Way to put them on the spot, Angel
February 2, 2014
5:17 pm
This was gonna be a different comic but between friends visiting, the show I’m on being in crunch time and requiring a lot of overtime, other projects I’m doing for work needing over-overtime, friend’s art shows, and working on the new comic I want to launch later this year I tried to pare it down to something I could squeeze out before Monday so I could still say I haven’t missed a week.
Anyway, here you go, for anyone wondering exactly what Commander and Jones’ relationship is.
Amazing. I really like Angel. Can’t wait to see where this arc goes.
What show do you work on?
Fox’s Cosmos remake airing next month.
Wait, WHAT?
…
WAIT, WHAT?!?!
They’re remaking Cosmos? As in Carl Sagan’s Cosmos? How would you even… but I… and it wouldn’t… BWUH?
Wait, hold on…
…you said FOX was doing this?
…
Please tell me this is some sick joke. Or that we’re talking about a different “Cosmos”, like some crappy daytime television sitcom or soap opera I’ve never heard of or something. Please, please tell me that.
*googles “Fox Cosmos”*
…
FOX is remaking COSMOS. That’s like The Vatican remaking Lolita. I’m gonna go put a gun in my mouth now, thanks.
Yes, yes, insult the show that she’s working on some more. I don’t think we got the point yet.
Welcome to the internet, where exposure to the entire world makes people turn into morons.
He’s not insulting the show, he’s insulting FOX…
It’s being MC’d by Neil DeGrasse Tyson, it’s got Bill Nye’s blessing, and Carl Sagan’s widow Ann Druyan is one of the lead writers and producers spearheading the project. It’s one of the most rigorously fact and quality-checked projects I’ve ever worked on.
good luck with that also I’m really love the Angels added to the house Jones you so matter fact about her and the commanders relationship.
Okay, cool.
I don’t much watch TV these days, but this is something I’ll be looking forward to checking out.
Here’s to good fortunes in production and a fantastic viewer turnout.
So… not a show about vulpine astronomy, then.
In that case, I love you and I am mildly impressed with Fox.
Fox is a network; they show what sells. Only their news aspect is hyper-conservative – Seth MacFarlane shows air there first, and while he mocks both sides, he’s overall on the left.
“Show what sells” Firefly and Human Target disagree! (And the viewrship loss on HT was even their fault, they moved it three times in a single month and people lost track)
That said, this actually seems legit. And What kinda work are you doing Coela? You should totally make a blog about this. It’s neat!
In the world of professional media production you’re not usually allowed to say more about a project than “I worked on it”
Ah, so in other words, Fox will cancel it by the end of the season
Watch out. We’ve got a badass over here.
Best wishes to you on your work for the show.
Calm down, Fox the programming network is significantly more liberal than Fox the news network. They’ve got Simpsons AND Family Guy, and the former is so critical of Fox News’s conservative bias they almost sued themselves over it.
But they’re also where good shows go to die. That’s the thing people will be worried about.
If Bill Nye is on board, though, it’ll be a great show. Right up until it gets arbitrarily canceled.
Bill Nye and Coelasquid, I should say.
*butter butter butter*
There’s also Seth Macfarlane as producer, though. Lord knows what that man will end up wanting.
God that reminds me back when I used to watch spider man the animated series. There was one episode where the chief editor was ripping into peter Parker, and made a comment about whither he thought the daily bugle was fox news. That was back the cartoon was airing on fox kids which had me laughing my ass off.
Damn I feel old now.
Anyone else kind of morbidly interested in a Vatican remake of Lolita now?
Wouldn’t that be called “Shota,” then?
OUCH.
Ha.
Okay, now *that’s* funny. Awful. But funny.
I saw some commercials for that today. I’m actually kinda looking forward to that, hoping it’ll rekindle a nationwide interest in science.
Allow my while I try to recover my jaw and repair the hole it made on the floor… All of my internet cookies for having such an awesome job, looking forward to your collective work on it, I’m sure it will be fantastic.
Congrats!!!!
D’aww, I was hopin’ you were on Strip Search or somethin’, though I don’t like reality shows at all. x3 Scratch that. D:
Before I overreact to Fox News publishing a remake of an 80s classic, exactly what’s your job in the production? How much do you contribute?
Mostly character layout with a side of animation, Character design, prop design, and character rigging.
I was already going to record the show, but this is definitely a nice bonus.
Ok, I know this is a really late comment on my part, but this is the first time I saw that you worked on Cosmos. I just had to say my daughter absolutely loves that show. She’s just a year old, and for whatever reason she likes Cosmos so much she’ll stop crying as soon as she hears the intro, even when she was teething and pretty much ticked off at the world.
Yes, she is an odd child.
This arc is shaping up to be quite a bit of fun – Commander Rock Lobster B-52 (LOVE the name) and Jonesy are good pals, there’s no -need- for it to be more. Sometimes, a kiss really is just a kiss, with no subtext or romanticism: thank you for keeping things realistic and not introducing love triangles where they really aren’t needed – the comic’s hilarious each week, that’s more than enough.
