08/31/15 The City 26

12 Comments

1. 

   jesse tharin

   August 31, 2015 at 12:41 am

   OOH! Executions are SO much fun!
2. 

   Coyoty

   August 31, 2015 at 1:08 am

   Foxglove’s been to enough ceremonies to be blah-say about them.
3. 

   Minando

   August 31, 2015 at 8:13 am

   It´s “You did something wrong, you are ugly and nobody likes you. Plus you are stupid, because you could easily free yourself, we shackeled your TENTACKLES, for Petes sake.”
   …
   “Also, sleeping through the trial will NOT help you.”
4. 

   Herandar

   August 31, 2015 at 8:27 am

   Oh, I thought they’ve been totally silent all this time, since there haven’t been any text bubbles.
5. 

   Frith ra

   August 31, 2015 at 8:44 am

   Like Herandar, I’ve been under the impression that these people were communicating mentally,or something. If they are making sounds – what kinds would they be?
6. 

   Christopher Baldwin

   August 31, 2015 at 9:03 am

   @Minando, I am guessing the cuffs are designed to dig in somehow to prevent escape.

   @Herandar & @Frith_Ra, I imagine they do not speak. Which is why I phrased Anna’s line that way, she says “saying” because it is obvious that the one gesturing is communicating somehow, physically or mentallly, but she corrects herself. Perhaps I should reconsider the line.
7. 

   Chris

   August 31, 2015 at 10:09 am

   I find the third panel very heart-wrenching; the shackles and head cocked back. Just very sad.
8. 

   Axonite

   August 31, 2015 at 1:40 pm

   Got to be careful there… It might actually be “Blah blah blah BLAH blah blah blah!”
9. 

   Muzhik

   August 31, 2015 at 2:26 pm

   @Axonite, or it might be like in “The Far Side”, the difference between what people say and what dogs hear, i.e., “Blah blah blah BLAH blah Ginger! BLAH blah blah Ginger blah!”

   (I can’t duplicate what cats hear in the same situation, because it’s just a long blank space, three lines long, surrounded by quotes.)
10. 

    mouse

    August 31, 2015 at 8:24 pm

    Yeah, don’t like that pose at all….it seems a little less like paying attention to the speaker and a little more like “So when is the massive rock going to come down and crush me?”
11. 

    Pedrocelli

    September 1, 2015 at 2:11 am

    In panel 3 did the ETs scrunch up to move away from them to avoid touching them or something? The ones nearest Foxglove do seem to be shying away from them. I would if an alien sat next to me unexpectedly.
12. 

    Teh_Bucket

    July 15, 2016 at 8:01 am

    Whatever method allows those shackles to constrain a tentacle does not bode well for teacup.