpees.
Of course…This is one of the Truths of the World.
It doesn’t matter how big & tough you are, your will & strength are irrelevant;
NOBODY is immune to the Brain Freeze!
Oddly enough, my mother is immune to brain freeze. We’re not sure why she’s a freak of nature, or why this trait wasn’t passed on to any of her children, but she’s never experienced brain freeze in her 66+ years of life.
No, wait, I’m wrong! She had it exactly once. She was horrified and demanded to know how people lived like that. Can’t even remember what she had that caused it, but she’d never known what people meant by “brain freeze” before that moment.
THIS IS AWESOME AND I’VE NEVER EVEN SEEN THE MAD MAX MOVIES!
I’d want to meet the store owner that would take one look at this guy and tell him he can’t have his Slurpee.
Since it was at a bar I’d say it was possibly a bouncer, though the bartender isn’t out of the question either. Either way, I’d venture it’s the bartender who would assume that he’s a reasonable person despite the hockey mask and codpiece, or at the very least has a silent alarm button under the bar.
I’m still jealous of such an awesome wedding.
The little umbrella in that drinking skull makes it all the more awesome.
The man, the myth, the legend
Humungous should be allowed to Waltz whatever he has in his Mathilda wherever he wants. Actually, come to think of it, he doesn’t ‘Waltz’; he Hard Rocks his Mathilda, head banging all the way across the Outback. It is generally hard to restrain men like him. The Red Coats who brought his forefather to the penal colony after tricking him aboard a prison ship with a drinking game, had to drag him chained to the anchor behind the boat so he wouldn’t sink it in a rage. “The Shropshire Smasher” quickly escaped into the wilderness outside Sydney where he learned how to survive by befriending some aborigines when he impressed them by making a hand impression on a DreamTime wall, not with paint, but simply by slapping his handprint into the solid stone. Some notable defendants besides Lord Humungous include a Private who brought home from Galipali 100 Turkish fezzes, with the skulls still inside them, the top five Rugby champions of all time, and Humungous’s friendly uncle, Donk.
When asked if there is anything at all he misses from the the Old World, Lord Humungous said, “Seeing who could Drink the most Foster’s; we could never floor one another, so the first to piss himself was the loser; Cricky, I miss him”. Foster’s is now considered more precious then gold, or even ‘Juice’ (gasoline), and is only drunk in moderation (to conserve it) at very special events.
That photo of Humungus with his mask pulled up juuust enough to get at his straw is my new Favorite Thing.
Lol on the Kickstarter. I WONDER WHO THE “CN ANIMATOR” COULD POSSIBLY BE. xD
Lord Humungus fears no man… or frozen treat!
Hey I’m getting ads popping up on the page, covering the site content.
I imagine his tone is just a casual ‘oh, I’ll be fine, but I appreciate your concern’. I just get that kind of feel for him, that he’s grateful that others worry for his overall well-being when he does stuff like chugging a Slurpee (what flavor are we looking at here, anyway?). Having said that, I know the pain of drinking a Slurpee too fast. But I don’t get brain freeze. It goes right to the middle of my back.
Hey Coela, unless I’m mistaken isn’t that you in the first panel drinking from the skull mug with an umbrella? I seem to recall you depicting yourself that way before. If I’m wrong please forgive me, I mean no offense.
Naw, I’m the one in the boar mask, the other one is my also-mohawked friend Tish.
Wow, you and your friend Tish look really cool. Although I have to ask, doesn’t get hot wearing a boar skull and hide on your head? It makes for a really cool hood though.
The shading in this one is phenomenal.
Note: I am not an artist, my opinion should not be taken seriously.
Dear god…I just finished reading over two years’ worth of comics (starting backwards, which oddly enough, I don’t find it hard to make sense of the stories or keep track of the details, not sure why everyone always busts my chops for not picking up where I last left off and only going forward from there).
And From here, I would just like to wish y’all a Merry Christmas and here’s to a hopefully beautiful new year! I am so glad to be getting all my shit together and I’m just too damn enthusiastic for the future, heh.
By the way, I asked this…two, three years ago (?) but have you ever considered putting in the Megas XLR characters in this comic just for a one-off or something? I know it might come off a bit of an oddball thing to toss out there but hopefully I’m not the only one here that not only liked that show but also feels it could have at least a small nod given to it.
Anyway, I’ll stop bothering ya and again, Merry Christimas time!
As awesome of an idea as that is, Squid has repeatedly mentioned that people asking for specific characters in the comic is a great way to make her NOT want to do it. Besides, we have Jared who is basically a less selfish Jamie anyway.
Gotta say, as awesome as this comic is, I’d kinda like to see an alternate version of this comic where we have Team Skull Grunts A and B cosplaying as the dudes with handkerchiefs.
I’d say if you ever get bored of this strip Coelasquid you can definately do a “Lord Humungus and the Dogs of War” one.
Is Lord Humugus a success story of the agency in MGDMT canon? Also, is he related to Lord Humungoid from Death Road to Canada?
Everytime you make a post about Lord Humungus it always drives home the point that he must be an incredibly great guy.
Just wanted to say Merry Christmas, and if you don’t celebrate christmas which is fine then Happy Holidays. Your comic has been one of the brighter spots in 2016, and I am glad to hear you guys finally tied the knot earlier this year. (I actually was paying attention when you announced it…)
I hope your marriage is long and happy, and next year is better then this one.
I really like the coloring on this. I love a good gradient effect.
This is amazing!!! I love everything about your comic!!!