Keep producing the awesome,
~Kevin
What, no Commander/Jonesy/Jared/Sten/Mr. Fish/Kratos/Marv/Angel/Snake/Gackt love blob?
Who said there wasn’t? Commander Rock Lobster just said he wasn’t interested in finding another wife
My god that’s a disturbing image. Though watching Kratos flip out about his hidden PTSD, to well let’s face it EVERYTHING, would be hilarious. In between Marv and a pokemon that looks a lot like the first game’s first boss? Priceless.
…so, they’re bonin’, right?
Oh yeah, that answers ALL questions. 9_9
Shipper on deck!! XD *points at Angel*
give me more angel or give me dead
Well, call me fed-ex because I’m shipping it anyway
Doesn’t mean they aren’t together, just that it’s nothing serious or terribly committed.
I’m taking this as confirmation that they’re boning :P
…It boggles my mind how people haven’t figured that out yet?
It was /obvious/, but now it’s /canon/. There is a difference.
Like, authors less awesome than Coelasquid will make characters have obvious sexual attraction to each other minus the sexual tension, which implies that they are already fucking and are just chill about it like adults in the real world are, but then *those* authors are like “What no where did you get that idea? Can’t two hot heterosexual adults of opposite sex just be chill but really close friends?” And then because I am not some idiotically annoying fanfic writer, I do not continue “shipping” them, I listen to the damn author.
But this author is awesome and just admits it.
Me personally, I would like to see more asexual relationships between men and women in movies and TV.
Well hey check out that there totally platonic hug in the first panel.
lmao
Well, friendship and asexuality are two different things. People can have romatic attachments that lack sexual attraction.
Completely true, but if you look at the statement I’m responding to in the context of the conversation around it, it would appear that the person I’m talking to was trying to use the word to describe non-sexual relationships between men and women, and rather than willfully misrepresent what they appeared to be trying to say I chose to respond to what I was fairly sure the spirit of their comment was.
Ever heard of The Adventures of Wiglaf and Mordred?
Fed-ex.
There, i said it.
Really, isn’t that the basis of marriage?
Besides the kids thing, I mean.
Still not sure what gender angel presents as, could be a lady who hikes her pants up high or a dude who has a big package. Actually, I bet my views on gender are not very applicable to the future and Angel identifies as ‘badass.’
Glad I’m not the only one who had to look twice. Based on Angel’s waist to hip ratio and deliberately covered chest, I’d say she’s female. But dammit, you’re right. “Badass” should be a gender identity.
Commander Ripley would like a word with you over in the airlock.
Are we going to meet the rest of Commander’s War buds now? ‘Cause I really want to hear more future names.
Let’s see, just because I like the idea of Angel to be the odd man out we have:
Ride the Lightning
Hotel California
and
Ghost Opera
Of course Angel can serve as Angel Eyes so the music song theme naming can continue. Mwahaha
I figured she was Earth Angel.
Yup, Angel is actually Angel Eyes. Coela said so last week. ;p
D’awwwwwwwwwww. A sweet and simple relationship. <3
All the people who say that that doesn’t clarify anything must be pretty lonely. I thought EVERYONE over 25, who didn’t get optimistically married at 20, or become a hermit, had had this exact relationship with someone, at some point.
No, really.
At 25, I’ve never been in any sort of relationship at all. What are you insinuating!?
(But really, what do you mean?)
Anywho, “neither one of us needs to worry about going home with a creep” seems to me like it could be a veiled half-truth.. I wonder if they practise those lines?
People you’re into but not so into you’re going out of your way to carve out a space for them in your life. You know, two self sufficient independent people who enjoy keeping each other company but have their own shit going on and aren’t particularly interested in making the effort to take things to the next level.
As you get older, you’ll find relationships with the opposite sex that don’t easily fit into clean slots. You may have found this out already in fact. People there’s a level of attraction to, but you don’t quite want to get involved with for one reason or another, and some you just don’t want to get into one with period, but you still like their company. This is realistic and anyone who would mock you for it can go to hell. Just like anyone who would make fun of you for not being in a relationship by the time you’re 25. Ignore these people and operate at whatever pace you feel comfortable with.
One of the most interesting relationships is one I call an old shoe relationship where there might be something in there that hasn’t budded yet, might never happen at the same time. You like each other’s company and even lean on each other for security reasons. To scare away the creeps for instance. That’s what this is.
Do Jonesy and Commander seem like the kind of people who would actually practice their lines and not just say what they feel?
I really like her attitude about their relationship.
Yeah, why do people think that they have to be a couple, not just friends ? They are buddies – that’s great!
More than friends, less than picking out patio furniture together.
Although I have drawn them looking at patio furniture together, come to think of it.
Jonesey probably just followed him to the hardware store to buy something for whatever her hobby of the week was that week.
