I agree about John Malkovitch’s voice. There’s something so calm and yet falsely soothing to my ears. Can’t wait to see what the Gounder looks like. Wonder if his looks will fit his persona – his bite being a lot worse than his bark.
Coyoty
The Gounder looks like a spider. He was introduced 11/1/17.
Metaphizzle
I wonder if Jabby has any weapons that pack enough recoil that it could propel itself and Mauricio out of this pit just by shooting down.
Or the voice of Ron Perlman. Grounder should sound a bit like Hellboy, I’d think. Or maybe Perlman as Jabby, and James Earl Jones as Grounder (in his best Thulsa Doom accent). I swear that man’s voice has gotten better with age.
Peter Rogan
And so the negotiations open…
Nomi
Re the voice discussions: didn’t some characters say that the Gounder is female?
This strip doesn’t have enough alternative sexes. It seems unlikely all these lifeforms would have only two.
Although I may have accidentally used a gender pronoun somewhere. Let me know if I did.
Night-Gaunt49
Look in Nature just of this planet to see all kinds of reproduction strategies. You still generally need a male and a female unless reproduction is by meiosis and then you get all females and parthenogenesis. Males may become a parasite on the female, or female eat the male, or they can meld into one. Nature can do weird things in our eyes. But being an amateur Evolutionary Biologist I do give a hard look at the aliens and their morphology. But sometimes they are just fanciful and for their cool look. Look at bees and ants for other examples.
I agree about John Malkovitch’s voice. There’s something so calm and yet falsely soothing to my ears. Can’t wait to see what the Gounder looks like. Wonder if his looks will fit his persona – his bite being a lot worse than his bark.
The Gounder looks like a spider. He was introduced 11/1/17.
I wonder if Jabby has any weapons that pack enough recoil that it could propel itself and Mauricio out of this pit just by shooting down.
It has a ceiling! 🙂
Or the voice of Ron Perlman. Grounder should sound a bit like Hellboy, I’d think. Or maybe Perlman as Jabby, and James Earl Jones as Grounder (in his best Thulsa Doom accent). I swear that man’s voice has gotten better with age.
And so the negotiations open…
Re the voice discussions: didn’t some characters say that the Gounder is female?
This strip doesn’t have enough alternative sexes. It seems unlikely all these lifeforms would have only two.
The Gounder is “gender unclear.” https://www.baldwinpage.com/spacetrawler/2017/11/01/110117-the-gounder/
Although I may have accidentally used a gender pronoun somewhere. Let me know if I did.
Look in Nature just of this planet to see all kinds of reproduction strategies. You still generally need a male and a female unless reproduction is by meiosis and then you get all females and parthenogenesis. Males may become a parasite on the female, or female eat the male, or they can meld into one. Nature can do weird things in our eyes. But being an amateur Evolutionary Biologist I do give a hard look at the aliens and their morphology. But sometimes they are just fanciful and for their cool look. Look at bees and ants for other examples.