Spacetrawler, audio version For the blind or visually impaired, April 1, 2022.
Why can’t a bobble-headed dog alien catch a break and keep the advantage in an unfair fight, right? Oh, the injustice of it.
Spacetrawler, audio version For the blind or visually impaired, April 1, 2022.
Why can’t a bobble-headed dog alien catch a break and keep the advantage in an unfair fight, right? Oh, the injustice of it.
Nice to see the calvary is here! And she brought some ships with her.
“I’m here, too!”
“King?! But you’re dead!”
“Yeah, but this is too good to miss!”
EMILY!!!!
I’ve heard of nimrods, dimwits and nitwits, but nimwits is a new one to me. The wonder of insulting language, though, is that it is completely understandable in context, and I could use it to accurately describe some ninnyhammer tomorrow.
I don’t know, Nimwits sounds like an admiral’s name.
😀 I think it’s more likely the idiot drivers on the freeway named after that admiral around Oakland California.
I feel like a nimnull.
They could have won this. Time spent talking is time you aren’t shooting. If you outnumber the other guys badly, attack NOW. Reinforcements might arrive any second.
If I make a G.I. Jane joke about Emily’s hair will Pierrot come and smack me?
…what, too soon?
Don’t run over an innocent animal and you’re probably safe from Pierrot. Emily is the one you should be worried about.
Heh. Read ahead a couple of strips from that link to the introduction of Emily the Coyote Eater.
A commenter mused “I have a feeling Pierrot and Emily aren’t going to get along very well.”
Who knew?
Can’t a puppy-like evil alien gloat a bit in peace these days?!
I have to wonder how long Emily et alia spent listening to this exchange before announcing her and their presence. I expect her to have more knowledge about this situation than anybody expects.
I also don’t expect a simple exchange of weapon fire to resolve this sticky issue. Too many Stribs are dependent on the outcome, and too many weird protagonists with their own secret agendas are about to make it all that easy. No, no, no, no.
Getting an extra-large lemonade for Monday’s thrashing. And maybe this time some Atomic Fireballs to keep things interesting. Oh my yes.
Well, the humans are off of the Strib ships. No reason they can’t be vaporized. No harm, no foul.
Uh, only three of them, the rest, including our current heroes, are still there. And that’s only the one ship!
Okay, my bad, somehow I totally missed the march 23 strip where the humans(minus our heroes) were in fact pulled out of dodge by the giant purple Q. Sorry…
I just realized why Emily came out of retirement. The nimwit puppies brought it on themselves when they offed Flinky and the GOB must have begged her to solve the crisis.
I’ve tried, but I really can’t see the GOB doing something sensible to save their lives. Perhaps, just perhaps, they think they can persuade the surviving Stribs to join them and teach them how to steal good. At least better than they’re able to now. Not to mention make all their stolen tech available….
OK, not the GOB as a whole, but Halip (I hope I have Gurf’s mom’s name right).
I had to go back and see where Feenky got annihilated … and there’s your comment at the bottom, Pete Rogan, wondering what happens when Emily hears about this. Nice call.
“When a man’s partner is killed, he’s supposed to do something about it. It doesn’t make any difference what you thought of him. He was your partner and you’re supposed to do something about it. And it happens we’re in the detective business. Well, when one of your organization gets killed, it’s-it’s bad business to let the killer get away with it, bad all around, bad for every detective everywhere.”
–Sam Spade, “The Maltese Falcon,” 1941
Yeah, he probably shouldn’t have insulted them while they were still within “earshot”, and probably should have said “acquired” rather than “stole”. Then he might have been able to keep the edge, numbers not withstanding.
Dun, dun, DUUNNN!!
Thank you, I’ll show myself out.
Well, I guess the stribs have a lot of hostages though. On each of their ships.
Not any more, they don’t! General Grape took them all out and put them in a stasis bubble, where I presume they’ll stay until the GOB and the Stribs resolve their little dispute. The situation is more loaded than you imagine.