I believe the modern colloquialism is ‘friends with benefits’.
@Deanatay:
Well, yes, “friends with benefits” would be higher than friends on that totem, but another modern colloquialism for what you’re describing, but with much less subtlety, is “booty call,” and I do believe they’re higher on the totem than that. :p
I swear, Angel Eyes looks like she’s going to pick him up by the shoulders in the third panel.
And I dare to believe she can.
Nanomachines man, nanomachines. You won’t see them coming.
I just really love that adorable hug in the first panel. Good luck with all your work, Coela!
Is there a particular reason you’ve made Angel cross the gender boxes into unclear space, and isn’t refuting or confirming her gender identity anywhere? If you have, and I missed it, my apologies. Not that I am complaining, by all means, I like that you have this gender ambiguous person there, and gender is only a social construct anyways and irrelevant unless you consider sleeping with the person (as stated by the awesome commander), then it might be nice with a slight forewarning about what you’re going to find underneath, lol.
I just found this character oddly fascinating. In movies, series, etc. they tend to have “femine” female heroes, these pretty skinny women who look like they can barely budge a tea cup. You have exceptions, like Xena, lol, but those are few and rare. And I am not of the comic book generation, so I confess to have read and seen little else than what’s been on screen. But yeah, I like this Angel character, because she looks definitely strong and “break you over my knee” ish. Women can build muscles and break shit too, they can even look like it, lol!
If Angel is a man, that’s equally cool, because that makes him a somewhat femine, yet not the effeminate skinny type, and still a unique character.
And I like how chill Jonesy and the Commander is about their status. Why does relationships have to get so complicated anyways?
I’ve said a couple times she’s a female bodybuilder with facial features based on Lee van Cleef. Which is not to undermine the importance of trans representation, but I think it’s also important to reaffirm that cis women can revel in androgyny or want to be bulky and muscular without identifying as something other than “female”. Which is something that hasn’t been represented in this comic before.
But mostly I wanted to draw a lady bodybuilder.
I love you for this *heart*
Lol, sorry I missed it.
And I didn’t consider her trans* per se, I was just glad to see a feminine character looking all strong and muscular, so I think we’re technically “on the same page” so to speak ;)
I want to correct you on a few things. Gender isn’t just a social construct. Trans people would still feel the same way even if we didn’t have extremely narrow ideas of gender roles.
I get what you’re going for in saying that the decision of what is masculine and what is feminine is totally defined by society, which is true! Again though, that doesn’t mean gender itself is a construct.
In sociology, “gender” refers to anything socially constructed, ie what society considers masculine or feminine. So liking pink dolls instead of blue soldiers is “feminine” only because society has decided it is.
Whereas, “sex” refers the physical bits, and is used in conjunction with terms “male” and “female” rather than “masculine” and “feminine”. In this model, a man may feel more feminine, without feeling less male. However, that is not to say that someone has been assigned the male sex correctly.
Different disciplines, including medicine, use the term gender differently, largely because since language shortened “sexual intercourse” to “sex”, people have been looking for a way to avoid saying “sex”, and co-opted the term “gender” as the closest word that was lying around handy.
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but…
*stares at the couple* Get married.
I don’t think Angel and The Commander feel that way about each other. I’m pretty sure the hug was just a friendly hug.
So, am I the only one who had no real trouble telling Angel’s gender?
I immediately assumed she was female also, and was surprised at all the confused comments. Hmm.
Didn’t take me very long, either.
… people DID wonder about her gender?
I assumed ‘female’ from the start, didn’t think it had to be discussed… is not -that- important, and it was kinda obvious imo! XD
Does Angel always hold her legs apart like that?
Have you seen the size of her thighs, dude, serious chaffing potential.
Also, BDU’s are notorious for bunching up in the crotch. They have enough extra material there to let you move your legs easily, unlike most jeans.
hey, angel should try on mountie pants for the thigh thing!
site’s getting flagged for malware again
^^Yeah Im using Ad Aware and its saying that its been flagged as an attack site dunno whats going on but it would be nice not to have alarms go off everytime i check up on my favorite webcomics.
Is someone systematically targeting all the good webcomics with malware?
I’m getting the malware warning too but I said “take me there anyway”–I hope that was not foolish of me?
Fucking false positives :\
This is my first time commenting, after finally making it through the entire archive and catching up to the current comics. I love this comic series, you have an amazing continuity while still keeping each comic separate and funny. The story and plot of this comic is awesome, and I feel like I know these characters. I also really like how educational it has been reading this. Before I started, I thought I had a pretty good grasp on video games and their characters, but I’ve been exposed to so many new and interesting franchises, and I really appreciate it. You have made me bust out laughing more times then any other comic I can think of, so again, thank you.
I do have one question though, are we ever going to see Hellboy again? I know you have used him once, I’m just curious if you ever plan on doing so again.
I got that warning too. I came back today. Looks like everything is fine. Hopefully she wasn’t hacked or given a virus :(